scholarly journals Purification and characterization of rat liver minoxidil sulphotransferase

1990 ◽  
Vol 270 (3) ◽  
pp. 721-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
S J Hirshey ◽  
C N Falany

Minoxidil (Mx), a pyrimidine N-oxide, is used therapeutically as an antihypertensive agent and to induce hair growth in patients with male pattern baldness. Mx NO-sulphate has been implicated as the agent active in producing these effects. This paper describes the purification of a unique sulphotransferase (ST) from rat liver cytosol that is capable of catalysing the sulphation of Mx. By using DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B chromatography, hydroxyapatite chromatography and ATP-agarose affinity chromatography, Mx-ST activity was purified 240-fold compared with the activity in cytosol. The purified enzyme was also capable of sulphating p-nitrophenol (PNP) at low concentrations (less than 10 microM). Mx-ST was purified to homogeneity, as evaluated by SDS/PAGE and reverse-phase h.p.l.c. The active form of the enzyme had a molecular mass of 66,000-68,000 Da as estimated by gel exclusion chromatography and a subunit molecular mass of 35,000 Da. The apparent Km values for Mx, 3′-phosphoadenosine 5′-phosphosulphate and PNP were 625 microM, 5.0 microM and 0.5 microM respectively. However, PNP displayed potent substrate inhibition at concentrations above 1.2 microM. Antibodies raised in rabbits to the pure enzyme detected a single band in rat liver cytosol with a subunit molecular mass of 35,000 Da, as determined by immunoblotting. The anti-(rat Mx-ST) antibodies also reacted with the phenol-sulphating form of human liver phenol sulphotransferase, suggesting some structural similarity between these proteins.

1992 ◽  
Vol 281 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Seki ◽  
A Hirai ◽  
M Noda ◽  
Y Tamura ◽  
I Kato ◽  
...  

In rat liver cytosol, rapid ADP-ribosylation of a 52 kDa protein by endogenous ADP-ribosyltransferase(s) was observed. This ADP-ribosylation was stimulated dose-dependently by 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid (14,15-EET), one of the metabolites of arachidonic acid by NADPH-dependent cytochrome P-450 mono-oxygenase. This stimulatory effect required the presence of GTP or its non-hydrolysable analogues, guanosine 5′-[beta gamma-imido]triphosphate or guanosine 5′-[gamma-thio]triphosphate. Of four regioisomeric EETs, 14,15-EET was the most potent. No stimulatory effect was observed with addition of 14,15-dihydroxyeicosatrienoic acid, a stable metabolite of 14,15-EET. The 52 kDa protein was not ADP-ribosylated by cholera toxin A subunit and pertussis toxin, and was not recognized by anti-Gs alpha and anti-Gi alpha antibodies. However, the 52 kDa protein could be photoaffinity-labelled with 8-azidoguanosine 5′-[alpha-32P]triphosphate. These results suggest that the 52 kDa protein is neither Gs nor Gi, though it may have a GTP-binding site. These results contribute to the understanding of the role of mono-oxygenase metabolites of arachidonic acid in intracellular signal transduction.


1983 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 4565-4567 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAKASHI MIZUMA ◽  
HIROYUKI YAMAGUCHI ◽  
MASAHIRO HAYASHI ◽  
SHOJI AWAZU

1984 ◽  
Vol 224 (3) ◽  
pp. 947-953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Sugiyama ◽  
A Stolz ◽  
M Sugimoto ◽  
J Kuhlenkamp ◽  
T Yamada ◽  
...  

Phenolic steroid sulphotransferase activity for both oestradiol and oestrone was identified in male rat liver cytosol in the 30 000-40 000 Mr fractions on gel filtration when activity was assayed at pH 5.5 (pH optimum 5.5-6.0). Activity for oestradiol but not oestrone was found in the 60 000-70 000-Mr range when assayed at pH 8.0 (pH optimum biphasic, 5.5-6.0 and 7.0-8.0). Km for oestradiol (1.3 microM) was lower than published values for hydroxysteroid sulphotransferases (15-35 microM) and previously reported oestradiol sulphotransferases (71-85 microM). At above 2 microM-oestradiol phenolic sulphotransferase activity exhibited substrate inhibition. The phenolic steroid sulphotransferase activity was found to be distinct in chromatofocusing from organic-anion-binding and bile acid-binding proteins previously identified in this Mr range. Further purification on hydroxyapatite yielded a 44-fold enriched fraction that contained two monomeric bands, Mr 32 500 and 29 500.


1978 ◽  
Vol 253 (12) ◽  
pp. 4327-4332
Author(s):  
D. Kioussis ◽  
L. Reshef ◽  
H. Cohen ◽  
S.M. Tilghman ◽  
P.B. Iynedjian ◽  
...  

1979 ◽  
Vol 254 (5) ◽  
pp. 1537-1539 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Carlstedt-Duke ◽  
O. Wrange ◽  
E. Dahlberg ◽  
J.A. Gustafsson ◽  
B. Högberg

Steroids ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashutosh Banerji ◽  
Mohammed Kalimi

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