Fig. 4.
Inhibition of protease activity.
(A) Bone marrow cells were aliquoted into 6 different tubes containing RIPA and the indicated inhibitors (50 μg/mL elastatinal, 0.5 mg/mL alpha-1-antitrypsin, 5 mmol/L EDTA, and leupeptin/Pefabloc/pepstatin/aprotinin [LPPA]). A lysate of35S-methionine–labeled blood cells (300 μL each) was added, and the reaction was immunoprecipitated for 3 hours at 4°C before gel separation. (B) The experiment was repeated with varying amounts of alpha-1-antitrypsin (0.1, 0.25, 0.5, and 1 mg/mL, shown in lanes 3-6, respectively). 35S-methionine–labeled bone marrow cells were lysed in RIPA with or without 0.5 mg/mL alpha-1-antitrypsin followed by immunoprecipitation for 1 hour at 4°C without any preclearing (lanes 7 and 8).