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Query: EC:3.1.4.3 (phospholipase C)
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Phospholipase C [EC 3.1.4.3] from Pseudomonas aureofaciens was found to be inhibited by chelating reagents such as ethylenediaminetetraacetate [EDTA] and o-phenanthroline. The inhibition was reversed by the addition of Zn2+ and, to a lesser extent, by Co2+ and Mn2+. On isoelectric focusing, the isoelectric point of this enzyme proved to be 6.3--6.5, with a single peak. The enzyme reaction with the substrate was followed in media containing an organic solvent such as diethyl ether or diethyl ether-ethyl alcohol. When ethyl alcohol was added (up to 2%) to the reaction mixture in ether, there were no marked changes in the hydrolytic rates of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine. However, the enzyme activity was inhibited when the alcohol concentration was increased above 2%. In 98% diethyl ether-2% ethyl alcohol, phosphatidylcholine was hydrolyzed more rapidly than phosphatidylethanolamine, in contrast with the result obtained in water. In the single micelle state, phosphatidylethanolamine was hydrolyzed more rapidly than phosphatidylcholine or lysophatidylcholine. Acidic phospholipids and sphinogomyelin were not hydrolyzed. When the enzyme was incubated with phospholipid mixture extracted from Ps aureofaciens and rat liver, both phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine were hydrolyzed more rapidly than in the single micelle state of these substrates.
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PMID:Studies on phospholipase C from Pseudomonas aureofaciens. II. Further studies on the properties of the enzyme. 82 22

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor protein (nAChR) has been solubilized from rat cerebral cortices by extracting a crude membrane fraction with the nonionic detergent Triton X-100 (polyoxyethylene-p-t-octylphenol). The solubilized nAChR was partially purified by affinity chromatography (Naja naja siamensis alpha-toxin affinity arm, linked to Sepharose 4B) and characterized by binding of 125I-labeled alpha-bungarotoxin. The reaction of labeled toxin and nAChR appears to be second order with a rate constant (k1) equal to 0.38 X 10(5) M-1 S-1 at 20 degrees. The toxin-nAChR complex dissociates with a dissociation rate constant (k-1) of 1.23 X 10(-5) S-1 at 20 degrees (t 1/2 = 15.6 h). The kinetically determined dissociation constant (Kd) for the complex is 3.24 X 10(-10) M. A variety of cholinergic ligands were studied for their ability to inhibit binding of labeled toxin. The results indicate that the brain receptor is indeed nicotinic. The s20, w and v of the toxin-nAChR complex in 0.1% Triton were determined by velocity sedimentation in D2O and H2O sucrose gradients. The values are 12.9 S and 0.80 cm3 g-1. The Stokes radius of the complex determined by gel filtration equals 7.5 nm. The Mr of the complex calculated from the hydrodynamic parameters, and corrected for bound detergent, equals 357,000.
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PMID:Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from rat brain. Solubilization, partial purification, and characterization. 97 72

The phospholipase C of clostridium welchii (alpha toxin) has an absolute requirement for trace quantities of Ca2+. It attacks pure phosphatidylcholine particles (smectic mesophases) having a close-packed bilayer structure only when their surface zeta potential is made positive by the addition of certain divalent ions (e.g., Ca2+) to the aqueous phase or by the presence of low concentrations of long chain cations to the lipid. Alternatively, if the rotational freedom of individual phospholipid molecules is increased by the insertion of short n-alkanols (e.g., hexanol) into the bilayer or when a monolayer of the substrate at an air/water interface is expended, enzymic hydrolysis can occur without any requirement for a net postive charge on the surface.
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PMID:On the question of an electrokinetic requirement for phospholipase C action. 97 17

AC-3579 (2-N-methylpiperazinomethyl-1,3-diazafluoranthen 1-oxide) produces in rat hepatocytes a hypertrophy of the endoplasmic reticulum. Two possibilities that can explain this phenomenon are (1) that AC-3579 inactivates the phospholipases, and (2) that an AC-3579-lipid interaction hinders the enzymic activity. To demonstrate these hypotheses, a physicochemical model of biological membrane, the lipid-water interface, has been used. Dipalmitoyl DL-alpha-phosphatidyl-choline was spread at the air-water interface, the enzymes (phospholipase A or phospholipase C) dissolved in the aqueous phase. The enzymic reaction was first studied with and without AC-3579 dissolved in the aqueous phase; no enzymic inactivation was observed. However an AC-3579-lipid complex completely inhibited the enzymic reaction in the case of phospholipase A. An explanation is given in terms of steric hindrance to the enzyme-substrate.
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PMID:Effect of a diazafluoranthen derivative on phospholipases. A study at the air-water interface. 124 72

We have microinjected a mAb specifically directed to phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) into one blastomere of two-cell stage Xenopus laevis embryos. This antibody binds to endogenous PIP2 and reduces its rate of hydrolysis by phospholipase C. Antibody-injected blastomeres undergo partial or complete arrest of the cell cycle whereas the uninjected sister blastomeres divided normally. Since PIP2 hydrolysis normally produces diacylglycerol (DG) and inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (Ins[1,4,5]P3), we attempted to measure changes in the levels of DG following stimulation of PIP2 hydrolysis in antibody-injected oocytes. The total amount of DG in antibody-injected oocytes was significantly reduced compared to that of water-injected ones following stimulation by either acetylcholine or progesterone indicating that the antibody does indeed suppress PIP2 hydrolysis. We also found that the PIP2 antibodies greatly reduced the amount of intracellular Ca2+ released in the egg cortex during egg activation. As an indirect test for Ins(1,4,5)P3 involvement in the cell cycle we injected heparin which competes with Ins(1,4,5)P3 for binding to its receptor, and thus inhibits Ins(1,4,5)P3-induced Ca2+ release. Microinjection of heparin into one blastomere of the two-cell stage embryo caused partial or complete arrest of the cell cycle depending upon the concentration of heparin injected. We further investigated the effect of reducing any [Ca2+]i gradients by microinjecting dibromo-BAPTA into the blastomere. Dibromo-BAPTA injection completely blocked mitotic cell division when a final concentration of 1.5 mM was used. These results suggest that PIP2 turnover as well as second messenger activity influence cell cycle duration during embryonic cell division in frogs.
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PMID:Reducing inositol lipid hydrolysis, Ins(1,4,5)P3 receptor availability, or Ca2+ gradients lengthens the duration of the cell cycle in Xenopus laevis blastomeres. 130 10

To assess sites and mechanism of action of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on water permeability (PF), we determined PGE2 effects on antidiuretic hormone (ADH)- and adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-stimulated PF in rat terminal inner medullary collecting ducts perfused in vitro. PGE2 (10(-7) M) reversibly inhibited ADH-stimulated PF (1.131 +/- 192 to 532 +/- 208 microns/s). In contrast to that observed in rabbit, PGE2 also inhibited an established PF response to the exogenous cAMP analogue 8-p-(chlorophenylthio)-cAMP (696 +/- 107 to 399 +/- 99 microns/s). PGE2 alone had no effect on PF. The protein kinase C inhibitor staurosporine (10(-8) M) blocked PGE2-mediated inhibition of cAMP-stimulated PF. PGE2 caused a rapid spikelike increase in intracellular calcium [( Ca2+]i) followed by a stable elevation above basal values. Only the latter effect was abolished in a zero calcium bath. Neither staurosporine nor cAMP altered the [Ca2+]i response. These studies are the first to demonstrate PGE2-mediated inhibition of an established PF response to cAMP independent of changes in intracellular cAMP. The pattern of [Ca2+]i release and sensitivity to staurosporine suggests that this effect is mediated via signaling through phospholipase C. The results underscore the importance of species differences, axial heterogeneity, and/or in vivo conditioning for functional expression of cellular signaling pathways.
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PMID:PGE2 inhibits water permeability at a post-cAMP site in rat terminal inner medullary collecting duct. 131 24

Hydrolysis of exogenously added, [3H]inositol-labeled, phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) by rat parotid membranes was increased, dose-dependently, by the muscarinic cholinergic agonist carbamylcholine (carbachol) in the presence of guanosine 5'-O-thiotriphosphate (GTP gamma S). The stimulation was inhibited by atropine and guanosine 5'-O-thiodiphosphate (GDP beta S). GTP gamma S alone stimulated PIP2 hydrolysis, with half-maximal activation at 0.1 microM. This was inhibited by GDP beta S but not by atropine. Agonist stimulation of PIP2 hydrolysis was dependent on the presence of lipids (phosphatidylserine:phosphatidylethanolamine:PIP2 = 1:1:1). When PIP2 was added as micelles with detergent (sodium deoxycholate) only, basal hydrolysis was elevated, thus decreasing the relative stimulation by GTP gamma S and carbachol. The water-soluble hydrolysis products formed under either condition were 1,4,5-inositol trisphosphate, 1,4-inositol bisphosphate, and cyclic inositol trisphosphate. Hydrolysis of exogenous phosphatidylinositol (PI) was also stimulated by carbachol in the presence of GTP gamma S but the extent of PI hydrolysis was 44-fold lower than PIP2 hydrolysis. When [Ca2+] in the medium was increased from 100 nM to 1 microM, basal hydrolysis of both PI and PIP2 increased (9.3- and 19.2-fold, respectively). However, levels of basal and stimulated PIP2 hydrolysis were higher (37.9- and 29.6-fold, respectively) than those of PI hydrolysis. Antibodies (both polyclonal and monoclonal) raised against phospholipase C (PLC beta 1) from bovine brain did not react with any component in either rat parotid membranes or cytosol, although a reactivity was detected in rat brain membranes. A monoclonal antibody against bovine brain PLC gamma 1 detected a approximately 150-kDa protein only in the parotid cytosol, while antisera against bovine brain PLC delta 1 enzyme showed no reactivity with parotid membranes or cytosol. Together, these observations suggest that while there appears to be a protein similar to bovine brain PLC gamma 1 in parotid gland cytosol, the PLC which mediates PIP2 hydrolysis in rat parotid membranes and can be regulated by the muscarinic receptor via a G-protein is distinct from the well-characterized PLC enzymes gamma 1, delta 1, and beta 1.
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PMID:Characterization of polyphosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C in rat parotid gland membranes. 132 43

The identification of free glycoinositol phospholipids (GPIs) following biosynthetic labeling with [3H]glucosamine in cultured cells has been reported by several laboratories. We applied this procedure to two of the cell types used in these studies, H4IIE hepatoma cells and isolated hepatocytes, but were unable to detect a [3H]glucosamine-containing lipid that met any of the criteria for GPIs, including sensitivity to phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PIPLC) or GPI-specific phospholipase D. Part of the difficulty in radiolabeling a GPI by this procedure was the rapid metabolic conversion of [3H]glucosamine to galactosamine and neutral or anionic derivatives. A PIPLC-sensitive radiolabeled lipid was detected only after 16 h of labeling. The water-soluble fragments released from this lipid by PIPLC corresponded largely to myo-inositol 1,2-cyclic phosphate and myo-inositol 1-phosphate, products expected from PIPLC cleavage of phosphatidylinositol or lyso-phosphatidylinositol. In an alternative approach that we introduce here, free GPIs in lipid extracts from rat liver plasma membranes were labeled by reductive radiomethylation. This procedure, which radiomethylates primary and secondary amines, has been shown to label a glucosamine residue adjacent to inositol in all GPIs characterized to date. The labeled extracts were fractionated by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography, and a cluster of polar labeled lipids were assigned as GPIs based upon the following observations. 1) They were cleaved by PIPLC, 2) after hydrolysis in 6 N HCl, both radiomethylated glucosamine and a glucosamine-inositol conjugate were identified by cation exchange chromatography, and 3) hydrolysis in 4 M trifluoroacetic acid generated a fragment consistent with glucosamine-inositol-phosphate. These results illustrate new criteria for the identification of GPIs. The labeled GPIs also contained radiomethylated ethanolamine, another component found in GPI anchors of proteins and in mature lipid precursors of GPI anchors, suggesting that the liver plasma membrane GPIs retained considerable structural homology to GPI anchors.
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PMID:Identification of glycoinositol phospholipids in rat liver by reductive radiomethylation of amines but not in H4IIE hepatoma cells or isolated hepatocytes by biosynthetic labeling with glucosamine. 132 29

We have previously reported that platelet-activating factor (PAF) elevates cytosolic free calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) in fura-2-loaded glomerular mesangial cells. To confirm that this increase in [Ca2+]i is a result of receptor-mediated activation of phospholipase C, we investigated hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PtdIns-4,5-P2) in PAF-treated mesangial cells. PAF (10(-7) M) stimulated a rapid and transient formation of inositol trisphosphate. In concomitant experiments, PAF stimulated a biphasic accumulation of 3H-arachidonate-labeled 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG). The secondary elevation in DAG was coincident with a rise in 3H-phosphorylcholine (PC) and 3H-phosphorylethanolamine (PE) suggesting that PAF stimulates delayed phospholipase activities which hydrolyze alternate phospholipids besides the polyphosphoinositides. This PAF-stimulated elevation in 3H-water soluble phosphorylbases was seen at 5 min but not at 15 sec suggesting that the initial rise in DAG as well as the initial elevation in [Ca2+]i are due primarily to PtdIns-4,5-P2 hydrolysis. PAF also stimulated PGE2 as well as 3H-arachidonic acid and 3H-lyso phosphatidylcholine (PtdCho) formation. We suggest that arachidonate released specifically from PtdCho via phospholipase A2 is a source of this PAF-elevated PGE2. It has been postulated that anti-inflammatory prostaglandins may antagonize the contractile and proinflammatory effects of PAF via activation of adenylate cyclase. Surprisingly, exogenous PAF reduced basal and receptor-mediated cAMP concentration indicating that PAF-stimulated transmembrane signaling pathways may oppose receptor-mediated activation of adenylyl cyclase. We have taken advantage of the different sensitivities of phospholipases A2 and C(s) to PMA, EGTA, and pertussis toxin to dissociate phospholipase A2 and C activities. Acute PMA-treatment enhanced PAF-stimulated PGE2 formation, reduced PAF-induced elevations in [Ca2+]i and had no effect upon PAF-stimulated 3H-PE. We have also demonstrated that phospholipase A2, but not PtdIns-specific phospholipase C, was sensitive to external calcium concentration. The role of a GTP-binding protein to couple PAF-receptors to the PtdIns-specific phospholipase C was confirmed as GTP gamma S synergistically elevated PAF-stimulated inositol phosphate formation. We also demonstrated that pertussis toxin ADP-ribosylates a single protein of an apparent 42 kD mass and that PAF pretreatment reduced subsequent ADP-ribosylation in a time-dependent manner. However, pertussis toxin had no effect upon phospholipase C-generated water soluble phosphorylbases or inositol phosphates. In contrast, PAF-stimulated phospholipase A2 and PAF-inhibited adenylyl cyclase activities were sensitive to pertussis toxin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Platelet-activating factor stimulates multiple signaling pathways in cultured rat mesangial cells. 133 Nov 21

The hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) by rat sciatic nerve cytosolic phosphoinositidase C [phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PIC)] was studied at neutral pH and at ionic concentrations that approximate intracellular conditions. The principal water-soluble product formed was shown to be inositol trisphosphate by anion exchange chromatography. The maximum hydrolysis rate (2.5 nmol/min/mg protein) was achieved at less than 100 nM Ca2+. Hydrolysis was markedly increased to 15 nmol/min/mg protein by inclusion of K+ in the reaction mixture. In the presence of 200 mM K+, the optimum Ca2+ was increased to approximately 600 nM. Higher Ca2+ concentrations progressively inhibited PIP2 hydrolysis. Mg2+ also inhibited the reaction, but the presence of equimolar amounts of ATP and Mg2+ had no effect. Appreciable degradation of phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate (PIP) also occurred in the nanomolar Ca2+ range, whereas breakdown of phosphatidylinositol (PI) required millimolar Ca2+. The presence of PIP but not PI inhibited PIP2 hydrolysis. Upon subcellular fractionation of nerve, more than 50% of recovered PIC activity was in the cytosol and about 20% was located in a myelin-enriched fraction. Using PIP2 as substrate, PIC activities in nerves from normal and streptozotocin-induced diabetic animals were not different. However, the myelin-associated enzyme from diabetic animals was more labile to freezing and thawing.
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PMID:Activity and distribution of phosphoinositidase C in rat sciatic nerve. 133 36


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