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In this study we describe the occurrence of a calmodulin-like protein in normal human biological fluids. Extraction of the calmodulin-like protein from breast milk, saliva, serum and urine provided an extract with enhanced calmodulin immunoreactivity which, in the case of milk and saliva, showed a protein band co-migrating with authentic calmodulin (Mr 17 000) on sodium dodecylsulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. However, in milk, saliva and serum a major protein band of Mr 14 000–15 000 was always observed, which we speculate may be related to calmodulin, possibly as a partially degraded form.
Estimates of biologically active calmodulin in most normal extracellular fluids were of the order which we have found will stimulate cell division when added to the extracellular medium of cells in culture. Levels ranged from 0·03 nmol/l in urine to 18·6 nmol/l in breast milk, and exhibited a quantitative relationship (r = 0·79, P < 0·01) to epidermal growth factor (EGF) levels in fluids. Where EGF concentrations varied from normal (increased in saliva 24 h after oral surgery and reduced in the urine of patients with renal failure) calmodulin concentrations were similarly affected. The presence of calmodulin in serum may in part be attributable to its release from platelets which are particularly rich in calmodulin. Release of calmodulin from the platelet was associated with that of EGF and other platelet products.
J. Endocr. (1988) 118, 501–509
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