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Query: EC:3.1.4.3 (phospholipase C)
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gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) is a natural compound of mammalian brain synthesized from GABA. The characteristics of its synthesis, transport, release, distribution and turnover, in addition to the presence of a high affinity binding site for this substance in brain are in favor of a modulator role for GHB. The effects of hydrolytic enzymes on the specific binding capacity of GHB have been studied in the present work. Phospholipases A2 and C, neuraminidase and Pronase markedly decrease GHB binding to crude synaptosomal membranes from rat brain. This effect is time and enzyme concentration dependent. Trypsin, under the conditions employed, is less active. The inhibitory effects of phospholipases is correlated with phospholipid hydrolysis. Lysophospholipids, in the absence of bovine fatty acid free serum albumin partially inhibit GHB binding. The action of neuraminidase has been followed by sialic acid release and modifications of the ganglioside profile. The effects of phospholipase C and of neuraminidase are completely different to those on GABA binding sites. These results represent further data concerning the molecular existence of specific GHB binding sites on rat brain membranes.
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PMID:Effects of phospholipases, proteases and neuraminidase on gamma-hydroxybutyrate binding sites. 218 47

Norepinephrine, epinephrine, and isoproterenol at concentrations of 5.5 x 10(-8) M were found to elicit lipolysis in a cell-free system containing lipid droplets from fat cells and lipase solution. In the cell-free system, the beta-blockers propranolol and dichloroisoproterenol at concentrations of 1 microM inhibited lipolysis induced by norepinephrine, whereas similar concentrations of the alpha-blockers phenoxybenzamine and yohimbine did not inhibit lipolysis. The binding of norepinephrine to endogenous lipid droplets was inhibited by propranolol, but not by phenoxybenzamine. We concluded that the propranolol-sensitive, phenoxybenzamine-insensitive binding of norepinephrine to endogenous lipid droplets is involved in lipolysis in fat cells. Treatment of endogenous lipid droplets with phospholipase C, but not phospholipase D, trypsin, chymotrypsin, or neuraminidase, inhibited the propranolol-sensitive binding of norepinephrine to the droplets. These results suggest that the phosphate group of phospholipid in endogenous lipid droplets may be the site of propranolol-sensitive binding of norepinephrine. The physiological significance of the propranolol-sensitive binding is discussed.
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PMID:Propranolol-sensitive and phenoxybenzamine-insensitive binding of norepinephrine to endogenous lipid droplets from rat adipocytes. 225 13

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in K562 cells exists in two molecular forms. The major form, an amphiphilic dimer (G2a) which sediments at 5.3 S, and the minor form, an amphiphilic monomer (G1a) which sediments at 3.5 S. Extraction in the presence of the sulfhydryl alkylating agent N-ethylmaleimide was required to preserve the G2a form. In Triton X-100 extracts of the subline K562-243, phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PtdIns-PLC) from Bacillus thuringiensis converted most of the G2a AChE into a hydrophilic dimer (G2h), indicating that the G2a form possessed a hydrophobic glycoinositol phospholipid that mediated its attachment to the membrane. Treatment of intact K562-243 cells with PtdIns-PLC released approximately 60% of the total AChE activity and provided an estimate of the externally exposed AChE. The direct conversion from an amphiphilic to a hydrophilic dimeric form by PtdIns-PLC was not obtained in extracts or intact cells of the subline K562-48. Instead, pretreatment with alkaline hydroxylamine was necessary to render the amphiphilic G2 form of this subline susceptible to digestion by the phospholipase. In this respect, the amphiphilic dimer of K562-48 AChE resembles the G2a form of human erythrocyte AChE, which is resistant to PtdIns-PLC because of the direct palmitoylation of an inositol hydroxyl group in the anchor [Roberts et al. (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 18766-18775]. Release of this acyl chain by hydroxylamine renders the enzyme susceptible to PtdIns-PLC [Toutant et al. (1989) Eur. J. Biochem. 180, 503-508]. In both K562 sublines, sialidase decreased the migration of the G2a form but not of the G1a form of AChE. G1a forms thus appear to represent an intracellular pool of newly synthesized molecules residing in a compartment proximal to the trans-Golgi apparatus. The sialidase-resistant G1a molecules were also resistant to PtdIns-PLC digestion; possible explanations for this resistance are presented.
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PMID:Molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase in two sublines of human erythroleukemia K562 cells. Sensitivity or resistance to phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C and biosynthesis. 229 8

The adherence of two strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis to human fibrin-platelet clots in vitro was investigated. Both strains were noncapsulated, nonhemagglutinating, and nonslime producers. Binding was not related to surface charge, carbohydrate profile, or hydrophobicity of the bacteria. Adherence was reduced four- to sixfold (P less than 0.001) on pretreatment of bacteria with lipase, while neuraminidase, trypsin, phospholipase C, and sodium periodate did not alter their binding. Pretreatment of bacteria with substances known to bind lipoteichoic acid (LTA), such as human albumin and anti-LTA antibodies, also resulted in a fourfold (P less than 0.001) reduction in adherence. Prior incubation of clots with free LTA, but not with deacylated LTA, produced a fourfold (P less than 0.001) decrease in the adherence of homologous and heterologous strains of S. epidermidis. A similar reduction was also observed when LTAs derived from Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes were used. These data provide evidence that the lipid moiety of LTA has a central role in the adherence of S. epidermidis to fibrin-platelet clots in vitro.
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PMID:Adherence of Staphylococcus epidermidis to fibrin-platelet clots in vitro mediated by lipoteichoic acid. 229 82

Primitive clonogenic progenitor cells in human bone marrow bind to preformed marrow-derived stromal layers in vitro and generate colonies of blast cells. The binding interaction does not require calcium or magnesium ions and occurs equally well in serum-free and serum-supplemented culture medium. It does not appear to involve known cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) for which monoclonal antibodies are available (integrins, N-CAM, LFA-1, and ICAM-1), and we were unable to demonstrate a role for the progenitor cell antigen CD34 in progenitor cell adhesion to cultured stroma. The CAM expressed by the blast colony-forming cells may exist in transmembrane or phosphatidylinositol (PI)-linked forms because it is only partially degraded by exposure to trypsin or to PI-specific phospholipase C. However, binding of these cells to stroma is not prevented in the presence of monoclonal antibodies reacting with known PI-linked structures (Thy-1, CD14, and CD16). It is either masked by neuraminidase-sensitive residues or is no longer expressed as cells mature, respectively, along the granulocytic or erythroid lineages. The properties of the hemopoietic progenitor CAM are discussed with reference to the properties of other CAMs and of hemopoietic progenitor cell markers.
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PMID:Hemopoietic progenitor cell binding to the stromal microenvironment in vitro. 237 49

Incubation of rat peritoneal mast cells with substance P resulted in the transient stimulation of phosphoinositol breakdown and histamine secretion through an exocytotic process. These effects were inhibited markedly by a prior 2-hr exposure of the cells to pertussis toxin. Pertussis toxin also inhibited exocytosis induced by substance P, mastoparan and compound 48/80, but did not modify the secretory effect of the ionophore A23187. The transfer of rat peritoneal mast cells from balanced salt solution to calcium-free buffer led to a similar time-dependent decrease in their response to substance P and mastoparan. The concomitant absence of potassium from the calcium-free buffer enabled the mast cells to retain their secretory response. These data demonstrate identical dependency for calcium and monovalent ions of the secretory process elicited by substance P, mastoparan and compound 48/80. Pretreatment of mast cells with neuraminidase decreased the secretagogic effect of substance P, mastoparan and compound 48/80 without modifying the efficiency of the ionophore A23187. Thus, sialic acid residues might be involved in the initial binding of peptides and compound 48/80 to mast cells, which activate a pertussis toxin-sensitive G-protein and allows the increase in phospholipase C activity to induce exocytosis. This sequence of events might characterize the physiological pathway of mast cell activation by peptides, without necessarily requiring selective membrane receptors.
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PMID:Activation of rat peritoneal mast cells by substance P and mastoparan. 247 89

Experiments were carried out with A/USSR/053/74/H3N2 influenza virus. To remove lipids from virus particles, the enzyme phospholipase C, butanol-ether and the detergent cytylpyridinum chloride were used. Mild treatment of the influenza virus with phospholipase C resulted in a slight decrease in the activity of both surface antigens of the virions as well as in a suppression of their infectivity. Such virus is capable of IFN induction in mouse. Long-term (25 h) treatment of the virus with phospholipase C caused gross destruction of virions. Thus, despite the preserved neuraminidase activity the preparation was no longer capable of IFN induction. The treatment with butanol-ether and the detergent cytylpyridinum chloride brought similar results--fully preserved hemagglutination and neuraminidase activity and a complete loss of IFN induction.
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PMID:Ultrastructure and some biological properties of influenza A virus. III. The role of influenza A virus lipids in interferon induction. 247 1

Isolation of two membrane-bound alkaline phosphatase (AP) species from avian growth plate cartilage matrix vesicle (MV) fractions is described. AP was first released from the membranes by phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PIase C), followed by chromatography on DEAE-Bio-Gel A and Reactive-Red agarose. Two AP species having apparent Mr of 81.5 and 77 kDa by SDS-PAGE were purified in high yield and specific activity by this simple method. Treatment with neuraminidase to remove sialic acid residues reduced their size slightly, but did not diminish the difference in Mr between the two species. Digestion with N-glycanase, however, decreased both AP species to a common size of 59 kDa. This reveals that both enzymes are highly glycosylated and suggests that the two forms may result from differences in degree of glycation. The amino acid compositions of the two avian enzyme forms are very similar, but are markedly enriched in serine, glycine and glutamate when compared to those reported for mammalian liver-kidney-bone AP. Possible differences in amino acid sequence between the two avian forms have not been excluded. The cross-reactivity of polyclonal antibodies to these enzymes with bovine kidney, but not intestinal AP, indicate that the avian cartilage APs are of the liver-kidney-bone isozyme type.
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PMID:Isolation of two glycosylated forms of membrane-bound alkaline phosphatase from avian growth plate cartilage matrix vesicle-enriched microsomes. 280 49

Binding of two monoclonal anti-liposome antibodies to the surface of cultured murine peritoneal macrophages was investigated by indirect immunofluorescence and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Neither antibody bound to cultures of freshly explanted, nonadherent macrophages, but immunoreactivity was observed following cell adherence to tissue culture plastic. Fluorescent microscopic evaluation revealed heterogeneity in staining patterns of the antibodies on adherent cells. Binding both to viable and fixed adherent macrophages was observed even after a 10,000-fold dilution of antibody. Treatment of adherent macrophage cultures with trypsin increased antibody binding. Further treatment of trypsinized-macrophages with alkaline phosphatase or neuraminidase did not affect antibody binding, but phospholipase D and, to a greater extent, phospholipase C resulted in a marked decrease in cellular binding. The data indicate that antibodies produced against liposomes appear to bind to surface phospholipids of macrophages, but binding can be influenced by the physiological state of the macrophage and overlying cell surface proteins.
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PMID:Antibodies to phospholipids and liposomes: binding of antibodies to cells. 282 Apr 89

Transmissible gastroenteritis virus was readily adsorbed onto chicken erythrocytes at 4 degrees C. The hemagglutinin thus adsorbed could be eluted from the erythrocytes by incubating in phosphate buffered saline at 37 degrees C. The receptor on chicken erythrocytes for the hemagglutinin was inactivated by neuraminidase and potassium periodate, but not by trypsin, 2-mercaptoethanol and formalin. The hemagglutinin was inactivated by trypsin, papain, pepsin, alpha-amylase, phospholipase C, neuraminidase, formalin, 2-mercaptoethanol, potassium periodate, ethyl ether, chloroform, Tween-80 and beta-propiolactone, but not by sodium deoxycholate and trichlorotrifluoroethane, suggesting that the active component of the hemagglutinin involved glycoproteins. The hemagglutinin was stable at 37 degrees C or lower temperatures but not at 60 degrees C or higher temperatures. The hemagglutinin activity was resistant to ultraviolet irradiation, while the infectivity was very susceptible. The hemagglutinin and the infectivity were readily sedimented by ultracentrifugation at 45,000 x g for 60 minutes. In rate zonal centrifugation of the hemagglutinin preparation on a sucrose density gradient, the hemagglutinin activity showed a sharp peak at 1.19 g/ml coinciding with the peak of infectivity. The activity in the peak fraction seemed to be structurally associated with virus particles.
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PMID:Physicochemical properties of transmissible gastroenteritis virus hemagglutinin. 283 45


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