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Catecholamines increase the amplitudes of oscillatory afterpotentials (OAP) and peak magnitude of the transient inward current (Iti) responsible for OAP. The objectives of this study were to determine whether beta-adrenoceptor stimulation can induce Iti, and to determine the mechanism by which beta-adrenoceptor stimulation increases the magnitude of Iti. Experiments were performed using standard two electrode voltage--clamp techniques in isolated rabbit Purkinje fibers. Holding potential was either -50 or -80 mV. The Iti was elicited by repolarizing steps, following 1.5 or 3 s activating steps to potentials near 0 mV. Isoproterenol (ISO) failed to induce the Iti at concentrations from 10(-8) to 10(-6)M. However ISO (10(-7)M) significantly increased peak magnitude of spontaneously occurring Iti (P less than 0.05), or Iti induced by acetylstrophanthidin (AS) (P less than 0.05). ISO also shifted the minimum activation voltage 10 mV more negative (P less than 0.05). The current-voltage relationship demonstrated that ISO significantly increased the range of potentials over which Iti greater than or equal to 5 nA occurred, but did not significantly shift the voltage at which maximum peak current was observed. Effects of ISO on Iti were blocked by 10(-7)M propranolol or atenolol. Mn2+ (2 mM) or verapamil (2 microM) blocked the slow inward current (Isi) more than 80% before substantially decreasing peak Iti. Either agent blocked stimulation of Isi but not Iti by ISO at 10(-7)M. In contrast, quinacrine (20 microM), an inhibitor of Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange, abolished stimulation of Iti by ISO while having no significant effect on Isi. Our results indicate that beta-adrenoceptor stimulation cannot induce Iti in rabbit Purkinje fibers, but can enhance the Iti induced by other means, by stimulating Na(+)-Ca2+ exchange.
J Mol Cell Cardiol 1991 May
PMID:Mechanisms of action of beta-adrenergic agents on the arrhythmogenic transient inward current in rabbit Purkinje fibers. 165 60

The inward Ca2+ current, ica, increases with the frequency of stimulation in single ventricular myocytes, but the presence and possible role of this phenomenon in intact heart muscle of mammals has not been studied. The present study addresses the question whether changes in ica play a role in the force-frequency relationship in thin ventricular trabeculae from rat heart. The duration of the action potential at 50% repolarization, APD50, is related to the strength and duration of ica (Mitchell et al., 1984b; Schouten, 1986). APD50 increased with the frequency of stimulation. Peak force of contraction, F, was minimal at 0.1-0.3 Hz and increased at both higher and lower frequencies, suggesting two mechanisms with opposite frequency-dependence. The increase at low frequencies was abolished by drugs that inhibit Ca2+ uptake by the sarcoplasmic reticulum (caffeine, theophylline), but not by Ca2+ antagonists that block ica (nifedipine, Mn2+). This is consistent with the hypothesis that a small net influx of Ca2+ across the sarcolemma during long diastoles was responsible for loading of the reticulum and enhancement of F at low frequencies. The increase of F and APD50 at high frequencies was abolished by Ca2+ antagonists but not by caffeine and theophylline. From this result it is concluded, that frequency-induced enhancement of ica occurs in intact heart muscle and contributes to the increase in F.
J Mol Cell Cardiol 1991 Sep
PMID:Role of Ica and Na+/Ca2+ exchange in the force-frequency relationship of rat heart muscle. 165 47

We examined the effect of trichosporin-B-III, an alpha-aminoisobutyric acid-containing antibiotic peptide consisting of 19 amino acid residues and a phenylalaninol, on catecholamine secretion from cultured bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. Incubation of the cells with trichosporin-B-III (3-20 microM) caused an increase in the secretion of catecholamines. The secretion induced by trichosporin-B-III at low concentrations (3 and 5 microM) was completely dependent on external Ca2+, whereas that induced by higher concentrations (10 and 20 microM) was partly independent of Ca2+. Trichosporin-B-III at low concentration (5 microM) did not increase the release of lactate dehydrogenase, a marker enzyme of cytoplasm, from the cells. In contrast, the peptide at higher concentration (10 microM) increased the release of the enzyme. Trichosporin-B-III also caused both 45Ca2+ influx into the cells and an increase in the intracellular free Ca2+ concentration. The increases in catecholamine secretion and 45Ca2+ influx behaved similarly in relation to trichosporin-B-III concentration (3-10 microM). The time courses of the increases in secretion, 45Ca2+ influx, and intracellular free Ca2+ concentration induced by trichosporin-B-III were also quite similar. Trichosporin-B-III-induced (at 5 microM) secretion was not affected by the elimination of Na+ from the incubation medium or by the addition of tetrodotoxin, a blocker of highly selective voltage-dependent Na+ channels, or hexamethonium, a blocker of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. On the other hand, both diltiazem (2-200 microM) and nicardipine (1-200 microM), blockers of voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, inhibited the secretion induced by trichosporin-B-III (5 microM) in a concentration-dependent manner. Trichosporin-B-III-induced (at 5 microM) secretion also was suppressed by the addition of Mn2+ (5 mM) to the medium. The diltiazem (20 microM) inhibition of trichosporin-B-III-induced (at 5 microM) secretion was reversed by increasing the external Ca2+ concentration. These results indicate that trichosporin-B-III causes the secretion of catecholamines from bovine adrenal chromaffin cells by two mechanisms, Ca2+ dependent and Ca2+ independent (only at high concentrations of trichosporin-B-III). Furthermore, these results strongly suggest that trichosporin-B-III, in Ca(2+)-dependent secretion, activates endogenous voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, or itself forms the channels in the membranes, and induces Ca2+ influx into the cells.
Mol Pharmacol 1991 Nov
PMID:Trichosporin-B-III, an alpha-aminoisobutyric acid-containing peptide, causes Ca(2+)-dependent catecholamine secretion from adrenal medullary chromaffin cells. 165 10

A new technique for uncoupling the cleavage and religation half-reactions of topoisomerase I at a specific site has been developed. The technique takes advantage of a suicidal DNA substrate to attain enzyme-mediated cleavage without concomitant religation. Efficient religation can be achieved, subsequently, by addition of an oligonucleotide capable of hybridising to the non-cleaved strand of the suicide DNA substrate. The technique was used to study the effect of different compounds on the half-reactions of topoisomerase I. It was shown that topoisomerase I-mediated cleavage was inhibited by NaCl concentrations higher than 200 mM, while the religation reaction seemed unaffected by concentrations as high as 3 M-NaCl. The divalent cations Mg2+, Ca2+ and Mn2+ were found to enhance the cleavage but not the religation reaction of topoisomerase I, whereas Cu2+ and Zn2+ inhibited both reactions. Furthermore, the effect of the anti-neoplastic agent, camptothecin, on the half-reactions of topoisomerase I was investigated. It was found that the drug did not affect the cleavage reaction of topoisomerase I at the studied site, while the religation reaction of the enzyme was inhibited. Camptothecin was found to stabilise the enzyme-DNA cleavage complex even when the drug was added after complex formation.
J Mol Biol 1991 Dec 05
PMID:New technique for uncoupling the cleavage and religation reactions of eukaryotic topoisomerase I. The mode of action of camptothecin at a specific recognition site. 166 Sep 29

Spontaneous S6 phosphatase activities dephosphorylating Ser(P)-235 and Ser(P)-236 of the ribosomal protein S6 were measured and compared in microsomes and cytosol of rat liver. The substrate used, small (40S) ribosomal subunits 32P-labelled in vitro by protein kinase A, contained phosphorylated S6 (mainly in the diphosphorylated form) and some minor phosphorylated species. The microsomal and cytosolic S6 phosphatase activities displayed a number of distinct properties. The microsomal activity, representing ca 20% of the S6 phosphatase activity in the post-mitochondrial supernatant, was mainly due to a type-1 phosphatase and dephosphorylated only S6. The remaining post-mitochondrial S6 phosphatase activity, which was fully recovered in the cytosol, and appeared to result from a combination of type-1 (43%) and type 2 (57%) phosphatases, acted on S6 as well as on the minor phosphorylated species. The microsomal activity was 50% inhibited by MgCl2 (10 mM) and was stimulated at least 4.3 fold by MnCl2 (1 mM), while the cytosolic activity was inhibited only 18% by Mg2+ (10 mM) and was increased 2.2 fold by Mn2+ (1 mM). The microsomal activity was increased 10% (P less than 0.06) by lower doses of insulin (25 U/Kg) and 14% (P less than 0.05) by vanadate, but was not significantly (P greater than 0.10) affected by larger doses of insulin (100 U/kg), hepatectomy or cycloheximide. By comparison the cytosolic S6 phosphatase activity was unresponsive to insulin and vanadate, but was decreased 14% and 17% (P less than 0.05) by hepatectomy and cycloheximide.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Mol Cell Biochem 1991 Oct 16
PMID:A comparative study of microsomal and cytosolic S6 phosphatase activities in rat liver. 166 99

The effects of divalent metals, metal chelators (EDTA, EGTA) and sodium dodecyl sulfate were investigated on the phosphatase activity of isolated bovine brain calcineurin assayed in the absence (called intrinsic) and presence of calmodulin. Intrinsic phosphatase was increased by Mn2+, was unaffected by Mg2+, Ca2+, and Ba2+, and was markedly inhibited by Ni2+, Fe2+, Zn2+ and Cu2+. When assayed in the presence of calmodulin, many divalent metals (Ni2+, Zn2+, Pb2+, Cd2+), besides Mn2+, increased modestly the phosphatase activity at low concentrations (10-100 microM) and inhibited it markedly at high concentrations. Ca2(+)-calmodulin stimulated phosphatase activity was antagonized by Ni2+, Zn2+, Fe2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, at low concentrations (50 microM), and by Ba2+, Cd2+ at slightly higher concentrations (greater than 100 microM); Mn2+ and Co2+ (50 microM to 1 mM) in fact augmented it. EDTA and EGTA in a concentration and time dependent fashion inhibited the intrinsic phosphatase activity, particularly that of trypsinized calcineurin. SDS in low concentrations (0.005%) augmented the phosphatase activity and inhibited it at high concentrations. Mn2+ (+/- calmodulin) and Ca2+ only with calmodulin present increased the phosphatase activity assayed with low concentrations of SDS. The EDTA dependent inhibition of intrinsic phosphatase was almost abolished in assays containing SDS. Prior exposure of calcineurin to Mn2+ led to a high activity conformation state of calcineurin that was 'long-lived' or 'pseudo-irreversible'. Such Mn2(+)-activated state of calcineurin exhibited no discernible change in the affinity towards myelin basic protein or its inhibition by trifluoperazine. At alkaline pH, Mg2+ supported the intrinsic phosphatase activity, although to a lesser degree than Mn2+. The latter cation, compared to Mg2+ and Ni2+, was also a more powerful stimulator of the calcineurin phosphatase assayed with histone (III-S) and myosin light chain as substrates.
Mol Cell Biochem 1990 Sep 03
PMID:Divalent cation effects on calcineurin phosphatase: differential involvement of hydrophobic and metal binding domains in the regulation of the enzyme activity. 170 Oct 13

RNase P is a multi-subunit enzyme responsible for the accurate processing of the 5' terminus of all tRNAs. The RNA subunit from Clostridium sporogenes has been partially purified and characterized. The RNA is approximately 400 nucleotides long and makes a precise endonucleolytic cleavage at the mature 5' terminus of tRNA. The RNA requires moderate concentrations of Mg2+ (20 mM) and relatively high concentrations of NH4Cl (800 mM) for optimal activity. Mn2+ effectively substitutes for Mg2+ at 2 mM. Zn2+, Ni2+, Ca2+, and Co2+ are ineffective at stimulating activity. Monovalent ions are, in general, more effective the greater the ionic radius (NH+4 greater than Cs greater than Rb greater than K greater than Na). In contrast to the activity of Bacillus subtilis, C. sporogenes RNase P RNA is significant more active in (NH4)2SO4 than in NH4Cl.
Mol Microbiol 1990 Aug
PMID:Purification and characterization of RNase P from Clostridium sporogenes. 170 96

The insulin receptor (IR) tyrosine kinase is essential for the regulation of different cellular functions by insulin. This may occur by a direct phosphorylation of membrane and/or cytoplasmic proteins by the IR tyrosine kinase. Hence it is important to identify putative physiological substrates for the IR tyrosine kinase. In this study we found that the glycoprotein fraction from rat liver membranes contain a 43 kDa protein (pp43) which, like the beta-subunit of IR, is phosphorylated in an insulin-dependent manner. A 25-fold enhancement of 32P incorporation into pp43 by insulin was found under optimal conditions. Half-maximal phosphorylation of pp43 and the beta-subunit of IR were attained at 66 nM and 60 nM insulin, respectively. Mn2+ (Ka = 1.0 mM) was much better than Mg2+ (Ka = 6.3 mM) in supporting pp43 phosphorylation. Insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of pp43 (t1/2 = 3.6 min) proceeded at a much slower rate compared to that of the beta-subunit of IR (t1/2 = 1.2 min). Phosphoamino acid analysis of pp43 revealed that both tyrosine and serine are phosphorylated in the ratio 4:1. Tyrosine, but not serine, phosphorylation was increased 12-fold by insulin. Phosphorylation of pp43 occurred on 4 major tryptic peptides. Comparison to the tryptic phosphopeptides from IR beta-subunit suggest that pp43 was not derived from IR beta-subunit by proteolysis. Our results suggest that pp43 may be an endogenous substrate for the IR tyrosine kinase.
Mol Cell Biochem 1991 Nov 13
PMID:Insulin-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of a 43 kDa protein in rat liver membranes. 172 68

Nalidixic acid, a very specific inhibitor of bacterial DNA synthesis, has been studied for its action on the avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase activity. The drug inhibited the DNA synthesis reaction catalyzed by the viral enzyme in the presence of different template-primers. The inhibitory effect by nalidixic acid was higher with polyriboadenylic acid than with polyribocytidylic acid as a synthetic template. With activated DNA as a template nalidixic acid preferentially inhibited the TMP incorporation when compared with the dAMP incorporation. Both these results showed the importance of the presence of adenine in the templates for a more efficient inhibition by nalidixic acid. The inhibition for this drug was also shown in the presence of Mn2+ instead of Mg2+ as the divalent cation, and with a 2'-fluorinated analogue of polyriboadenylic acid as the template. Kinetic data showed a non-competitive inhibition by nalidixic acid in relation to polyriboadenylic acid and to TTP in the reaction catalyzed by reverse transcriptase.
Mol Cell Biochem 1991 Dec 11
PMID:Avian myeloblastosis virus reverse transcriptase inhibition by nalidixic acid. 172 88

A gene encoding superoxide dismutase (EC 1.15.1.1., SOD) was isolated from a plasmid library of chromosomal DNA from Listeria ivanovii by functional complementation of an SOD-negative Escherichia coli host. The nucleotide sequence of the cloned gene was determined and contained an open reading frame which codes for a protein of 202 amino acid residues (calculated molecular weight 22755 Da including the amino-terminal methionine residue). Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence of L. ivanovii SOD with previously reported SOD amino acid sequences revealed considerable homologies with Fe- and Mn-dependent SODs. Enzymatic analyses using cell lysates and the purified recombinant enzyme indicated that this SOD is manganese-dependent. The recombinant SOD accounted for up to 30% of the total soluble protein in recombinant E. coli and protected sodA sodB mutants against the toxic effects of paraquat. Subunits of the recombinant Listeria SOD and of both E. coli SODs formed enzymatically active hybrids in vivo.
Mol Gen Genet 1992 Jan
PMID:Cloning of a superoxide dismutase gene from Listeria ivanovii by functional complementation in Escherichia coli and characterization of the gene product. 173


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