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Query: EC:3.1.3.5 (5'-nucleotidase)
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The distribution of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) receptor in various subcellular fractions of pregnant rabbit myometrium was closely related with the distribution of [Na + K]-ATPase, 5'-nucleotidase, and Ca2+-ATPase activities, marker enzymes for plasma membrane, but not with that of NADPH-cytochrome c reductase activity, which is a marker enzyme for endoplasmic reticulum. The specificity of PGE1 receptor was significantly different from those of PGE2 and PGF2 alpha. The PGE1 receptor concentration in the plasma membrane fraction increased significantly from 89.0 to 111.1 fmol/mg protein between the 28th and 30th days of pregnancy. Scatchard analysis of PGE1 receptor revealed a nonlineal plot which indicated the existence of negative cooperativity in a kinetic study.
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PMID:Localization and kinetic properties of prostaglandin E1 receptor on the plasma membrane of rabbit myometrium in late pregnancy. 287 Nov 21

Myometrial plasma membrane (MPM) preparations from rats treated with oestradiol were obtained by discontinuous sucrose-gradient centrifugation. The preparations contained calcium-stimulated and magnesium-dependent ATPase (Ca2+/Mg2+-ATPase). A dramatic decrease in the activity of Ca2+/Mg2+-ATPase was observed when preparations were treated with 0.025-10 mumol prostaglandins E2 and F2 alpha (PGE2 and PGF2 alpha)/l. In contrast, there was a marked increase in MPM-bound 5'-nucleotidase activity at low concentrations (up to 2 mumol/l) of PGE2 and PGF2 alpha; higher concentrations (up to 10 mumol/l), however, led to a progressive inhibition of enzyme activity. Association (specific and non-specific binding) of PGE2 and PGF2 alpha with MPM at pH 7 was found to require Ca2+ (half-maximal concentration approximately 0.7 mmol/l). Changes in the allosteric properties of MPM-bound 5'-nucleotidase by concanavalin A (as reflected by changes in the Hill coefficient) indicated a fluidization of the membrane induced by PGE2 and PGF2 alpha. The steady-state fluorescence anisotropy of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene-labelled MPM decreased in PGE2- and PGF2 alpha-treated MPM from 1.24 +/- 0.04 (S.D.) to 0.66 +/- 0.01 and 0.74 +/- 0.01 respectively, which is consistent with a general increase in membrane fluidity. It is suggested that PGE2 and PGF2 alpha promote changes in the physical properties of MPM which may be relevant to the induction of uterine contractions by enzymatic regulation of intracellular calcium concentrations.
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PMID:Effect of prostaglandins E2 and F2 alpha on membrane calcium binding, Ca2+/Mg2+-ATPase activity and membrane fluidity in rat myometrial plasma membranes. 294 78

The human monocytic leukemia cell line, THP-1, is induced to differentiate into more functionally mature monocyte (macrophage)-like cells by incubation with retinoic acid at concentrations of 10nM or higher. There is no apparent morphological change accompanying this functional maturation. These induced cells show increases in nitroblue tetrazolium reduction, immunoerythrophagocytosis, hexose monophosphate shunt activity, and 5'-nucleotidase and NAD+-glycohydrolase activities. Prostaglandin E2, dibutyryl cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate, or T-lymphocyte-derived differentiation-inducing activity, all inactive or less active alone, increase the extent of differentiation of THP-1 in combination with 10nM retinoic acid. THP-1 is also induced to differentiate by 0.1nM or higher concentrations of cholera toxin. Furthermore, 24,24-difluoro-1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 induces less differentiation of THP-1 compared to retinoic acid. Dimethyl sulfoxide and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate show no induction of functional differentiation. THP-1 thus joins the list of leukemic myelomonocytic cell lines (e.g., the promyelocytic HL-60 and the monoblast-like U-937) that are blocked at a relatively late stage of maturation and which differentiate in response to retinoic acid.
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PMID:Induction of functional differentiation of a human monocytic leukemia cell line (THP-1) by retinoic acid and cholera toxin. 298 63