Mechanism of action of Zn2+ and Mg2+ on rat placenta alkaline phosphatase. II. Studies on membrane-bound phosphatase in tissue sections and in whole placenta

1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 474-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude PetitClerc ◽  
Claude Fecteau
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Active Sites ◽  
Maternal Serum ◽  
Alkaline Ph ◽  
Total Recovery ◽  
Tissue Sections ◽  
Trophoblastic Cells ◽  
Membrane Bound

Alkaline phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.1) bound to trophoblastic cells in rat placenta is activated by Mg2+ and inhibited by Zn2+ in the same way as is found with partially purified soluble alkaline phosphatase in the same tissue (PetitClerc, C., Delisle, M., Martel, M., Fecteau, C. &Brière, N. (1975) Can. J. Biochem. 53, 1089–1100). In studies done with tissue sections (6–10 μm), it is shown that alkaline phosphatase activity and labelling of active sites by orthophosphate are lost during incubation with ethanolamine at pH 9.0. Addition of Mg2+ causes total recovery of catalytic activity and active sites labelling. Zn2+ displaces and replaces at the Mg2+ binding sites. The affinity for both ions is similar, and dissociation of Zn2+ from the enzyme is a very slow process, even in the presence of Mg2+. The Zn2+–alkaline phosphatase and Mg2+–alkaline phosphatase, which only differ by the ion bound to an apparent modulator site, have the same catalytic activity at pH <7.0, but the Zn2+ species has little activity at alkaline pH. Phosphorylation of the enzyme by orthophosphate indicates that with both enzyme species phosphoryl intermediate does not accumulate at alkaline pH. These results suggest that with orthophosphate, the phosphorylation step is rate determining for both enzymes, and that Zn2+ affects this step to a much greater extent. It is proposed that Zn2+ and Mg2+ regulate alkaline phosphatase in rat placenta. The concentration of both ions in maternal serum and placenta suggest that such a mechanism could exist in vivo.

Mechanism of Action of Mg2+ and Zn2+ on Rat Placental Alkaline Phosphatase. I. Studies on the Soluble Zn2+ and Mg2+ Alkaline Phosphatases

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (10) ◽  
pp. 1089-1100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude PetitClerc ◽  
Monique Delisle ◽  
Marc Martel ◽  
Claude Fecteau ◽  
Normand Brière
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Alkaline Phosphatase Activity ◽  
Active Sites ◽  
Placental Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Acidic Ph ◽  
Alkaline Ph ◽  
Enzyme Molecule ◽  
Alkaline Phosphatases ◽  
Enzyme Species

Rat placental alkaline phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.1), a dimer of 135 000 daltons, is strongly activated by Mg2+. However, Zn2+ has to be present on the apoenzyme to obtain this activation. Mg2+ alone is unable to reconstitute functional active sites. Excess Zn2+ which competes for the Mg2+ site leads to a phosphatase with little catalytic activity at alkaline pH, but with normal active sites at acidic pH as shown by covalent incorporation of ortho-[32P]phosphate.Two enzyme species with identical functional active sites have been reconstituted that only differ by the presence of Zn2+ or Mg2+ at the effector site.A mechanism is presented by which alkaline phosphatase activity of rat placenta would be controlled by a molecular process involving the interaction of Mg2+ and Zn2+ with the dimeric enzyme molecule.

scholarly journals G-protein ligands inhibit in vitro reactions of vacuole inheritance.

1994 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Haas ◽  
B Conradt ◽  
W Wickner
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Vacuole Membrane ◽  
Protein Ligands ◽  
Vacuole Fusion ◽  
Proteinase A ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Vacuole Inheritance ◽  
Cytosolic Factors

During budding in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, maternal vacuole material is delivered into the growing daughter cell via tubular or vesicular structures. One of the late steps in vacuole inheritance is the fusion in the bud of vesicles derived from the maternal vacuole. This process has been reconstituted in vitro and requires isolated vacuoles, a physiological temperature, cytosolic factors, and ATP (Conradt, B., J. Shaw, T. Vida, S. Emr, and W. Wickner. 1992. J. Cell Biol. 119:1469-1479). We now report a simple and reliable assay to quantify vacuole-to-vacuole fusion in vitro. This assay is based on the maturation and activation of vacuole membrane-bound pro-alkaline phosphatase by vacuolar proteinase A after vacuole-to-vacuole fusion. In vitro fusion allowed maturation of 30 to 60% of pro-alkaline phosphatase. Vacuoles prepared from a mutant defective in vacuole inheritance in vivo (vac2-1) were inactive in this assay. Vacuole fusion in vitro required a vacuole membrane potential. Inhibition by nonhydrolyzable guanosine derivatives, mastoparans, and benzalkonium chloride suggest that GTP-hydrolyzing G proteins may play a key role in the in vitro fusion events.

scholarly journals A GPI-anchored alkaline phosphatase is a functional midgut receptor of Cry11Aa toxin in Aedes aegypti larvae

2006 ◽  
Vol 394 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa E. Fernandez ◽  
Karlygash G. Aimanova ◽  
Sarjeet S. Gill ◽  
Alejandra Bravo ◽  
Mario Soberón
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Aedes Aegypti ◽  
Posterior Part ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Binding Peptide ◽  
Receptor Molecule ◽  
Tissue Sections ◽  
Glycosylphosphatidyl Inositol ◽  
Functional Receptor

A 65 kDa GPI (glycosylphosphatidyl-inositol)-anchored ALP (alkaline phosphatase) was characterized as a functional receptor of the Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis Cry11Aa toxin in Aedes aegypti midgut cells. Two (a 100 kDa and a 65 kDa) GPI-anchored proteins that bound Cry11Aa toxin were preferentially extracted after treatment of BBMV (brush boder membrane vesicles) from Ae. aegypti midgut epithelia with phospholipase C. The 65 kDa protein was further purified by toxin affinity chromatography. The 65 kDa protein showed ALP activity. The peptide-displaying phages (P1.BBMV and P8.BBMV) that bound to the 65 kDa GPI–ALP (GPI-anchored ALP) and competed with the Cry11Aa toxin to bind to BBMV were isolated by selecting BBMV-binding peptide-phages by biopanning. GPI–ALP was shown to be preferentially distributed in Ae. aegypti in the posterior part of the midgut and in the caeca, by using P1.BBMV binding to fixed midgut tissue sections to determine the location of GPI–ALP. Cry11Aa binds to the same regions of the midgut and competed with P1.BBMV and P8.BBMV to bind to BBMV. The importance of this interaction was demonstrated by the in vivo attenuation of Cry11Aa toxicity in the presence of these phages. Our results shows that GPI–ALP is an important receptor molecule involved in Cry11Aa interaction with midgut cells and toxicity to Ae. aegypti larvae.

scholarly journals Independent biosynthesis of soluble and membrane-bound alkaline phosphatases in the suckling rat ileum

1981 ◽  
Vol 200 (3) ◽  
pp. 645-654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme P. Young ◽  
Steven T. Yedlin ◽  
David H. Alpers
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Brush Border ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Double Diffusion ◽  
Soluble Form ◽  
Soluble Enzyme ◽  
Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Absolute Increase ◽  
Membrane Bound

Enzymically active intestinal alkaline phosphatase exists in both soluble and membrane-bound forms in the suckling rat. Antiserum prepared against purified soluble alkaline phosphatase (anti-AlP) was shown to be monospecific when assessed by Ouchterlony double-diffusion analysis and immunoelectrophoresis. The two forms of alkaline phosphatase were antigenically identical and possessed similar affinities for anti-AlP. To study the biosynthesis of the two forms, 14-day-old rats were injected intraperitoneally with [3H]leucine. The labelling kinetics of alkaline phosphatase, extracted from supernatant and brush-border membrane fractions with anti-AlP, was followed over 20h. Incorporation of [3H]leucine into membrane-bound alkaline phosphatase was rapid, reaching a plateau at 6h. The soluble enzyme showed slower incorporation of label and maximal radioactivity was not reached until 12h after labelling, a lag of 6h behind the membrane-bound enzyme. Soluble alkaline phosphatase could not have been a precursor of the membrane form, as there was no early peak of radioactivity in the soluble form. To determine if the soluble enzyme was irreversibly derived from the membrane enzyme, a newly developed technique of labelling brush-border membrane proteins in vivo by intraluminal injection of diazotized [125I]iodosulphanilic acid was used. The appearance of 125I in soluble and membrane alkaline phosphatase was then monitored over a 7h period, encompassing the lag between maximal leucine labelling of the two forms. The results failed to show either a proportional transfer of radioactivity from membrane to soluble alkaline phosphatase or an absolute increase in radioactivity of the soluble form during degradation of brush-border alkaline phosphatase. Therefore there does not appear to be a serial precursor/product relationship between the soluble and membrane-bound forms of suckling-rat intestinal alkaline phosphatase.

The design and catalytic performance of molybdenum active sites on an MCM-41 framework for the aerobic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-diformylfuran

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 811-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao-Meng Wang ◽  
Li-Juan Liu ◽  
Bo Xiang ◽  
Yue Wang ◽  
Ya-Jing Lyu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Active Sites ◽  
Aerobic Oxidation ◽  
Catalytic Performance ◽  
Mcm 41

The catalytic activity decreases as –(SiO)3Mo(OH)(O) > –(SiO)2Mo(O)2 > –(O)4–MoO.

Half-Life of Platelet Factor 4 (PF-4) in Plasma and Platelets from Macaca Mulatta

1977 ◽  
Vol 37 (01) ◽  
pp. 073-080 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut Gjesdal ◽  
Duncan S. Pepper
Keyword(s):  
Macaca Mulatta ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Human Platelet ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Platelet Factor 4 ◽  
Active Protein ◽  
Platelet Factor ◽  
Membrane Bound

SummaryHuman platelet factor 4 (PF-4) showed a reaction of complete identity with PF-4 from Macaca mulatta when tested against rabbit anti-human-PF-4. Such immunoglobulin was used for quantitative precipitation of in vivo labelled PF-4 in monkey serum. The results suggest that the active protein had an intra-platelet half-life of about 21 hours. In vitro 125I-labelled human PF-4 was injected intravenously into two monkeys and isolated by immuno-precipita-tion from platelet-poor plasma and from platelets disrupted after gel-filtration. Plasma PF-4 was found to have a half-life of 7 to 11 hours. Some of the labelled PF-4 was associated with platelets and this fraction had a rapid initial disappearance rate and a subsequent half-life close to that of plasma PF-4. The results are compatible with the hypothesis that granular PF-4 belongs to a separate compartment, whereas membrane-bound PF-4 and plasma PF-4 may interchange.

Action of Thioglycosides of 1,2,4-Triazoles and Imidazoles on the Oxidative Stress and Glycosidases in Mice with Molecular Docking

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 696-710
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Balbaa ◽  
Doaa Awad ◽  
Ahmad Abd Elaal ◽  
Shimaa Mahsoub ◽  
Mayssaa Moharram ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Molecular Docking ◽  
Active Sites ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Imidazole Ring ◽  
Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship ◽  
Binding Interaction ◽  
Qsar Study

Background: ,2,3-Triazoles and imidazoles are important five-membered heterocyclic scaffolds due to their extensive biological activities. These products have been an area of growing interest to many researchers around the world because of their enormous pharmaceutical scope. Methods: The in vivo and in vitro enzyme inhibition of some thioglycosides encompassing 1,2,4- triazole N1, N2, and N3 and/or imidazole moieties N4, N5, and N6. The effect on the antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, glutathione S-transferase, glutathione peroxidase and catalase) was investigated as well as their effect on α-glucosidase and β-glucuronidase. Molecular docking studies were carried out to investigate the mode of the binding interaction of the compounds with α- glucosidase and β -glucuronidase. In addition, quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) investigation was applied to find out the correlation between toxicity and physicochemical properties. Results: The decrease of the antioxidant status was revealed by the in vivo effect of the tested compounds. Furthermore, the in vivo and in vitro inhibitory effects of the tested compounds were clearly pronounced on α-glucosidase, but not β-glucuronidase. The IC50 and Ki values revealed that the thioglycoside - based 1,2,4-triazole N3 possesses a high inhibitory action. In addition, the in vitro studies demonstrated that the whole tested 1,2,4-triazole are potent inhibitors with a Ki magnitude of 10-6 and exhibited a competitive type inhibition. On the other hand, the thioglycosides - based imidazole ring showed an antioxidant activity and exerted a slight in vivo stimulation of α-glucosidase and β- glucuronidase. Molecular docking proved that the compounds exhibited binding affinity with the active sites of α -glucosidase and β-glucuronidase (docking score ranged from -2.320 to -4.370 kcal/mol). Furthermore, QSAR study revealed that the HBD and RB were found to have an overall significant correlation with the toxicity. Conclusion: These data suggest that the inhibition of α-glucosidase is accompanied by an oxidative stress action.

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