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Fedan JS, Dowdy JA, Van Scott MR, Wu DXY, Johnston RA. Hyperosmolar solution effects in guinea pig airways. III. Studies on the identity of epithelium-derived relaxing factor in isolated perfused trachea using pharmacological agents. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2003; 308:30-6. [PMID: 14566001 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.103.051664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hyperosmolar challenge of airway epithelium stimulates the release of epithelium-derived relaxing factor (EpDRF), but the identity of EpDRF is not known. We examined the effects of pharmacological agents on relaxant responses of methacholine (3 x 10(-7) M)-contracted guinea pig perfused trachea to mucosal hyperosmolar challenge using D-mannitol. Responses were inhibited by gossypol (5 x 10(-6) M), an agent with diverse actions, by the carbon monoxide (CO) scavenger hemoglobin (10(-6) M), and by the heme oxygenase (HO) inhibitor zinc (II) protoporphyrin IX (10(-4) M). The HO inhibitor chromium (III) mesoporphyrin IX (10(-4) M) was not inhibitory, and the HO activator heme-L-lysinate (3 x 10(-4) M) did not evoke relaxant responses. The CO donor tricarbonyldichlororuthenium (II) dimer (2.2 x 10(-4) M) elicited small relaxation responses. Other agents without an effect on responses included: apyrase, adenosine, 6-anilino-5,8-quinolinequinone (LY83583), proadifen, (E)-3-[[[3-[2-(7-chloro-2-quinolinyl)ethenyl]phenyl][[3-(dimethylamino)-3-oxopropyl]thio]methyl]thio]-propanoic acid (MK 571), diphenhydramine, glibenclamide, HgCl2, tetrodotoxin, nystatin, alpha-hemolysin, 8-bromoguanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphothioate, Rp-isomer, 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, cholera toxin, pertussis toxin, thapsigargin, nifedipine, Ca(2+)-free mucosal solution, hydrocortisone, and epidermal growth factor. Cytoskeleton inhibitors, includingerythro-9-(2-hydroxyl-3-nonyl)adenine, colchicine, nocodazole, latrunculin B, and cytochalasins B and D, had no effect on relaxation responses. The results suggest provisionally that a portion of EpDRF activity may be due to CO and that the release of EpDRF does not involve cytoskeletal reorganization.
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- Jeffrey S Fedan
- Pathology and Physiology Research Branch, Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, West Virginia 26505-2888, USA.
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La Falci VSN, Tortorella H, Rodrigues JL, Brandelli A. Seasonal variation of goat seminal plasma proteins. Theriogenology 2002; 57:1035-48. [PMID: 12041898 DOI: 10.1016/s0093-691x(01)00714-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The present study describes the investigation of seasonal changes in seminal plasma proteins of Saanen goats under natural conditions in south Brazil. Proteins were isolated by liquid chromatography on heparin Sepharose CL-6B column and characterized by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Important differences were observed in the pattern of heparin-affinity proteins (HAPs), such as a band of 178 kDa unique to the breeding season; a decrease in 119 kDa proteins; and an increase in proteins ranging from 73 to 104 kDa. HAP caused deterioration of sperm motility and acrosome breakage in media containing and not containing skimmed milk; the effect was most remarkable with the proteins from the nonbreeding season. Furthermore, HAP presented phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity, which was 4.4-fold higher in nonbreeding season than in breeding season. Binding sites for HAP were identified in the sperm surface, particularly at the middle piece of the spermatozoa. These results indicate that proteins from goat seminal plasma are under seasonal control and associated with sperm function during breeding and nonbreeding seasons.
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- V S N La Falci
- Institute of Biosciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Themsche CV, Jacob M, Salesse C. Human retinal pigment epithelium secretes a phospholipase A2 and contains two novel intracellular phospholipases A2. Biochem Cell Biol 2001. [DOI: 10.1139/o00-088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The sensitivity of different phospholipase A2 (PLA2)-active fractions eluted from cation-exchange chromatography to para-bromophenacylbromide (pBPB), Ca2+-EGTA, DTT, heat, and H2SO4 indicates that human cultured retinal pigment epithelial (hRPE) cells probably contain two different intracellular PLA2 enzymes. Control experiments using "back-and-forth" thin-layer chromatography confirmed that, in our assay conditions, the generation of free fatty acids originated solely from PLA2 activity. Together with immunoblot experiments where no cross-reactivity was observed between the hRPE cytosolic PLA2 enzymes and several antisera directed against secretory PLA2s (sPLA2s) and cytosolic PLA2 (cPLA2), these findings suggest that intracellular hRPE PLA2s are different from well-known sPLA2s, cPLA2, and Ca2+-independent PLA2s. We also report an additional hRPE-PLA2 enzyme that is secreted and that exhibits sensitivity to pBPB, Ca2+-EGTA, DTT, heat, and H2SO4, which is characteristic of sPLA2 enzymes. This approximately 22-kDa PLA2 cross-reacted weakly with an antiserum directed against porcine pancreatic group I sPLA2 but strongly with an antiserum directed against N-terminal residues 1-14 of human synovial group II sPLA2, suggesting that this extracellular enzyme is a member of the sPLA2 class of enzymes. We thus conclude that there are three distinct PLA2 enzymes in cultured hRPE cells, including two novel intracellular PLA2s and a 22-kDa secreted sPLA2 enzyme.Key words: phospholipase A2, retinal pigment epithelium, characterization.
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Flesch FM, Gadella BM. Dynamics of the mammalian sperm plasma membrane in the process of fertilization. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1469:197-235. [PMID: 11063883 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4157(00)00018-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 350] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sexual reproduction requires the fusion of sperm cell and oocyte during fertilization to produce the diploid zygote. In mammals complex changes in the plasma membrane of the sperm cell are involved in this process. Sperm cells have unusual membranes compared to those of somatic cells. After leaving the testes, sperm cells cease plasma membrane lipid and protein synthesis, and vesicle mediated transport. Biophysical studies reveal that lipids and proteins are organized into lateral regions of the sperm head surface. A delicate reorientation and modification of plasma membrane molecules take place in the female tract when sperm cells are activated by so-called capacitation factors. These surface changes enable the sperm cell to bind to the extra cellular matrix of the egg (zona pellucida, ZP). The ZP primes the sperm cell to initiate the acrosome reaction, which is an exocytotic process that makes available the enzymatic machinery required for sperm penetration through the ZP. After complete penetration the sperm cell meets the plasma membrane of the egg cell (oolemma). A specific set of molecules is involved in a disintegrin-integrin type of anchoring of the two gametes which is completed by fusion of the two gamete plasma membranes. The fertilized egg is activated and zygote formation preludes the development of a new living organism. In this review we focus on the involvement of processes that occur at the sperm plasma membrane in the sequence of events that lead to successful fertilization. For this purpose, dynamics in adhesive and fusion properties, molecular composition and architecture of the sperm plasma membrane, as well as membrane derived signalling are reviewed.
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- F M Flesch
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, and Department of Farm Animal Health, Graduate School of Animal Health and Institute for Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Yalelaan 2, 3584 CM, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Lipid peroxidation of membrane phospholipids can proceed both enzymatically via the mammalian 15-lipoxygenase-1 or the NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase system and non-enzymatically. In some cells, such as reticulocytes, this process is biologically programmed, whereas in the majority of biological systems lipid peroxidation is a deleterious process that has to be repaired via a deacylation-reacylation cycle of phospholipid metabolism. Several reports in the literature pinpoint a stimulation by lipid peroxidation of the activity of secretory phospholipase A(2)s (mainly pancreatic and snake venom enzymes) which was originally interpreted as a repair function. However, recent experiments from our laboratory have demonstrated that in mixtures of lipoxygenated and native phospholipids the former are not preferably cleaved by either secretory or cytosolic phospholipase A(2)s. We propose that the platelet activating factor (PAF) acetylhydrolases of type II, which cleave preferentially peroxidised or lipoxygenated phospholipids, are competent for the phospholipid repair, irrespective of their role in PAF metabolism. A corresponding role of Ca(2+)-independent phospholipase A(2), which has been proposed to be involved in phospholipid remodelling in biomembranes, has not been addressed so far. Direct and indirect 15-lipoxygenation of phospholipids in biomembranes modulates cell signalling by several ways. The stimulation of phospholipase A(2)-mediated arachidonic acid release may constitute an alternative route of the arachidonic acid cascade. Thus, 15-lipoxygenase-mediated oxygenation of membrane phospholipids and its interaction with phospholipase A(2)s may play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of diseases, such as bronchial asthma and atherosclerosis.
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- S Nigam
- Eicosanoid Research Division, Department of Gynaecology, University Medical Centre Benjamin Franklin, Free University Berlin, D-12200, Berlin, Germany.
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Chang TM, Chang CH, Wagner DR, Chey WY. Porcine pancreatic phospholipase A2 stimulates secretin release from secretin-producing cells. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:10758-64. [PMID: 10196148 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.16.10758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have isolated, from canine pancreatic juice, two 14-kDa proteins with secretin-releasing activity that had N-terminal sequence homology with canine pancreatic phospholipase A2 (PLA2). In this study we have obtained evidence that secretin-releasing activity is an intrinsic property of pancreatic PLA2. Porcine pancreatic PLA2 from Sigma or Boehringer Mannheim was fractionated into several peaks by reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography. They were tested for stimulation of secretin release from murine neuroendocrine intestinal tumor cell line STC-1 and secretin cells enriched mucosal cell preparations isolated from rat upper small intestine. Each enzyme preparation was found to contain several components of secretin-releasing activity. Each bioactive fraction was purified to homogeneity by rechromatography and then subjected to mass spectral analysis and assays of PLA2 and secretin-releasing activities. It was found that the fraction with highest enzymatic activity also had the highest secretin-releasing activity and the same Mr as porcine pancreatic PLA2. Moreover, it also had the same N-terminal amino acid sequence (up to 30 residues determined) as that of porcine pancreatic PLA2, suggesting that it was identical to the enzyme. Purified porcine pancreatic PLA2 also stimulated secretin release concentration-dependently from both STC-1 cells and a mucosal cell preparation enriched in secretin-containing endocrine cells isolated from rat duodenum. Abolishment of the enzymatic activity by pretreatment with bromophenacyl bromide did not affect its secretin-releasing activity. The stimulatory effect of purified pancreatic PLA2 on secretin secretion from STC-1 cells was inhibited by an L-type Ca2+ channel blocker, by down-regulation of protein kinase C or by pretreatment of the cell with pertussis toxin. It is concluded that porcine pancreatic PLA2 possesses an intrinsic secretin-releasing activity that was independent of its enzymatic activity. This action is pertussis toxin-sensitive and is in part dependent on Ca2+ influx through the L-type channel and activation of protein kinase C.
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- T M Chang
- Konar Center for Digestive and Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
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Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of membrane phospholipids. This article reviews the source and structure of PLA2, the involvement of the enzyme in various biological and pathological phenomena, and the usefulness of PLA2 assays in laboratory diagnostics. Of particular importance is the role of PLA2 in the cellular production of mediators of inflammatory response to various stimuli. Assays for PLA2 activity and mass concentration are discussed, and the results of enzyme determinations in plasma from patients with different pathological conditions are presented. The determination of activity and mass concentration in plasma is particularly useful in the diagnosis and prognosis of pancreatitis, multiple organ failure, septic shock, and rheumatoid arthritis. A very important result is the demonstration that PLA2 is an acute phase protein, like CRP. Indeed, there is a close correlation between PLA2 mass concentration and CRP levels in several pathological conditions. Although the determination of C-reactive protein is much easier to perform and is routinely carried out in most clinical laboratories, the assessment of PLA2 activity or mass concentration has to be considered as a reliable approach to obtain a deeper understanding of some pathological conditions and may offer additional information concerning the prognosis of several disorders.
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- E Kaiser
- Department of Medical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria
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Jacob M, Salesse C, Lafleur M. Polymorphism of the 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl-phosphatidyl-ethanolamine/dimyristoyl-phos phatidylmethanol mixture, a phospholipase A2 substrate. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 251:879-82. [PMID: 9791003 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The polymorphism of the equimolar mixture of 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (PAPE) and dimyristoyl-phosphatidylmethanol (DMPM) was examined by infrared and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to determine the suitability of this widely used but yet uncharacterized lipid mixture as a phospholipase A2 substrate. The results show that the mixture undergoes a gel-to-liquid crystalline phase transition between 12 and 35 degrees C. The transitions of the individual lipids were also examined. We report that the temperature of the gel-to-liquid crystalline phase transition of DMPM is 40 degrees C. At 2 degrees C, PAPE exists in the fluid lamellar form. This lipid undergoes a lamellar-to-inverted hexagonal phase transition at 31 degrees C. In conclusion, the equimolar PAPE/DMPM mixture forms fluid lamellar phase at the physiological temperature. However, the upper end of the gel-to-liquid crystalline phase transition of the mixture is really close to the physiological temperature and this situation is a serious source of potential artefacts.
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- M Jacob
- GREIB, Département de Chimie-Biologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, G9A 5H7, Canada
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- S Soubeyrand
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Montreal, Guy-Bernier Research Centre, Quebec, Canada
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Soubeyrand S, Thérien I, Manjunath P. Bovine seminal platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase: association properties in seminal plasma and with lipoproteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1392:176-84. [PMID: 9630618 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2760(98)00037-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The enzyme responsible for most of the phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity present in bovine seminal plasma was recently purified to homogeneity. Sequencing revealed that the enzyme is also a platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH) of the serum type with kinetic properties generally similar to its serum homologue. In the present work, we have attempted to clarify its physiological function by studying its association properties in seminal plasma. As was observed previously for its PLA2 activity, its PAF-AH activity was also inhibited by the major proteins of bovine seminal plasma (BSP proteins). Sequential dilution experiments as well as centrifuging semen on Percoll did not reveal detectable association of PAF-AH with spermatozoa. Neither did the enzyme interact with lipid particles reported to be present in bovine seminal plasma. The purified PAF-AH, however, did display lipoprotein association properties in vitro similar to those demonstrated by the serum enzyme in vivo. At pH 7.4, it could associate with both low density lipoproteins and very low density lipoproteins but not with high density lipoproteins. Overall the data presented here indicate that the enzyme is strongly inactivated as a PAF-AH in seminal plasma and that it does not associate with lipid particles or spermatozoa.
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- S Soubeyrand
- Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Que., Canada
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Murakami M, Shimbara S, Kambe T, Kuwata H, Winstead MV, Tischfield JA, Kudo I. The functions of five distinct mammalian phospholipase A2S in regulating arachidonic acid release. Type IIa and type V secretory phospholipase A2S are functionally redundant and act in concert with cytosolic phospholipase A2. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:14411-23. [PMID: 9603953 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.23.14411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We examined the relative contributions of five distinct mammalian phospholipase A2 (PLA2) enzymes (cytosolic PLA2 (cPLA2; type IV), secretory PLA2s (sPLA2s; types IIA, V, and IIC), and Ca2+-independent PLA2 (iPLA2; type VI)) to arachidonic acid (AA) metabolism by overexpressing them in human embryonic kidney 293 fibroblasts and Chinese hamster ovary cells. Analyses using these transfectants revealed that cPLA2 was a prerequisite for both the calcium ionophore-stimulated immediate and the interleukin (IL)-1- and serum-induced delayed phases of AA release. Type IIA sPLA2 (sPLA2-IIA) mediated delayed AA release and, when expressed in larger amounts, also participated in immediate AA release. sPLA2-V, but not sPLA2-IIC, behaved in a manner similar to sPLA2-IIA. Both sPLA2s-IIA and -V, but not sPLA2-IIC, were heparin-binding PLA2s that exhibited significant affinity for cell-surface proteoglycans, and site-directed mutations in residues responsible for their membrane association or catalytic activity markedly reduced their ability to release AA from activated cells. Pharmacological studies using selective inhibitors as well as co-expression experiments supported the proposal that cPLA2 is crucial for these sPLA2s to act properly. The AA-releasing effects of these sPLA2s were independent of the expression of the M-type sPLA2 receptor. Both cPLA2, sPLA2s-IIA, and -V were able to supply AA to downstream cyclooxygenase-2 for IL-1-induced prostaglandin E2 biosynthesis. iPLA2 increased the spontaneous release of fatty acids, and this was further augmented by serum but not by IL-1. Finally, iPLA2-derived AA was not metabolized to prostaglandin E2. These observations provide evidence for the functional cross-talk or segregation of distinct PLA2s in mammalian cells in regulating AA metabolism and phospholipid turnover.
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- M Murakami
- Department of Health Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142, Japan
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Jacob M, Weech PK, Salesse C. Phospholipases A2 of rod outer segment-free bovine retinae are different from well-known phospholipases A2. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1391:169-80. [PMID: 9554998 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2760(98)00003-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We have recently demonstrated the presence of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity in a rod outer segment-free retinal fraction which we called P200 and which contains neuronal cells, Müller cells and rod inner segments. We report here our results on the characterization of this P200-PLA2 activity. We show that P200 probably contains more than one type of PLA2, as indicated by the results obtained with different chromatographically eluted PLA2-active fractions which were treated with either Ca2+, EGTA, dithiothreitol (DTT) or p-bromophenacyl bromide (pBPB), or heated. Moreover, the results from PLA2 assays using different substrates, as well as those obtained after treatment of the homogenate with H2SO4, guanosine 5'-O-(3-thio)triphosphate (GTPgammaS) and ATP, suggest that P200-PLA2 are different from well-known secretory PLA2, cytosolic PLA2 and Ca2+-independent PLA2. Control experiments using our 'back-and-forth'-thin layer chromatography (bf-TLC) technique allowed us to confirm that, in our assay conditions, the release of fatty acids was due to PLA2 enzymes. These results, which constitute the first characterization of PLA2 of the neural retina, thus suggest that it contains novel types of PLA2 enzyme, in contrast to well-known PLA2.
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- M Jacob
- GREIB, Département de Chimie-Biologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 3351 Boul. des Forges, C.P. 500, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
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Soubeyrand S, Lazure C, Manjunath P. Phospholipase A2 from bovine seminal plasma is a platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase. Biochem J 1998; 329 ( Pt 1):41-7. [PMID: 9405273 PMCID: PMC1219011 DOI: 10.1042/bj3290041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The major phospholipase A2 activity from bovine seminal plasma was recently purified [Soubeyrand, Khadir, Brindle and Manjunath (1997) J. Biol. Chem. 272, 222-227]. We here show that the 60 kDa enzyme is in fact a platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase (PAF-AH). Sequences of the N-terminus as well as of internal fragments showed 100% identity with the cDNA-deduced sequences of bovine plasma PAF-AH. The enzyme has kinetic properties similar to those of the human serum PAF-AH. Although capable of hydrolysing long-chained phosphatidylcholine, it displayed a highly preferential activity towards PAF. The enzyme activity towards phosphatidylcholine, but not PAF, was Ca2+-dependent. Biochemical characterization revealed that the enzyme is extensively N-glycosylated and that it exists predominantly as a dimer in solution. Western blot analysis revealed that the enzyme is highly heterogeneous in charge, with a maximal distribution at an isoelectric point of approx. 5.7. The enzyme was expressed exclusively in the seminal vesicles and the ampulla. No association of the enzyme with either epididymal or ejaculated spermatozoa could be detected.
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- S Soubeyrand
- Guy-Bernier Research Centre, 5415 Boulevard de L'Assomption, Montreal, Qu-ebec, Canada H1T 2M4
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Jacob M, Weech PK, Salesse C. Bovine retinal pigment epithelium contains novel types of phospholipase A2. Biochem J 1997; 327 ( Pt 2):455-60. [PMID: 9359416 PMCID: PMC1218816 DOI: 10.1042/bj3270455] [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: 02/05/2023]
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We have recently demonstrated the presence of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) activity in cells from bovine retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) [Jacob et al. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 19209-19218]. We report here our results on the characterization of this RPE-PLA2 activity. We show that RPE probably contains two types of PLA2 enzyme, as indicated by the results obtained with different PLA2-active fractions eluted from cation-exchange columns and treated with Ca2+/EGTA, dithiothreitol, p-bromophenacyl bromide or heat. These results, in addition to those from PLA2 assays using different substrates, also suggest that RPE-PLA2 enzymes are different from the well-known secretory, cytoplasmic and Ca2+-independent forms. Sequential extraction of RPE with (1) isotonic, (2) hypertonic and (3) detergent-containing PBS argues for the presence of weakly membrane-associated enzymes. Control experiments using 'back and forth' TLC allowed us to discriminate between PLA2 and phospholipase C/diacylglycerol lipase activity and confirmed that, in our assay conditions, the release of fatty acids was indeed due to PLA2 enzymes. These results, together with those obtained by treating RPE homogenates with H2SO4, guanosine 5'-[gamma-thio]triphosphate, ATP and different protease inhibitors, permitted us to make the first characterization of these RPE-PLA2 enzymes. We conclude that RPE contains novel types of PLA2 that are different from the secretory, cytoplasmic and Ca2+-independent forms.
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- M Jacob
- GREIB, Département de Chimie-Biologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada G9A 5H7
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Soubeyrand S, Manjunath P. Novel seminal phospholipase A2 is inhibited by the major proteins of bovine seminal plasma. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1341:183-8. [PMID: 9357957 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(97)00070-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The activity of a novel phospholipase A2, isolated from bovine seminal plasma, was completely inhibited by low concentrations of the major proteins of bovine seminal plasma (BSP proteins). The inhibition was observed towards micellar as well as liposomal phosphatidylcholine. By solid phase binding assay it was determined that the inhibition involved a reduced accessibility to the lipidic substrate. Since the BSP proteins interact with choline phospholipids and since this interaction can be prevented by low concentrations of free choline, the effect of choline on the inhibition was studied. Choline could only partially relieve, even at high concentrations, the phospholipase A2 inhibition. The reduced accessibility appears to proceed via two distinct interactions: binding to the substrate on one hand and to the enzyme on the other hand. These results indicate that the BSP proteins may act as spermatozoa stabilizing agents by preventing premature lipolysis of the sperm surface.
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- S Soubeyrand
- Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Qc, Canada
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