Identification of lactoferrin in bovine tears

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1369-1372

  Brown, Michael H ^a   Brightman, Alan H ^a   Fenwick, Bradley W ^a   Rider, Maureen A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LACRIMAL FLUID; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LACTOFERRIN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TEARS;

EID: 0030227905     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Crichton R. Proteins of iron storage and transport. Adv Protein Chem 1990;40:284-263.
2. Goodman R, Schanbacher F. Bovine lactoferrin mRNA: sequence, analysis, and expression in the mammary gland. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991;180:75-84.
3. Masson P, Heremans J. Lactoferrin in milk from different species. Comp Biochem Physiol 1971;39:119-129.
4. Smith KL, Schanbacher FL Lactoferrin as a factor of resistance to infection of the bovine mammary gland. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1977;170:1224-1469.
5. Weinberg E. Iron and susceptibility in infectious disease. Science 1974;184:942-956.
6. Nichols B, McKee K, Huebers H. Human lactoferrin stimulates thymidine incorporation into DNA of rat crypt cells. Pediatr Res 1987;21:563-567.
7. Nishiya K, Horwitz D, Monocyte and NK cell cytotoxic activity in human adherent cell preparations: discriminatory effects of interferon and lactoferrin. J Immunol 1982;129:2519-2523.
8. Stanifer R, Kretzer F. Tear film. In: Anderson R, ed. Biochemistry of the eye. San Francisco: American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1983;723-755.
9. Holly F, Lemp M. Tear physiology and dry eyes. Surv Ophthalmol 1977;22:69-87.
10. Cotlier E. Resistance to infection of the external dry eye: the role of tears. Surv Ophthalmol 1979;24:33-38.
11. van Haeringen N. Clinical biochemistry of tears. Surv Ophthalmol 1981;26:84-96.
12. Brightman AH, Wachsstock RS, Erskine R. Lysozyme concentrations in the tears of cattle, goats, and sheep. Am J Vet Res 1991;52:9-11.
13. Padgett G, Hirsch J. Lysozyme: its absence in tears and leukocytes of cattle. Aust J Exp Biol Med Sci 1967;45:569-570.
14. Masson P, Heremans J. An iron binding protein common to many external secretions. Clin Chim Acta 1966;14:735-739.
15. Broikhuyse R. Tear lactoferrin: a bacteriostatic and complexing protein. Invest Ophthalmol 1974;13:550-554.
16. Boonstra A, Kijlstra A. The identification of transferrin, an iron-binding protein in rabbit tears. Exp Eye Res 1984;38:561-567.
17. Arora AK, Killinger AH, Myes WL. Detection of Moraxella bovis antibodies in infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis by a passive hemagglutination test. Am J Vet Res 1976;37:1489-1492.
18. Fullard R, Tucker D. Changes in human tear protein levels with progressively increasing stimulus. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1991;32:2290-2301.
19. Fullard R. Identification of proteins in small tear volumes with and without size exclusion HPLC fractionation. Curr Eye Res 1988;7:163-179.
20. Davidson HJ, Gerlach JA, Bull RW. Determination of protein concentrations and their molecular weight in tears from cats with normal corneas and cats with corneal sequestrum. Am J Vet Res 1992;53:1756-1759.
21. Morrissey J. Silver stains protein in polyacrylamide gels: a modified procedure with enhanced sensitivity. Anal Biochem 1981;117:307-310.
22. Mead P, Tweedie J. cDNA and protein sequence of bovine lactoferrin. Nucleic Acids Res 1990;18:7167.
23. Baker E, Anderson B, Baker H. Structure, function and flexibility of human lactoferrin. Int J Biol Macromol 1991;13:122-129.
24. Kijlstra A. The role of lactoferrin in the nonspecific immune response on the ocular surface. Reg Immunol 1991;3:193-197.
25. Rainard P. Bacteriostatic activity of bovine lactoferrin in mastitic milk. Vet Microbiol 1987;13:159-166.
26. Eichenbaum J, Lavach J, Severin G. Immunology of the ocular surface. Campend Contin Educ Pract Vet 1987;9:1101-1108.
27. Bron A. Eyelid secretions and the prevention and production of disease. Eye 1988;2:166-171.
28. Kijlstra A, Jeurissen S, Koning K. Lactoferrin levels in normal human tears. Br J Ophthalmol 1983;67:199-202.
29. Arnold R, Cole M. A bactericidal effect for human lactoferrin. Science 1977;197:263-265.
30. Ellison R, Giehl T, La Force F. Damage of the outer membrane of enteric gram-negative bacteria by lactoferrin and transferrin. Infect Immun 1988;56:2774-2781.
31. Molley A, Winterboum C. Release of iron from phagocytosed Escherichia coli and uptake by neutrophil lactoferrin. Blood 1990;75:984-989.
32. Peter R, Jones G. Models for studying the role of bacterial attachment in virulence and pathogenesis. Rev Inject Dis 1983;5: S647-S655.
33. Mims C. The pathogenesis of infectious disease. London: Academic Press, 1976;36-37.
34. Fenwick B, Rider M, Lang J. Iron repressible outer membrane proteins of Moraxella bovis and demonstration of siderophorelike activity. Vet Microbiol 1995;48:315-324.
35. Spitznagel J, Dalldorf F, Leffell M. Character of azurophil and specific granules purified from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Lab Invest 1974;30:774-785.
36. Johnston R, Ambruso D. Lactoferrin enhances hydroxyl radical production by human neutrophils, neutrophil particulate fraction, and an enzymatic generating system. J Clin Invest 1981;67:357-362.
37. Oseas R, Yang H, Baehner R. Lactoferrin: a promoter of polymorphonuclear leukocyte adhesiveness. Blood 1981;57:939-945.
38. Kagonyera GM, George LW, Munn R. Cytopathic effects of Moraxella bovis on cultured bovine neutrophils and corneal epithelial cells. Am J Vet Res 1989;50:10-17.