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Query: EC:3.1.4.37 (CNPase)
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The levels of GPC phosphocholine phosphodiesterase, pNP phosphocholine phosphodiesterase, CNPase, and UDP galactose: ceramide galactosyltransferase activities were estimated with pure cultures of oligodendrocytes and astrocytes; mixed primary glial cells cultures; C-6 cells; and CNS tissue of the dysmyelinating md rat, the jimpy mouse, and the quaking mouse. The highest activity of GPC and pNP phosphocholine phosphodiesterases as with CNPase and C gal T was found in the pure cultured oligodendrocytes. C-6 cells had very low or undetectable activities for these two phosphodiesterases but possessed very high CNPase activity. The activity of GPC phosphocholine phosphodiesterase was significantly decreased in the CNS tissue of the md rat and the jimpy and the quaking mouse. Similar reductions were observed for the pNP phosphocholine phosphodiesterase, CNPase, and C gal T activities. The selective cellular enrichment in oligodendrocytes of the GPC phosphocholine phosphodiesterase activity and decreases of its activity in three dysmyelinating mutants in the same ratio as for CNPase and C gal T suggest that GPC phosphocholine phosphodiesterase is a myelin marker enzyme and it may reflect the quantity of myelin and oligodendrocyte present.
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PMID:Glycerophosphorylcholine phosphocholine phosphodiesterase activity in cultured oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, and central nervous tissue of dysmyelinating rodent mutants. 131 6

An enzymatic cycling procedure for beta-NADP+ generated by the enzyme 3'-phosphodiesterase, 2':3'-cyclic nucleotide (EC 3.1.4.37) from its substrate 2':3'-cyclic NADP+ is described. The enzymes glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.49) and diaphorase (EC 1.8.1.4) are used to cycle the cofactor between its oxidized and reduced forms in the presence of glucose-6-phosphate and p-iodonitrotetrazolium violet (INT) with the concomitant production of colored INT-formazan, monitored at 492 nm. The amplification is about 400-fold per hour and is sensitive enough to detect 6 x 10(-13) mol of NADP(H). A simple procedure for the optimization of this cycling assay is also described. Conjugates to 3'-phosphodiesterase, 2':3'-cyclic nucleotide may be used in heterogeneous enzyme immunoassays for the detection of small quantities of haptens or proteins in biological fluids.
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PMID:An enzymatic cycling procedure for beta-NADP+ generated by 3'-phosphodiesterase, 2':3'-cyclic nucleotide. 132 Mar 51

Patients with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PM), hemizygous mice with the jimpy mutation (jp/Y), and hemizygous rats with X-linked myelin deficiency (md/Y) share a profound lack of proteolipid protein (PLP) in their central nervous systems (CNS). The peripheral nervous system is normal. These X-linked disorders are associated with or actually caused by the lack of normal oligodendrocytes. Vibratome sections of brain were incubated with antisera to myelin basic protein (MBP), myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), 2':3'-cyclic-nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (CNP) (EC 3.1.4.37), PLP, a synthetic PLP-peptide, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), and transferrin. Reaction product was developed by sequential incubation with biotinylated second antibodies, the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex (ABC), and diaminobenzidine (DAB) plus hydrogen peroxide as chromogenic substrates. In PM, jp/Y and md/Y, islands of myelin-like structures were revealed by antisera to MBP, MAG, and CNP. Reaction product after application of anti-PLP was absent. Reaction product after anti-PLP-peptide was restricted to infrequent bizarre cells possibly representing abnormal oligodendroglia. The lack of oligodendrocytes in jp/Y and md/Y could also be confirmed by immunocytochemistry for transferrin.
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PMID:Comparative immunocytochemistry of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, the jimpy mouse, and the myelin-deficient rat. 245 99

The activity of glycerophosphorylcholine phosphodiesterases was determined in the mesencephalon, diencephalon, cerebral hemispheres, cerebellum and olfactory bulb during postnatal development from P5 to P70 of rat brain. These activities are low and gradually increase to near adult levels by the end of the first postnatal month similar to that for CNPase activity. This is in accord with glycerophosphorylcholine choline phosphate phosphodiesterase being present in the myelin membrane.
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PMID:Regional and developmental estimations of glycerophosphorylcholine phosphodiesterase activities in rat brain. 254 Sep 50

2',3'-Cyclic-nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (EC 3.1.4.37) has been widely used as a marker for myelin-oligodendrocytes in the central nervous system. Evidence has been provided that the enzyme is identical with one of the Wolfgram proteins of central nervous system myelin. The amino acid sequence of bovine 2',3'-cyclic-nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase was determined by both protein and cDNA sequence analyses. Protein sequence analysis was done on bovine elastase 2',3'-cyclic-nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase, a low molecular weight enzyme obtained by solubilization with pancreatic elastase (EC 3.4.21.36) (Nishizawa, Y., Kurihara, T., and Takahashi, Y. (1980) Biochem. J. 191, 71-82; Kurihara, T., Nishizawa, Y., Takahashi, Y., and Odani, S. (1981) Biochem. J. 195, 153-157). Based on the carboxyl-terminal sequence of bovine elastase 2',3'-cyclic-nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase, synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotides were prepared and used as probes for screening a cDNA library of bovine brain. A cDNA of 2305 base pairs was obtained and sequenced, and the complete amino acid sequence of bovine 2',3'-cyclic-nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase was deduced. Bovine 2',3'-cyclic-nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase deduced contains 400 amino acids including initiation methionine and has a molecular weight of 44,850. Bovine elastase 2',3'-cyclic-nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase corresponds to the 236 amino acids of bovine 2',3'-cyclic-nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase. RNA blot analysis revealed a single-species mRNA of about 2600 bases.
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PMID:cDNA cloning and amino acid sequence of bovine brain 2',3'-cyclic-nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase. 302 7

The adrenal medulla contains an enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of 2',3'-cAMP to 2'-AMP. For the parameters which have been examined, the adrenal medulla 2',3'-cAMP phosphodiesterase appears to be similar to brain 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (also commonly referred to as CNPase). The apparent Km of the adrenal medulla CNPase for 2',3'-cAMP is 0.88 mM. The enzyme activity is unaltered by either EDTA, MgCl2 or CaCl2 in the presence or absence of calmodulin. The apparent molecular weight is 102,500 daltons. The function of the enzyme in either the brain or the adrenal medulla is, at the present time, unknown.
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PMID:Identification of 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase in bovine adrenal medulla. 370 18

Myelination was studied between 15 and 135 days postnatally in peripheral nerves of myelin deficient (mld) mice and in unaffected littermates. The nerve weights were not affected by the mutation and showed a 4-fold increase during the developmental period studied. The amounts of myelin present in peripheral nerves, as shown by biochemical and morphological techniques, were slightly reduced in mld in comparison to control mice. In controls, the concentration of myelin doubled during the investigation period. The increase of myelin basic protein (MBP) in total nerve homogenate paralleled the deposition of myelin, but the MBP concentration remained constant in normal myelin. In contrast, in mld myelin MBP concentrations were extremely low until 60 days of age and increased thereafter to reach almost normal values at 135 days. Similarly, the amounts of myelin isolated at 85 and 135 days were normal. 2',3'-Cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (CNP; EC 3.1.4.37), the myelin-specific enzyme, showed normal specific activities in mld nerves. In mld and control myelin, CNP-specific activities decreased during development suggesting a preferential localization of CNP in Schwann cell plasma membranes. In contrast to the central nervous system, other myelin proteins were not altered in mld peripheral nervous system (PNS) and the very low MBP content had no severe repercussions on the composition and structure of the myelin sheath. Furthermore, Schwann cells appeared normal in mld PNS. Nevertheless, more subtle alterations could be detected. Slightly decreased amounts of myelin were observed in young mld mice and preliminary results indicate discrete alterations of the myelin periodicity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Myelin basic protein deficit in the PNS of mld mutant mice recovers during development. 620 45

2',3'-Cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase (CNP, EC 3.1.4.37) has been isolated from rat brain myelin by chromatography on successive columns of phenyl-Sepharose CL-4B, CM-Sepharose CL-6B, and 8-(6-aminohexyl) amino-2'AMP-Sepharose 4B. From 15 g of rat brain, approximately 400 micrograms of pure CNP was obtained, with a specific activity of 1,200 (2',3'-cyclic AMP) units/mg protein. The Km of the rat enzyme was 3.7 mM, using 2',3'-cAMP as the substrate. Isoelectric focusing of the enzyme indicated a broad isoelectric range of 8.5-9.0. On SDS polyacrylamide gels, rat CNP appears as two protein bands of approximately 48,000 and 50,000 M.W., with an upper band intensity of about 1/10 that of the lower band. The relative intensities of the bands for CNP and the molecular weights correspond to the Wolfgram proteins W1 and W2 described by other investigators. The amino acid analysis of the purified rat enzyme compared favorably with reported determinations for the bovine enzyme and also with reported values for the rat Wolfgram proteins W1 and W2.
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PMID:Purification of rat 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide 3'-phosphodiesterase. 625 58

A sensitive method for separation and fluorometric quantification of 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide-3'-phosphodiesterase (EC 3.1.4.37) (CNPase) reaction products with 2',3'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate as substrate is presented. The 2'-AMP product was separated by cellulose thin-layer chromatography in 4 M MgSO4-0.5 M sodium acetate-2-propanol (80:18:2, v/v/v). After reaction with glyoxal dihydrate, the amount of reaction product was determined fluorometrically using excitation at 328 nm and emission at 382 nm. These results correlated well with those obtained using Kurihara and Tsukada's [(1967) J. Neurochem. 14: 1167-1174] paper chromatographic method (r = 0.96). With this fluorometric method, amounts as low as 0.20 nmol of 2'-AMP can be determined, and its sensitivity is comparable to that of the radiochemical method. The method is easy to use and sensitive enough for measuring CNPase activity in tissue with low enzyme activity.
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PMID:A method for chromatographic separation and fluorometric quantification of 2',3'-cyclic nucleotide-3'-phosphodiesterase reaction products. 632 31

Cidofovir (HPMPC) [1-[(S)-3-hydroxy-2-(phosphonomethoxy)propyl]-cytosine] is an acyclic nucleotide analog with potent and selective activity against herpesviruses. The prodrug, cyclic HPMPC (cHPMPC) [1-[((S)-2-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,4,2-dioxaphosphorinan-5-yl) methyl]cytosine], has antiviral activity similar to that of the parent compound but exhibits reduced toxicity in animal models. cHPMPC is converted to cidofovir by a cellular cyclic CMP phosphodiesterase (EC 3.1.4.37) which hydrolyzes a variety of substrates, including adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) and cytidine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cCMP). The K(m) and Vmax values for hydrolysis of cHPMPC by cCMP phosphodiesterase purified from human liver are 250 microM and 0.66 nmol.min-1.unit-1, respectively. These values are similar to the K(m) and Vmax values for cAMP (23 microM and 1.16 nmol.min-1.unit-1, respectively) and cCMP (75 microM and 2.32 nmol.min-1.unit of enzyme-1, respectively). The catalytic efficiency (Vmax/K(m) ratio) of this enzyme for the cHPMPC substrate is only 10- to 20-fold lower than those for the natural cyclic nucleotides, indicating that cHPMPC is a viable intracellular substrate for the human enzyme. Kinetic analysis indicates that cHPMPC, cAMP, and cCMP are competitive with respect to each other and that they are hydrolyzed by the same enzyme. cHPMPC is hydrolyzed to cidofovir in all primary human cell systems tested, including those derived from target organs that might be infected in patients with human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) disease. Importantly, hydrolysis of cHPMPC is not diminished in cells infected with HCMV.
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PMID:Conversion of 1-[((S)-2-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,4,2-dioxaphosphorinan-5-yl)methyl]cytosine to cidofovir by an intracellular cyclic CMP phosphodiesterase. 905 7


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