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Sigma-Aldrich

Lactoferrin from human milk

Iron saturated, ≥85% (SDS-PAGE)

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CAS Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352202
NACRES:
NA.61

biological source

human milk

Quality Level

Assay

≥85% (SDS-PAGE)

form

powder

mol wt

82.4 kDa

Iron content

0.15-1.0%

technique(s)

microbiological culture: suitable

solubility

phosphate buffer: 10 mg/mL at 25 °C (0.01 M phosphate buffer, 0.0027 M potassium chloride and 0.137 M sodium chloride, pH 7.4)

UniProt accession no.

storage temp.

2-8°C

InChI

1S/C35H53N9O12/c1-16(2)27(43-33(53)23(14-26(47)48)41-25(46)15-38-29(49)18(5)39-31(51)21(36)13-24(37)45)34(54)40-19(6)30(50)42-22(12-20-10-8-7-9-11-20)32(52)44-28(17(3)4)35(55)56/h7-11,16-19,21-23,27-28H,12-15,36H2,1-6H3,(H2,37,45)(H,38,49)(H,39,51)(H,40,54)(H,41,46)(H,42,50)(H,43,53)(H,44,52)(H,47,48)(H,55,56)/t18-,19-,21-,22-,23-,27-,28-/m0/s1

InChI key

QCBUWCQOKPLTDZ-PKRULZLPSA-N

Gene Information

human ... LTF(4057)

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Application

Lactoferrin was used to grow Streptococcus mutans in an iron-limiting medium. It was used to test if lactoferrin impedes epithelial cell adhesion in vitro. It was also used to test the diagnostic value of blood cytokine concentrations in acute pneumonia.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Lactoferrin is an iron binding protein. It is structurally similar to transferrin, the plasma iron transport protein; but lactoferrin has a much higher affinity for iron (250 fold). It is very abundant in colostrum and small amounts can also be found in tears, saliva, mucous secretions and in the secondary granules of neutrophils. It is made by mucosal epithelium and neutrophils and is released by these cells in response to inflammatory stimuli. Bacterial growth is inhibited by its ability to sequester iron and also permeabilize bacterial cell walls by binding to lipopolysaccharides through its N-terminus. Lactoferrin can inhibit viral infection by binding tightly to the viral envelope protein. This prevents cell-virus fusion by blocking the binding domain. Lactoferrin appears to activate host defense systems in part by stimulating the release of interleukin-8, a neutrophil activator. It may also be involved in antibody and interleukin synthesis, lymphocyte proliferation and complement activation.

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P Kragsbjerg et al.
Thorax, 50(12), 1253-1257 (1995-12-01)
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Cécile Frolet et al.
BMC microbiology, 10, 190-190 (2010-07-14)
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a widely distributed commensal Gram-positive bacteria of the upper respiratory tract. Pneumococcal colonization can progress to invasive disease, and thus become lethal, reason why antibiotics and vaccines are designed to limit the dramatic effects of the bacteria
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Journal of innate immunity, 11(6), 481-495 (2019-05-06)
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a prominent global health care burden. Although UTI is readily treated with antibiotics in healthy adults, complicated cases in immune-compromised individuals and the emerging antibiotic resistance of several uropathogens have accelerated the need for new
Gregory T Spear et al.
PloS one, 6(5), e19560-e19560 (2011-05-17)
More than one million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) occur each day. The immune responses and inflammation induced by STDs and other frequent non-STD microbial colonizations (i.e. Candida and bacterial vaginosis) can have serious pathologic consequences in women

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