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C-reactive protein (CRP) is the prototypic acute phase reactant and serves clinically as a marker of inflammation and tissue destruction. When native CRP pentamer was incubated with Streptomyces griseus protease, a newly formed and transient ability to inhibit platelet aggregation stimulated by adenosine diphosphate or collagen was often elicited early during the course of enzymatic digestion. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analyses of the digests revealed that platelet inhibitory activity correlated with altered electrophoretic mobility and reductions in subunit and pentameric m.w. Minimally degraded forms of CRP were also isolated "de novo" from inflammatory fluids and, like their enzyme degraded counterparts, inhibited platelet activation. Dissociation of degraded CRP with SDS followed by the removal of SDS resulted in the separation fragments which inhibited platelet function. We propose that in a degradative environment, such as at sites of inflammation/tissue damage or through the action of serum proteases, CRP may transitorily down-regulate the platelet.
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PMID:Cleaved forms of C-reactive protein are associated with platelet inhibition. 241 39

ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs) are small guanine nucleotide-binding proteins that enhance the enzymatic activities of cholera toxin. Two ARF cDNAs, ARF1 and ARF3, were cloned from a human cerebellum library. Based on deduced amino acid sequences and patterns of hybridization of cDNA and oligonucleotide probes with mammalian brain poly(A)+ RNA, human ARF1 is the homologue of bovine ARF1. Human ARF3, which differs from bovine ARF1 and bovine ARF2, appears to represent a newly identified third type of ARF. Hybridization patterns of human ARF cDNA and clone-specific oligonucleotides with poly(A)+ RNA are consistent with the presence of at least two, and perhaps four, separate ARF messages in human brain. In vitro translation of ARF1, ARF2, and ARF3 produced proteins that behaved, by SDS/PAGE, similar to a purified soluble brain ARF. Deduced amino acid sequences of human ARF1 and ARF3 contain regions, similar to those in other G proteins, that are believed to be involved in GTP binding and hydrolysis. ARFs also exhibit a modest degree of homology with a bovine phospholipase C. The observations reported here support the conclusion that the ARFs are members of a multigene family of small guanine nucleotide-binding proteins. Definition of the regulation of ARF mRNAs and of function(s) of recombinant ARF proteins will aid in the elucidation of the physiologic role(s) of ARFs.
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PMID:Molecular cloning, characterization, and expression of human ADP-ribosylation factors: two guanine nucleotide-dependent activators of cholera toxin. 247 26

The predominant guanine nucleotide-binding protein (G-protein) of bovine lung membranes, termed GL, has been purified and compared biochemically, immunochemically and functionally with Gi and Go purified from rabbit brain. The purified GL appeared to have a similar subunit structure to Gi and Go, being composed of alpha, beta and possibly gamma subunits. On Coomassie Blue-stained SDS/polyacrylamide gels and immunoblots, the alpha subunit of GL (GL alpha) displayed an intermediate mobility (40 kDa) between those of Gi and Go (Gi alpha and Go alpha). GL alpha was [32P]ADP-ribosylated in the presence of pertussis toxin and [32P]NAD+. Analysis of [32P]ADP-ribosylated alpha subunits by SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing showed that GL alpha was distinct from Gi alpha and Go alpha, but very similar to the predominant G-protein in neutrophil membranes. Immunochemical characterization also revealed that GL was distinct from Gi and Go, but was indistinguishable from the G-protein of neutrophils, which has been tentatively identified as Gi2 [Goldsmith, Gierschik, Milligan, Unson, Vinitsky, Maleck & Spiegel (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 14683-14688]. In functional studies, higher Mg2+ concentrations were required for guanosine 5'-[gamma-[35S]thio]triphosphate (GTP[35S]) binding to GL than were required for nucleotide binding to Go, whereas Gi showed a Mg2+-dependence similar to that of GL. The kinetics of GTP[35S] binding to GL was quite different from those of Gi and Go; t1/2 values of maximal binding were 30, 15 and 5 min respectively. In contrast, the rate of hydrolysis of [gamma-32P]GTP by GL (t1/2 approximately 1 min) was approx. 4 times faster than that by Gi or Go. These results indicated that the predominant G-protein purified from lung is structurally and functionally distinct from Gi and Go of brain, but structurally indistinguishable from Gi2 of neutrophils.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of predominant G-protein from bovine lung membranes. Biochemical and immunochemical comparison with Gi1 and Go purified from brain. 249 37

SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to study the effects of the thiol inhibitor monobromobimane (MB), EDTA, and prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) on the formation and composition of the platelet cytoskeletal core (Triton-insoluble residue) and its association with glycoprotein (GP) IIIa. Stimulation or aggregation of platelets in response to ADP or thrombin increased the amount of Triton-insoluble myosin. Aggregation resulted in incorporation of [125I]GP IIIa and a new band at about 210 kDa into the cytoskeletal core. EDTA and PGE1 caused little disaggregation of platelets that were aggregated in PRP with ADP and that had secreted the contents of their granules. In contrast to EDTA, PGE1 decreased the amount of Triton-insoluble residue and its association with GP IIIa. MB added after ADP-induced aggregation caused an increase in the amount of cytoskeletal core despite marked disaggregation and a substantial decrease in core-associated GP IIIa. With aspirin-treated platelets that had not secreted, EDTA, PGE1, and MB all caused disaggregation and loss of cytoskeletal GP IIIa. MB diminished, but did not reverse, thrombin-induced aggregation of washed platelets and arrested GP IIIa incorporation into the cytoskeletal core. Concanavalin A (Con A) cross-links glycoproteins on a single platelet and induces incorporation of GP IIIa into the Triton-insoluble residue in the absence of platelet aggregation. This induction was not inhibited by MB, although this reagent, as well as aspirin, inhibited Con A-induced secretion. Since GP IIIa incorporation caused by ADP-induced aggregation differs from that caused by Con A in its susceptibility to MB, it seems unlikely that thiol groups are directly involved in the association of GP IIIa with the cytoskeletal core.
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PMID:Effect of the thiol group inhibitor monobromobimane and other inhibitors on the composition of the platelet cytoskeletal core and its association with glycoprotein IIIa. 249 43

Rat adipose tissue possesses two Bordetella pertussis toxin (PTX) substrates and, in the same 39-41 kDa molecular mass range, positive immunoreactivity has also been reported with antibodies against the alpha subunit of Go, the major brain GTP-binding protein (G-protein). In this study, the presence of the brain Go alpha subunit at 39 kDa in adipocytes was reassessed, since direct correspondence between PTX substrates and Go alpha immunoreactivity has not yet been clearly established. On resolutive SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, the PTX substrates of human adipocytes were compared with the three PTX substrates found in brain. No ADP-ribosylated substrate at the level of the 39 kDa brain Go alpha could be detected in adipocyte membranes. Immunoblotting of human adipocyte membranes stained with our anti-Go alpha antibodies confirmed the presence of a positive immunoreactivity in this tissue, but the apparent molecular mass of the immunoreactive polypeptide in adipocytes was higher than that found in nervous tissues. Taken together, these results indicate that the brain Go alpha subunit is not present in adipose tissue. They also suggest the existence of a G-protein in adipocytes which is immunologically related to Go alpha but having a slightly higher molecular mass.
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PMID:The adipocyte Go alpha-immunoreactive polypeptide is different from the alpha subunit of the brain Go protein. 250 50

The mechanism of heterologous desensitization of adenylate cyclase stimulation was studied in cultured neonatal rat heart muscle cells. After culturing of the cells for 3 days in the presence of 1 microM noradrenaline there was in addition to a 52% decrease in isoproterenol-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity, a lessening of the stimulation of beta-adrenoceptor-independent adenylate cyclase by guanosine-5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) and forskolin by 24 and 34%, respectively. The decrease in receptor-independent adenylate cyclase stimulation by forskolin, but not the attenuation of isoproterenol-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity, was abolished by pertussis toxin (PTX) pretreatment of the cells. Gi, the inhibitory G-protein of adenylate cyclase was therefore quantitated. Labelling of the Mr approximately 40 kDa PTX substrates in membranes of noradrenaline-treated cells was increased by 70% as shown by pertussis toxin-catalyzed ADP ribosylation of heart cell membranes. This increase was also seen in the presence of an excess of purified beta gamma-subunits of transducin and of GTP, suggesting that the increased labelling was not due to elevation of the level of beta gamma-subunits or increase in the concentration of GTP in the membranes of noradrenaline-treated cells. Analysis of the PTX substrates on high resolution urea/SDS-polyacrylamide gels revealed that at least two distinct PTX substrates (40 and 41 kDa) were present in rat heart cell membranes. The labelling of both substrates was increased in membranes of desensitized cells. Immunoblotting of heart cell membranes with anti-Gi alpha-antibodies demonstrated a marked increase in the amount of Gi alpha in membranes of noradrenaline-treated cells. In contrast, immunoblotting with anti-beta-antibodies showed that the level of the beta-subunit of G-proteins (36 kDa) was unchanged after noradrenaline exposure. The data indicate that prolonged treatment of rat heart muscle cells with noradrenaline leads to an increase in the level of alpha-subunits of Gi-proteins. This suggests that this increase is responsible for the observed heterologous desensitization of adenylate cyclase stimulation.
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PMID:Mechanism of noradrenaline-induced heterologous desensitization of adenylate cyclase stimulation in rat heart muscle cells: increase in the level of inhibitory G-protein alpha-subunits. 250 67

Applaggin (Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus platelet aggregation inhibitor) is a potent inhibitor of platelet activation. The protein is isolated from the venom of the North American water moccasin snake in three steps, including gel filtration, cation exchange, and reverse-phase HPLC procedures. The purified protein migrates as a 17,700-Da polypeptide by SDS/PAGE under nonreducing conditions and as a 9800-Da peptide in the presence of thiol. The behavior of applaggin on SDS/PAGE would indicate that the protein is a disulfide-linked dimer. Applaggin has been completely sequenced by Edman degradation and consists of 71 amino acids. The sequence is rich in cysteine and contains Arg-Gly-Asp at residues 50-52. Applaggin blocks platelet aggregation induced by ADP, collagen, thrombin, or arachidonic acid with IC50 values ranging from 12 to 128 nM (0.2-2.3 micrograms/ml) depending on the agonist and its concentration. This inhibition is found to correlate with inhibition of thromboxane A2 generation and of dense granule release of serotonin. Inhibition by applaggin of serotonin release induced by ADP, gamma-thrombin, and collagen was monitored in plasma under stirred conditions with [3H]serotonin-loaded platelets, and IC50 values for inhibition are found to range from less than 10 to 145 nM. At saturating concentrations, 125I-labeled applaggin (125I-applaggin) binds to 28,500 sites per unstimulated, washed platelet with a Kd of 1.22 x 10(-7) M. Binding of 125I-applaggin to platelets is inhibited by the synthetic undecapeptide Arg8-Gly-Asp-Val at 200 microM.
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PMID:Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus platelet aggregation inhibitor: a potent inhibitor of platelet activation. 251 Jan 58

Methods for isolation of the ADP/ATP carrier (AAC) from yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) are described which allow separation of the carrier from the initially copurified porin which poses a specific problem in yeast. The procedure varies according to whether one wishes to obtain a stable CAT-AAC complex, the free and active AAC for reconstitution, or the SDS-denatured pure AAC peptide. CNBr cleavage of AAC enabled us to differentiate clearly between isogenes AAC-1 and AAC-2 recently found in yeast, due to the exclusive occurrence of a methionine (M-115) residue at the end of the first domain in AAC-2. Thus the AAC isolated from wild-type yeast is primarily or exclusively AAC-2. The isolated AAC is active in ADP/ATP exchange in reconstituted liposomes with a Vmax of 1100 mumol/min per g protein and Km = 15 microM for ADP, and a Vmax of 900 mumol/min per g protein and Km = 9 microM for ATP.
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PMID:The isolation and reconstitution of the ADP/ATP carrier from wild-type Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Identification of primarily one type (AAC-2). 253 65

5'-Nucleotidase activity was solubilized from a particulate fraction of rat renal homogenates by Sulphobetaine 14. An 11,430-fold purification was achieved by a two-step chromatographic procedure using concanavalin-A Sepharose and ADP-agarose. SDS-PAGE of the purified material revealed a single polypeptide band with a Mr of 69,000. The enyzme exhibited absolute specificity for 5'-mononucleotides. Among 7 tested substrates, adenosine monophosphate (AMP) showed the highest value of V/Km. The Km for 5'-AMP is 5.1 mumol/l and V is 632 mumol/min/mg. The plot of activity versus pH shows a broad plateau between pH 6.8 and 8.0. The hydrolysis of 5'-AMP was competitively inhibited by adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP; Ki = 1.2 mumol/l), adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP; Ki = 0.032 mumol/l) and alpha, beta-methyleneadenosine 5'-diphosphate (AOPCP; Ki = 0.005 mumol/l). All of the 5 detergents tested activated the enzyme. Sulphobetaine 14 was the most potent and resulted in a 4-fold stimulation by increasing V without change of Km. Addition of exogenous divalent cations was not required for activity. However, the enzyme was inhibited by EDTA. This inhibition was overcome by the addition of Co2+, Mn2+ and to a lesser extent of Mg2+. Hg2+, Zn2+, Cu2+ and Pb2+ inhibited in the low micromolar range. The properties of this enzyme from the rat kidney are similar to those reported in the literature for ecto 5'-nucleotidases from other sources.
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PMID:Purification and properties of a 5'-nucleotidase from rat renal membranes. 253 94

We have recently synthesized an azido [125I] CoA photolabel, N-(3-iodo-4-azidophenyl propionamide) cysteinyl-5-(2'thiopyridyl cysteine) CoA that specifically labeled the ADP/ATP carrier in beef heart mitochondria. In this study brown adipose tissue mitochondria were photolabeled with the azido [125I] ACT-CoA derivative with or without inhibitors. SDS gel electrophoresis and autoradiography of the separated proteins revealed exclusive photolabeling of two polypeptides corresponding to the ADP/ATP carrier and uncoupling protein. In the presence of carboxyatracytloside only the 32 kD UCP was labeled by [125I] ACT-CoA, whereas preincubation with GDP resulted in exclusive photolabeling of the 30 kD ADP/ATP carrier. Palmitoyl CoA but not palmitic acid inhibited photolabeling of both polypeptides.
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PMID:Photoaffinity labeling of hamster brown adipose tissue mitochondria by an [125I] coenzyme A derivative: differential interaction with the uncoupling protein and ADP/ATP carrier. 254 63


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