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Query: EC:3.1.4.1 (phosphodiesterase)
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1. The ouabain-insensitive Na efflux in barnacle muscle fibres is promptly stimulated by injection of cyclic GMP. The minimal effective injected concentration is found to be about 10(-7) M. This effect of cyclic GMP could not be mimicked by injecting 5'-GMP. 2. External application of ouabain (10(-4) M) to fibres not pretreated with ouabain during the stimulatory response to cyclic GMP causes some inhibition of the Na efflux indicating that cyclic GMP does not cause appreciable inhibition of the Na:K pump. 3. The magnitude of the stimulatory response to injected cyclic GMP depends on the external Ca2+ concentration, as well as pHe but not on the Na+, K+ or Mg2+ concentration. It also depends on pHi, since acidification of HCO3-containing ASW leads to a greater enhancement of the response to cyclic GMP than is observed with acidified HERPES-ASW. 4. Stabilization of myoplasmic pCa by injecting 100 mM-EGTA before or after cyclic GMP fails to alter the magnitude of the response to the nucleotide. Enrichment of the fibre with Mg2+ at the time of injection of cyclic GMP leads to a reduced response. No change in response, however, is seen when the internal free Mg concentration is suddenly reduced by injecting 0.05 M-pyrophosphate with cyclic GMP. 5. Injection of cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase stimulatory modulator before cyclic GMP fails to enhance the response to the nucleotide. The same is true of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor protein. However pre-injection of 10(-2) M-papaverine enhances the response to a subsequent injection of 10(-3) M-cyclic GMP. 6. Injection of pure protein kinase inhibitor (1.6 x 10(-4) M) before 10(-3) M-cyclic GMP reduces the response to the nucleotide. 7. The argument is put forward that injected cyclic GMP stimulates the ouabain-insensitive Na efflux mainly by activating cyclic AMP-protein kinase rather than cyclic GMP-proton kinase.
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PMID:Stimulation by cyclic GMP of sodium efflux in barnacle muscle fibres. 4 Oct 90

The accumulation of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) in guinea-pig macrophages exposed to the adenylate cyclase (AC) stimulators prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) and isoproterenol (IP), was markedly enhanced by pretreatment of the cells with colchicine, vinblastine, and podophyllotoxin--agents which prevent microtubule assembly. The same agents did not augment basal cAMP levels. The facilitating effect of the drugs on the response to PGE1 and IP developed both in the absence and presence of a phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitor. The same drugs also enhanced the accumulation of cAMP induced by cholera toxin (CT) but the presence of a PDE inhibitor was required for such enhancement to become evident. Pretreatment of macrophages with cytochalasin B, an agent interfering with microfilament function, had no effect on the responsiveness of the cells to AC stimulators. The microtubule stabilizer, deuterium oxide (D2O) partially reversed the colchicine effect. Microtubule disrupting drugs did not block the release of cAMP from the cells into the surrounding medium. Macrophages incubated as monolayers or in suspension showed the same degree of increased responsiveness to stimulators after preexposure to colchicine. Preincubation with the ionophore A23187, which elevates the intracellular concentration of Ca2+, also enhanced the stimulation of AC by PGE1 and IP. Microtubule disrupting agents did not potentiate AC activity in broken cell preparations, whether added to the intact cells before disruption or directly to the enzyme assay mixture, nor did they affect PDE activity of macrophage sonicates. Moderate enhancement of PGE1-induced cAMP formation was also seen in colchicine- and vinblastine-treated lymphocytes. It was concluded that microtubules control the activity of AC by restricting the mobility of membrane receptors. Disruption of microtubules by drugs results in the removal of such restraints and an augmented chance of productive interactions between receptors and catalytic units of AC.
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PMID:Enhancement of macrophage adenylate cyclase by microtubule disrupting drugs. 4 91

Cyclic AMP has been implicated in the regulation of the immunologic release of histamine from lung and other tissues and cell types. The mechanism whereby intracellular levels of cAMP are altered during mediator release was investigated. Measurements of histamine, adenylate cyclase, and cAMP phosphodiesterase activities were made in actively and passively sensitized guinea pig lung after challenge with antigen. A transient decrease in basal adenylate cyclase activity occurred which returned to control levels after histamine release. There was no change in cAMP phosphodiesterase activity determined at substrate concentrations of 1 mM and 0.01 mM. The adenylate cyclase response did not occur under the following conditions: 1) incubation of nonsensitized lung with antigen, 2) incubation of sensitized lung with antigen in the absence of extracellular calcium, and 3) incubation of nonsensitized lung with compound 48/80. These observations indicate 1) the adenylate cyclase response and the immunologic release of histamine are intimately related, and 2) the reduction in intracellular levels of cAMP which have been reported to occur during immunologic histamine release are mediated via adenylate cyclase.
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PMID:Reduction in basal adenylate cyclase activity during the immunologic release of histamine from guinea pig lung. 6 29

The regulation of the state of phosphorylation of two specific neuronal proteins, designated protein Ia and protein 1b, has been studied in slices of rat cerebral cortex incubated in vitro. For this purpose, a method was developed that prevents dephosphorylation of these proteins during their extraction. When the slices were incubated in a standard Krebs-Ringer solution, proteins Ia and Ib were present almost entirely in the dephosphorylated form. Incubation with cyclic AMP, 8-bromo cyclic AMP, N6-monobutyryl cyclic AMP, or with a phosphodiesterase inhibitor, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, increased the phosphorylation of proteins Ia and Ib in the slices. Depolarization of neuronal membranes by high K+ or by veratridine was also associated with an increased phosphorylation of proteins Ia and Ib. The effect of depolarizing agents, but not that of cyclic nucleotides or 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, required the presence of external Ca2+ in the incubation medium. Tetrodotoxin blocked the stimulation of the phosphorylation of proteins Ia and Ib induced by veratridine but not that induced by the other agents tested. Incubation of the brain slices with 8-bromo cyclic AMP, 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine, high K+, or veratridine also increased the state of phosphorylation of two other neuronal proteins found in extracts of the slices.
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PMID:Depolarizing agents and cyclic nucleotides regulate the phosphorylation of specific neuronal proteins in rat cerebral cortex slices. 8 86

Effects of parathyroid hormone (PTH) upon cyclic AMP and calcium efflux in isolated renal cortical tubules from hamsters were investigated. PTH caused a rapid rise in cyclic AMP levels, temporally preceding an increase in calcium efflux. Increases in both cyclic AMP levels and calcium efflux were noted over an identical PTH concentration range 0.007--0.7 U/ml). Other peptide hormones tested which had no effect upon cyclic AMP levels did not enhance efflux of calcium. The phosphodiesterase inhibitor methyl isobutylxanthine (MIX) was utilized in other studies to potentiate the cyclic AMP response, and produce a range of cyclic AMP concentrations in response to PTH. In these experiments a range of calcium efflux responses was noted which closely paralleled changes in cyclic AMP. Direct addition of cyclic AMP or dibutyryl cyclic AMP to isolated renal tubules caused increased efflux of calcium, while addition of 5'-AMP did not. These results indicate a role for cyclic AMP as a mediator of PTH-induced calcium efflux in this system and suggest that cyclic AMP may mediate the action of this hormone in enhancing renal conservation of calcium in vivo.
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PMID:Parathyroid hormone-induced calcium efflux from isolated renal cortical tubules: evidence for cyclic AMP mediation. 9 Jun 29

Cholinergic stimulation of rat submandibular gland slices resulted in a rapid increase in the level of cyclic GMP. This increase was dependent upon the presence of Ca2+ and a phosphodiesterase inhibitor. Adrenergic agonists did not produce a significant elevation of cyclic GMP. The addition of Ca2+ to slices preincubated with the divalent ionophore A23187 caused a rapid rise in cyclic GMP levels which were unaffected by cholinergic stimulation. While these results could support a function for cyclic GMP in cholinergic-mediated K+-release from these glands, they do not support a role for this nucleotide in alpha-adrenergic agonist-induced K+-release or protease secretion.
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PMID:Role of cyclic GMP in submandibular gland secretion. 9 87

1. Interaction of Ca2+ and cyclic nucleotides in stimulus-secretion coupling in rat pancreas in vitro was studied utilizing the divalent cation inophore A23187. phosphodiesterase inhibitors, cyclic nucleotides and cholera toxin. 2. Amylase secretion was increased by the ionophore in the presence of extracellular Ca2+ in a dose-dependent fashion. Activation of CCK-PZ receptors simultaneously with induction of amylase secretion by A23187 did not alter amylase secretion whereas theophylline or caffeine had effects additive to A23187. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP potentiated the effect of ionophore whereas dibutyryl cyclic GMP had no effect on basal or ionophore-induced amylase secretion. Cholera toxin by itself did not effect amylase secretion whereas it potentiated the effect of ionophore. 3. A23187 increased bidirectional fluxes of 45Ca and increased efflux of 45Ca in a fashion similar to CCK-PZ. Theophylline did not alter basal efflux of 45Ca. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP increased the basal efflux of 45Ca whereas, cholera toxin, dibutyryl cyclic GMP and sodium butyrate had no effect. 4. Theophylline increased basal cyclic AMP levels with a peak effect observed at 5 min. Combination of theophylline and ionophore did not lead to an increase in levels of cyclic AMP greater than that observed with theophylline alone. Cholera toxin increased cyclic AMP levels at 30 and 60 min of incubation. 5. Ionophore and CCK-PZ increased tissue cyclic GMP levels significantly greater than that obtained with theophylline alone. This effect was dependent on extracellular Ca2+. The effect of ionophore on tissue levels of cyclic GMP could be dissociated from its effect on 45Ca efflux and amylase secretion. 6. It is concluded from these studies that Ca2+ plays a predominant role in regulating amylase secretion with interactions occurring between Ca2+ and cyclic AMP and Ca2+ and cyclic GMP. It appears that by themselves cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP do not play a significant role in regulating enzyme secretion.
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PMID:Calcium and cyclic nucleotide interaction in secretion of amylase from rat pancreas in vitro. 9 37

Following the initiation of development, amoebae of Dictyostelium discoideum aggregate chemotactically toward cyclic AMP (cAMP). Adenyl cyclase, cAMP phosphodiesterase, and cAMP binding sites all increase 20--40 fold during the first few hours of development. It has been shown that addition of 1 mM EDTA and 5 mM MgCl2 accelerates the aggregation process. Likewise, the calcium ionophore, A23187, leads to precocious aggregation while 4 X 10(-5) M progesterone considerably delays it. These treatments have now been shown to result in increased accumulation of adenyl cyclase in the case of EDTA and Mg2+ or the ionophore and greatly decreased accumulation in the case of the steroid. Treatment with EDTA and Mg2+ or the ionophore has been shown not only to accelerate aggregation in wild-type amoebae but to overcome complete blocks to aggregation in certain mutant strains. We have found that addition of Mn2+ will also permit aggregation of mutant cells otherwise unable to aggregate. This divalent ion, unlike EDTA and Mg2+ or the ionophore, was shown to directly stimulate adenyl cyclase. Calcium ions were also found to affect the enzyme such that at Ca2+ concentrations found within the cells the great majority of the activity is inhibited. Manganese ions can overcome the inhibition by Ca2+. These findings show that conditions which stimulate aggregation result in increased activity of adenyl cyclase either by increased accumulation of the enzyme or by increased activity of the available enzyme, and support the proposed central role of adenyl cyclase in aggregation.
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PMID:The effect of divalent cations on aggregation of Dictyostelium discoideum. 10 68

Active transport of calcium into inside-out vesicles of red blood cell membranes was stimulated equally by (i) the purified protein activator of calcium-activated, magnesium-dependent adenosinetriphosphatase isolated from red cell hemolyzates and (ii) calmodulin, a protein activator of cylic nucleotide phosphodiesterase isolated from bovine brain. The results provide further evidence for the identity of red blood cell activator and calmodulin and show that this cytoplasmic protein may participate in the regulation of plasma membrane calcium transport.
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PMID:Calcium transport across the plasma membrane: stimulation by calmodulin. 15 9

3',5'-CAMP phosphodiesterase was partially purified from bovine cerebral cortex. A heat-stable activating factor was separated from the enzyme by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose. The enzyme in crude ammonium sulfate fractions was stimulated by 5 mM CaCl2. This stimulation was reversed by the calcium chelator EGTA. The main phosphodiesterase peak obtained by DEAE-cellulose chromatography was not stimulated by Ca2+. Upon addition of column effluent containing a heat stable factor, Ca2+ activation was restored. Protein activator was inactive when endogenous contaminating Ca2+ was complexed with EGTA. It was concluded that activation of phosphodiesterase requires the presence of both activator and Ca1+. From an analysis of activation of cGMP hydrolysis a kinetic model for the interaction of Ca2+ and protein activator with the phosphodiesterase was developed. Heterotropic cooperativity between the binding of Ca2+ and protein activator to the phosphodiesterase was observed, i.e., Ca1+ decreased the apparent dissociation constant for protein activator and protein activator decreased the apparent dissociation constant for Ca2+.
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PMID:Activation of 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate phosphodiesterase by calcium ion and a protein activator. 16 41


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