期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1976
卷号:73
期号:5
页码:1757-1760
DOI:10.1073/pnas.73.5.1757
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:The concentration of apolipoproteins was measured by quantitative immunoelectrophoresis in rat serum, in the lipoprotein-free ultracentrifugal fraction (density greater than 1.21) of serum, and in renal lymph. The A-IV and arginine-rich apolipoproteins were present in high concentrations (greater than 18.5% of serum concentration) both in the fraction of density greater than 1.21 and in renal lymph, whereas the other apolipoproteins were found in low concentrations ( less than 7% of serum concentration). The major apolipoproteins of renal lymph were similar to those found in the fraction of density greater than 1.21; however, the apolipoproteins composition of the renal lymph was very different from the apolipoprotein composition of serum lipoproteins. The presence of certain apolipoproteins in the fraction of density greater than 1.21 and in renal lymph suggests that these apolipoproteins might be present in the circulation as "free" apolipoproteins. The possible physiological importance of these specific apolipoproteins is postulated.