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Insect hemolymph, like vertebrate serum, contains several different types of polypeptides that are able to inhibit the catalytic function of proteolytic enzymes, however studies on proteins possessing this capability have been limited to a rela­tively few species. A comparative examination of the inhibition of trypsin, chymo- trypsin, neutrophil elastase and cathepsin G and pancreatic elastase by the hemo­lymph of 14 insect species belonging to six orders showed great diversity in terms of both total proteinase inhibitory capacity and specificity. Most of the inhibitors exa­mined fall into two groups: low molecular mass proteins (below 10 kDa) related to Kunitz type inhibitors, and proteins of about 45 kDa which belong to the serpin superfamily of serine proteinase inhibitors. This minireview describes the properties, characteristics and possible biological significance of selected inhibitors.
α1-proteinase inhibitor was isolated from albumin fractions of human and sheep plasma using a new method of purification using affinity chromatography on immobilized methylchymotrypsin in the presence of 5 M NaCl. The inhibitor was finally polished to homogenity either by chromatography on a Mono Q or a Sephacryl S-200 HR column. The presented method makes it possible to recover α1-proteinase inhibitor which has been added to cow milk.
Two serine proteinase inhibitors (ELTII and ELT1II) have been isolated from mature seeds of Echinocystis lobata by ammonium sulfate fractionation, methanol preci­pitation, ion exchange chromatography, affinity chromatography on immobilized anhydrotrypsin and HPLC. ELTI I and ELTI II consist of 33 and 29 amino-acid residues, respectively. The primary structures of these inhibitors are as follows: ELTI I KEEQRVCPRILMRCKRDSDCLAQCTCQQSGFCG ELTI II RVCPRILMRCKRDSDCLAQCTCQQSGFCG The inhibitors show sequence similarity with the squash inhibitor family. ELTI I differs from ELTI II only by the presence of the NH2-terminal tetrapeptide Lys- -Glu-Glu-Gln. The association constants (Ka) of F.LTI I and ELTI II with bovine-trypsin were determined to be 6.6 x 1010 M -1 and 3.1 x 1011 M -1, whereas the association constants of these inhibitors with cathepsin G were 1.2 x 107 M -1 and 1.1 x 107 M -1, respectively.
A chemically synthesized gene coding for the serine proteinase inhibitor CPTI II was cloned in E. coli and its expression was investigated in cytoplasmic and secretion systems. Under all conditions investigated the biologically active form of the inhibitor was found only in the latter system, although the yield was rather low.
Antitrypsin activity in germinating common seeds of flax (Linum usitatissimum) was investigated. At the early stage of germination an increase in antitrypsin activity was observed, followed by its decrease during the development of the seedlings. From 6-day-old seedlings a trypsin inhibitor (gerLUTI) was purified. The purification procedure involved fractionation of proteins from seedling homogenate with alcohol and successive chromatography on CM-Sephadex C-25 on immobilised methylchymotrypsin in the presence of 5 M NaCl, and finally on a C18 column in RP-HPLC. The gerLUTI migrated in SDS PAGE as a single band, but in mass spectroscopy analysis it exhibited the presence of at least three forms with molecular masses of 7654 ± 3 Da, 7668/7670 ± 3 Da, and 7687 ± 3 Da. The preparation of LUTI isolated from resting seeds contained only one form, with a molecular mass of 7655 ± 3 Da. LUTI and gerLUTI differed also in methionine contents. LUTI contained two methionine residues, whereas in gerLUTI only a trace of methionine was detected. The obtained results might suggest that during flax seeds germination the inhibitor molecules undergo selective modification, e.g. oxidation at methionine residues, before being degraded by proteolytic enzymes.
Elastase, cathepsin G and azurocidin from human neutrophils are key components of body inflammatory defense. Perturbations in regulation of their activities lead to many serious pathological states. The paper describes a simple, fast and efficient method of joint purification of these proteins with the use of sequential affinity chromatography on squash trypsin inhibitor (CMTI I) and bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI).
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