Fig. 3.
Pulse-chase analysis of rVWFR273W secretion from COS-7 cells.
COS-7 cells were transfected with the appropriate plasmid DNA. Forty-eight hours after transfection, the cells were radiolabeled for 20 minutes with [35S]-methionine and [35S]-cysteine, then chased for various times in the presence of nonradioactive methionine and cysteine. Radiolabeled cell lysates and medium samples were immunoprecipitated with a rabbit polyclonal antiserum to VWF. Immunoprecipitates were separated by electrophoresis on 6% reducing SDS-polyacrylamide gels. Upper bar denotes the position of pro-VWF, lower bar denotes the position of mature propeptide cleaved VWF.