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Query: EC:3.1.3.5 (5'-nucleotidase)
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Large amounts of injected radiolabeled low density lipoproteins have been found by others to accumulate primarily in the liver and studies in various types of isolated cells, including hepatocytes, have indicated the presence of specific cell membrane recognition sites for lipoproteins. In the present studies, the high affinity binding of radiolabeled low density lipoproteins ([125I]LDL, d 1.020--1.063 g/mL) was measured in the major subcellular fractions of porcine liver homogenates. The nuclear and mitochondrial fractions were 1.9- and 1.4-fold enriched in binding activity with respect to unfractionated homogenates and contained 15% and 12% of the total binding activity, respectively. The microsomes, which contained most of the plasma membranes and endoplasmic reticulum, were approximately 4-fold enriched in binding and contained 73% of the binding activity. Microsomal subfractions obtained by differential homogenization and centrifugation procedures were 5.6--7.0-fold enriched in LDL binding and contained 54--58% of the homogenate binding activity. They were separated by discontinuous sucrose density gradient centrifugation into fractions which contained "light" and "heavy" plasma membranes and endoplasmic reticulum. The heavy membrane fraction was 2--4 fold in binding with respect to the parent microsomes (16--22 fold with respect to the homogenate). There was no enrichment of binding activity in the other two fractions. Two plasma membrane "marker" enzymes, nucleotide pyrophosphatase and 5'-nucleotidase, were also followed. Of the two, binding in the sucrose density gradient subfractions most closely followed nucleotide pyrophosphatase, which was also most highly enriched (3.2--3.3-fold) in the heavy membrane fraction, but did not follow it exactly. The enzyme was 2-fold richer in the light membranes than in the parent microsomes, though the light membrane binding activity was only 0.4--1.4 times that of the parent microsomes. High affinity binding was time and temperature dependent, saturable, and inhibited by unlabeled low density lipoproteins but not by unrelated proteins. Binding was stimulated 2--3 fold Ca2+, was not affected by treatment with Pronase or trypsin and was inhibited by low concentrations of phospholipids and high density lipoproteins (HDL). Heparin-Mn2+ treatment of HDL did not affect its ability to inhibit [125I] LDL binding. The LDL recognition site was distinct from the liver membrane asialoglycoprotein receptor; LDL binding was not inhibited by desialidated fetuin. We conclude that porcine liver contains a high affinity binding site that recognizes features common to both pig low density and high density lipoproteins. Further studies may elucidate the significance of this binding site in lipoprotein metabolism.
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PMID:Isolation of a porcine liver plasma membrane fraction that binds low density lipoproteins. 8 56

1. Six rat liver plasma-membrane subfractions of different density and morphological, enzymic and chemical properties were prepared from homogenates by a combination of differential, rate-zonal and density-gradient centrifugation. They consisted of three vesicular 'light' subfractions of density 1.12-1.13 and three 'heavy' subfractions of density 1.16-1.18 containing membrane strips and intercellular junctions. 2. All six subfractions contained a basal adenylate cyclase activity. One of the 'light' subfractions that showed the highest glucagon-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity was identified as deriving form the blood-sinusoidal face of the hepatocyte. This subfraction, unlike the others, was contaminated by Golgi components, as indicated by its morphological properties and the presence of galactosyl- and sialyl-transferase activities. 3. All the six subfractions showed high activities of the following plasma-membrane marker enzymes: 5'-nucleotidase, alkaline phosphodiesterase (nucleotide pyrophosphatase), alkaline phosphatase, leucine naphthylamidase and Mg2+-activated adenosine triphosphatase. A 'light' subfraction that showed the highest specific activities of all the above marker enzymes, but lacked a glucagon-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity, was identified as deriving from the bile-canalicular face of the hepatocyte. 4. The 'heavy' subfractions, which showed generally the lowest activities of the above plasma-membrane enzyme markers, and were characterized by the presence of desmosomes and gap junctions, were taken to originate from the contiguous faces of the hepatocyte. 5. The protein composition of the six subfractions was generally similar, as shown by polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. Differences in the amounts of various protein and glycoprotein bands among the subfractions correlated with their morphology, enzymic composition and sialic acid content. 6. Hormonal and histochemical evidence supporting the identification of a bile-canalicular subfraction, a blood-sinusoidal subfraction and contiguous-face subfractions is discussed.
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PMID:Functional polarity of the rat hepatocyte surface membrane. Isolation and characterization of plasma-membrane subfractions from the blood-sinusoidal, bile-Canalicular and contiguous surfaces of the hepatocyte. 12 84

Plasma membranes from 6 spontaneously metastasizing and 4 non-metastasizing rat mammary carcinomata were isolated by discontinuous sucrose density gradient centrifugation of microsomal pellets. The starting microsomal fraction contained 40-50% plasma membranes as determined by the levels of 5'-nucleotidase activity, with a negligible amount of nuclear (1%), mitochondrial (5%) and lysomal (7%) contamination. Five distinct fractions (F1-F5) were banded at densities 1 X 09, 1 X 13, 1 X 15, 1 X 17 and 1 X 21 at 25 degrees C, in addition to a pellet (F6) obtained by centrifuging at 76,000 g for 17 h. The fractions F1 through F5, all contained various concentrations of membranous structures, while the pellet (F6) contained only amorphous materials as evidenced by electron microscopy. The F3 fraction at the gradient 1 X 15 had the highest specific as well as total activity of the plasma membrane marker enzyme, with aggregates of the least contaminated plasma membranes in vesicular forms. This fraction also had the lowest specific activity for glucose-6-phosphatase (smooth ER marker) and for beta-D-glucuronidase (lysomal marker), and therefore was considered to be the "cleanest" plasma membrane fraction. When the activity of 4 additional plasma membrane marker enzymes, i.e., alkaline phosphatase, phosphodiesterase I, nucleotide pyrophosphatase and alkaline ribonuclease was determined in the same F3 fraction, their levels were significantly lower in every metastasizing tumour than in the non-metastasizing ones, with the enzyme activity decreasing in direct proportion to the metastasizing capacity. On the other hand, the marker enzymes were high in all non-metastasizing tumours, with the activity seemingly increasing with the immunogenicity of tumour cells. There was no significant difference between the 2 groups of mammary tumours in the levels of sialic acid, hexosamine, phospholipid or cholesterol in the plasma membranes. Thus, the level of plasma membrane marker enzymes is considered an accurate indicator for metastasizing capacity in the rat mammary tumour system.
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PMID:Plasma membrane associated enzymes of mammary tumours as the biochemical indicators of metastasizing capacity. Analyses of enriched plasma membrane preparations. 17 19

The nature of the stationary band of alkaline phosphatase, which occurs on starch gel electrophoresis of sera from patients with biliary obstruction, has been examined. Stationary alkaline phosphatase was eluted from Sepharose 4-B gel close to the void volume and together with the plasma membrane enzymes, nucleotide pyrophosphatase and 5'-nucleotidase, and with lipoprotein-X. Electron microscopy of concentrates of stationary alkaline phosphatase, prepared by ultracentrifugation and gel filtration, showed large (0.3--1 mum diameter) and small structures (30-70 nm diameter) by negative staining. The activity of the stationary alkaline phosphatase was associated in fixed sections with particles of about 10 nm X 40 nm resembling those of lipoprotein-X. It is suggested that the stationary alkaline phosphatase does not move into starch gel during electrophoresis because it is particulate. In agar electrophoresis the alkaline phosphatase which was stationary on starch gel moved towards the cathode with lipoprotein-X.
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PMID:Serum alkaline phosphatase, nucleotide pyrophosphatase, 5'-nucleotide and lipoprotein-X in cholestasis. 17 32

1. Isolated mouse spleen lymphocytes hydrolysed UDP-galactose added to the medium. Nucleotide pyrophosphatase activity that accounted for this hydrolysis was enriched to a similar extent as alkaline phosphodiesterase and 5'-nucleotidase in a lymphocyte plasma-membrane fraction. 2. The cell surfaces of mouse spleen and thymus lymphocytes were iodinated with 125I by using the lactoperoxidase-catalysis method. Detergent extracts of the cells were mixed with a purified anti-(mouse liver plasma-membrane nucleotide pyrophosphatase) antiserum and the immunoprecipitates analysed by polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. Only one major radioactive component, similar in size (apparent mol.wt 110000-130000) to the liver enzyme, was observed. 3. Electrophoresis of an iodinated spleen plasma-membrane fraction indicated peaks of radioactivity, including one of apparent mol.wt 110000-130000. 4. When detergent extracts of spleen lymphocytes were passed through a Sepharose-bead column containing covalently attached anti-(nucleotide pyrophosphatase) antiserum, the nucleotide pyrophosphatase activity was retained by the beads, whereas protein and leucine naphthylamidase activity were eluted. 5. The results indicate that nucleotide pyrophosphatase and alkaline phosphodiesterase activities are due to the location of the same or similar enzymes at the outer aspect of the lymphocyte plasma membrane. Some possible functions of enzymes at this location are discussed.
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PMID:Location of nucleotide pyrophosphatase and alkaline phosphodiesterase activities on the lymphocyte surface membrane. 18 74

NADH oxidase activity has been detected at the ultrastructural level using cerium ions to trap H2O2 generated by the enzyme (via intermediate reactive oxygen species). In an attempt to localize NADH oxidase activity at the light microscope level using the cerium-diaminobenzidine (DAB)-nickel-H2O2, the cerium-DAB-cobalt-H2O2 or the cerium-alkaline lead procedures, the distribution patterns of the revealed enzyme were found to be identical to those for non-specific alkaline phosphatase and especially 5'-nucleotidase activity. With the cerium-DAB-cobalt-H2O2 visualization procedure, the distribution pattern of the final reaction product was similar to that obtained with the other two techniques but much less final reaction product was formed. Incubations for NADH oxidase activity performed in the presence of exogenous catalase or in the absence of catalase or peroxidase inhibitors did not affect the staining intensity, whereas inhibitors of 5'-nucleotidase (EDTA) and non-specific alkaline phosphatase (levamisole) always did. Therefore, phosphatases contribute to the formation of the final reaction product. Since NADH initially cannot be hydrolysed by either of these two phosphatases, then presumably nucleotide pyrophosphatase (E.C.3.6.1.9) cleaves NADH into 5'-AMP and nicotinamide mononucleotide in a first step. Both nucleotides can be hydrolysed further by the two monophosphatases. These then generate cerium phosphate which is detected by the DAB-nickel-H2O2, DAB-cobalt-H2O2 or lead visualization methods.
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PMID:Pitfalls in the light microscopical detection of NADH oxidase. 236 89

The formation of N tau-ribosylhistidine (His-R), a novel histidine derivative found in the urine of histidinemic patients, was studied. A most possible synthetic pathway catalyzed by imidazole acetic acid (ImAA) phosphoribosyltransferase was not substantiated, because p.o. administration to humans and rats of aspirin, an inhibitor of the enzyme, did not change the urinary excretion of His-R, whereas aspirin decreased the excretion of ImAA-R with concomitant increase in that of ImAA. His-R was produced on incubation of a rat liver homogenate or its membrane fraction with histidine, NAD(P)+ and MgCl2, but not with only histidine or NAD(P)+. Nicotinamide inhibited the formation of His-R. Thus the enzymes responsible for the formation of His-R were suggested to be NAD(P)+ nucleosidase, nucleotide pyrophosphatase and 5'-nucleotidase.
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PMID:Formation of N tau-ribosylhistidine, a novel histidine derivative found in the urine in histidinemia, from histidine and NAD(P)+ catalyzed by an NAD(P)+ glycohydrolase system. 299 72

The activity of 5'-nucleotidase, AMP deaminase, adenosine deaminase, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase and nucleotide pyrophosphatase was assayed in human thyroid glands. The 5'-nucleotidase activity was higher than that of AMP deaminase which suggested that AMP undergoes degradation primarily as a result of dephosphorylation in thyroid tissue. A high acid phosphatase activity was noted as compared to that of alkaline phosphatase activity. In toxic goitre the increase in adenosine deaminase and acid phosphatase was observed together with the decrease in pyrophosphatase activity.
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PMID:Activity of 5'-nucleotidase, AMP deaminase, adenosine deaminase, acid and alkaline phosphatase and nucleotide pyrophosphatase in human thyroid. 300 51

Ectoenzyme release from porcine intestinal brush border membranes by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C of Bacillus thuringiensis was studied. Alkaline phosphodiesterase I, alkaline phosphatase and 5'-nucleotidase were released from both slices and brush border membranes. The pattern of alkaline phosphodiesterase I release was the same as that of alkaline phosphatase. The release of alkaline phosphodiesterase I induced by phospholipase C was dependent on, or proportional to, the reaction time and the concentration of phospholipase C. The Arrhenius plot for phosphodiesterase I release showed a single break at 30 degrees C for brush border membranes. Only 40% of alkaline phosphodiesterase I present in the brush border membranes were solubilized by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C treatment. The data indicate the presence of two forms of phosphodiesterase I, which are different in their sensitivity to phospholipase C. The released alkaline phosphodiesterase I had a molecular weight of 240,000 and was activated by Mg2+ and Ca2+, but strongly inhibited by EDTA.
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PMID:Alkaline phosphodiesterase I release from eucaryotic plasma membranes by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C. II. The release from brush border membranes of porcine intestine. 302

1. A mouse liver plasma-membrane preparation was solubilized in an N-dodecylsarcosinate-Tris buffer, pH7.8, and the proteins and glycoproteins were separated by a rate-zonal centrifugation in sucrose-detergent gradients. 2. A peak of alkaline phosphodiesterase activity which sedimented ahead of the 5'-nucleotidase peak was associated with a major glycoprotein component of the plasma membrane. 3. The phosphodiesterase activity was then purified further by gel filtration and gave a single glycoprotein band after electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gels. The apparent molecular weight of the polypeptide at pH7.4 and 8.9 was 128000-130000 and was independent of the polyacrylamide concentration. Electrophoresis in gels containing deoxycholate showed that the protein band was coincident with phosphodiesterase activity. 4. After two-dimensional immunoelectrophoresis, with agarose containing rabbit anti-(mouse plasma-membrane) antiserum as second dimension, the enzyme showed one component which was also coincident with the phosphodiesterase activity. 5. An amino acid composition of the glycoprotein is presented. Carbohydrate analysis indicated the presence of glucosamine, neutral sugars and sialic acid. 6. The enzyme was also a nucleotide pyrophosphatase, as shown by a similar enrichment during purification of activity towards ATP, NAD(+), UDP-galactose and UDP-N-acetylglucosamine. The phosphodiesterase activity, measured by using dTMP p-nitrophenyl ester as substrate, was competitively inhibited by nucleotide pyrophosphate substrates. The enzyme showed little or no activity towards RNA, cyclic AMP, AMP, ADP and glycerylphosphorylcholine. 7. The significance of this enzyme activity in the plasma membrane is discussed.
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PMID:Purification and properties of a mouse liver plasma-membrane glycoprotein hydrolysing nucleotide pyrophosphate and phosphodiester bonds. 436 Feb 50


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