Effects of adenine nucleotides on rice-root adenosine triphosphate sulphurylase activity in vitro.
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SUBMITTER: Onajobi FD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1165619 | biostudies-other | 1975 Jul
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Project description:Production of adenosine 5'-[35S]sulphatophosphate by a partially purified ATP sulphurylase from Anabaena cylindrica was inhibited by AMP, ADP and P1. Decreases in enzyme activity in the presence of these inhibitors were reversed by increasing the concentrations of ATP. The adenine nucleotides inhibited the enzyme competitively with respect to ATP. In the presence of P1, ATP showed a positive co-operative effect on enzyme activity. The inhibition by P1 was enhanced by increasing concentrations of MG2+. The effects of the adenine nucleotides and the interaction of P1 and Mg2+ on ATP sulphurylase activity are discussed in relation to the regulation of sulphate assimilation via the energy metabolism of the alga.
| S-EPMC1164770 | biostudies-other
Project description:1. ATP sulphurylase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae was purified 140-fold by using heat treatment, DEAE-cellulose chromatography and Sepharose 6B gel filtration. 2. The enzyme was stable at -15 degrees C, optimum reaction velocity was between pH7.0 and 9.0, and the activation energy was 62kJ/mol (14.7kcal/mol). 3. The substrate was shown to be the MgATP(2-) complex, free ATP being inhibitory. 4. Double-reciprocal plots from initial-velocity studies were intersecting and the K(m) of each substrate was determined at infinite concentration of the other (K(m) MgATP(2-), 0.07mm; MoO(4) (2-), 0.17mm). 5. Radio-isotopic exchange between the substrate pairs, adenosine 5'-[(35)S]sulphatophosphate and SO(4) (2-), (35)SO(4) (2-) and adenosine 5'-sulphatophosphate, occurred only in the presence of either MgATP(2-) or PP(i). This suggests, along with the initial-velocity data, a sequential reaction mechanism in which both substrates bind before any product is released. 6. The enzyme reaction was specific for ATP and was not inhibited by l-cysteine, l-methionine, SO(3) (2-), S(2)O(3) (2-) (all 2mm) nor by p-chloromercuribenzoate (1mm). 7. Competitive inhibition of the enzyme with respect to MoO(4) (2-) was produced by SO(4) (2-) (K(i)=2.0mm) and non-competitive inhibition by sulphide (K(i)=3.4mm). 8. Adenosine 5'-sulphatophosphate inhibited strongly and concentrations as low as 0.02mm altered the normal hyperbolic velocity-substrate curves with both MgATP(2-) and MoO(4) (2-) to sigmoidal forms.
| S-EPMC1177733 | biostudies-other
Project description:RATIONALE:Decreased alkaline phosphatase activity after infant cardiac surgery is associated with increased post-operative cardiovascular support requirements. In adults undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, alkaline phosphatase infusion may reduce inflammation. Mechanisms underlying these effects have not been explored but may include decreased conversion of extracellular adenine nucleotides to adenosine. OBJECTIVES:1) Evaluate the association between alkaline phosphatase activity and serum conversion of adenosine monophosphate to adenosine after infant cardiac surgery; 2) assess if inhibition/supplementation of serum alkaline phosphatase modulates this conversion. METHODS AND RESEARCH:Pre/post-bypass serum samples were obtained from 75 infants <4 months of age. Serum conversion of 13C5-adenosine monophosphate to 13C5-adenosine was assessed with/without selective inhibition of alkaline phosphatase and CD73. Low and high concentration 13C5-adenosine monophosphate (simulating normal/stress concentrations) were used. Effects of alkaline phosphatase supplementation on adenosine monophosphate clearance were also assessed. Changes in serum alkaline phosphatase activity were strongly correlated with changes in 13C5-adenosine production with or without CD73 inhibition (r = 0.83; p<0.0001). Serum with low alkaline phosphatase activity (?80 U/L) generated significantly less 13C5-adenosine, particularly in the presence of high concentration 13C5-adenosine monophosphate (10.4?mol/L vs 12.9?mol/L; p = 0.0004). Inhibition of alkaline phosphatase led to a marked decrease in 13C5-adenosine production (11.9?mol/L vs 2.7?mol/L; p<0.0001). Supplementation with physiologic dose human tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase or high dose bovine intestinal alkaline phosphatase doubled 13C5-adenosine monophosphate conversion to 13C5-adenosine (p<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS:Alkaline phosphatase represents the primary serum ectonucleotidase after infant cardiac surgery and low post-operative alkaline phosphatase activity leads to impaired capacity to clear adenosine monophosphate. AP supplementation improves serum clearance of adenosine monophosphate to adenosine. These findings represent a potential therapeutic mechanism for alkaline phosphatase infusion during cardiac surgery. NEW AND NOTEWORTHY:We identify alkaline phosphatase (AP) as the primary soluble ectonucleotidase in infants undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass and show decreased capacity to clear AMP when AP activity decreases post-bypass. Supplementation of AP ex vivo improves this capacity and may represent the beneficial therapeutic mechanism of AP infusion seen in phase 2 studies.
| S-EPMC4934870 | biostudies-literature
Project description:1. Sulphate-dependent PP(i)-ATP exchange, catalysed by purified spinach leaf ATP sulphurylase, was correlated with the concentration of MgATP(2-) and MgP(2)O(7) (2-); ATP sulphurylase activity was not correlated with the concentration of free Mg(2+). 2. Sulphate-dependent PP(i)-ATP exchange was independent of PP(i) concentration, but dependent on the concentration of ATP and sulphate. The rate of sulphate-dependent PP(i)-ATP exchange was quantitatively defined by the rate equation applicable to the initial rate of a bireactant sequential mechanism under steady-state conditions. 3. Chlorate, nitrate and ADP inhibited the exchange reaction. The inhibition by chlorate and nitrate was uncompetitive with respect to ATP and competitive with respect to sulphate. The inhibition by ADP was competitive with respect to ATP and non-competitive with respect to sulphate. 4. ATP sulphurylase catalysed the synthesis of [(32)P]ATP from [(32)P]PP(i) and adenosine 5'-sulphatophosphate in the absence of sulphate; some properties of the reaction are described. Enzyme activity was dependent on the concentration of PP(i) and adenosine 5'-sulphatophosphate. 5. The synthesis of ATP from PP(i) and adenosine 5'-sulphatophosphate was inhibited by sulphate and ATP. The inhibition by sulphate was non-competitive with respect to PP(i) and adenosine 5'-sulphatophosphate; the inhibition by ATP was competitive with respect to adenosine 5'-sulphatophosphate and non-competitive with respect to PP(i). It was concluded that the reaction catalysed by spinach leaf ATP sulphurylase was ordered; expressing the order in the forward direction, MgATP(2-) was the first product to react with the enzyme and MgP(2)O(7) (2-) was the first product released. 6. The expected exchange reaction between sulphate and adenosine 5'-sulphatophosphate could not be demonstrated.
| S-EPMC1166247 | biostudies-other
Project description:BackgroundHuman PMS2 (hPMS2) homologues act to nick 5' and 3' to misincorporated nucleotides during mismatch repair in organisms that lack MutH. Mn(++) was previously found to stimulate the endonuclease activity of these homologues. ATP was required for the nicking activity of hPMS2 and yPMS1, but was reported to inhibit bacterial MutL proteins from Thermus thermophilus and Aquifex aeolicus that displayed homology to hPMS2. Mutational analysis has identified the DQHA(X)(2)E(X)(4)E motif present in the C-terminus of PMS2 homologues as important for endonuclease activity.Methodologies/principal findingsWe examined the effect ATP had on the Mn(++) induced nicking of supercoiled pBR322 by full-length and mutant A. aeolicus MutL (Aae MutL) proteins. Assays were single time point, enzyme titration experiments or reaction time courses. The maximum velocity for MutL nicking was determined to be 1.6+/-0.08x10(-5) s(-1) and 4.2+/-0.3x10(-5) s(-1) in the absence and presence of ATP, respectively. AMPPNP stimulated the nicking activity to a similar extent as ATP. A truncated Aae MutL protein composed of only the C-terminal 123 amino acid residues was found to nick supercoiled DNA. Furthermore, mutations in the conserved C-terminal DQHA(X)(2)E(X)(4)E and CPHGRP motifs were shown to abolish Aae MutL endonuclease activity.ConclusionsATP stimulated the Mn(++) induced endonuclease activity of Aae MutL. Experiments utilizing AMPPNP implied that the stimulation did not require ATP hydrolysis. A mutation in the DQHA(X)(2)E(X)(4)E motif of Aae MutL further supported the role of this region in endonclease activity. For the first time, to our knowledge, we demonstrate that changing the histidine residue in the conserved CPHGRP motif abolishes endonucleolytic activity of a hPMS2 homologue. Finally, the C-terminal 123 amino acid residues of Aae MutL were sufficient to display Mn(++) induced nicking activity.
| S-EPMC2744016 | biostudies-literature
Project description:1. ATP sulphurylase was assayed in various organs from vitamin A-deficient and pair-fed control rats at different stages of deficiency. Activity decreased slightly in the liver and markedly in the adrenal gland. Striking differences in liver activity were observed between pair-fed control and ad libitum-fed animals. This observation suggested that diet (apart from vitamin A) strongly influenced the activity of ATP sulphurylase. 2. Total starvation caused a severe decrease in activity in liver within 48hr. This was due to a lack of protein intake. 3. By feeding groups of vitamin A-deficient and pair-fed control rats on a diet containing 80% protein, the specific activity of the liver ATP sulphurylase was maintained in the pair-fed control group at the normal level of an ad libitum-fed rat, whereas it decreased by 25% (statistically significant at P<0.01) in the deficient rat. On a 20%-protein diet, there were no significant differences between vitamin A-deficient and pair-fed control rats. These relationships held also for enzyme activity expressed per g. of liver, per total liver and per g. of DNA. There were no differences in liver protein or DNA concentration between vitamin A-deficient and control rats on either protein intake. 4. Control rats on a 20%-protein diet had liver specific enzyme activities about one-half of those in control rats on an 80%-protein diet, as well as lower liver protein concentrations. 5. It is concluded that, when the effect of protein deprivation on ATP sulphurylase is separated from the effect of vitamin A deficiency, a lowering of the enzyme activity caused by the vitamin deficiency is demonstrable.
| S-EPMC1186753 | biostudies-other
Project description:In the presence of ATP and Mg2+, ATP sulphurylase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae catalysed the conversion of selenate into a compound with the electrophoretic and acid-lability properties of adenosine 5'-sulphatophosphate. Structural characterization, involving extensive purification of adenosine 5'-selenophosphate, proved impossible. However, we showed ATP-, Mg2+- and ATP sulphurylase-dependent, and inorganic pyrophosphatase-stimulated, production of elemental selenium from selenate in the presence of GSH (reduced glutathione). Since selenate was not reduced by GSH, this reaction proved that ATP sulphurylase had formed an active selenate. The enzyme catalysed formation of elemental selenium had the same kinetics and GSH-dependency as the non-enzymic reduction of selenite to elemental selenium by GSH. In the presence of inorganic pyrophosphatase, 2 mol of Pi was released for each mol of 'active selenate' formed. This was shown by a spectrophotometric assay for elemental selenium. The observed reactivity with thiols and the instability of the enzymic product were those predicted for selenium anhydrides. By analogy with the chemistry of sulphur, the product of the thiolytic cleavage of a selenium anhydride would be converted into selenite. The selenite would then be reduced by the thiol to elemental selenium. We conclude that ATP sulphurylase can catalyse the formation of adenosine 5'-selenophosphate. The anhydride can be reduced by thiols in a manner similar to the reduction of selenite. These results probably explain the ability of mammals, lacking a sulphate reductase system, to incorporate selenium from selenate into seleno-amino acids.
| S-EPMC1164733 | biostudies-other
Project description:1. A new method is described for the assay of ADP sulphurylase. The method involves sulphate-dependent [(32)P]P(i)-ADP exchange; the method is simpler, more sensitive and more direct than the method involving adenosine 5'-sulphatophosphate-dependent uptake of P(i). 2. ADP sulphurylase activity was demonstrated in crude extracts of leaf tissue from a range of plants. Crude spinach extract catalysed the sulphate-dependent synthesis of [(32)P]ADP from [(32)P]P(i); spinach extracts did not catalyse sulphate-dependent AMP-P(i), ADP-PP(i) or ATP-P(i) exchange under standard assay conditions. ADP sulphurylase activity in spinach leaf tissue was associated with chloroplasts and was liberated by sonication. 3. Some elementary kinetics of crude spinach leaf and purified yeast ADP sulphurylases in the standard assay are described; addition of Ba(2+) was necessary to minimize endogenous P(i)-ADP exchange of the yeast enzyme and crude extracts of winter-grown spinach. 4. Spinach leaf ADP sulphurylase was activated by Ba(2+) and Ca(2+); Mg(2+) was ineffective. The yeast enzyme was also activated by Ba(2+). The activity of both enzymes decreased with increasing ionic strength. 5. Purified yeast and spinach leaf ADP sulphurylases were sensitive to thiol-group reagents and fluoride. The pH optimum was 8. ATP inhibited sulphate-dependent P(i)-ADP exchange. Neither selenate nor molybdate inhibited sulphate-dependent P(i)-ADP exchange and crude spinach extracts did not catalyse selenate-dependent P(i)-ADP exchange. 6. The presence of ADP sulphurylase activity jeopardizes the enzymic synthesis of adenosine 5'-sulphatophosphate from ATP and sulphate with purified ATP sulphurylase and pyrophosphatase.
| S-EPMC1177721 | biostudies-other
Project description:1. ATP sulphurylase was purified up to 1000-fold from spinach leaf tissue. Activity was measured by sulphate-dependent [(32)P]PP(i)-ATP exchange. The enzyme was separated from Mg(2+)-requiring alkaline pyrophosphatase (which interferes with the PP(i)-ATP-exchange assay) and from other PP(i)-ATP-exchange activities. No ADP sulphurylase activity was detected. 2. Sulphate was the only form of inorganic sulphur that catalysed PP(i)-ATP exchange; K(m) (sulphate) was 3.1mm, K(m) (ATP) was 0.35mm and the pH optimum was 7.5-9.0. The enzyme was insensitive to thiol-group reagents and required either Mg(2+) or Co(2+) for activity. 3. The enzyme catalysed [(32)P]PP(i)-dATP exchange; K(m) (dATP) was 0.84mm and V (dATP) was 30% of V (ATP). Competition between ATP and dATP was demonstrated. 4. Selenate catalysed [(32)P]PP(i)-ATP exchange and competed with sulphate; K(m) (selenate) was 1.0mm and V (selenate) was 30% of V (sulphate). No AMP was formed with selenate as substrate. Molybdate did not catalyse PP(i)-ATP exchange, but AMP was formed. 5. Synthesis of adenosine 5'-[(35)S]sulphatophosphate was demonstrated by coupling purified ATP sulphurylase and Mg(2+)-dependent alkaline pyrophosphatase (also prepared from spinach) with [(35)S]sulphate and ATP as substrates; adenosine 5'-sulphatophosphate was not synthesized in the absence of pyrophosphatase. Some parameters of the coupled system are reported.
| S-EPMC1178578 | biostudies-other
Project description:Cancer is still one of the world's most pressing health-care challenges, leading to a high number of deaths worldwide. Immunotherapy is a new developing therapy that boosts patient's immune system to fight cancer by modifying tumor-immune cells interaction in the tumor microenvironment (TME). Extracellular adenosine triphosphate (eATP) and adenosine (Ado) are signaling molecules released in the TME that act as modulators of both immune and tumor cell responses. Extracellular adenosine triphosphate and Ado activate purinergic type 2 (P2) and type 1 (P1) receptors, respectively, triggering the so-called purinergic signaling. The concentration of eATP and Ado within the TME is tightly controlled by several cell-surface ectonucleotidases, such as CD39 and CD73, the major ecto-enzymes expressed in cancer cells, immune cells, stromal cells, and vasculature, being CD73 also expressed on tumor-associated fibroblasts. Once accumulated in the TME, eATP boosts antitumor immune response, while Ado attenuates or suppresses immunity against the tumor. In addition, both molecules can mediate growth stimulation or inhibition of the tumor, depending on the specific receptor activated. Therefore, purinergic signaling is able to modulate both tumor and immune cells behavior and, consequently, the tumor-host interaction and disease progression. In this review, we discuss the role of purinergic signaling in the host-tumor interaction detailing the multifaceted effects of eATP and Ado in the inflammatory TME. Moreover, we present recent findings into the application of purinergic-targeting therapy as a potential novel option to boost antitumor immune responses in cancer.
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