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Query: EC:4.6.1.2 (guanylate cyclase)
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Cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic GMP) stimulates nucleic acid synthesis in lymphocytes, and has been implicated as the intracellular effector of the actions of mitogenic agents on these cells. In the present study, we examined the specificity of the mitogenic activity of cyclic GMP and of its 8-bromo (Br) derivatives, and the effects of the T cell mitogens, concanavalin A, phytohemagglutinin, and staphylococcal entertoxin B (SEB) on the cyclic GMP content and guanylate cyclase activity of mouse splenic lymphocytes. Cyclic GMP and guanosine modestly increased the incorporation of [3H] thymidine into DNA by cultured lymphocytes, but were far less effective than their 8-Br-guanosine and 8-Br-5'-GMP exceeded that of 8-Br-cyclic GMP, when tested in the presence and absence of serum in the culture media. Combined addition of maximal doses of these nucleotides did not give additive stimulatory effects, suggesting an action on a common subpopulation of cells, and possibly a common mechanism. By contrast, cyclic AMP, 8-Br-cyclic AMP, 8-Br-adenosine, cholera toxin and prostaglandin E1 suppressed both basal [3H]thymidine incorporation and stimulation of this parameter by T-cell mitogens and the guanine nucleotides. Rapid effects of concanavalin A, phytohemagglutinin, SEB, guanosine, 5'-GMP, 8-Br-guanosine, and 8-Br-5'-GMP on the cyclic GMP content of murine lymphocytes could not be demonstrated. Similarly, concanavalin A, phytohemagglutinin and SEB failed to alter guanylate cyclase activity when added directly to cellular homogenates or pre-incubated with intact cells. Conversely, carbamylcholine rapidly increased lymphocyte cyclic GMP but was not mitogenic. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that cyclic GMP and cyclic AMP are antagonistic in their influence on lymphocyte mitogenesis. However, they also demonstrate that related nucleotides are more potent mitogens than cyclic GMP itself and suggest that activation of murine lymphocytes by concanavalin A, phytohemagglutinin and SEB may not be mediated by rapid increases in cellular cyclic GMP content. Since high concentrations of exogenous cyclic GMP and related nucleotides must be used to influence DNA synthesis, the biologic significance of this effect remains uncertain.
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PMID:Activation of murine lymphocytes by cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate: specificity and role in mitogen activity. 0 15

Cyclic AMP in Strongylocentrotus purpuratus sperm was elevated approximately 2-fold by theophylline or 1-methyl-3-isobutylxanthine. Factors released from sea urchin eggs (FRE) elevated sperm cyclic AMP by about 7-fold within 1 min, and the combination of FRE with theophylline increased sperm cyclic AMP up to 100-fold within 1 min. Cyclic GMP in sea urchin sperm was slightly elevated by theophylline, but was lowered by FRE. Cyclic GMP in sperm treated with FRE plus theophylline was not higher than in sperm treated with theophylline alone. The ability of FRE-containing sea water to increase sperm cyclic AMP in the presence of theophylline was altered only slightly if at all by boiling, but it was decreased by about 50% by dialysis and destroyed by ashing. Filtration of FRE on Sephadex G-50 columns yielded two peaks of cyclic AMP-elevating activity. One peak (peak I) was eluted at the column void volume, and the other (peak II) was retained by the column. The cyclic GMP-lowering activity was located in fractions approximately corresponding to peak I of cyclic AMP-elevating activity. Dialysis of FRE-containing sea water before its application to the G-50 column virtually eliminated peak II of the cyclic AMP-elevating activity. When the cyclic AMP-elevating activity in peak I was filtered on Bio Gel A-5m columns, it also migrated at or near the column void volume. Fractions corresponding to peak I contained material that inhibited both guanylate and adenylate cyclase activities in broken cell preparations of sperm and guanylate cyclase from rat lung. The inhibitory material was stable to boiling, non-dialyzable, and destroyed by ashing. Under a variety of conditions, FRE-containing sea water or cyclic AMP-elevating peaks I or II did not stimulate sperm adenylate cyclase activity in broken cell preparations.
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PMID:Effects of egg factors on cyclic nucleotide metabolism in sea urchin sperm. 0 75

Cyclic adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) levels were determined in 103 samples of human semen and grouped according to the number of spermatozoa in the ejaculate. No correlation was found between cyclic AMP concentrations and the number, motility, and morphology of the spermatozoa or the fructose content, pH, and volume of the ejaculate. Similar findings were obtained with cyclic guanosine 3':5'-monophosphate levels in 24 samples of human semen. Therefore, cyclic nucleotide levels in human semen appear to be derived from sources other than spermatozoal adenylyl or guanylyl cyclase.
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PMID:Lack of relationship between cyclic nucleotide levels and spermatozoal function in human semen. 0 22

The subcellular localizations of guanylate cyclase and 3',5'-cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase in sea urchin sperm were examined. Both the specific and total activities of these two enzymes were much higher in sperm flagella (tails) than in the heads. In addition to the observation that guanylate cyclase in the flagella was particulate-bound and solubilized by Triton X-100, more than 80% of the cyclase activity in the flagella was found in the plasma membrane fraction, whereas the activity of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase was observed in both the axonemal and plasma membrane fractions. The observations indicated that the cyclase in the flagella appeared to be associated with the plasma membrane. Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase in the plasma membrane fraction as well as the axonemal fraction hydrolyzed both cyclic GMP and cyclic AMP; however, the rates of hydrolysis for cyclic GMP were obviously higher than those for cyclic AMP. The enzymic properties of guanylate cyclase and cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase in sperm flagella were also briefly described.
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PMID:Subcellular localizations of guanylate cyclase and 3',5'-cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase in sea urchin sperm. 0 49

The Lubrol-dispersed guanylate cyclase from sea urchin sperm was purified and isolated essentially free of detergent by GTP affinity chromatography, DEAE-Sephadex chromatography, and gel filtration. After removal of the detergent, the enzyme remained in solution in the presence of 20% glycerol. The specific activity of the purified enzyme was about 12 mumol of guanosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cyclic GMP) formed - min-1 - mg of protein-1 at 30 degrees, an activity about 4600 times that of a soluble guanylate cyclase purified recently from Escherichia coli (Macchia V., Varrone, S., Weissbach, H., Miller, D.L., and Pastan, I. (1975) J. Biol. Chem. 250, 6214-6217). The cyclic GMP phosphodiesterase activity was negligible and adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) phosphodiesterase was not detectable in the purified preparation. Cyclic AMP formation from ATP occurred at a rate of 0.002% of that of guanylate cyclase. In the absence of phosphodiesterase or guanosine triphosphatase inhibitors, 100% of the added GTP was converted to cyclic GMP. The purified enzyme required Mn2+ for maximum activity, the relative rates in the presence of Mg2+ or Ca2+ being less than 0.6% of the rates with Mn2+. The purified enzyme displayed classical Michaelis-Menten kinetics with respect to MnGTP (apparent Km is approximately equal to 170 muM) in contrast to the positively cooperative kinetic behavior displayed by the unpurified, detergent-dispersed, or particulate guanylate cyclase. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was approximately 182,000 as estimated on Bio-Gel A-0.5m columns equilibrated in the presence or absence of 0.1 M NaCl. The unpurified, detergent-dispersed enzyme also migrated with an apparent molecular weight of 182,000 on columns equilibrated with 0.5% Lubrol WX and 0.1 M NaCl, but it migrated as a large aggregate (molecular weight is greater than 5 X 10(5)) on columns equilibrated in the absence of either the detergent of NaCl. After gel filtration, the unpurified, dispersed enzyme still yielded positive cooperative kinetic patterns as a function of MnGTP. Na dodecyl-SO4 gel electrophoresis of the enzyme after the DEAE-Sephadex or the gel filtration steps resulted in two major protein bands with estimated molecular weights of 118,000 and 75,000. Whether or not these protein bands represent the subunit molecular weights of guanylate cyclase is unknown at present.
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PMID:Sea urchin sperm guanylate cyclase. Purification and loss of cooperativity. 0 69

Adenylate, guanylate cyclase and protein kinases in a fibrous sarcoma originating from rat prostate have been studied. A decrease in levels of adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) and adenylate cyclase activities and an increase in levels of guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic GMP) and guanylate cyclase activities were observed in the tumor tissue when compared with the normal prostatic tissue of rats. Protein kinases from the tumor and the prostate were both responsive to exogenous cyclic AMP, with an apparent Ka of 0.08 muM in the tumor and of 0.11 muM in the prostate. It is of interest that the protein kinases from the tumor responded to cyclic AMP to the same extent as was observed in the enzyme preparation from the prostate. The protein kinase from the tumor was more sensitive to cyclic GMP than that from the prostate, showing an apparent Ka of 0.88 muM in the tumor and of 4.85 muM in the prostate. This tumor has been characterized with an increase in guanylate cyclase activities with a subsequent rise in cellular cyclic GMP and an increased sensitivity of the protein kinase to cyclic GMP.
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PMID:Studies on cyclic nucleotides in cancer. I. Adenylate guanylate cyclase and protein kinases in the prostatic sarcoma tissue. 0 48

1. The activities of the enzymes involved in the metabolism of cyclic nucleotides were studied in sarcolemma prepared front guinea-pig heart ventricle; the enzyme activities reported here were linear under the assay conditions. 2. Adenylate cyclase was maximally activated by 3mM-NaF; NaF increased the Km for ATP (from 0.042 to 0.19 mM) but decreased the Ka for Mg2+ (from 2.33 to 0.9 mM). In the presence of saturating Mg2+ (15 mM), Mn2+ enhanced adenylate cyclase, whereas Co2+ was inhibitory. beta-Adrenergic amines (10-50 muM) stimulated adenylate cyclase (38+/-2%). When added to the assay mixture, guanyl nucleotides (GTP and its analogue, guanylyl imidophosphate) stimulated basal enzyme activity and enhanced the stimulation by isoproterenol. By contrast, preincubation of sarcolemma with guanylyl imidodiphosphate stimulated the formation of an 'activated' form of the enzyme, which did not reveal increased hormonal sensitivity. 3. The guanylate cyclase present in the membranes as well as in the Triton X-100-solubilized extract of membranes exhibited a Ka for Mn 2+ of 0.3 mM; Mn2+ in excess of GTP was required for maximal activity. Solubilized guanylate cyclase was activated by Mg2+ only in the presence of low Mn2+ concentrations; Ca2+ was inhibitory both in the absence and presence of low Mn2+. Acetylcholine as well as carbamolycholine stimulated membrane-bound guanylate cyclase. 4. Cylic nucleotide phosphodiesterase activities of sarcolemma exhibited both high-and low-Km forms with cyclic AMP and with cyclic GMP as substrate. Ca2+ ions increased the Vmax. of the cyclic GMP-dependent enzyme.
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PMID:Adenylate cyclase, guanylate cyclase and cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases of guinea-pig cardiac sarcolemma. 1 Aug 95

The effects of a variety of purine and pyrimidine nucleotides were tested for their capacity to inhibit mammalian soluble guanylate cyclase activity. Adenosine 5'-tetraphosphate (ATetP), ATP, ADP, AMP, guanosine 5'-tetraphosphate (GTetP) and GDP were found to inhibit soluble guanylate cyclase activity from rat lung and other mammalian tissues. The corresponding cytosine and thymine nucleotides showed little or no inhibitory activity, except for thymidine 5'-tetraphosphate, which inhibited glanylate cyclase activity but to a lesser extent than did the purine nucleoside tetraphosphates. ATetP and GTetP were found to be potent inhibitors of soluble guanylate cyclase activity from rat, guinea pig and mouse lung, rat heart and rat brain. Both purine nucleoside tetraphosphates were competitive inhibitors of the rat lung soluble enzyme. ATetP and GTetP had Ki values of 1 muM and 2.5 muM, respectively. The experimental data suggest that purine nucleoside tetraphosphates, and perhaps other purine nucleotides, may play a biologic role in modulating mammalian soluble guanylate cyclase activity.
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PMID:Inhibition of mammalian soluble guanylate cyclase activity by adenosine 5'-tetraphosphate, guanosine 5'-tetraphosphate and other nucleotides. 1 93

In a submaximal concentration carbachol contracted the rabbit colon muscle and increased the cyclic GMP level. The cyclic AMP level was reduced. In a Ca++-depleted muscle carbachol reduced the cyclic GMP level while the effect on the cyclic AMP content of the muscle was unchanged. Carbachol had no effect on the guanylate cyclase activity of the "plasma membrane fraction" (the 35-45% fraction). In the homogenate and the microsomal fractions Ca++ had no effect on the guanylate activity while it stimulated the enzyme in a soluble fraction. In the "plasma membrane fraction" cyclic GMP released Ca++ from the preloaded fraction and inhibited the Ca++ accumulation. These effects were not found in the vesicular microsomal fraction (the 35% fraction). In both fractions, however, cyclic GMP counteracted the stimulating effect of cyclic AMP. These results indicate that cyclic AMP and GMP may have antagonistic roles on the Ca++ metabolism in the colon muscle. It is suggested that cyclic GMP may act as some kind of positive feedback mechanism which may have a modulating effect on the release of Ca++ from one pool to another in rabbit colon.
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PMID:Effects of carbachol and calcium on the cyclic guanosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic GMP) metabolism in intestinal smooth muscle. 1 81

The effect of an inhibitor of adenylate cyclase (ACI) was measured on some enzymes associated with cyclic nucleotide-regulated metabolism. Soluble guanylate cyclase was inhibited; both soluble and particulate cyclic GMP-phosphodiesterases were stimulated. Cyclic AMP phosphodiesterases were unaffected. In contrast, the activities of Na, K-ATPase, protein kinase, phosphorylase kinase, glycogen synthetase and a number of glycosidases were not altered by equipotent amounts of the inhibitor. It is concluded that this substance acts as a modulator of both cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP metabolism in heart and other tissues.
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PMID:The effect of adenylate cyclase inhibitor (ACI) on guanylate cyclase, phosphodiesterase and other enzymes in heart. 1 79


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