to determine the protein polymorphism of ovine transferrin association with carcass economic traits in makoei, blood samples of 576 (male and female) lambs with two types of venoject (edta anticoagulant containing and non-anticoagulant containing). plasma and serum were then separated and kept in the central laboratory of animal science depaartment in karaj at -20°c. the research was conducted ...

The incorporation of iron into human cells involves the binding of diferric transferrin to a specific cell surface receptor. We studied the process of endocytosis in K562, a human erythroid cell line, by using tetramethylrhodamine isothiocyanate-labeled transferrin (TRITC-transferrin) and fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled Fab fragments of goat antireceptor IgG preparation (FITC-Fab-antitransfe...

Erythropoietin (EP) responsive Friend virus-infected erythroid cells had 200,000 steady-state binding sites for transferrin at 37 degrees C when isolated from the spleens of Friend virus-infected mice. Upon culture of these cells with EP, the synthesis of transferrin receptors increased 4- to 7-fold and the number of transferrin-binding sites per cell doubled after 24 h. However, the rate of up...

A major protein of the rat Dunning prostate tumor has been purified. It has physicochemical properties and an amino acid composition similar to that of transferrin. Furthermore, the isolated tumor protein reacts with antiserum to authentic rat transferrin. Immunoperoxidase staining with rabbit anti-rat transferrin localizes transferrin within tumor acinar glands. Rocket ¡mmunoelectrophoresis i...

Sertoli cells synthesize and secrete a transferrin-like protein (testicular transferrin) [Skinner & Griswold (1980) J. Biol. Chem. 255, 1923-1925]. The purpose of the present study was to purify and characterize testicular transferrin and to compare it with serum transferrin. Testicular transferrin was obtained from the medium of cultured rat Sertoli cells, whereas serum transferrin was obtaine...

Transferrin receptor mediates internalization of transferrin with bound ferric ions through the clathrin-dependent pathway. We found that binding of transferrin to the receptor induced rapid generation of cell surface ceramide which correlated with activation of acid, but not neutral, sphingomyelinase. At the onset of transferrin internalization both ceramide level and acid sphingomyelinase act...

Our previous work has suggested that transferrin is an important serum component for differentiation of the kidney. In this study we have analysed more closely the response of cultured mouse embryonic kidney to exogenous transferrin and the dependence of kidney tubule induction on transferrin. Our results show that transferrin causes a dose-dependent increase in cell proliferation in the differ...

The membrane transferrin receptor-mediated endocytosis or internalization of the complex of transferrin bound iron and the transferrin receptor is the major route of cellular iron uptake. This efficient cellular uptake pathway has been exploited for the site-specific delivery not only of anticancer drugs and proteins, but also of therapeutic genes into proliferating malignant cells that overexp...