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1.
FEBS Lett ; 579(20): 4333-6, 2005 Aug 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16054141

ABSTRACT

Gymnemic acids (GA) inhibited rabbit muscle glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) activity. Binding of GA to GAPDH was observed by surface plasmon resonance measurement. Incubation of GAPDH with GA induced a smearing of the GAPDH band in SDS-PAGE. The GA-induced smearing was diminished by prior incubation of GA with gamma-cyclodextrin or by GA treatment with NAD. GA treatment did not affect the electrophoretic mobility of glucose-6-phosphate isomerase and dehydrogenase. GA treatment diminished the GAPDH band detected by an antibody to phosphoserine, but did not affect the phosphoserine bands of glucose-6-phosphate isomerase and dehydrogenase. These results indicated that GA specifically induced dephosphorylation of GAPDH.


Subject(s)
Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (NADP+)/antagonists & inhibitors , Saponins/pharmacology , Triterpenes/pharmacology , Animals , Electrophoresis , Phosphorylation/drug effects , Rabbits
2.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem ; 69(3): 553-8, 2005 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15784984

ABSTRACT

We analyzed the human monocyte-stimulating ability of laminarin from Eisenia bicyclis, lichenan from Cetraria islandica, and their oligomers depolymerized with endo-1,3-beta-glucanase from Arthrobacter sp. The respective beta-glucan oligomers with different degrees of polymerization (DP) were fractionated from hydrolytic products of laminarin and lichenan using gel-filtration chromatography. The monocyte-conditioned medium pre-cultured in the presence of a fraction of beta-glucan oligomer (DP>/=8) from laminarin exhibited inhibitory activity against the proliferation of human myeloid leukemia U937 cells, while those pre-cultured with other beta-glucan oligomers and the original laminarin and lichenan showed little or no activity. NMR analysis indicated that the beta-glucan oligomer (DP>/=8) has an average DP value of 13, and its ratio of beta-1,3- to beta-1,6-linkages in glucopyranose units was estimated to be 1.3:1. These results indicate that the beta-1,3-glucan oligomer with a higher content of beta-1,6-linkage stimulates monocytes to inhibit the proliferation of U937 cells.


Subject(s)
Biopolymers/chemistry , Cell Division/drug effects , Monocytes/drug effects , Polysaccharides/chemistry , beta-Glucans/chemistry , Biopolymers/pharmacology , Glucans , Humans , Molecular Structure , Monocytes/cytology , Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular , U937 Cells , beta-Glucans/pharmacology
3.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16508094

ABSTRACT

Endo-1,3-beta-glucanases hydrolyze internal 1,3-beta-glucosyl linkages. The endo-1,3-beta-glucanase from Arthrobacter sp. was crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. The crystals belonged to space group P4(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 71.31, c = 60.07 A, and contained one molecule per asymmetric unit. The Matthews coefficient (VM) and the solvent content were 2.35 A3 Da(-1) and 47.63%, respectively. Diffraction data were collected to a resolution of 1.66 A at SPring-8 using a MAR CCD area detector and gave a data set with an overall Rmerge of 5.4% and a completeness of 99.4%.


Subject(s)
Arthrobacter/enzymology , Glycoside Hydrolases/chemistry , Bacterial Proteins/chemistry , Bacterial Proteins/isolation & purification , Chromatography, Gel , Chromatography, Ion Exchange , Crystallography, X-Ray , Glycoside Hydrolases/isolation & purification , Models, Molecular , Protein Structure, Secondary
4.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem ; 68(11): 2411-4, 2004 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15564687

ABSTRACT

Our earlier studies indicate that stromal alkalinization is essential for light-induced increase in free Mg(2+) concentration ([Mg(2+)]) in chloroplast. Stromal [Mg(2+)] was increased by dark incubation of chloroplasts in the K(+)-gluconate medium (pH 8.0), or by NH(4)Cl. These results indicate that stromal alkalinization can induce an increase in stromal [Mg(2+)] without illumination. Some inhibitors of envelope proton-translocating ATPase activity involved in H(+) efflux inhibited the alkalinization-induced increase in [Mg(2+)].


Subject(s)
Adenosine Triphosphatases/antagonists & inhibitors , Chloroplasts/metabolism , Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology , Magnesium/metabolism , Spinacia oleracea/metabolism , Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism , Calcium Gluconate/pharmacology , Chloroplasts/drug effects , Culture Media , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Light , RNA, Plant/biosynthesis
5.
Anal Biochem ; 332(1): 84-9, 2004 Sep 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15301952

ABSTRACT

We have established a simple kinetic model applicable to the enzyme cycling reaction for the determination of 3alpha-hydroxysteroids. This reaction was conducted under the reversible catalytic function of a single 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3alpha-HSD) with nucleotide cofactors, thio-NAD(+) (one of the NAD(+) analogues) for the oxidation of 3alpha-hydroxysteroids and NADH for the reduction of 3-oxosteroids. This model was constructed based on the reaction mechanism of 3alpha-HSD, following an ordered bi-bi mechanism with cofactor binding first, under the assumption that the respective enzyme-cofactor complexes were distributed according to the initial ratio of thio-NAD(+) to NADH by the rapid equilibrium of both enzyme-cofactor complexes. The cycling rate in the new kinetic model could be expressed with the dissociation constants of enzyme-cofactor complexes and the initial concentrations of cofactors and enzyme. The cycling rate was verified by a comparison with the experimental data using 3alpha-HSD from Pseudomonas sp. B-0831. The results showed that the experimental data corresponded well with the results obtained from the kinetic model.


Subject(s)
3-alpha-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase (B-Specific)/metabolism , NAD/analogs & derivatives , NAD/metabolism , Data Interpretation, Statistical , Kinetics , Models, Biological
6.
Eur J Biochem ; 271(9): 1774-80, 2004 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15096216

ABSTRACT

The dual nucleotide cofactor-specific enzyme, 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3alpha-HSD) from Pseudomonas sp. B-0831, is a member of the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) superfamily. Transient-phase kinetic studies using the fluorescence stopped-flow method were conducted with 3alpha-HSD to characterize the nucleotide binding mechanism. The binding of oxidized nucleotides, NAD(+), NADP(+) and nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide (NAAD(+)), agreed well with a one-step mechanism, while that of reduced nucleotide, NADH, showed a two-step mechanism. This difference draws attention to previous characteristic findings on rat liver 3alpha-HSD, which is a member of the aldo-keto reductase (AKR) superfamily. Although functionally similar, AKRs are structurally different from SDRs. The dissociation rate constants associated with the enzyme-nucleotide complex formation were larger than the k(cat) values for either oxidation or reduction of substrates, indicating that the release of cofactors is not rate-limiting overall. It should also be noted that k(cat) for a substrate, cholic acid, with NADP(+) was only 6% of that with NAD(+), and no catalytic activity was detectable with NAAD(+), despite the similar binding affinities of nucleotides. These results suggest that a certain type of nucleotide can modulate nucleotide-binding mode and further the catalytic function of the enzyme.


Subject(s)
3-alpha-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase (B-Specific)/metabolism , NADP/metabolism , NAD/analogs & derivatives , NAD/metabolism , Pseudomonas/enzymology , Fluorescence , Kinetics , Substrate Specificity
7.
Arch Biochem Biophys ; 412(1): 126-32, 2003 Apr 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12646275

ABSTRACT

Free Mg(2+) in chloroplasts may contribute to the regulation of photosynthetic enzymes, but adequate methodology for the determination of free Mg(2+) concentration ([Mg(2+)]) in chloroplasts has been lacking. We measured internal chloroplast [Mg(2+)] by using a Mg-sensitive fluorescent indicator, mag-fura-2. In intact, dark-kept spinach chloroplasts, internal [Mg(2+)] was estimated to be 0.50 mM, and illumination caused an increase in [Mg(2+)] to 2.0mM in the stroma. The light-induced increase in [Mg(2+)] was inhibited by a blocker of driven electron transport and uncouplers. The K(+)-specific ionophore valinomycin inhibited the [Mg(2+)] increase in the absence of external K(+), and addition of KCl restored the [Mg(2+)] increase. NH(4)Cl, which induces stromal alkalinization, enhanced the [Mg(2+)] increase. A Ca(2+)-channel blocker, ruthenium red, inhibited the [Mg(2+)] increase, but LaCl(3) had no effect. These results indicate that stromal alkalinization is essential for light-induced increase in [Mg(2+)]. This system for measuring internal chloroplast [Mg(2+)] might provide a suitable system for assay of Mg(2+) transport activity of chloroplast membranes.


Subject(s)
Chloroplasts/metabolism , Light , Magnesium/pharmacology , Spinacia oleracea/metabolism , Calcium/metabolism , Calibration , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Fluorescent Dyes/pharmacology , Fura-2/pharmacology , Ionophores/pharmacology , Lanthanum/pharmacology , Potassium Chloride/pharmacology , Ruthenium Red/pharmacology , Spectrometry, Fluorescence , Time Factors , Valinomycin/pharmacology
8.
Exp Mol Pathol ; 72(3): 186-95, 2002 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12009782

ABSTRACT

Extracellular matrix glycoprotein tenascin-C (TNC) expression is up-regulated in tissue remodeling processes such as tumorigenesis and wound healing. Mouse tenascin-C contains six alternatively spliced domains (A1, A2, A4, B, C, and D) between the fifth and the sixth type III fibronectin domains, which generate large numbers of TNC isoforms. To study TNC isoform variability of wound healing in mice, we induced glomerulonephritis by using Habu snake venom (HSV) and examined alternatively spliced regions by the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique. RT-PCR products were separated into seven bands in both healthy and diseased kidneys. Among the seven bands, those containing one or five alternatively spliced domains were mainly up-regulated from 2 days to 1 week after HSV injection. Southern blotting revealed that only domain-D detected all six bands in both healthy and diseased kidneys. Furthermore, only the domain-C transcriptional level did not show an obvious change in progress following HSV injection. These results suggested that (a) the isoforms containing one or five alternatively spliced domains play important roles in the healing process of glomerulonephritis, (b) domain-D is particularly significant in kidney, and (c) domain-C may not play an important role in the healing process of HSV-induced glomerulonephritis.


Subject(s)
Glomerulonephritis/genetics , Tenascin/genetics , Alternative Splicing , Animals , Crotalid Venoms/toxicity , Gene Expression , Glomerulonephritis/chemically induced , Glomerulonephritis/pathology , Kidney/drug effects , Kidney/metabolism , Kidney/pathology , Male , Mice , Protein Isoforms/chemistry , Protein Isoforms/genetics , Protein Isoforms/metabolism , Protein Structure, Tertiary , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Tenascin/chemistry , Tenascin/metabolism , Trimeresurus
9.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 290(4): 1220-7, 2002 Feb 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11811993

ABSTRACT

Tenascin-C (TNC) knockout (TNKO) mice showed reduced proliferation of mesangial cells and abnormal restoration after habu-snake venom (HSV)-induced glomerulonephritis. In this study, we examined the relationship of TNC and platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) in glomerular mesangial cells. TNC and PDGFR-alpha and -beta transcriptions were up-regulated in wild type (WT) mice after HSV injection, but in TNKO mice PDGFR-alpha transcription was not up-regulated. Immunohistochemistry showed that PDGFR-alpha was found in mesangial areas of colocalized alpha-smooth muscle actin, but in TNKO mice it was not detectable. In vitro studies showed that the expressions of PDGFR-alpha and -beta mRNA and protein in cultured glomerular mesangial cells (GMC) of TNKO mice were lower than those in WT GMC. These results suggest that failures of both TNC and PDGFR-alpha are a candidate for abnormal restoration of TNKO mice.


Subject(s)
Glomerular Mesangium/metabolism , Tenascin/deficiency , Tenascin/genetics , Animals , Cell Division , Crotalid Venoms/toxicity , Glomerular Mesangium/pathology , Glomerulonephritis/chemically induced , Glomerulonephritis/genetics , Glomerulonephritis/metabolism , Glomerulonephritis/pathology , Immunohistochemistry , Male , Mice , Mice, Knockout , RNA, Messenger/genetics , RNA, Messenger/metabolism , Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta/deficiency , Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta/genetics , Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta/metabolism , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Tenascin/metabolism , Transcription, Genetic , Trimeresurus
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