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Query: EC:3.1.4.1 (phosphodiesterase)
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Adenylate cyclase and cyclic AMP (cAMP) phosphodiesterase have been identified and partially characterized in bacteroids of Bradyrhizobium japonicum 3I1b-143. Adenylate cyclase activity was found in the bacteroid membrane fraction, whereas cAMP phosphodiesterase activity was located in both the membrane and the cytosol. In contrast to other microorganisms, B. japonicum adenylate cyclase remained firmly bound to the membrane during treatment with detergents. Adenylate cyclase was activated four- to fivefold by 0.01% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), whereas other detergents gave only slight activation. SDS had no effect on the membrane-bound cAMP phosphodiesterase but strongly inhibited the soluble enzyme, indicating that the two enzymes are different. All three enzymes were characterized by their kinetic constants, pH optima, and divalent metal ion requirements. With increasing nodule age, adenylate cyclase activity increased, the membrane-bound cAMP phosphodiesterase decreased, and the soluble cAMP phosphodiesterase remained largely unchanged. These results suggest that cAMP plays a role in symbiosis.
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PMID:Adenylate cyclase and cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase in Bradyrhizobium japonicum bacteroids. 254 92

The insulin-sensitive cAMP phosphodiesterase (phosphodiesterase) in rat adipocytes is a membrane-bound low Km enzyme that can be recovered in a crude microsomal fraction (Fraction P-2). The action of this enzyme to hydrolyze cAMP is known to be inhibited by cGMP; nevertheless, it was found in our present study that under selected conditions, the enzyme can also be stimulated by cGMP as well as some other nucleotide derivatives. The maximum cGMP-dependent stimulation was observed when the enzyme in Fraction P-2 was incubated with 10 microM cGMP for 5-20 min at 37 degrees C in the presence of Mg2+, washed, and then assayed in the absence of added cGMP. The level of this stimulation was close to, but less than, that achieved by insulin in intact cells. The actions of the cGMP- and insulin-stimulated enzymes to hydrolyze labeled cAMP were inhibited in an identical manner by cilostamide (Ki = 0.10 microM), griseolic acid (Ki = 0.19 microM), unlabeled cAMP (Km = 0.20 microM), and cGMP (Ki = 0.16 microM), all added to the assay system. Also, the basal, insulin-stimulated, and cGMP-activated enzymes were identically inhibited by a polyclonal antibody raised against a purified membrane-bound low Km phosphodiesterase from bovine adipose tissue. When the same antibody was used for the Western blot analysis of Fraction P-2, it immunoreacted with a single band of protein (165 kDa). These observations indicate that the insulin-sensitive phosphodiesterase in rat adipocytes can be stimulated with 10 microM cGMP and that this stimulation is detectable only after the nucleotide has been eliminated since the enzyme would be strongly inhibited by the nucleotide if the latter exists in the assay system. It is proposed that the insulin-sensitive phosphodiesterase, which is often referred to as a Type IV enzyme, is functionally similar to the Type II enzymes that are known to be stimulated by a low concentration of cGMP and inhibited by higher concentrations of the same nucleotide.
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PMID:Cyclic GMP-dependent stimulation of the membrane-bound insulin-sensitive cAMP phosphodiesterase from rat adipocytes. 255 Apr 45

The effects of various biological detergents on the particulate cGMP-stimulated cAMP phosphodiesterase activity from rat heart were investigated. When added to particulate fractions, anionic and non-ionic detergents diversely increased both cAMP and cGMP phosphodiesterase activities and slightly decreased the stimulatory effect of cGMP on cAMP hydrolysis whereas cationic detergents were rather inhibitory and drastically lowered the stimulatory effect of cGMP. Among the most efficient detergents, only sodium cholate was able to solubilize phosphodiesterase activity and preserve the stimulatory effect of cGMP on cAMP hydrolysis. Furthermore, the addition of glycerol significantly improved the conservation of the allosteric properties of the enzyme. Kinetic properties of the cholate-solubilized phosphodiesterase were quite identical to those of the membrane-bound enzyme.
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PMID:Differential susceptibility to biological detergents of the particulate cGMP-stimulated phosphodiesterase from rat heart: preservation of the allosteric properties of the solubilized enzyme. 255 8

Cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase (PDE) is an enzyme involved in cellular homeostasis of cyclic AMP. It exists as multiple isozymes in cells, but only the high affinity, membrane-bound isozyme is sensitive to hormonal modulation. Several isozymes or isoforms of the low Km PDE have been detected. Data suggest that several mechanisms exist for hormonal modulation of PDE. Activity of the low Km PDE species may be modulated by phosphorylation/dephosphorylation, phospholipid substrate concentration, insulin second messenger, cyclic GMP, guanine nucleotide binding proteins, calmodulin, or aggregation/disaggregation of monomeric forms. Modulation of PDE isoforms by different hormones may be through different regulatory components or mechanisms.
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PMID:Insulin control of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase. 255 19

The effect of PMA (phorbol 12-myristate, 13-acetate) on PPI-pde (polyphosphoinositide phosphodiesterase) activity in the promyelocytic cell-line HL60 was examined. HL60 cells were pretreated with PMA in a time- and concentration-dependent manner and PPI-pde activity was monitored both in streptolysin O-permeabilized cells and in membranes. PPI-pde activity was stimulated by either GTP gamma S (guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate), fluoride or Ca2+. Both the Ca2(+)-stimulated and the G protein-mediated PPI-pde activity in permeabilized HL60 cells is maximally inhibited (70-90%) after 60 min pretreatment of intact cells with 10nM PMA. PPI-pde activity can also be observed in membranes prepared from HL60 cells although this activity represents only 10% of the total activity seen in permeabilized cells. In membranes, where PPI-pde activity can also be stimulated by either via the G-protein or directly by Ca2+, PMA pretreatment was also inhibitory regardless of the mode of activation. We suggest that both the membrane-bound PPI-pde activity and that present in the permeabilized cells are targets for protein phosphorylation by protein kinase C leading to inhibition of the catalytic function.
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PMID:Phorbol ester inhibits polyphosphoinositide phosphodiesterase activity stimulated by either Ca2+, fluoride or GTP analogue in HL60 membranes and in permeabilized HL60 cells. 256 83

The affinity of the chemoattractant receptor for N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMet-Leu-Phe) on human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) is regulated by guanine nucleotides, and chemoattractants stimulate increased intracellular cAMP levels in PMNs. Our data, however, indicate that this receptor does not activate membrane-bound adenylate cyclase via direct nucleotide regulatory protein (N) coupling but instead raises cAMP levels indirectly via a mechanism which appears to require Ca2+ mobilization. This conclusion is based on the following data: 1) prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) activated and alpha 2-adrenergic treatment inhibited adenylate cyclase activation in PMN plasma membranes; fMet-Leu-Phe, however, neither activated nor inhibited adenylate cyclase in these membranes; 2) depletion of extracellular Ca2+ had no effect on isoproterenol and PGE1 elicited cAMP responses in intact PMNs while peak fMet-Leu-Phe and A23187-induced responses were reduced by approximately 50 and 80%, respectively; 3) 8-(N,N-diethylamino)-octyl-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoate, a purported Ca2+ antagonist, caused almost complete inhibition of fMet-Leu-Phe and ionophore-induced cAMP responses in intact cells but had no effect on PGE1 and isoproterenol; 4) alpha 2-adrenergic agonists inhibited PGE1 but not chemoattractant- or A23187-elicited cAMP responses in intact PMNs; and 5) pretreatment of cells with a phosphodiesterase inhibitor (isobutylmethylxanthine) greatly potentiated the PGE1 and isoproterenol cAMP responses but nearly abolished the peak fMet-Leu-Phe response. Thus, chemoattractants appear to utilize a novel mechanism to raise cAMP levels which appear to require Ca2+ mobilization and could be mediated in part through a transient inhibition of phosphodiesterases. We suggest that stimulation of PMN functions by chemoattractants may utilize an N-coupled process to generate a Ca2+ signal which could in turn raise intracellular cAMP levels indirectly and thereby provide negative regulation.
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PMID:Chemoattractant-elicited alterations of cAMP levels in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes require a Ca2+-dependent mechanism which is independent of transmembrane activation of adenylate cyclase. 258 59

Ventricular muscle contains a low Km, cyclic AMP-specific form of phosphodiesterase (PDE III), which is believed to represent the site of action for several of new cardiotonic agents including imazodan (CI-914), amrinone, cilostamide, and enoximone. However, species differences in the inotropic response to these agents have raised questions about the relationship between PDE III inhibition and cardiotonic activity. The present study demonstrates that these differences can be accounted for by the presence of two subclasses of PDE III in ventricular muscle and variations in the intracellular localization of these two enzymes. For these experiments, PDE III was initially isolated from canine, guinea pig, and rat left ventricular muscle. The results demonstrate that canine left ventricular muscle contains two functional subclasses of PDE III: an imazodan-sensitive form, which is membrane bound, and an imazodan-insensitive form, which is soluble. Although only weakly inhibited by imazodan, this latter enzyme is potently inhibited by the selective PDE III inhibitors, Ro 20-1724 and rolipram. Guinea pig ventricular muscle also contains the imazodan-sensitive subclass of PDE III. Unlike canine left ventricle, however, thi enzyme is soluble in the guinea pig. No membrane-bound subclass of PDE III was observed in the guinea pig. Rat left ventricle possesses only the soluble form of PDE III, which apparently represents a mixture of the imazodan-sensitive and imazodan-insensitive subclasses of PDE III. Measurement of in vivo contractility in these three species showed that imazodan exerts a potent positive inotropic effect only in the dog, in which the imazodan-sensitive subclass of PDE III is membrane bound.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Subclasses of cyclic AMP-specific phosphodiesterase in left ventricular muscle and their involvement in regulating myocardial contractility. 282 Jun 8

Extraction of frozen canine cardiac muscle rendered soluble over 90% of the cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity. The residual activity was membrane-bound. Ion exchange chromatography of the soluble activity on DE-52 allowed for the resolution of three distinct cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase fractions termed PDE-I, PDE-II and PDE-III in order of elution from the column by a linear NaCl gradient. The relative ratio of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity exhibited by these three peaks was 1:0.65:0.82 and of cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase activity was 1:0.52:0.05 for PDE-I, PDE-II and PDE-III respectively. PDE-II and PDE-III were further purified by re-chromatography on DE-52. Fractions PDE-II and PDE-III were thermolabile at 50 degrees, decaying as single exponentials with half lives of 180 sec and 77 sec respectively. All three species exhibited non-linear Lineweaver-Burke plots for the hydrolysis of cyclic AMP, exhibiting both high and low affinity components. Hydrolysis of cyclic GMP by all three components obeyed normal kinetics, yielding linear plots. PDE-I was a Ca2+/calmodulin-activated species which exhibited a low Km for both cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP but hydrolysed cyclic GMP with a higher Vmax than for cyclic AMP. PDE-II exhibited a much lower Km for cyclic AMP than for cyclic GMP and a much higher Vmax for the hydrolysis of cyclic AMP. PDE-III exhibited a low Km for both cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP, however, its Vmax for cyclic AMP was about 40-fold higher than for cyclic GMP. Cyclic GMP acted as a potent inhibitor (IC50 = 6.3 microM) of cyclic AMP hydrolysis catalysed by PDE-III but not of the hydrolysis of cyclic AMP by PDE-II (IC50 = 33.2 microM). The phosphodiesterase inhibitors milrinone, CI-930, UK-35,493, carbazeran and buquineran acted as potent inhibitors of cyclic AMP hydrolysis catalysed by both PDE-II and PDE-III enzymes. They did not inhibit PDE-I activity. PDE-II, when prepared in the absence of protease inhibitors exhibited a reduced potency to inhibition by these compounds. Treatment of purified PDE-II with trypsin caused a reduction in enzyme activity and reduced dramatically the sensitivity of PDE-II activity to inhibition by these various compounds. The action of proteolysis in attenuating the inhibitory effect of these compounds on PDE-II was most dramatic with CI-930, milrinone, amrinone, buquineran and UK35,493 and least dramatic with carbazeran and IBMX.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Proteolysis of cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase-II attenuates its ability to be inhibited by compounds which exert positive inotropic actions in cardiac tissue. 282 12

In the rat olfactory tissue the existence of soluble and membrane-bound forms of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE) with quite similar kinetic parameters was demonstrated (KM = 220 and 200 microM, VMaX = 10 and 7 nmoles cAMP/mg protein per minute, respectively). 17 beta-estradiol (10(-7)-10(-5) M) decreased the soluble PDE activity by 25%, whereas non-hydrolysable GTP analogue (Gpp (NHp)) abolished their effect. On the other hand, this analogue in a dose-dependent manner inhibited the specific binding of 3H-estradiol to cytosolic receptors. The data indicate possible functional interrelations between the cytosolic estradiol receptors, GTP-binding proteins and PDE in the olfactory tissue which is a target organ for steroid hormones.
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PMID:[Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase of the olfactory membrane in rats: its distribution and possible connection with the estradiol receptor]. 282 98

Two approaches were taken to examine the role which the different forms of phosphodiesterase present in cardiac muscle play in regulating contractility. In an initial study, the effect of selective inhibitors of i) the calmodulin-stimulated phosphodiesterase (M & B 22, 948), ii) the cyclic GMP-stimulated phosphodiesterase (dipyridamole), and iii) the low Km, cyclic AMP-specific phosphodiesterase (imazodan) on the contractility of isolated guinea pig left atria was examined. Of the three selective phosphodiesterase inhibitors, only imazodan increased atrial contractility. In a subsequent study, the effect of imazodan on in vivo contractility was evaluated. Imazodan was found to potently increase contractility in the dog and the Rhesus monkey, while exerting only modest-to-minimal effects of contractility in the guinea pig and the hamster. Imazodan produced no positive inotropic effect in the rat. These species differences can apparently be attributed to i) the presence of subclasses of the low Km, cyclic AMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE III) in cardiac muscle, one of which is potently inhibited by the selective PDE III inhibitors imazodan, cyclic GMP and cilostamide, and the other which is selectively inhibited by rolipram and Ro 20-1724, and ii) variations in the intracellular localization of imazodan-sensitive subclass of PDE III. Thus, the maximum inotropic response to imazodan was observed only in those species in which the imazodan-sensitive subclass of PDE III was present and was membrane-bound, e.g., Rhesus monkey and dog. In the dog, the imazodan-insensitive subclass PDE III does not appear to play an important role in regulating cardiac contractility. These observations provide further support for the hypothesis that the inotropic response to imazodan, amrinone and related cardiotonics is due to their inhibitory effects on the cyclic AMP-specific form of phosphodiesterase, and also provides new insight into the relationship between cyclic AMP, phosphodiesterase and myocardial contractility.
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PMID:Multiple molecular forms of phosphodiesterase and the regulation of cardiac muscle contractility. 283 Dec 59


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