Summary. The paper highlights certain peculiarities of isoenzyme polymorphism as determined by cellulose acetate electrophoresis, as compared to other supporting media at different pH levels and concentrations of the buffer.Zusammen/assung. Es werden Besonderheiten bei der Bestimmung der Isoenzymmuster mit der Celluloseacetatfolien-Elektrophorese in bezug auf andere TrEgermedien als auch in bezug auf pH-Wert und Konzentration der verwendeten Puffer beschrieben.Methods for the determination of isoenzyme polymorpbism by cellulose acetate electrophoresis have been previously described for adenosine deaminase (ADA), adenylate kinase (AK) and phosphoglucomutase (PGM) Renninger, 1970a, b, 1971;Sonneborn, 1971).This report describes a method for the determination of 6-phosphoglueonate dehydrogenase (6-PGD) isoenzymes. Iv also discussed certain peculiarities of the isoenzyme systems in relation to other supporting media and the pattern and number of spots, as well as the manner in which they are influenced by pH level and buffer concentration.
Materials and MethodsFor electrophoretic studies we used the CAF electrophoretie film system and the BiotestSerum-Institut cellulose acetate film (7.5 X 15 cm). :For all investigations we used red cell lysates obtained by freezing for 12 hrs at --20°C.Buffer for staining solution: Tris/ItC1 buffer 0.03 M, pH 7.9 (containing 0.01 M MgC12 • 6 H20). (Properties of the buffer used for electrophoresis are given separately for each isoenzyme system.) Electrophoresis: 90 min at room temperature and 23 V/cm. The isoenzymes were stained by the sandwich method.Preparation of the agar solution: Dissolve 300 mg agar in 20 ml staining buffer in a boiling water bath and allow solution to cool to 50°C.Heat 15 ml staining buffer to 50°C and add the following reagents 5 to 10 min before the end of electrophoresis::For PG!VI staining: 10 mg NADP, 70 mg glucose-l-phosphate, 0.5 mg glucose-l,6-diphosphate, 5 mg PMS, 7 mg ~TT and 20 izl glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (purity grade IX, 1 mg/ml, Boehringer).For AK staining: 150 mg glucose, 30 mg ADP, 10 mg NADP, 5 mg PMS, 5 mg MTT, 20 ~l glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and 20 izl hexokinase (2 mg/ml, Boehringer). 4 t-Iumangenetik, Bd. 17