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Query: EC:3.1.3.1 (alkaline phosphatase)
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Liver homogenates have been submitted to quantitative fractionation by differential centrifugation. Three particulate fractions: N (nuclear), ML (large granules), and P (microsomes), and a final supernate (S) have been obtained. The biochemical composition of the microsomal fraction has been established from the assay and distribution pattern of 25 enzymatic and chemical constituents. These included marker enzymes for mitochondria (cytochrome oxidase), lysosomes (acid phosphatase and N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase), and peroxisomes (catalase). The microsomal preparations were characterized by a moderate contamination with large cytoplasmic granules (only 6.2% of microsomal protein) and by a high yield in microsomal components. Enzymes such as glucose 6-phosphatase, nucleoside diphosphatase, esterase, glucuronyltransferase, NADPH cytochrome c reductase, aminopyrine demethylase, and galactosyltransferase were recovered in the microsomes to the extent of 70% or more. Another typical behavior was shown by 5'-nucleotidase, alkaline phosphatase, alkaline phosphodiesterase I, and cholesterol, which exhibited a "nucleomicrosomal" distribution. Other complex distributions were obtained for several constituents recovered in significant amount in the microsomes and in the ML or in the S fraction.
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PMID:Analytical study of microsomes and isolated subcellular membranes from rat liver. II. Preparation and composition of the microsomal fraction. 415 Apr 89

Rat liver microsomal fractions have been equilibrated in various types of linear density gradients. 15 fractions were collected and assayed for 27 constituents. As a result of this analysis microsomal constituents have been classified, in the order of increasing median density, into four groups labeled a, b, c, and d. Group a includes: monoamine oxidase, galactosyltransferase, 5'-nucleotidase, alkaline phosphodiesterase I, alkaline phosphatase, and cholesterol; group b: NADH cytochrome c reductase, NADPH cytochrome c reductase, aminopyrine demethylase, cytochrome b(5), and cytochrome P 450; group c: glucose 6-phosphatase, nucleoside diphosphatase, esterase, beta-glucuronidase, and glucuronyltransferase; group d: RNA, membrane-bound ribosomes, and some enzymes probably adsorbed on ribosomes: fumarase, aldolase, and glutamine synthetase. Analysis of the microsomal fraction by differential centrifugation in density gradient has further dissociated group a into constituents which sediment more slowly (monoamine oxidase and galactosyltransferase) than those of groups b and c, and 5'-nucleotidase, alkaline phosphodiesterase I, alkaline phosphatase, and the bulk of cholesterol which sediment more rapidly (group a2). The microsomal monoamine oxidase is attributed, at least partially, to detached fragments of external mitochondrial membrane. Galactosyltransferase belongs to the Golgi complex. Group a2 constituents are related to plasma membranes. Constituents of groups b and c and RNA belong to microsomal vesicles derived from the endoplasmic reticulum. These latter exhibit a noticeable biochemical heterogeneity and represent at the most 80% of microsomal protein, the rest being accounted for by particles bearing the constituents of groups a and some contaminating mitochondria, lysosomes, and peroxisomes. Attention is called to the operational meaning of microsomal subfractions and to their cytological complexity.
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PMID:Analytical study of microsomes and isolated subcellular membranes from rat liver. 3. Subfractionation of the microsomal fraction by isopycnic and differential centrifugation in density gradients. 415 Apr 90

Isopycnic equilibration and sedimentation rate studies of rat liver microsomes led previously to the assignment of microsomal constituents into group a1 (monoamine oxidase), group a2 (5'-nucleotidase, alkaline phosphodiesterase I, alkaline phosphatase and cholesterol), group a3 (galactosyltransferase), group b (NADH cytochrome c reductase, NADPH cytochrome c reductase, aminopyrine demethylase, cytochrome b(5) and P 450), and group c (glucose 6-phosphatase, esterase, nucleoside diphosphatase, beta-glucuronidase and glucuronyltransferase). Confirmation and extension of the assignment into groups has been obtained by studying the differential effect of the reagents digitonin, EDTA, and PPi. Digitonin specifically affected the equilibrium density only of the group a2 and (to a lesser extent) group a3, and not of groups b and c under conditions which preserved the structure-linked latency of nucleoside diphosphatase and galactosyltransferase. Within experimental error the rate of sedimentation of all microsomal constituents was unaffected. The morphological appearance under the electron microscope was indistinguishable from that of nondigitonin-treated microsomes, except that a few smooth membranes (< 10%) exhibited broken-looking profiles. Treatment of microsomes with EDTA or PPi detached a substantial part of RNA and released protein in excess over the amount accountable for by detachment of ribosome constituents. This detachment was confirmed by electron microscopy. EDTA and PPi decreased markedly the equilibrium density and the density dispersion of groups b and c, due mainly to the uncoating of rough elements. EDTA and PPi shifted slightly the distribution profiles of groups a towards lower densities, possibly as a result of the release of adsorbed proteins. The combination of EDTA and digitonin, used subsequently, rendered the average equilibrium density of group a2 higher than that of groups b and c. Dense subfractions were thus enriched in constituents of group a2 and showed mainly broken-looking vesicles under the electron microscope. The import of our results on the biochemical and enzymic properties of the subcellular components of the microsome fractions is discussed.
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PMID:Analytical study of microsomes and isolated subcellular membranes from rat liver. IV. Biochemical, physical, and morphological modifications of microsomal components induced by digitonin, EDTA, and pyrophosphate. 436 10

In model experiments using human erythrocytes, glycochenodeoxycholate caused extensive membrane damage (as judged by release of membrane phospholipid and acetylcholinesterase and by cell lysis) at approximately 10-fold lower concentrations than glycocholate. Chenodeoxycholate feeding had no effect upon the total protein, bile salt or phospholipid concentration of rat bile, although evidence is presented to suggest an expansion of the bile salt pool occurred. Rats fed chenodeoxycholate showed a dose-dependent enrichment of this bile acid in bile; this occurred mainly at the expense of cholate. Chenodeoxycholate feeding resulted in an increased biliary output of the plasma membrane enzymes alkaline phosphatase and 5'-nucleotidase; the hepatic activities of these enzymes were also increased. In contrast, the biliary output and hepatic activities of two other plasma membrane enzymes, alkaline phosphodiesterase I and L-leucine-beta-naphthylamidase, were unaffected by chenodeoxycholate feeding. A greater proportion of all four plasma membrane enzymes studied existed in bile of chenodeoxycholate-fed rats in a "soluble" form (as judged by their remaining in the supernatant on centrifugation of bile). These results are discussed in relation to the origin of plasma membrane enzymes in bile and to the potential toxicity of chenodeoxycholate and its conjugates to the membranes of the hepatobiliary system.
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PMID:Effect of chenodeoxycholate feeding upon the biliary output of plasma membrane enzymes in the rat. 608 20

Alkaline phosphodiesterase I was present in rat liver at approx. 100-fold greater activity than alkaline phosphatase, and in rat bile at approx. 25-fold greater activity. Rat serum alkaline phosphodiesterase I was increased 6-fold whilst serum alkaline phosphatase was increased only 2-fold 96 h after bile duct ligation. In contrast to alkaline phosphatase, hepatic alkaline phosphodiesterase I was not affected by bile duct ligation, suggesting its raised serum activity was due to bile regurgitation rather than overspill of the enzyme from liver into blood. Gel filtration showed that 8 and 96 h after bile duct ligation the serum contained a high molecular weight form of alkaline phosphodiesterase I. It is suggested that alkaline phosphodiesterase I offers a potentially useful indicator of biliary obstruction in the rat.
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PMID:Serum alkaline phosphodiesterase I in experimental biliary obstruction in the rat. 609 81

The release of plasma-membrane-bound enzymes by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C obtained from Bacillus thuringiensis was investigated. Among the ectoenzymes of plasma membrane tested, alkaline phosphodiesterase I was released markedly from rat kidney cortex slices, in addition to alkaline phosphatase and 5'-nucleotidase. Other membrane-bound enzymes; alanine aminopeptidase, leucine aminopeptidase, dipeptidyl peptidase, leucine aminopeptidase, dipeptidyl peptidase IV, esterase and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase could not be liberated from the treated slices. Alkaline phosphodiesterase I was released linearly from rat kidney slices with the concentration of phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C, but little enzyme was released from rat liver slices. Alkaline phosphodiesterase I separated from kidney tissue with n-butanol still retained phosphatidylinositol and was transformed into a lower molecular weight form by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C. This suggests an important function for phosphatidylinositol in the binding of alkaline phosphodiesterase I to the plasma membrane of rat kidney cells. The alkaline phosphodiesterase I released from rat kidney had a molecular weight of about 240,000 and an isoelectric point (pI) of 5.4. The enzyme hydrolyzed the phosphodiester linkage of p-nitrophenyl-thymidine 5'-monophosphate at pH 8.9 and had a Km value of 0.3 mM. The enzyme was activated by Mg2+ and Ca2+, but was inhibited by EDTA. Strong inhibition took place on the addition of adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate or the nucleotide pyrophosphates, i.e., UDP-galactose and alpha, beta-methylene ATP.
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PMID:Release of alkaline phosphodiesterase I from rat kidney plasma membrane produced by the phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C of Bacillus thuringiensis. 609 28

The gamma-glutamyltransferase (gamma-GT) activity decreased by 50% following adrenalectomy of female rats, in homogenate as well as in a purified plasma membrane preparation from liver. In contrast, such a variation was not found in the kidney. None of 3 other enzyme activities of the plasma membrane, namely 5'-nucleotidase, alkaline phosphatase, and alkaline phosphodiesterase I, was decreased by adrenalectomy. Administration of hydrocortisone (5 mg/100 g body weight) resulted in a 2.6-fold increase in hepatic gamma-GT activity from adrenalectomized rats. The hydrocortisone-mediated stimulation of gamma-GT activity was dose- and time-dependent. The 5'-nucleotidase and leucine aminopeptidase activities were not modified by the hydrocortisone treatment. The activity of gamma-GT was mainly associated with nuclear fractions (nuclei and plasma membranes) obtained from liver homogenates of either control, adrenalectomized or adrenalectomized hydrocortisone-treated animals, and this activity was purified 18-fold in a plasma-membrane preparation as compared to homogenate. These data suggest that adrenalectomy and conversely hydrocortisone treatment modulate specifically the hepatic plasma-membrane gamma-GT activity. This represents one of the first demonstrations of a specific modulation by glucocorticoids of an enzyme activity typical of the plasma membrane.
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PMID:In vivo modulation of rat hepatic gamma-glutamyltransferase activity by glucocorticoids. 610 52

Plasma membrane extracts from Herpes simplex virus type 1 transformed hamster embryo fibroblasts were chromatographed on Lens culinaris lectin coupled to Sepharose (LcH-Sepharose) and analysed by dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Coomassie blue-staining revealed two major protein bands with apparent molecular weights of 125 000 and of about 75 000-90 000. In plasma membranes isolated from these tumor cells prior labeled with [3H]fucose or [3H]glucosamine these bands contained the highest amounts of incorporated radioactivity. Separation by LcH-Sepharose-affinity chromatography as well as metabolic labeling clearly demonstrates their glycoprotein character. The 125 000 protein coincides with alkaline phosphodiesterase I activity with a Km of 6 . 10(-4) M for TMP p-nitrophenyl ester and is competitively inhibited by UDP-N-acetylglucosamine. This enzymatic activity is also present in normal hamster embryo fibroblasts. Gel electrophoresis of the Lens culinaris lectin-binding glycoproteins from plasma membranes of normal hamster embryo fibroblasts additionally revealed a strong alkaline phosphatase activity represented by an apparent molecular weight of 150 000, while HSV1 hamster tumor cells contain only a very weak activity of this enzyme activity. HSV-lytically infected cells, however, have unchanged levels of alkaline phosphatase activity, whereas alkaline phosphodiesterase activity increases slightly.
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PMID:Alkaline phosphodiesterase I and alkaline phosphatase I in plasma membranes of herpes simplex virus type 1 transformed hamster cells. 627 77

Plasma membranes have been prepared from Friend erythroleukaemic cells using a Dounce homogenization technique followed by differential and sucrose gradient centrifugations. (I) A plasma membrane fraction was obtained which showed a 20- to 30-fold enrichment in 5'-nucleotidase, alkaline phosphodiesterase I, alkaline phosphatase and in 32P-labeled (poly)phosphoinositides. About 1% of the total protein, 6-7% of phospholipid, 8-9% of cholesterol and 12-15% of each of the above markers were recovered in the plasma membrane fraction with an average yield of 15-20%. The plasma membrane was characterized by a high cholesterol to phospholipid molar ratio (0.626), a 2-fold enrichment in sphingomyelin and in phosphatidylserine as compared to the whole cell and by the complete absence of diphosphatidylglycerol. (2) When compared to the phospholipid composition of the mature mouse erythrocyte membrane, the plasma membrane of the Friend cell only differs by a higher phosphatidylcholine and a lower phosphatidylethanolamine content, whereas the levels of sphingomyelin and phosphatidylinositol plus phosphatidylserine are similar. (3) Friend cells were treated with sphingomyelinase C (S. aureus) under non-lytic conditions and subsequently submitted to subcellular fractionation. The results showed that the plasma membrane accounted for 38.5% of the total phospholipid, 64.1% of the total cholesterol and about 4.4% of the total protein content of Friend cells. (4) Sphingomyelin appeared to be asymmetrically distributed in the plasma membrane of Friend cells, with about 85% of this phospholipid being present in the outer monolayer.
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PMID:Isolation and characterization of plasma membranes from Friend erythroleukaemic cells. A study with sphingomyelinase C. 629 54

A method has been developed for routine high yield separation of canalicular (cLPM) from basolateral (blLPM) liver plasma membrane vesicles of rat liver. Using a combination of rate zonal floatation (TZ-28 zonal rotor, Sorvall) and high speed centrifugation through discontinuous sucrose gradients, 9-16 mg of cLPM and 15-28 mg of blLPM protein can be isolated in 1 d. cLPM are free of the basolateral markers Na+/K+-ATPase and glucagon-stimulatable adenylate cyclase activities, but are highly enriched with respect to homogenate in the "canalicular marker" enzyme activities leucylnaphthylamidase (48-fold), gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase (60-fold), 5'-nucleotidase (64-fold), alkaline phosphatase (71-fold), Mg++-ATPase (83-fold), and alkaline phosphodiesterase I (116-fold). In contrast, blLPM are 34-fold enriched in Na+/K+-ATPase activity, exhibit considerable glucagon-stimulatable adenylate cyclase activity, and demonstrate a 4- to 15-fold increase over homogenate in the various "canalicular markers." cLPM have a twofold higher content of sialic acids, cholesterol; and sphingomyelin compared with blLPM. At least three canalicular-(130,000, 100,000, and 58,000 mol wt) and several basolateral-specific protein bands have been detected after SDS PAGE of the two LPM subfractions. Specifically, the immunoglobin A-binding secretory component is restricted to blLPM as demonstrated by immunochemical techniques. These data indicate virtually complete separation of basolateral from canalicular LPM and demonstrate multiple functional and compositional polarity between the two surface domains of hepatocytes.
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PMID:Structural and functional polarity of canalicular and basolateral plasma membrane vesicles isolated in high yield from rat liver. 669 96


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