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Previous studies have shown that vertebrate rod outer segments (ROS) have a light activated phospholipase C which hydrolyzes phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphonate (PIP2). Three different experimental approaches have been used to test the hypothesis that the phosphatidylinositol (PI) biosynthetic cycle is present in ROS and that PIP2 can be regenerated from DG independent of rod inner segments. In the first study, enzyme activities of the PI cycle were assayed simultaneously in the presence of CTP, myo-inositol and [gamma-32P]ATP using endogenous lipids as substrates. Under these conditions, broken (leaky) ROS prepared by continuous sucrose gradient centrifugation showed PI, PIP and DG kinase activities similar to those found in intact ROS and non-ROS membranes, whereas PI synthetase activity was much lower in the leaky ROS than in the other two fractions. The relative distribution of PI synthetase specific activity in the three membrane preparations was similar to that of the microsomal enzyme marker cytochrome c reductase. ROS prepared by discontinuous sucrose gradient centrifugation showed only 2-3% of whole homogenate PI synthetase or phosphatidyl: cytidyl transferase activities, and the distribution of activities was the same as for microsomal and mitochondrial marker enzymes. In the second study, whole retinas were incubated with myo-[2-3H]inositol or [2-3H]glycerol in vitro, and the time course of incorporation of radioactivity into PI and other phospholipids was determined for ROS and three other retinal fractions. Over a 10-hr period, the rate of incorporation of myo-[2-3H]inositol or [2-3H]glycerol into PI in ROS was lowest among the various retinal fractions. In the third study, chemical analysis of the molecular species composition of PI, DG and phosphatidic acid (PA) from ROS shows that PA is substantially different from PI and DG, the latter two being quite similar. These results are consistent with a precursor-product relationship between PI and DG, but not with the conversion of DG to PA or of PA to PI. Taken together, these three studies indicate that ROS do not have PI synthetase or phosphatidyl: cytidyl transferase activities, but do have DG, PI and PIP kinase activities. Thus, the PI in ROS lost through rapid turnover must be replaced with molecules derived from de novo synthesis in the inner segment of the photoreceptor cell.
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PMID:Phosphoinositide metabolism in frog rod outer segments. 216 31

A membrane fraction enriched in endoplasmic reticulum was prepared from rat parotid glands by using sucrose-gradient centrifugation. The fraction showed a 10-fold increase in specific activity of NADPH: cytochrome c reductase activity over that of tissue homogenates and minimal contamination with plasma membranes or mitochondria. The endoplasmic reticulum fraction possessed both Mg2+ -stimulated ATPase as well as Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase [( Ca2+ + Mg2+)-stimulated ATPase]activity. The Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase required 2-5 mM-Mg2+ for optimal activity and was stimulated by submicromolar concentrations of free Ca2+. The Km for free Ca2+ was 0.55 microM and the average Vmax. was 60 nmol/min per mg of protein. The Km for ATP was 0.11 mM. Other nucleotides, such as GTP, CTP or ADP, could not substitute for ATP in supporting the Ca2+-activated nucleotidase activity. Increasing the K+ concentration from 0 to 100 mM caused a 2-fold activation of the Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase. Trifluoperazine, W7 [N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloronaphthalene-1-sulphonamide] and vanadate inhibited the enzyme. The concentration of trifluoperazine and vanadate required for 50% inhibition of the ATPase were 52 microM and 28 microM respectively. Calmodulin, cyclic AMP, cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate had no effect on the ATPase. The properties of the Ca2+, Mg2+ -ATPase were distinct from those of the Mg2+-ATPase, but comparable with those reported for the parotid endoplasmic-reticulum Ca2+-transport system [Kanagasuntheram & Teo (1982) Biochem. J. 208, 789-794]. The results suggest that the Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase is responsible for driving the ATP-dependent Ca2+ accumulation by this membrane.
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PMID:The (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-stimulated ATPase of the rat parotid endoplasmic reticulum. 294 71

The translocation of phosphatidate phosphohydrolase between the cytosol and the microsomal membranes was investigated by using a cell-free system from rat liver. Linoleate, alpha-linolenate, arachidonate and eicosapentenoate promoted the translocation to membranes with a similar potency to that of oleate. The phosphohydrolase that associated with the membranes in the presence of [14C]oleate or 1mM-spermine coincided on Percoll gradients with the peak of rotenone-insensitive NADH-cytochrome c reductase, and in the former case with a peak of 14C. Microsomal membranes were enriched with the phosphohydrolase activity by incubation with [14C]oleate or spermine and then incubated with albumin. The phosphohydrolase activity was displaced from the membranes by albumin, and this paralleled the removal of [14C]oleate from the membranes when this acid was present. Chlorpromazine also displaced phosphatidate phosphohydrolase from the membranes, but it did not displace [14C]oleate. The effects of spermine in promoting the association of the phosphohydrolase with the membranes was inhibited by ATP, GTP, CTP, AMP and phosphate. ATP at the same concentration did not antagonize the translocating effect of oleate. From these results and previous work, it was concluded that the binding of long-chain fatty acids and their CoA esters to the endoplasmic reticulum acts as a signal for more phosphatidate phosphohydrolase to associate with these membranes and thereby to enhance the synthesis of glycerolipids, especially triacylglycerol. The translocation of the phosphohydrolase probably depends on the increased negative charge on the membranes, which could also be donated by the accumulation of phosphatidate. Chlorpromazine could oppose the translocation by donating a positive charge to the membranes.
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PMID:Regulation of the translocation of phosphatidate phosphohydrolase between the cytosol and the endoplasmic reticulum of rat liver. Effects of unsaturated fatty acids, spermine, nucleotides, albumin and chlorpromazine. 300 6

A mitochondrial extract from Leishmania tarentolae directs the incorporation of uridylate (U) residues within the pre-edited domain of synthetic cytochrome b (CYb) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 7 mRNA. This has several characteristics of an in vitro RNA editing activity, but no direct evidence for involvement of guide RNAs was obtained. Inhibition by micrococcal nuclease suggests a requirement for some type of endogenous RNA. The limitation of internal U-incorporation to the pre-edited region in the CYb mRNA and the inhibition by deletion or substitution of both mRNA anchor sequences for CYb gRNA-I and -II could be consistent either with a gRNA-mediated process or a secondary structure-mediated process. A low level of incorporation of [alpha-32P]CTP occurs at the same sites as UTP. Internal U-incorporation activity is selectively inhibited by heterologous RNAs, suggesting an involvement of low affinity RNA-binding proteins which can be competed by the added RNA.
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PMID:In vitro RNA editing-like activity in a mitochondrial extract from Leishmania tarentolae. 782 90

Microsome fractions from hypocotyls of dark-grown soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merrill) seedlings incorporated myo-inositol into phosphatidylinositol by an exchange reaction stimulated by Mn(2+) (optimum at 10 mm) and cytidine nucleotides (CMP = CDP approximately CTP) but not by Mg(2+) or nucleotides other than cytidine nucleotides. The activity was membrane associated, with an optimum pH of 8, stimulated by auxin, and inhibited by certain thiol reagents or by heating above 40 degrees C. With radioactive inositol, phosphatidylinositol was the only radioactive product. That turnover was by myo-inositol exchange was verified from experiments where unlabeled inositol replaced already incorporated inositol with approximately the same kinetics as for the incorporation of label. Both the incorporation and the displacement reactions were stimulated by Mn(2+) and CMP and both were responsive to auxin with comparable dose dependency. Corresponding exchange activities with choline or ethanolamine were not observed. The phosphatidylinositol-myo-inositol exchange activity was low or absent from plasma membrane, tonoplast, and mitochondria enriched fractions. The activity co-localized on free-flow electrophoresis and aqueous two-phase partition with NADPH cytochrome c reductase and latent IDPase, markers for endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus, respectively. With microsomes incubated with both ATP and inositol, polyphosphoinositides were unlabeled demonstrating separate locations for the inositol exchange and phosphatidylinositol kinase reactions. Thus, the auxin-responsive inositol turnover activity of soybean membranes is distinct from the usual de novo biosynthetic pathway. It is not the result of a traditional D-type phospholipase and appears not to involve plasma membrane-associated polyphosphoinositide metabolism. It most closely resembles previously described phosphatidylinositol-myo-inositol exchange activities of plant and animal endoplasmic reticulum.
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PMID:Characteristics of a phosphatidylinositol exchange activity of soybean microsomes. 1666 55