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Query: EC:3.1.3.1 (alkaline phosphatase)
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When 1 mM ATP is added to human dermal fibroblasts (DF) in monolayer culture permeabilized by glycerol, they undergo a rapid reduction in length and their intracellular actin filaments aggregate. This process is referred to as cell contraction. Treating glycerol-permeabilized DF with alkaline phosphatase before adding 1 mM ATP should cause dephosphorylation. Dephosphorylated preparations do not undergo cell contraction initiated by ATP. When myosin light-chain kinase (MLCK) isolated from turkey gizzard is added with cofactors to cells dephosphorylated by alkaline phosphatase treatment, contraction is restored. DF incubated for 24 h with db cAMP or cholera toxin show elevated intracellular concentrations of cAMP and little cell contraction. Contraction is reestablished when MLCK with cofactors is incubated with these preparations before ATP is added. Fibroblasts from Epidermolysis Bullosa dystrophica recessive patients produce excess cAMP. Those cells show minimal contraction, however; treating them with MLCK and cofactors renews contraction brought about by ATP. When DF are incubated with trifluoperazine to block calmodulin-dependent enzyme reactions, cell contraction is inhibited. Adding cytochalasin B disrupts microfilaments and also inhibits contraction. This work supports the idea that myosin ATPase is critical to cell contraction. Myosin ATPase is dependent on the phosphorylation of the regulatory peptide, myosin light chain. Elevating intracellular concentrations of cAMP or treatment of permeabilized cell preparations with alkaline phosphatase may inhibit myosin ATPase activity. The restoration of phosphorylation by adding MLCK with cofactors served to reestablish cell contraction.
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PMID:ATP-induced cell contraction in dermal fibroblasts: effects of cAMP and myosin light-chain kinase. 301 87

We investigated the effects of bile duct ligation on alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activities in liver, calvarium, duodenum, and ileum in rats and its possible mechanism of action. ALP isozyme activities in the ligated rats were significantly elevated in the liver and duodenum, while those in the ileum and calvarium were markedly decreased. The ALP isozyme activity elevated by the ligation was obviously suppressed by prior administration of indomethacin, an inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis. Moreover, phorbol ester also elevated the ALP activity as well as the phosphatase level in the ligated rat. However, other drugs, such as an inhibitor of protein kinase C and calmodulin, showed different effects: calmodulin stimulated an 11.0-, 1.3-, or 1.5-fold increase in ALP activity in the ileum, duodenum, or calvarium, respectively; whereas the hepatic enzyme activity was not affected. The induction by calmodulin was markedly different from that by the ligation. Moreover, imipramine, an inhibitor of protein kinase C, had little effect. These results suggest that prostaglandin is a possible ALP inducer in ligated rats, probably working by elevating the cAMP level. On the other hand, the ligation induced simultaneously de novo synthesis of the membranous and soluble ALP isozymes; and the release rate of the soluble enzyme was greater than that of the membranous isozymes, indicating that the soluble enzyme might be a main source of the induced serum ALP. Lectin affinity chromatography indicated that the soluble enzyme or induced serum enzyme may contain more fucose than that of the membranous one, suggesting that the sugar moiety in the ALP molecule may relate to the clearance of ALP from or its release into the circulation.
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PMID:A possible mechanism of induction and translocation into blood stream of rat alkaline phosphatase activity by bile duct ligation. 302 76

A nerve growth factor (NGF)-sensitive S6 kinase was purified by alkaline lysis of PC12 cells. The activity in lysates from NGF-treated cells was 10-20-fold higher than that from controls. Half-maximal stimulation of the S6 kinase by NGF treatment occurred in approximately 5 min, and the activity returned almost to basal levels by 2 h. A rapid purification method was devised in which crude extract was applied directly to a PBE 94 column after buffer exchange on a PD-10 column (Sephadex G-25 M). The activated S6 kinase was purified at least 673-fold with a recovery of approximately 70%. The S6 kinase has an apparent molecular weight of 45,000 and is highly specific for S6. It is not inhibited by the specific inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinases, or by chlorpromazine or sodium vanadate, nor is it activated by Ca2+/calmodulin. It was inhibited by EGTA, beta-glycerophosphate, or NaF. Phosphorylation occurred solely on serine residues. The S6 kinase activity from control cells and from NGF-treated cells eluted at pH 5.69 and 5.58, respectively, during PBE 94 column chromatography. Pretreatment of crude extract from NGF-stimulated cells with alkaline phosphatase resulted in an elution of the enzyme at the position of S6 kinase from control cells and a concomitant decrease in activity. These results indicate that phosphorylation is involved in the mechanism of S6 kinase activation.
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PMID:Purification and mechanism of activation of a nerve growth factor-sensitive S6 kinase from PC12 cells. 310 77

Transport of Ca2+ by the ATP-dependent Ca2+ pump has been demonstrated previously in rat intestinal basolateral-membrane vesicles. To identify the Ca2+-pump protein, duodenal basolateral membranes were phosphorylated with [gamma-32P]ATP in the presence of Ca2+ and La3+, under conditions conducive for maximal formation of the phosphorylated intermediate of the Ca2+ pump. Four major phosphoprotein bands were seen on autoradiograms of acidic SDS/polyacrylamide gels; the properties of a phosphoprotein (pp) at 130 kDa (pp130) were consistent with those expected for the plasma-membrane Ca2+ pump. This phosphoprotein was markedly enhanced by La3+, exhibited the characteristics of an acyl-phosphate bond, was preferentially phosphorylated from ATP and inhibited by micromolar concentrations of vanadate. Another phosphoprotein of 115 kDa possibly represented the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump or a fragment of pp130. Other phosphoproteins of 75 and 95 kDa were predominantly expressions of alkaline phosphatase. Formation of pp130 was highest in duodenal basolateral-membrane preparations when compared with those of jejunum and ileum or other subcellular fractions. A similar correlation between Ca2+-pump activity and pp130 formation was not found in membranes from villus-tip and crypt cells or in vitamin D-deficient animals. pp130 was isolated as a single phosphoprotein by calmodulin-affinity chromatography. We conclude that pp130 represents the phosphorylated intermediate of the rat intestinal basolateral-membrane Ca2+ pump, which can be separated from other phosphoproteins using its properties as a calmodulin-binding protein.
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PMID:Identification and isolation of the phosphorylated intermediate of the calcium pump in rat intestinal basolateral membranes. 322 32

This paper reports further study of the identity and function of a protein shown to be elevated in serum from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and clinically normal heterozygotes. Monoclonal antibodies, specifically recognizing the tentatively named cystic fibrosis antigen (CFAg), were produced. Immunoaffinity purification of CFAg from several sources revealed two components: 11 x 10(3) and 14 x 10(3) Mr protein. cDNA clones corresponding to each protein have been isolated. Data-base comparisons of the deduced amino acid sequences suggest that both genes encode related but distinct calcium-binding proteins. We propose the name calgranulin A and B, for the 11 x 10(3) and 14 x 10(3) Mr components, respectively. It is clear from the assignment of the calgranulin genes to chromosome 1 that neither is the product of the mutant CF gene, which maps to chromosome 7. We have used the monoclonal antibodies to study the tissue distribution of the two proteins in a wide-ranging immunohistological survey. Where possible the pattern of expression was confirmed by RNA blot analysis. Strong calgranulin expression in granulocytes was confirmed. In addition to myeloid cells, a restricted subset of normal stratified squamous epithelia were found to be calgranulin-positive. These included tongue, oesophagus and buccal cells, the last of which has been shown to have altered calmodulin activity in CF patients. Using indirect alkaline phosphatase staining, tissue sections of lung, pancreas and skin (normally considered sites where the CF defect is expressed) were not calgranulin-positive. However, by indirect immunofluorescence, nasal polyp sections showed weak patchy calgranulin expression in some epithelial cells, and stronger, higher frequency expression when such cells were briefly cultured.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Expression pattern of two related cystic fibrosis-associated calcium-binding proteins in normal and abnormal tissues. 326 95

Various biological effects induced by the tumor promoting phorbol ester TPA in mouse skin are comparably suppressed by the immunologically inactive cyclosporine H (CsH) and by the strongly immunosuppressive cyclosporine A (CsA). These effects inhibited include the development of edema, stimulation of alkaline phosphatase activity, DNA and protein synthesis, as well as tumor promotion. Furthermore, CsH, like CsA, inhibits the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent phosphorylation of the elongation factor 2 (EF-2) in vitro and the TPA-induced increases in the amount of EF-2 in vivo. Similar observations were made using the weak immunosuppressant CsD. We conclude from these results that the ability of cyclosporines to act as immunosuppressants and their ability to inhibit TPA-effects are based on two different mechanisms of action. Inhibition of TPA-effects may involve suppression of calmodulin-dependent processes, such as augmentation and phosphorylation of EF-2.
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PMID:The weak immunosuppressant cyclosporine D as well as the immunologically inactive cyclosporine H are potent inhibitors in vivo of phorbol ester TPA-induced biological effects in mouse skin and of Ca2+/calmodulin dependent EF-2 phosphorylation in vitro. 334 35

A membrane fraction enriched in plasma membrane marker enzymes K+-dependent p-nitrophenyl phosphatase, 5'-nucleotidase and alkaline phosphatase was prepared from rat parotid glands using Percoll self-forming gradient. This fraction contained an ATP-dependent CA2+ transport system which was distinct from those located on the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria of parotid glands. The Km for ATP was 0.57 +/- 0.07 mM (n = 3). Nucleotides other than ATP such as ADP, AMP, GTP, CTP, UTP or ITP were unable to support significant Ca2+ uptake. ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake displayed sigmoidal kinetics with respect to free Ca2+ concentration with a Hill coefficient of 2.02. The K0.5 for Ca2+ was 44 +/- 3.1 nM (n = 3) and the average Vmax was 13.5 +/- 1.1 nmol/min per mg of protein. The pH optimum was 7.2. Trifluorperazine inhibited Ca2+ transport with half maximal inhibition observed at 30.8 microM. Complete inhibition was observed at 70 microM trifluorperazine. Exogenous calmodulin however had no effect on the rate of transport. Na+ and K+ ions activated Ca2+ transport at 20 to 30 mM ion concentrations. Higher concentrations of Na+ or K+ were inhibitory.
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PMID:Characterisation of an ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport system in a plasma membrane enriched fraction from rat parotid. 345 46

Since it had been previously shown that in Paramecium cells exocytosis involves the dephosphorylation of a 65-kD phosphoprotein (PP), we tried to induce exocytotic membrane fusion by exogenous phosphatases (alkaline phosphatase or calcineurin [CaN]). The occurrence of calmodulin (CaM) at preformed exocytosis sites (Momayezi, M., H. Kersken, U. Gras, J. Vilmart-Seuwen, and H. Plattner, 1986, J. Histochem. Cytochem., 34:1621-1638) and the current finding of the presence of the 65-kD PP and of a CaN-like protein in cell surface fragments ("cortices") isolated from Paramecium cells led us to also test the effect of antibodies (Ab) against CaM or CaN on exocytosis performance. Microinjected anti-CaN Ab strongly inhibit exocytosis. (Negative results with microinjected anti-CaM Ab can easily be explained by the abundance of CaM.) Alternatively, microinjection of a Ca2+-CaM-CaN complex triggers exocytosis. The same occurs with alkaline phosphatase. All these effects can also be mimicked in vitro with isolated cortices. In vitro exocytosis triggered by adding Ca2+-CaM-CaN or alkaline phosphatase is paralleled by dephosphorylation of the 65-kD PP. Exocytosis can also be inhibited in cortices by anti-CaM Ab or anti-CaN Ab. In wild-type cells, compounds that inhibit phosphatase activity, but none that inhibit kinases or proteases, are able to inhibit exocytosis. Exocytosis cannot be induced by phosphatase injection in a membrane-fusion-deficient mutant strain (nd9-28 degrees C) characterized by a defective organization of exocytosis sites (Beisson, J., M. Lefort-Tran, M. Pouphile, M. Rossignol, and B. Satir, 1976, J. Cell Biol., 69:126-143). We conclude that exocytotic membrane fusion requires an adequate assembly of molecular components to allow for the dephosphorylation of a 65-kD PP and that this step is crucial for the induction of exocytotic membrane fusion in Paramecium cells. In vivo this probably involves a Ca2+-CaM-stimulated CaN-like PP phosphatase.
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PMID:Exocytosis induction in Paramecium tetraurelia cells by exogenous phosphoprotein phosphatase in vivo and in vitro: possible involvement of calcineurin in exocytotic membrane fusion. 361 Nov 84

Administration of 650 pmol 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] to vitamin D-deficient chicks increased adenylate cyclase activity in the basolateral membrane of duodenal epithelial cells within 24 h. This increase in enzymatic activity was accompanied by an increase in calmodulin content of the basolateral membrane. Although neither exogenously added calmodulin (up to 10 micrograms/ml) nor calcium (from 10(-7)-10(-5) M) stimulated enzyme activity, calmodulin antagonists trifluoperazine, W7, and W13 inhibited it. When calmodulin content, adenylate cyclase activity, and alkaline phosphatase activity were measured in cells sequentially eluted from the tip to the base of the villus, cells from the midregion and base had the highest calmodulin content and adenylate cyclase activity, whereas alkaline phosphatase activity (a brush border membrane enzyme) was highest in cells eluted from the tip. Adenylate cyclase activity was increased by 1,25-(OH)2D3, particularly in cells from the midvillus. Our results indicate that the response of adenylate cyclase activity to 1,25-(OH)2D3 varies along the villus and suggest that calmodulin may be involved.
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PMID:Stimulation by 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 of adenylate cyclase along the villus of chick duodenum. 378 May 39

Purified bovine brain calmodulin was biotinylated with biotinyl-epsilon-aminocaproic acid N-hydroxysuccinimide. Biotinylated calmodulin was used to detect and quantify calmodulin-binding proteins following both protein blotting and slot-blot procedures by using alkaline phosphatase or peroxidase coupled to avidin. When purified bovine brain calcineurin, a calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, was immobilized on nitrocellulose slot blots, biotinylated calmodulin bound in a calcium-dependent saturable manner; these blots were then quantified by densitometry. Biotinylated calmodulin was able to detect as little as 10 ng of calcineurin, and the binding was competitively inhibited by addition of either native calmodulin or trifluoperazine. When biotinylated calmodulin was used to probe protein blots of crude brain cytosol and membrane preparations after gel electrophoresis, only protein bands characteristic of known calmodulin-binding proteins (i.e., calmodulin-dependent protein kinase, calcineurin, spectrin) were detected with avidin-peroxidase or avidin-alkaline phosphatase procedures. Purified calcineurin was subjected to one- and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and protein blotting; as expected, only the 61-kDa calmodulin-binding subunit was detected. When the two-dimensional protein blot was incubated with biotinylated calmodulin and detected with avidin-alkaline phosphatase, several apparent forms of the 61-kDa catalytic subunit were detected, consistent with isozymic species of the enzyme. The results of these studies suggest that biotinylated calmodulin can be used as a simple, sensitive, and quantifiable probe for the study of calmodulin-binding proteins.
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PMID:A rapid and sensitive method for detection and quantification of calcineurin and calmodulin-binding proteins using biotinylated calmodulin. 386 79


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