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Mzezewa SC, Omoruyi SI, Zondagh LS, Malan SF, Ekpo OE, Joubert J. Design, synthesis, and evaluation of 3,7-substituted coumarin derivatives as multifunctional Alzheimer's disease agents. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2021; 36:1607-1621. [PMID: 34281458 PMCID: PMC8291583 DOI: 10.1080/14756366.2021.1913137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Multitarget directed ligands (MTDLs) are emerging as promising treatment options for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Coumarin derivatives serve as a good starting point for designing MTDLs due to their inherent inhibition of monoamine oxidase (MAO) and cholinesterase enzymes, which are complicit in AD's complex pathophysiology. A preliminary series of 3,7-substituted coumarin derivatives were synthesised and evaluated for enzyme inhibitory activity, cytotoxicity as well as neuroprotective ability. The results indicated that the compounds are weak cholinesterase inhibitors with five compounds demonstrating relatively potent inhibition and selectivity towards MAO-B with IC50 values between 0.014 and 0.498 hx00B5;µM. Significant neuroprotective effects towards MPP+-compromised SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells were also observed, with no inherent cytotoxicity at 10 µM for all compounds. The overall results demonstrated that substitution of the phenylethyloxy moiety at the 7-position imparted superior general activity to the derivatives, with the propargylamine substitution at the 3-position, in particular, displaying the best MAO-B selectivity and neuroprotection.
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- Sheunopa C Mzezewa
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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Howcroft CF, Gravato C, Amorim MJB, Novais SC, Soares AMVM, Guilhermino L. Biochemical characterization of cholinesterases in Enchytraeus albidus and assessment of in vivo and in vitro effects of different soil properties, copper and phenmedipham. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2011; 20:119-130. [PMID: 21080225 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0562-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/27/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Enchytraeus albidus are important organisms of the soil biocenosis, used as standard test species in environmental risk assessment. The inhibition of cholinesterases (ChE) activity of several species has been widely used to assess the exposure and effects of anti-cholinesterase environmental contaminants. Several studies have shown the association between ChE activity inhibition and adverse effects on behaviour and survival. Extensive studies addressing survival and behavioural endpoints, as well as other biomarkers, have been done in E. albidus with different types of soil contaminants. The main objectives of this study were: (1) to characterize biochemically the ChE present in the soluble post-mitochondrial fraction of E. albidus whole body homogenates, using different substrates and selective inhibitors; (2) to assess the in vivo effects of copper, phenmedipham and different soil properties (pH, organic matter, clay) on the ChE activity; (3) to assess the in vitro effects of copper and phenmedipham on the ChE activity. The results suggest the presence of one ChE in the soluble post-mitochondrial fraction of E. albidus whole body homogenates, which displays properties of both acetylcholinesterase and pseudocholinesterase considering the typical mammalian enzymes. It is also shown that ChE activity is not inhibited by exposure to different soil properties and that copper and phenmedipham inhibited ChE activity both in in vivo and in in vitro conditions and therefore ChE inhibition seems to be a robust biomarker for this herbicide and this heavy metal. This study showed that ChE activity in E. albidus might be correlated to previously determined higher level effects like survival and reproduction, as well as avoidance behaviour.
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- C F Howcroft
- CESAM and Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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Ribaric S, Peterec D, Sketelj J. Computer aided data acquisition and analysis of acetlycholinesterase velocity sedimentation profiles. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 1996; 49:149-156. [PMID: 8735022 DOI: 10.1016/0169-2607(96)01719-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is an enzyme that appears in several molecular forms. Individual AChE molecular forms can be isolated and identified on the basis of their velocity sedimentation profiles. We have improved an existing method for analyzing AChE sedimentation profiles with a computer aided data acquisition and analysis system. The software facilitates measurements of AChE activity of individual molecular forms and comparison among AChE velocity sedimentation profiles. In practice, our program increased precision and reduced the time of AChE velocity sedimentation profile analysis. The software can also be applied to velocity sedimentation analysis of other proteins. We plan to upgrade the program by making it compatible with Microsoft Windows.
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- S Ribaric
- Institute of Pathophysiology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Nakazawa M, Yamada M, Uchikawa R, Arizono N. Immunocytochemical localization of secretory acetylcholinesterase of the parasitic nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis. Cell Tissue Res 1995; 280:59-64. [PMID: 7750137 DOI: 10.1007/bf00304511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Various parasitic nematodes secrete acetylcholinesterase (AChE). In this study, the localization of AChE in the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis and the secretory forms of AChE in culture fluid were examined. A thiocholine method revealed that AChE activity was localized in the subventral glands, which have a secretory and excretory function via a duct connected to the excretory pore. By electron microscopy, AChE activity was found mainly in the matrix of secretory granules, and sometimes in the Golgi apparatus in the subventral gland cells. These results show that nematode AChE is produced and stored in the subventral glands. Monoclonal antibodies against AChE of human erythrocytes or electric rays also bound to the nematode subventral gland, suggesting immuno-cross-reactivity of AChE among these species. When AChE activity in the nematode excretory-secretory product was examined by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis combined with the thiocholine method, intense activity was demonstrated as a single band at 74 kDa. Immunoblot analysis showed specific recognition of this molecule by IgE and IgG1 antibodies, but not by IgG2a antibody, in nematode-infected rat sera. These results indicate that the nematode AChE molecule produced in and secreted from the subventral glands is antigenic for the production of IgE/IgG1 in host animals.
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- M Nakazawa
- Department of Medical Zoology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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Iwanaga Y, Kimura T, Miyashita N, Morikawa K, Nagata O, Itoh Z, Kondo Y. Characterization of acetylcholinesterase-inhibition by itopride. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1994; 66:317-22. [PMID: 7869618 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.66.317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Itopride is a gastroprokinetic benzamide derivative. This agent inhibited both electric eel acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and horse serum butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE). The IC50 of itopride with AChE (2.04 +/- 0.27 microM) was, however, 100-fold less than that with BuChE, whereas in the case of neostigmine with AChE (11.3 +/- 3.4 nM), it was 10-fold less. The recovery of AChE activity inhibited by 10(-7) M neostigmine was partial, but that inhibited by up to 3 x 10(-5) M itopride was complete when the reaction mixture was subjected to ultrafiltration. Double reciprocal plots of the experimental data showed that both Km and Vmax were affected by itopride, suggesting that the inhibition is a "mixed" type, although primarily being an uncompetitive one. The inhibitory effect of itopride on cholinesterase (ChE) activity in guinea pig gastrointestine was much weaker than that on pure AChE. However, in the presence of a low dose of diisopropyl fluorophosphate, just enough to inhibit BuChE but not AChE, the IC50s of itopride against ChE activities were found to be about 0.5 microM. In conclusion, itopride exerts reversible and a "mixed" type of inhibition preferably against AChE. The IC50 of itopride for electric eel and guinea pig gastrointestinal AChE inhibition was 200 times and 50 times as large as that of neostigmine, respectively.
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- Y Iwanaga
- Research and Development Division, Hokuriku Seiyaku, Co., Ltd., Fukui, Japan
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Luo ZR, Schultz RL, Whitter EF. Ultrastructural localization of acetylcholinesterase in the guinea pig pineal gland. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 1990; 226:481-8. [PMID: 2331060 DOI: 10.1002/ar.1092260410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The ultrastructural localization of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity in guinea pig pineal gland was studied using the copper-glycine procedure. A small number of pinealocytes and bundles of unmyelinated nerve fibers were labeled by the AChE reaction. The AChE-positive pinealocytes were located near blood vessels and distributed in small groups. The AChE reaction product was localized in the perinuclear cistern, in the cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and in the saccules of the Golgi apparatus. These findings suggest that the AChE-positive pinealocytes synthesize AChE. The AChE reaction product was also seen in the intercellular space between pinealocyte processes. Besides pinealocytes, AChE activity was localized on the axolemma of myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers and in the basement membrane surrounding unmyelinated nerve fibers. Pseudocholinesterase activity was confined to Schwann cells, which showed the reaction product in their perinuclear cistern, in the cisternae of the ER, and on the plasmalemma.
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- Z R Luo
- Department of Anatomy, Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, California 92350
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Skau KA. Distribution and solubilization of the molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase in rat urinary bladder and sphincter. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1989; 995:195-200. [PMID: 2930797 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(89)90080-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The distribution and solubility of the molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase (acetylcholine acetylhydrolase, EC 3.1.1.7) were examined in adult, male rat bladder body and sphincter. Four distinct forms of the enzyme solubilized from bladder body were separated on sucrose density gradients. Two of the forms (A8 and A12) corresponded to asymmetric proteins and were solubilized with high ionic strength buffer. The other two forms represented globular forms. The smallest form (G1) was soluble in low ionic strength buffer without detergent. About 33% of the larger globular form (G4) required detergent for solubilization. There were only minor differences in the distribution of these forms in juvenile rat bladder and adult, female rat bladders. Sphincter tissue lacked one of the asymmetric forms but otherwise resembled the bladder bodies. These results demonstrate that some smooth muscle organs have significant amounts of asymmetric, as well as globular, forms of acetylcholinesterase and suggest that additional studies should be performed to characterize the enzyme in this and other smooth muscle systems.
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- K A Skau
- Division of Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati, OH 45267-0004
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Martelly I, Gautron J. Differential expression of acetylcholinesterase molecular forms in neural retina and retinal pigmented epithelium during chick development. Brain Res 1988; 460:205-13. [PMID: 3224258 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(88)90365-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Neural retina (NR) and retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) were used as a model for studying acetylcholinesterase (AChE) expression in neuronal and non-neuronal tissues during development. In chick embryo retina, increasing AChE activity appeared from day 7 to hatching, first in NR and then in RPE. NR contained 3 main AChE forms, 11.3S, 6.5S and 4.5S, resolved by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. An additional 19S form was exclusively detected in RPE whatever the extraction procedure followed. During differentiation, the proportions of AChE molecular form changed until they reached a steady state characteristic of mature neural retina, whereas in RPE, patterns of AChE molecular forms did not change significantly during development. Thus, 19S AChE appeared to be characteristic of non-neuronal retinal tissue. The expression of the AChE molecular forms in NR and RPE, and particularly the 19S form, was independent of the presence of the lens during retinal differentiation.
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- I Martelly
- Laboratoire de Biologie Animale, Université Paris-Val de Marne, Creteil, France
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Johnson JM, Skau KA, Gerald MC, Wallace LJ. Regional noradrenergic and cholinergic neurochemistry in the rat urinary bladder: effects of age. J Urol 1988; 139:611-5. [PMID: 2893842 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)42543-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Neurochemistry of the base and body of the rat urinary bladder was compared for both adrenergic and cholinergic parameters using Fischer 344 rats. In bladder base and body, respectively, the concentration (pmol./mg. wet weight) of norepinephrine was 23.4 and 2.16, of acetylcholine was 26.7 and 18.3, and of choline was 96.7 and 199. The activity (nmol./mg. protein/hour) of tyrosine hydroxylase was 422 and less than 50, of monoamine oxidase was 80.6 and 126, of choline acetyltransferase was 17.4 and 11.5, and of acetylcholinesterase (nmol./mg. wet weight/hour) was 485 and 165. Treatment with alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine did not alter norepinephrine concentration in bladder base but decreased it by 27% in bladder body. Studies were also done to determine whether age-related changes exist in the adrenergic and cholinergic neurochemistry of the rat urinary bladder. Bladders from rats of 6-7, 15-17, and 22-24 mo. of age were examined. The only age-related differences noted were a progressive decrease in level of monoamine oxidase activity in both bladder regions and an increase in bladder base norepinephrine concentration from 6-7 to 15-17 mo. followed by a decrease at 22-24 mo. Overall, the results show marked regional variations in bladder neurochemistry which remain remarkably stable as the animals grow old.
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- J M Johnson
- Division of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210
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Bonham JR, Dale G, Scott DJ, Wagget J, Atack JR. The characterisation of molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase in Hirschsprung's disease. Clin Chim Acta 1988; 171:263-9. [PMID: 3370825 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(88)90152-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Aganglionic rectal tissue from patients with Hirschsprung's disease contains four forms of acetylcholinesterase; the major component has a sedimentation coefficient in the region of 10.0S. Results from gel filtration confirm these findings and, when used in conjunction with the sedimentation data, allow the determination of the molecular mass of these forms. The four species of acetylcholinesterase include: monomer, G1, 74 kDa dimer, G2, 131 kDa; tetramer G4, 275 kDa and an asymmetric form, A12, 811 kDa. Evidence is provided which shows that the major form, G4 interacts with the detergent Triton X-100. Selective measurement of G4-AChE using a suitable assay may provide the basis for improving the existing means of diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease.
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- J R Bonham
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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The appearance and distribution of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) in 12 human thyroid cancers and three normal thyroids were examined by electron microscopic study with indirect thiocholine method. The demonstration of AChE and BuChE activities in only two of nine cases of follicular and papillary carcinoma examined and none of the three cases of medullary carcinoma shows that the cholinesterases are not specific enzymes for the thyroid tumors. In normal thyroid tissue samples examined, no activities of AChE and BuChE were detected. On ultrastructural level AChE reaction product was revealed in the perinuclear space, in the endoplasmic reticulum, and in the Golgi complex of some but not in all cells in less-differentiated regions of the tumors. In contrast to the distribution of AChE, no staining for BuChE was noted in the Golgi elements. Ultrastructural localization of AChE activity in the thyroid cancer cells corresponds exactly to the current understanding of glycoproteins synthesis and processing in normal cells. The authors postulate that the copy of AChE gene suppressed in normal thyroid epithelium cells may be expressed in some follicular thyroid carcinoma cells. Their hypothesis is logical on the basis of recent finding of a significant homology between AChE and thyroglobulin.
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- A Topilko
- Laboratoire d'Histopathologie D et Microscopie Electronique Clinique, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Gnagey AL, Forte M, Rosenberry TL. Isolation and characterization of acetylcholinesterase from Drosophila. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)45200-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Marusov IV, Mkheidze MO. Stimulating effect of cocaine in rats depending on spectrum of blood serum esterase activity. Bull Exp Biol Med 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00842191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Gasnier B, Ellory JC, Henry JP. Functional molecular mass of binding sites for [3H]dihydrotetrabenazine and [3H]reserpine and of dopamine beta-hydroxylase and cytochrome b561 from chromaffin granule membrane as determined by radiation inactivation. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1987; 165:73-8. [PMID: 3569299 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1987.tb11195.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The monoamine transporter of chromaffin granule membrane has two distinct high-affinity binding sites for tetrabenazine and reserpine, which can be assayed by [3H]dihydrotetrabenazine and [3H]reserpine binding, respectively. The functional molecular mass of the components bearing these sites has been investigated by the radiation inactivation technique. The decline of [3H]dihydrotetrabenazine binding activity with increasing radiation doses followed a single exponential, from which a functional molecular mass of 68 kDa was derived for tetrabenazine binding sites. [3H]Reserpine binding activity declined in a more complex way; however, under conditions where high-affinity reserpine binding sites were specifically assayed, the decline was also exponential, corresponding to a functional molecular mass of 37 kDa for these sites. The figures obtained for high-affinity tetrabenazine and reserpine binding sites are consistent with previous values obtained by photoaffinity of tetrabenazine and serotonin binding sites, respectively. It is thus concluded that the monoamine transporter has an oligomeric structure. By the radiation inactivation technique, cytochrome b561 and dopamine beta-hydroxylase have functional molecular masses of 25 and 123 kDa, respectively. The latter value might be attributed to the dimeric form of the enzyme.
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Higa HH, Diaz S, Varki A. Biochemical and genetic evidence for distinct membrane-bound and cytosolic sialic acid O-acetyl-esterases: serine-active-site enzymes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1987; 144:1099-108. [PMID: 3107561 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(87)91425-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A cytosolic sialic acid-specific O-acetyl-esterase was previously described that can remove O-acetyl esters from the 9-position of sialic acids. We show that rat liver Golgi vesicles contain a distinct sialic acid-esterase located within the lumen of the same vesicles that add O-acetyl esters to sialic acids. Studies of a retinoblastoma cell line genetically deficient in the cytosolic enzyme also confirm the existence of distinct membrane-associated sialic acid esterase activity. We developed a sensitive, specific and facile assay, which measures release of [3H]acetyl groups from [3H-acetyl]9-O-acetyl-N-acetylneuraminic acid. Using this assay, we show that rat liver membranes may contain different sialic acid O-acetyl-esterases. The membrane-associated enzyme(s) bind to Concanavalin A Sepharose, whereas the cytosolic enzyme does not. Membrane-bound and cytosolic esterases are inactivated by di-isopropyl-fluorophosphate, showing they are serine-active-site enzymes.
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Berman HA, Decker MM, Jo S. Reciprocal regulation of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase in mammalian skeletal muscle. Dev Biol 1987; 120:154-61. [PMID: 3817286 DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(87)90113-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Developmental regulation, from the fetal period to 11 months of age, and the influence of denervation on the appearance and disappearance of the molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase (AchE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuchE) in rat skeletal muscle were examined. The enzyme forms were extracted from anterior tibialis in 0.01 M sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0, containing 1 N NaCl, 0.01 M EGTA, 1% Triton X-100, and a cocktail of antiproteases, and analyzed by velocity sedimentation on 5-20% linear sucrose gradients. Three principal forms, denoted by sedimentation coefficients of 4, 10.8, and 16 S, were observed in muscle from all age groups. The amounts of each of the molecular forms of AchE and BuchE in skeletal muscle exhibited distinct and reciprocal patterns of appearance and disappearance during pre- and postnatal development. In tissue derived from animals less than 2 weeks of age, BuchE represented the predominant component of activity in the 4 S form, was present equally with AchE in the 10.8 S form, and was subordinate to AchE in the 16 S form. Between 1 and 2 weeks of age a progressive increase in AchE activities coincident with a reduction in BuchE activities resulted in inversion in the amounts of the two enzymes present in adult muscle. Denervation of muscle caused a dramatic reduction in the presence of AchE molecular forms with no discernable influence on the presence of BuchE molecular forms. These results indicate that biosynthesis of BuchE is strictly regulated in a reciprocal manner with that of AchE, and that BuchE metabolism is independent of the state of muscle innervation. Increased synthesis of AchE and either reduced synthesis or increased degradation of BuchE can account for the reciprocal regulation of these enzymes. These characteristics of mammalian muscle contrast sharply with characteristics deduced for avian tissue (Silman et al. (1979) Nature (London) 280, 160-162). The innervation-independent metabolism of BuchE and the diverse modes of its regulation in different tissue from different species signify that BuchE function may be unrelated to cholinergic neurotransmission.
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Festoff BW, Hantaï D. Plasminogen activators and inhibitors: roles in muscle and neuromuscular regeneration. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1987; 71:423-31. [PMID: 3588959 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)61843-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Festoff BW. Proteases, their inhibitors and the extracellular matrix: factors in nerve-muscle development and maintenance. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1987; 209:25-39. [PMID: 3107351 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-5302-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Zubenko GS, Marquis JK, Volicer L, Direnfeld LK, Langlais PJ, Nixon RA. Cerebrospinal fluid levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme, acetylcholinesterase, and dopamine metabolites in dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease: a correlative study. Biol Psychiatry 1986; 21:1365-81. [PMID: 3024746 DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(86)90328-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Mean levels of the two hydrolases angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and acetylcholinesterase (AChE), the dopamine metabolites dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and homovanillic acid (HVA), and total protein concentration were examined in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from a group of patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type, a group of comparably demented patients with Parkinson's disease, and a neurologically healthy elderly control group. Both pathological groups exhibited a significant decrease in the mean levels of ACE activity and DOPAC per milliliter and were distinguishable from one another based on mean CSH HVA levels. Unlike the Parkinson's disease group, whose mean concentration of HVA was lower than, but not significantly different from that of the control group, the mean HVA concentration of the Alzheimer's disease group was significantly elevated. In contrast, comparisons of the mean CSF AChE activity (expressed per milliliter or per milligram of protein) and CSF total protein concentration did not reveal significant differences for any of the groups. Independent of CSF protein concentration, ACE activity per milliliter exhibited a positive correlation with AChE activity per milliliter within the control and Parkinson's disease groups, whereas a statistically significant correlation for these CSF hydrolases was not observed within the Alzheimer's disease group. Thus, the CSF profiles for patients with mild dementias associated with Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease differed by at least two neurochemical criteria. Based on the levels of ACE activity, DOPAC, and HVA per milliliter of CSF, two discriminant functions were derived and resulted in the correct classification of 71% of all subjects (n = 38) into Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and neurologically healthy control groups.
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Plotkin DA, Jarvik LF. Cholinergic dysfunction in Alzheimer disease: cause or effect? PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1986; 65:91-103. [PMID: 2878469 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)60644-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Skau KA. Mammalian acetylcholinesterase molecular forms. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. C, COMPARATIVE PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY 1986; 83:225-7. [PMID: 2871981 DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(86)90115-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Rubin LL, Chalfin NA, Adamo A, Klymkowsky MW. Cellular and secreted forms of acetylcholinesterase in mouse muscle cultures. J Neurochem 1985; 45:1932-40. [PMID: 4056799 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1985.tb10553.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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When grown in primary cell culture in the absence of neurons, muscle cells from a variety of species synthesize several forms of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), including the collagen-tailed A12 form. A12 AChE has been the subject of much study because it is thought to be a major functional enzyme form normally found in the basal lamina at the neuromuscular junction. In this paper, we show that muscle fibers derived from mouse embryos and neonates are also able to synthesize substantial percentages of their AChE as the A12 form when grown in vitro. This synthesis is modulated by a process associated with spontaneous muscle contractile activity since both total enzyme levels and the proportion of A12 AChE expressed on the cell surface are decreased when the cells are grown in the sodium channel blocker tetrodotoxin, which blocks muscle contraction. On the other hand, when the cells are treated with veratridine, which opens sodium channels, thereby mimicking one aspect of muscle contraction, their AChE levels are comparable to those of untreated cells. Although smaller in magnitude, these changes are similar to those seen in rat muscle cultures. A novel feature of mouse muscle cultures, not seen in those from rat and chick, is the presence of a secreted enzyme form that sediments in the same position as the cellular A12 form (when separated on sucrose density gradients containing high salt) and is also collagenase sensitive.
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Lee VH, Chang SC, Oshiro CM, Smith RE. Ocular esterase composition in albino and pigmented rabbits: possible implications in ocular prodrug design and evaluation. Curr Eye Res 1985; 4:1117-25. [PMID: 4075817 DOI: 10.3109/02713688509003358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A methodology was developed to determine the proportion of acetyl- (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) in the albino and pigmented rabbit eye. It was found that BuChE contributed over 75% of the cholinesterase activity in all the ocular tissues but the corneal epithelium of the albino rabbit. This esterase was principally responsible for the parabolic chain length dependence of ocular hydrolysis of model naphthyl ester prodrugs reported previously. In contrast, when incubated with AChE, the rate of hydrolysis of these esters decreased monotonically with increasing ester chain length. Together these findings suggest that esters whose chain length exceeds 4 carbons will be hydrolyzed primarily by BuChE. It is suggested that the dominance of BuChE in ocular tissues is another factor which merits consideration in the design and evaluation of ocular ester prodrugs.
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Ralston JS, Rush RS, Doctor BP, Wolfe AD. Acetylcholinesterase from fetal bovine serum. Purification and characterization of soluble G4 enzyme. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)89265-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Cohen R, Barenholz Y. Characterization of the association of Electrophorus electricus acetylcholinesterase with sphingomyelin liposomes. Relevance to collagen-sphingomyelin interactions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1984; 778:94-104. [PMID: 6498189 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(84)90452-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Electrophorus electricus acetylcholinesterase is a large polymorphic enzyme. Its native forms 18 S, 14 S and 8.5 S possess a tail having a collagen-like structure. It was suggested that this tail is involved in the anchorage of the enzyme at the terminal of the synapse. Watkins et al. [1] showed that all forms of the enzyme having a collagen segment also bind to sphingomyelin liposomes with almost no binding to phosphatidylcholine (PC) liposomes. In agreement with the above results, the binding of acetylcholinesterase reported here was independent of the following liposomal parameters (a) curvature, (b) the physical state of the bilayer, (c) the gel to liquid crystalline phase transition of sphingomyelin, (d) stereospecificity of the sphingomyelin, (e) acyl chain of the sphingomyelin. The binding was reduced with increasing PC content in sphingomyelin vesicles. The binding has no effect on the bilayer integrity. The enzymatic activity can be released from the vesicles by incubation with collagenase. The association of the enzyme with the liposomes had minimal effect on its kinetic parameters (Km, Vmax). The only detectable effect was increasing enzyme stability at low enzyme concentration. This suggested that the binding of the enzyme to sphingomyelin liposomes reduced its surface denaturation. Such association was not unique to acetylcholinesterase since collagen showed similar behavior. Collagen binding to sphingomyelin liposomes was 5-10-times larger than to PC liposomes. The exact details of the interaction of collagen and collagen-like peptides with sphingomyelin bilayers are yet unknown although it differs from the well documented hydrophobic or electrostatic interactions [7]. This work proposes hydrogen bonding as a third mechanism which involves the interface region of sphingolipids molecules and the collagen or collagen-like tail of acetylcholinesterase. This binding is also of interest due to its correlation to the accumulation of sphingomyelin and collagen during aging and the development of atherosclerosis in blood vessels of mammals.
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Fernandez HL, Inestrosa NC, Stiles JR. Subcellular localization of acetylcholinesterase molecular forms in endplate regions of adult mammalian skeletal muscle. Neurochem Res 1984; 9:1211-30. [PMID: 6504236 DOI: 10.1007/bf00973035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The characterization of individual acetylcholinesterase (AChE) molecular form subcellular pools in adult mammalian skeletal muscle is a critical point when considering such questions as the origin, assembly, and neurotrophic regulation of these molecules. By correlating the results of differential extraction, in vitro collagenase digestion, and in situ pharmacologic probes of AChE molecular forms in endplate regions of adult rat anterior gracilis muscle, we have shown that: 1) 4.0S (G1) and 6.0S (G2) AChE are predominantly membrane-bound and intracellular; if an extracellular and/or soluble fraction of these forms exists, it cannot be adequately resolved by our methods; 2) 9-11S (globular) AChE activity is distributed between internal and external pools, as well as membrane-associated and soluble fractions; 3) 16.0S (A12) AChE is not an integral membrane protein and exists both intracellularly (25-30%) and extracellularly (70-75%).
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Structure of human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase. Characterization of intersubunit disulfide bonding and detergent interaction. J Biol Chem 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)91063-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Sine JP, Caye-Vaugien C. [Properties and characterization of soluble forms of lymphocyte acetylcholinesterase from an ox]. Biochimie 1984; 66:203-14. [PMID: 6743696 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(84)90064-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Two soluble forms of AChE from lymphocyte membrane have been obtained, the Triton solubilized Sd form and the high molar salt solubilized Ss form. They present similar Km (0.10 mM). Hydrodynamic properties of these forms have been studied on saccharose gradients with and without detergent or salt. A similar sedimentation coefficient has been found for these two forms (5.7 S). Lymphocyte plasma membrane AChE is a dimeric form (G2). Without detergent, the Sd form shows multiple secondary forms due to main form polymerization. Increase of NaCl concentration (2M) gives rise to a partial dissociation of these polymers. In the same conditions, the Ss form is not affected. The Ss form centrifugated on cesium chloride gradient has a higher density than the Sd form. These two forms have been treated by HPLC: the Stokes radii are respectively 7.1 nm for the Sd form and 4.5 nm for the Ss form. The molecular weights have been estimated at 175 000 for the Sd form and 105 000 for the Ss form. Pronase enzymatic digestion shows that the Ss form is more rapidly inactivated than the Sd form. Phospholipase C inhibits the Ss form and indicates that this form is a lipid-enzyme complex. The Sd form presents a different behaviour: this form is first activated, and afterwards inhibited by phospholipase C. This behaviour could be due to a more preponderant lipidic environment for the Sd form. The Sd form is probably a detergent-lipid-enzyme complex with an important hydrophobocity. These two forms can be explained by a different association between the enzyme and the phospholipids at the plasma membrane.
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Lenz DE, Maxwell DM, Walden MB. Kinetic properties of soluble and membrane-bound acetylcholinesterase from electric eel. Life Sci 1984; 34:219-24. [PMID: 6694520 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(84)90593-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Using electric eel acetylcholinesterase (AChE) which was either membrane-bound (AChEm) or solubilized (AChEs), similar kinetics were seen in the absence of inhibitor or in the presence of edrophonium, trimethylammonium ion or paraoxon. Thus, both forms of the enzyme appear to behave similarly toward various inhibitors. However, in the presence of a probe sensitive to allosteric effects or changes in membrane fluidity, the two forms exhibit altered behavior. In the presence of F-, the relative rate of substrate hydrolysis by AChEm was reduced more rapidly than with AChEs, whether or not paraoxon was present. When inhibition by paraoxon (10(-7)-10(-4) M) was studied in the presence of F-, AChEs had a Hill coefficient of 1.0, whereas with AChEm the Hill coefficient changed from 0.8 to 1.5.
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Gray AP. Design and structure-activity relationships of antidotes to organophosphorus anticholinesterase agents. Drug Metab Rev 1984; 15:557-89. [PMID: 6386410 DOI: 10.3109/03602538409029973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) was extracted from normal and dystrophic C57BL/6J mouse hindlimb muscles and its molecular forms fractionated by sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation. In the soleus muscles from 6- to 7-week-old mice an increase in the 3 Svedberg unit (S) and a decrease in the 16S AChE molecular forms was observed in dystrophic animals compared to controls. At 12-13 weeks of age, no major significant differences in the relative proportions of AChE molecular forms were noted. In the extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles of 6- to 7-week-old dystrophic mice a significant decrease in the proportion of the 10S AChE molecular form and an increase in the 3S and 5S forms was observed. At 12-13 weeks, the dystrophic EDL muscles again displayed a decrease in the 10S form; however, the increase in the 3S and 5S AChE forms, while still apparent, was not significant. These results provide evidence for a biochemical abnormality in the distribution of specific AChE molecular forms, and a differential expression of this abnormality in the soleus and EDL muscles.
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Gisiger V, Stephens HR. Asymmetric and globular forms of AChE in slow and fast muscles of 129/ReJ normal and dystrophic mice. J Neurochem 1983; 41:919-29. [PMID: 6619859 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1983.tb09035.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Acetylcholinesterase activities and molecular forms were studied in normal and dystrophic 129/ReJ mice, focusing on four predominantly fast-twitch muscles and the slow-twitch soleus. The asymmetric and globular forms were analyzed separately so that the effect of dystrophy on each form could be determined. This comparative study showed the following. (1) In the normal condition, each muscle exhibited a distinct distribution of the molecular forms. (2) The diversity among the fast muscles resulted mainly from variations in the proportions of the three globular forms; in contrast, these muscles showed a constant and precise A12/A8/A4 ratio. (3) The slow-twitch soleus clearly differed from the other muscles in its low acetylcholinesterase activity and distinct distribution of the molecular forms, characterized by a low level of G4 and a peculiar ratio among its asymmetric forms, resulting from a relative increase of the A8 and A4 forms. (4) In dystrophic mice, the diversity of the acetylcholinesterase distribution was lost; all the fast muscles displayed profiles exhibiting the characteristics typical of the soleus. The fast-twitch extensor digitorum longus, sternomastoid, and plantaris converged towards an identical set of acetylcholinesterase molecules. (5) In contrast, the acetylcholinesterase activity and molecular forms of the soleus were only slightly affected by the disease. These results reveal that the dystrophy modifies both categories of molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase in a very precise manner. Such complex changes, which are highly reproducible in a variety of different muscles, are unlikely to result from nonspecific reactions secondary to the disease.
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Hodgson AJ, Chubb IW. Isolation of the secretory form of soluble acetylcholinesterase by using affinity chromatography on edrophonium-Sepharose. J Neurochem 1983; 41:654-62. [PMID: 6875557 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1983.tb04791.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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A single molecular form of soluble acetylcholinesterase was isolated from a variety of mammalian tissues by use of a novel affinity matrix. This matrix was synthesised by coupling the reversible cholinesterase inhibitor, edrophonium chloride, to epoxy-activated Sepharose. This simple synthesis produced a matrix which was exceptionally stable and had the novel property of selectively binding only one molecular form of acetylcholinesterase. Soluble proteins from a variety of mammalian tissues, including brain, adrenal glands, cerebrospinal fluid, and blood, were separated by centrifugation. These contained combinations of acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7) and cholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.8), varying from a single form of acetylcholinesterase to multiple forms of both acetylcholinesterase and cholinesterase. The edrophonium-Sepharose matrix bound only one form of acetylcholinesterase. This form of acetylcholinesterase corresponded in molecular size and electrophoretic mobility to the unique form found in cerebrospinal fluid, i.e. secretory acetylcholinesterase. Cholinesterase was not bound to the matrix.
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Gómez-Barriocanal J, Rodríguez-Borrajo C, Barat A, Ramírez G. Fate of collagen-tailed acetylcholinesterase upon extraction of chick retina with salt-detergent solutions in the absence of EDTA. Neurosci Lett 1983; 38:321-6. [PMID: 6415552 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(83)90389-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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In chick retina, the tailed 20S molecular form of acetylcholinesterase (A12) is slowly degraded to globular forms after homogenization of the tissue in a buffer-salt-detergent solution, in the absence of EDTA. This process can be stopped by the addition of EDTA to the homogenate, prior to high speed centrifugation; however, longer delays in adding EDTA lead to lower recoveries of tailed enzyme. The rate of degradation of A12 is considerably enhanced by high speed centrifugation of this EDTA-less homogenate prior to addition of EDTA.
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Johnson CD, Russell RL. Multiple molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. J Neurochem 1983; 41:30-46. [PMID: 6864228 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1983.tb11811.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Extracts of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans contain five molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity that can be separated by a combination of selective solubilization, velocity sedimentation, and ion-exchange chromatography. These are called form IA (5.2s), form IB (4.9s), form II (6.7s), form III (11.3s), and form IV (13.0s). All except form III are present in significant amounts in rapidly prepared extracts and are probably native; form III is probably derived autolytically from form IV. Most of forms IA and IB can be solubilized by repeated extractions without detergent, whereas forms II, III, and IV require detergent for effective solubilization and may therefore be membrane-bound. High salt concentrations are not required for, and do not aid in, the solubilization of these forms. For all forms, molecular weights and frictional ratios have been estimated by a combination of gel permeation chromatography and velocity sedimentations in both H2O and D2O. The molecular weight estimates range from 83,000 to 357,000 and only form II shows extensive asymmetry. The separated forms have been characterized with respect to substrate affinity, substrate specificity, inhibitor sensitivity, thermal inactivation, and detergent sensitivity. Judging by these properties, C. elegans is like other invertebrates in that none of its cholinesterase forms resembles either the "true" or the "pseudo" cholinesterase of vertebrates. However, internal comparison of the C. elegans forms clearly distinguishes forms IA, III, and IV as a group from forms IB and II; the former are therefore designated "class A" forms, the latter "class B" forms. Genetic evidence indicates that separate genes control class A and class B forms, and that these two classes overlap functionally. Several factors, including kinetic properties, molecular asymmetry, molecular size, and solubility, all suggest that a molecular model of the multiple cholinesterase forms observed in vertebrate electric organs probably does not apply in C. elegans. Potential functional roles and subunit structures of the multiple AChE forms within each C. elegans class are discussed.
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Collagen-tailed and globular forms of acetylcholinesterase in the developing chick visual system. Neurochem Int 1983; 5:95-9. [DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(83)90014-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/1982] [Accepted: 07/12/1982] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The enzyme acetylcholinesterase consists of a family of molecular forms differing in subunit composition, solubility properties, and subcellular location. The use of a variety of reversible or irreversible active site-directed ligands with different membrane permeability properties permits the selective inactivation of separate pools of enzyme molecules. The application of these inhibitors together with standard biochemical techniques has permitted a detailed characterization of the synthesis and metabolism of the secretory and membrane-bound acetylcholinesterase in tissue-cultured cells. These techniques, with minor modifications and appropriate controls, can also be applied to the study of AChE metabolism in organ culture and in vivo.
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Soreq H, Parvari R, Silman I. Biosynthesis of acetylcholinesterase in rat brain and Torpedo electric organ is directed by scarce mRNA species. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1983; 58:107-15. [PMID: 6635185 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)60011-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Collins PL, Younkin SG. Effect of denervation on the molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase in rat diaphragm. J Biol Chem 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)33495-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Younkin SG, Rosenstein C, Collins PL, Rosenberry TL. Cellular localization of the molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase in rat diaphragm. J Biol Chem 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)33494-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Friboulet A, Thomas D. Electrical excitability of artificial enzyme membranes. II. Electrochemical and enzyme properties of immobilized acetylcholinesterase membranes. Biophys Chem 1982; 16:145-51. [PMID: 7139047 DOI: 10.1016/0301-4622(82)85016-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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This paper deals with aspects of the reciprocal interaction between enzyme activity and the microenvironment or the potential difference in artificial proteinaceous membranes bearing cross-linked acetylcholinesterase. The potential difference resulting from asymmetric substrate injection into the system is recorded as a function of time. The influence of the membrane charge density on both enzyme activity and potential difference is studied by varying the external solution pH. The enzyme specific potential is initiated by local change of pH at the membrane level and the dependence on the buffer strength is studied. The recorded potential difference appears to be the result of the reciprocal interaction between enzyme reaction and the diffusion of substrate or products.
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Witzemann V, Boustead C. Changes in acetylcholinesterase molecular forms during the embryonic development of Torpedo marmorata. J Neurochem 1982; 39:747-55. [PMID: 7097281 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1982.tb07956.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Multiple molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase from electric organ and electric lobe of Torpedo marmorata were examined at various developmental stages by sucrose density sedimentation. Four major forms were characterized by their apparent sedimentation coefficients of 6 S, 11 S, 13 S, and 17 S. Embryonic lobe possessed at early stages predominantly the 11 S form. With maturation the 17 S form became the most abundant. The early embryonic stages of the electric organ were characterized by predominating amounts of 6 S and 11 S forms. With differentiation of the postsynaptic membrane of the developing electrocytes, 13 S and 17 S forms replaced the slower-sedimenting forms. Concomitant with the formation of synaptic contacts, a transient increase in the 13 S form was followed by a dramatic accumulation of rapid-sedimenting 17 S form. The establishment of fully functional synapses was accompanied by an increase in the amount of the hydrophobic 6 S form. At birth, equal amounts of 6 S and 17 S form were found, with the other forms present in only trace amounts. The observed characteristic changes correlated with morphological and physiological events, indicating a close functional relationship between the accumulation of the 17 S form and synapse formation and the accumulation of the 6 S form and onset of function.
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Inestrosa NC, Silberstein L, Hall ZW. Association of the synaptic form of acetylcholinesterase with extracellular matrix in cultured mouse muscle cells. Cell 1982; 29:71-9. [PMID: 6286145 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(82)90091-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Myotubes of a mouse muscle-cell line (C2) synthesize in culture a 16S form of acetylcholinesterase that is normally found only in regions of adult mouse muscle that contain endplates. The 16S enzyme in C2 cell extracts has the properties expected of acetylcholinesterase forms that have a collagen-like tail. In intact cells, the active site of the 16S acetylcholinesterase is protected by a membrane-impermeable inhibitor, and this form of the enzyme can be removed by treatment of the cells with collagenase. Thus the enzyme is extracellular. Its extraction by high ionic strength solutions lacking detergent suggests that the 16S form is associated with the extracellular matrix by ionic interactions. Histochemical staining shows focal patches of acetylcholinesterase activity on the cell surface. Collagenase treatment, which removes only the 16S form, abolishes this staining pattern, indicating that the patches consist of the 16S enzyme. We conclude that the 16S enzyme in C2 myotubes occurs in focal patches on the cell surface, where it is associated with the extracellular matrix.
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Gardiner PF, Lapointe M, Gravel D. Exercise effects on recovery of muscle acetylcholinesterase from reduced neuromuscular activity. Muscle Nerve 1982; 5:363-8. [PMID: 6289098 DOI: 10.1002/mus.880050505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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In order to investigate the effects of reduced and subsequently increased neuromuscular activity on muscle acetylcholinesterase (AChE), rats had one hindlimb immobilized with plaster casts for 4 weeks and were killed either at the end of immobilization (group I), after 4 weeks of resumed normal activity following cast removal (group R), or after 4 weeks of resumed activity supplemented with a daily treadmill-walking task (group E). Immobilization resulted in a decrease in adductor longus muscle weight to 66.4% of control; total muscle end-plate-associated AChE was decreased to 51.4%. Total muscle ACh hydrolysis was not significantly affected. Mild daily exercise during recovery increased total muscle end-plate AChE to control levels after 4 weeks, while in group R the corresponding level was significantly lower (84.4%). Decreased neuromuscular activity has different effects on end-plate AChE and non-end-plate AChE. Mild endurance-type overload during recovery from immobilization can accelerate recovery of end-plate AChE activity to normal.
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Lyles JM, Silman I, Di Giamberardino L, Couraud JY, Barnard EA. Comparison of the molecular forms of the cholinesterases in tissues of normal and dystrophic chickens. J Neurochem 1982; 38:1007-21. [PMID: 7062026 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1982.tb05342.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The levels and molecular forms of acetylcholinesterase (AChE, EC 3.1.1.7) and pseudocholinesterase (psiChE, EC 3.1.1.8) were examined in various skeletal muscles, cardiac muscles, and neural tissues from normal and dystrophic chickens. The relative amount of the heavy (Hc) form of AChE in mixed-fibre-type twitch muscles varies in proportion to the percentage of glycolytic fast-twitch fibres. Conversely, muscles with higher levels of oxidative fibres (i.e., slow-tonic oxidative-glycolytic fast-twitch, or oxidative slow-twitch) have higher proportions of the light (L) form of AChE. The effects of dystrophy on AChE and psiChE are more severe in muscles richer in glycolytic fast-twitch fibres (e.g., pectoral or posterior latissimus dorsi, PLD); there is no alteration of AChE or psiChE in a slow-tonic muscle. In the pectoral of PLD muscles from older dystrophic chickens, however, the AChE forms revert to a normal distribution while the pesChE pattern remains abnormal. Muscle psiChE is sensitive to collagenase in a similar way as is AChE, thus apparently having a similar tailed structure. Unlike skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle has very high levels of psiChE, present mainly as the L form; AChE is present mainly as the medium (M) form, with smaller amounts of L and Hc. The latter pattern of AChE forms resembles that seen in several neural tissues examined. No alterations in AChE or psiChE were found in cardiac or neural tissues from dystrophic chickens.
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Haynes LW, Smith ME. Selective inhibition of 'motor endplate-specific' acetylcholinesterase by beta-endorphin and related peptides. Neuroscience 1982; 7:1007-13. [PMID: 6285223 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(82)90057-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The effects of beta-endorphin (lipotropin 61-91) and related naturally-occurring peptides upon acetylcholinesterase activity in rat hind-limb muscles was investigated. beta-endorphin weakly inhibited the activity in a plasma membrane-enriched fraction. The inhibition by beta-endorphin of the membrane-associated acetylcholinesterase was less marked when the fractions were prepared from muscles which had been denervated 4-6 days previously. The membrane-associated acetylcholinesterase was solubilised from normal muscle preparations and separated by sucrose density gradient centrifugation into three major peaks (16S, 10S and 4S). beta-Endorphin inhibited the activity in the 16S peak but not that in the 10S and 4S peaks, whilst tensilon, a competitive inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase, inhibited the activity of all three peaks. beta-Endorphin inhibited the activity in the 16S peak but not that in the 10S and 4S peaks, whilst tensilon, a competitive inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase, inhibited the activity of all three peaks. beta-Endorphin inhibited the 16S activity in a concentration-dependent manner and its action was partly prevented if naloxone was added simultaneously. Purified natural porcine and bovine beta-endorphin were equipotent in terms of effective concentration range but the maximum inhibition was greater with the bovine peptide. beta-Lipotropin was approximately 4 times less potent than beta-endorphin, whilst C-fragment (lipotropin 61-87) was 100 times less potent. Prolonged treatment with collagenase did not reduce the catalytic activity of 16S acetylcholinesterase, but it was no longer susceptible to the inhibitory action of beta-endorphin. Kinetic studies indicated a complex type of inhibition by beta-endorphin (hyperbolic Lineweaver-Burke plot). Methionine enkephalin inhibited acetylcholinesterase in a weakly non-competitive manner and its action was not abolished if the enzyme was predigested with collagenase. beta-Endorphin produces a novel form of inhibition of acetylcholinesterase, acting only on the 16S (A12 or 'motor endplate-specific') form of the enzyme. The findings are discussed in the light of evidence that beta-endorphin-related immunoreactivity is expressed in motor nerve axons in the immature rat.
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Witzemann V, Boustead C. Distribution of acetylcholinesterase molecular forms in brain, nerve and muscle tissue of Torpedo marmorata. Neurosci Lett 1981; 26:313-8. [PMID: 7322442 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(81)90151-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The distribution of multiple molecular esterase forms in brain, electromotor nerve, back muscle and a subcellular synaptosomal fraction from the electric organ of Torpedo marmorata was investigated. Each tissue was characterized by a specific pattern of distribution of esterase forms. Electric lobe exhibited a marked difference to the other brain tissues and electric organ, in that it contained predominantly fast sedimenting 17 S acetylcholinesterase. The solubilization properties indicated that the 17 S form is not exclusively associated with basal lamina. The results support the view that location and function of the various molecular esterase forms can vary from tissue and depend on the physiological demands of each system.
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