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  • Title: Alpha 1-adrenergic stimulation of phospholipase C activity in purified cardiac sarcolemmal membranes.
    Author: Meij JT, Dhalla V, Panagia V.
    Journal: Receptor; 1994; 4(2):109-19. PubMed ID: 7950979.
    Abstract:
    Cardiac sarcolemmal (SL) phospholipase C (PLC) is a key enzyme in the signal transduction of several cardiac receptors. Thus, the earlier described Ca(2+)-stimulated SL PLC activity may represent variously coupled enzymes. The present study was undertaken to delineate the alpha 1-adrenoceptor/G protein-stimulated PLC activity in purified cardiac SL vesicles. Although certain detergents and membrane pore formers enhanced SL PLC activity, measured as formation of 3H-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate [Ins(1,4,5)P3] from 3H-phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, alpha 1-adrenoceptor stimulated activity was not observed. When SL vesicles were preincubated (0-4 degrees C) with substrate in detergent-free buffer, subsequent incubation (37 degrees C; in mM: 100 NaCl, 2 EGTA, 1.8 CaCl2, 10 LiCl) resulted in a time-dependent production of 3H-Ins(1,4,5)P3, that was increased in the presence of 100 microM GTP gamma S. GTP gamma S stimulation of SL PLC activity required the presence of Mg2+ and Ca2+, but was lost at (sub)millimolar concentrations of these bivalent cations. Mg2+ (0.01-10 mM) promoted a 2,3-diphosphoglycerate-insensitive phosphatase activity. GTP gamma S enhanced the sensitivity of SL PLC to Ca2+, but did not increase the maximum Ca2+ (0.1-1 mM) stimulated SL PLC activity. At 5 microM Ca2+, GTP gamma S induced a concentration-dependent rise in inositol phosphates production, which was further elevated by the alpha 1-agonist, phenylephrine (PhE). The PhE-effect was inhibited by the alpha 1-antagonist prazosin, but not by the beta-antagonist atenolol. These results show that the components necessary for the alpha 1-adrenoceptor transmembrane signal are associated with the SL membrane and can be functionally coupled.
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