ISOLATION OF PROTEIN AND PEPTIDE FROM URINE

The passage of human urine through a bed of adsorbent material results in the adsorption from the urine of antineoplastic substances as determined by in vitro tissue culture techniques utilizing human tumor cells. The adsorbent yields two antineoplastic fractions upon sequential elution. Elution of the low-molecular weight antineoplastic fraction is accomplished by elution with cold aqueous acetone at slightly alkaline pH. Thereafter, elution of the high molecular weight antineoplastic fraction is accomplished by elution with a cold aqueous acetone-glycerol mixture at slightly alkaline pH. The antineoplastic activities of these fractions are determined by tissue culture techniques employing a variety of human neoplastic cells. Furthermore, the high molecular weight fraction, the antineoplastic urinary protein, also inhibits the progression and causes regression of certain human tumor cells implanted in the nude mouse.