Fig. 4From: Essential Components of Antimicrobial Gastrointestinal Epithelial Barrier: Specific Interaction of Mucin with an Integral Apical Membrane Protein of Gastric MucosaMucin mucin binding protein (MBP) complexes from rat gastric mucosa. Gastric mucosal membranes prepared as described in (11) or by 1% Triton X-100 treatment (20) were subjected to Triton X-114 partition, SDS-PAGE, and immunoblotting. (A) Silver-stained SDS-PAGE gel of six separate preparations of MBP as in (11). Lane 7, purified rat gastric mucin (Muc). (B) Silver-stained SDS-PAGE gel of the samples obtained from the membranes isolated as in (11) or after 1% Triton extraction (20) and the transfer of MBP to nitrocellulose. Lane 1 depicts purified rat gastric mucin. Lanes 2–4 show the samples, as in the lanes 1–3, panel A. Lanes 5–7 depict material obtained from the mucosal membranes treated with 1% Triton X-100.Back to article page