Adiponectin (also called ACRP30 and GBP28) is a protein exclusively secreted from adipose tissue. Full-length adiponectin was expressed in HEK293 cells stably transfected with pcdm-F vector encoding FLAG epitope-tagged mouse adiponectin. Recombinant adiponectin was purified using anti-FLAG M2 affinity gel (Sigma-Aldrich) and was eluted with FLAG peptide. FLAG peptides were removed by an extensive wash with an excessive volume of saline. Highly sensitive matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass-spectrometric analysis confirmed that FLAG peptide was not detectable in the protein solution.
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