Analysis of an Ethanol Precipitate from Ileal Digesta: Evaluation of a Method to Determine Mucin

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Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2013 Nov 7

PMID 24192816

Citations 3

Authors

Warren M Miner-Williams

Paul J Moughan

Malcolm F Fuller

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Abstract

The precipitation of mucin using high concentrations of ethanol has been used by many researchers while others have questioned the validity of the technique. In this study, analysis of an ethanol precipitate, from the soluble fraction of ileal digesta from pigs was undertaken using molecular weight profiling and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The precipitate contained 201 mg·g⁻¹ protein, 87% of which had a molecular weight >20 KDa. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis stained with Coomassie blue and periodic acid/Schiff, revealed that most glycoprotein had a molecular weight between 37-100 KDa. The molecular weight of glycoprotein in the precipitate was therefore lower than that of intact mucin. These observations indicated that the glycoprotein in the ethanol precipitate was significantly degraded. The large amount of protein and carbohydrate in the supernatant from ethanol precipitation indicated that the precipitation of glycoprotein was incomplete. As a method for determining the concentration of mucin in digesta, ethanol precipitation is unreliable.

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