Electrophoretic characterization of six selected enzymes of peanut cultivars

The isozyme patterns (both anodic and cathodic) of esterase, catalase, leucine aminopeptidase, acid phosphatase, alcohol dehydrogenase and INT oxidase in individual seeds from several peanut cultivars (Arachis hypogaea) were characterized by polyacrylamide and starch gel electrophoresis in relation to the stages of seed development, maturity, and germination, geographic areas where grown and phylogenetic relationship. Of the six enzymes examined, only esterase contained cathodic isozymes, of which the patterns served to distinguish between the Spanish and the Virginia-type peanuts. Anodic esterase and acid phosphatase zymograms of early developing and germinating peanuts could be distinguished from those of predormant and mature seeds and the latter showed much intravarietal variation which was consistent among cultivars and the geographic areas where grown. Anodic isozymes of catalase, leucine aminopeptidase, alcohol dehydrogenase and INT oxidase were synthesized very early in peanut development and remained constant through maturity and to at least 24 hr germination; they were consistent within and between peanut cultivars and they were not influenced by the environmental conditions of the areas where the peanuts were grown. The consistency of the isozyme patterns within and between cultivars supports the suggestion that plant breeding programs used to develop superior cultivars have produced genetic uniformity in peanuts.     

二倍体型与三倍体型卫氏并殖吸虫同工酶谱的发育变异及其分类学意义

采用生趣板状聚丙烯酰胺胶是民泳法分析比较了二倍体型与三倍体型卫氏并殖吸虫童虫、成虫的醛缩酶、已糖激酶和葡萄糖－６－磷酸脱氢酶的同工酶谱,结果显示２ｎ型与３ｎ型卫氏并殖吸虫在不同发育期之间及两型吸虫相应各发育期之间ＡＬＤ、ＨＫ及Ｇ６ＰＤ同工酶谱均显著变异,变异表现为两种方式,一种是在同一个基因座位区的同工酶的酶带数目     

Developmental genetics of the esterase isozymes of Fundulus heteroclitus

The ontogeny of the esterase isozymes of the teleost, Fundulus heteroclitus, has been investigated. One group of esterase isozymes is present at all stages of development, whereas other esterase isozymes only very gradually appear at later stages of development, or abruptly appear at such dramatic developmental events as hatching. The ontogeny of these isozyme patterns is interpreted as the expression of differential regulation of separate esterase genes. The general pattern of teleost esterase gene activation is similar to that reported for birds and mammals. Allelic variation was detected at two of the esterase loci. On the basis of electrophoretic mobility, substrate specificity, inhibitor specificity, genetic variation, and ontogeny of esterases, there appear to be at least 15 different esterase isozymes, which constitute 6–8 groups, each of which is probably encoded in one or more genetic loci.This study was supported by NSF Grant GB 544OX to Professor C. L. Markert and an NSF Graduate Fellowship to G. S. Whitt.     

Evaluation of a catalase inhibitor in the developmental regulation of maize catalase

A protein which has been shown to inhibit catalase in vitro appears to vary inversely with catalase activity in the maize scutellum during early sporophytic development when assayed using a catalase inhibition assay. This result suggested that the inhibitor protein may play a direct role in regulating catalase activity during this time period. Four experimental approaches were used to evaluate this putative regulatory role, including immunological quantitation of individual catalase isozymes during germination using rocket immunoelectrophoresis, perturbation of normal catalase expression with hydrogen peroxide or allylisopropylacetamide (AIA), examination of a mutant line with an altered catalase developmental program, and direct radioimmunoassay of the inhibitor protein during germination. The results of these experiments indicate that the quantitative changes in catalase activity during development are not mainly due to changes in the expression of the catalase inhibitor. Other possible roles of this protein in catalase regulation are discussed.     

Developmental expression of the creatine kinase isozyme system of Xenopus: maternally derived CK-IV isoform persists far beyond the degradation of its maternal mRNA and into the zygotic expression period

The differential expression of the multilocus CK isozyme system throughout development of the two Xenopus species X. laevis and X. borealis was investigated. A cDNA containing the nearly complete coding sequence of the CK-IV subunit of X. laevis was isolated and sequenced. Early development of X. laevis proceeds with a stock of maternally derived CK-IV/IV isozyme. While the mRNA declines rapidly after fertilization and disappears before neurulation, maternal CK-IV/IV isozyme is active far beyond the onset of zygotic expression and is still detectable when tadpoles start feeding. Zygotic expression of CK-IV begins after neurulation, at stage 22/24, and seems to start simultaneously with that of another gene, CK-III. Modulation in the expression of these two genes and the appearance of two other isoforms, the CK-I and CK-II/III isozymes, take place during development in a tissue-specific manner. During metamorphosis, the CK phenotypes of eyes and skeletal musculature undergo additional changes. The final adult pattern only appears several weeks after metamorphosis. The presumed orthologous CK isozymes of X. borealis show a developmental profile similar to that of X. laevis, except that CK-II/II is equally present in oocytes and during early development, in addition to CK-IV/IV isozyme. These results show that the expression of each of the four CK genes of Xenopus is under differential developmental control.     

香果树体细胞胚胎发生过程中4种同工酶的研究

用非变性聚丙烯凝胶电泳技术对香果树体细胞胚胎发生及形态建成过程中过氧化物酶(POD)、酯酶(EST)、淀粉酶(AMY)和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)4种同工酶进行分析.结果表明:香果树体细胞胚胎发生及形态建成过程中,POD、EST、AMY和SOD活性变化与胚性愈伤组织的诱导及体细胞胚的发生发育密切相关.非胚性愈伤组织和胚性愈伤组织酶谱差异明显,胚性愈伤组织中EST和AMY同工酶酶带多且活性高,非胚性愈伤组织中缺乏EST和AMY同工酶表达,AMY同工酶可作为胚性细胞分化和发育的重要标志.香果树体细胞胚形态建成过程中,球形胚时期的AMY、POD、EST同_T酶活性最强,表明这一时期生理代谢旺盛,是体细胞胚形态建成的关键时期;POD、AMY和SOD 3种同工酶的酶谱及表达强弱在形态建成的不同时期呈现有规律的变化,可作为香果树体细胞胚发生发育特定时期的参考标记. 与胚性愈伤组织的诱导及体细胞胚的发生发育密切相关.非胚性愈伤组织和胚性愈伤组织酶谱差异明显,胚性愈伤组织中EST和AMY同工酶酶带多且活性高,非胚性愈伤组织中缺乏EST和AMY同工酶表达,AMY同工酶町作为胚性细胞分化和发育的重要标志.香果树体细胞胚形态建成过程 ,球形胚时期的AMY、POD、EST同_T酶活性最强,表明这一时期生理代谢旺盛,是体细胞胚形态建成的关键时期;POD、AMY和SOD 3种同工酶的酶谱及表达强弱在形态建成的不同时期呈现有规律的变化,可作为香果树体细胞胚发生发育特定时期的参考标记. 与胚性愈伤组织的诱导及体细胞胚的发生发育密切相关.非胚性愈伤组织和胚性愈伤组织     

Superoxide dismutase and peroxidase are coordinately regulated in differentiated and transformed tissues of Nicotiana tabacum

We used a series of normal and Agrobacterium-transformed, bacteria-free tobacco tissue cultures which differ in their levels of histodifferentiation to test the relationship of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, and catalase to oncogenic transformation and differentiation. When compared with normal callus, tumor callus contained reduced levels of both superoxide dismutase and peroxidase, and a reduced number of isozymes of both enzymes. Teratomas characterized by limited but abnormal differentiation showed increases in superoxide-dismutase activity and isozymes, but levels of peroxidase activity lower than those found in normal callus despite an increase in the number of peroxidase isozymes. A similar disparity between low peroxidase activity and high isozyme number in the shoot suggests that there are increased levels of peroxidase inhibitors or of molecules which interfere with the spectrophotometric assay for peroxidase in more differentiated tissues. As judged by the number of isozymes of both superoxide dismutase and peroxidase in each tissue, the following conclusions are warranted: first, tobacco copper/zinc superoxide dismutases and peroxidases are encoded in several duplicated loci which are regulated independently. Second, transformation is associated with a decrease in both the specific activity and isozyme number of superoxide dismutase. Third, the partial release from the total inhibition of expression of differentiated function exhibited by teratoma is associated with an increase in both the activity and isozyme number of superoxide dismutase. Finally, the expression of superoxide dismutase and peroxidase isozymes appears to be coordinated during differentiation in a manner that is consistent with their role in an integrated mechanism for the removal of reduced oxygen species.     

Patterns of gene expression during teleost embryogenesis: Lactate dehydrogenase isozyme ontogeny in the medaka (Oryzias iatipes)

The ontogeny of the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH; EC 1.1.1.27) isozymes during medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryogenesis was determined after the genetic and molecular bases of this multilocus isozyme system were established. Three LDH loci are differentially expressed among the tissues of the adult medaka. The LDH-A locus was expressed almost exclusively in the white skeletal muscle, the LDH-B locus in all tissues examined, and the LDH-C locus in the eye and brain. The contribution of each of these LDH loci was quantitatively determined throughout early medaka embryogenesis by using a combination of electrophoretic, immunochemical, and spectrophotometric procedures. LDH-B₄ is present throughout embryogenesis and is the predominant LDH isozyme during this period. LDH-C subunit activity was first detected 146 hr after fertilization (26°C), 142 hr prior to hatching. LDH-A subunit activity, however, was not detected until after hatching and, then, only as heterotetramers containing LDH-B subunits. The pattern of LDH gene expression during medaka embryogenesis was compared with the patterns of LDH gene expression during early development in five other teleost species. Some common patterns of differential LDH gene expression appear to exist among the teleosts. In all species examined, isozymes encoded in at least one LDH locus, A and/or B, were present throughout development. Those isozymes present continually during embryogenesis also tend to be active in a wide variety of differentiated tissues in the adult fish. Conversely, LDH isozymes which are active in a restricted number of adult tissues are detected only later in embryogenesis. The initiation of LDH-C gene expression, however, is closely coupled with morphological and functional differentiation of those cells in which this locus is predominantly expressed in the adult.     

Immunohistochemical analysis of rat S-adenosylmethionine synthetase isozymes in developmental liver

Mammalian S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) synthetase exists as two isozymes, liver-type and kidney(non-hepatic)-type enzymes. The developmental expression of these two isozyme proteins has been investigated in rat liver using immunohistochemical techniques. The liver-type AdoMet synthetase is expressed only in adult liver, but not in fetal liver. On the other hand, the kidney-type AdoMet synthetase is predominantly expressed in fetal liver and faintly detected in adult liver. It was also found that both isozymes were localized to the hepatocytes of rat liver. These results clearly show that AdoMet synthetase isozymes are developmentally regulated within hepatocytes. In addition, in rat kidney we have shown that the kidney-type AdoMet synthetase is predominantly localized to the distal tubule.     

Adaptative features of enzymes from family sciaenidae (Perciformes)--I. Studies on soluble malate dehydrogenase (s-MDH) and creatinine kinase (CK) of fishes from the south coast of Uruguay

1. Electrophoretic analysis of the soluble malate dehydrogenase (s-MDH) and creatine kinase (CK) isozyme patterns of three species of temperate fishes (Scianidae, Perciformes) indicates at least two loci for s-MDH, Mdh-A and Mdh-B, and four CK, Ck-A, Ck-B, Ck-C and Ck-D. 2. The subunits encoded by these loci occurred at different levels in different tissues and organs analyzed. 3. Through electrophoretic analysis the products of these loci showed different behaviour to changes in temperature. 4. Relative activities of s-MDH and CK isozymes were compared by Klebe's (1975) method to determine pattern of divergence of duplicated gene expression in the three studied species.     

罗氏沼虾个体发育早期的同工酶研究

采用聚两燃酰胺梯度凝胶电泳技术,对罗氏沼虾个体发育早期9个时期的八种同工酶系统（EST、ALP、AMY、GDH、MDH、LDH、SOD、ME)进行研究,结果表明：SOD、ME在早期发育过程中酶谱相对稳定,SOD表现为三条谱带,ME表现为两条谱带;面EST、ALP、AMY、GDH、MDH、LDH则随发育其酶谱表现出明显差异,酶谱渐趋复杂。     

Biosynthesis of two developmentally distinct acid phosphatase isozymes in Dictyostelium discoideum

The presence of a common antigenic determinant on the Dictyostelium discoideum acid phosphatase isozyme 1 (ap 1), and the absence of this determinant on the isozyme ap2 enables separation of the two isozymes. This separation is accomplished by removal of ap1 from samples with a common antigen monoclonal antibody followed by immunoprecipitation of ap2 with an acid phosphatase monoclonal antibody. Application of this separation scheme on cells pulse-labeled early (2 h) and late (18 h) in the developmental cycle reveal that ap1 protein synthesis occurs only early in development and that the protein remains stable throughout development, whereas ap2 protein synthesis occurs only late in development. Furthermore, pulse-chase experiments during both early and late development reveal that both isozymes of acid phosphatase are initially synthesized as precursor molecules (Mr = 60,000) which are then processed to mature forms (Mr = 58,000). The processing event(s) for acid phosphatase begin in less than 5 min compared to 25-30 min for Dictyostelium alpha-mannosidase and 10-15 min for Dictyostelium beta-glucosidase. Endoglycosidase H and Endoglycosidase F treatment of both isozymes reveals identical cleavage patterns for ap1 and ap2, indicating that the amount of carbohydrate on both molecules is equivalent. Preliminary studies to identify modification differences reveal that fucose is not present on either isozyme; however, sulfate is present on the ap1 isozyme and absent on the ap2 isozyme. These results suggest that differences in the modification of newly synthesized acid phosphatase at different times during the Dictyostelium life cycle result in the appearance of two distinct acid phosphatase isozymes.     

Pyruvate kinase isozymes in adult and fetal tissues of chicken.

Tissues of fetal and adult chickens were examined for pyruvate kinase activity. Two electrophoretically distinguishable and noninterconvertible isozymes were found. One of these, designated as type K (for kidney), is the sole pyruvate kinase in the early fetus and is found in appreciable quantities in all adult tissues except striated muscle. The second isozyme, type M, appears shortly before hatching in striated muscle and brain. These two isozymes correspond in their developmental pattern, tissue distribution, electrophoretic, immunological, and kinetic propertiesto similarly designated mammalian pyruvate kinases. However, no kinetic, immunological, or electrophoretic evidence could be found for a chicken isozyme corresponding to the mammalian type L pyruvate kinase. As the latter isozyme seems to be limited in its distribution mostly to highly differentiated gluconeogenic tissues (notable liver, kidney, and small intestine), our results support the proposition that the mammalian type L pyruvate kinase is a specilized isozyme that is present in mammals but not in birds.     

Catalase activity and isozyme pattern of the metalloenzyme system, superoxide dismutase, as a function of leaf development during growth of Pisum sativum L. plants

The catalase activity and the isozyme pattern of the metalloenzyme system superoxide dismutase (SOD) have been determined in pea ( Pisum sativum L., cv, Lincoln) leaves of different ages (apical, middle and lower), during several stages of plant development. Pea seedlings were grown in full nutrient solution in a phytotron. Catalase activity was determined polarographically, and superoxide dismutase isozymes (Mn-SOD, Cu, Zn-SOD I and Cu, Zn-SOD II) were separated by acrylamide gel electrophoresis and their relative amounts quantified by densitonietry. The results indicate that the relative amounts of SOD isozymes are slightly different in leaves of different ages during plant growth and, interestingly, each molecular form of SOD shows a clearly distinct pattern during plant development. These changes in the relative percentages of SOD isozymes could be due to the induction of the distinct molecular forms of SOD by the metals Mn, Cu and Zn, translocated to the different leaves as a result of plant development. The relative percentage of the Mn-SOD isozyme showed a similar pattern to that of catalase activity, suggesting a possible link between these two metalloenzymes at subcellular level, both cooperating to remove the toxic effects of O^-₂ and H₂O₂.
An additional conclusion is that before a certain metalloenzyme can be used as a marker to assess the plant micronutrient status, it is essential to have a detalled study of its activity pattern in leaves of different age during plant development.     

Chinook salmon NADP+-dependent cytosolic isocitrate dehydrogenase: Electrophoretic and genetic dissection of a complex isozyme system and geographic patterns of variation

Species in the genus Oncorhynchus express complicated isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDHP) isozyme patterns in many tissues. Subcellular localization experiments show that the electrophoretically distinct isozymes of low anodal mobility expressed predominantly in skeletal and heart muscle are mitochondrial forms (mIDHP), while the more anodal, complex isolocus isozyme system predominant in liver and eye is cytosolic (sIDHP). The two loci encoding sIDHP isozymes are considered isoloci because the most common allele at one of these loci cannot be separated electrophoretically from the most common allele of the other. Over 12 electrophoretically detectable alleles are segregating at the two sIDHP* loci in chinook salmon. Careful electrophoretic comparisons of the sIDHP isozyme patterns of muscle, eye, and liver extracts of heterozygotes reveal marked differences between the tissues with regard to both relative isozyme staining and the expression of several common alleles. Presumed single-dose heterozygotes at the sIDHP isolocus isozyme system exhibit approximate 9:6:1 ratios of staining intensity in liver and eye, while they exhibit approximate 1:2:1 ratios in skeletal muscle. The former proportions are consistent with the equal expression of two loci (isolocus expression), while the latter are consistent with the expression of a single locus. Screening of over 10,000 fish from spawning populations and mixed-stock fishery samples revealed that certain variant alleles (*127, *50) are detectable only in liver and eye, while other alleles (*129, *94, and *74) are strongly expressed in muscle, eye, and liver. The simplest explanation for these observations is that the "isolocus" sIDHP system of chinook salmon (and that of steelhead and rainbow trout) results from the expression of two distinct loci (sIDHP-1* and sIDHP-2*) that have the same common allele (as defined by electrophoretic mobility). IDHP expression in skeletal muscle is due to the nearly exclusive expression of the sIDHP-1* locus, while IDHP expression in eye and liver tissues is due to high levels of expression of both sIDHP-1* and sIDHP-2*--giving rise to the isolocus situation in these latter tissues. Direct inheritance studies confirm this model of two genetically independent (disomic) loci encoding sIDHP in chinook salmon. Extensive geographic surveys of chinook salmon populations from California to British Columbia reveal marked differences in allele frequencies at both sIDHP-1* and sIDHP-2* and considerably more interpopulation differentiation than was recognized previously when sIDHP was treated as an isolocus system with only five recognized alleles.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

Poster Sessions CP09: Kinases and Phosphatases. Protein kinase C inhibitors counteract ethanol effects on myelin basic protein expression in CG‐4 oligodendrocytes

Abnormal myelin formation appears to be one defect contributing to the neuropathology associated with the fetal alcohol syndrome, the major cause of noncongenital mental retardation. Using the CG‐4 cell line we previously showed that 25–75 mm ethanol (EtOH) down‐regulates myelin basic protein (MBP) expression in differentiating oligodendrocytes (OLGs) without affecting the 2′,3′‐cyclic nucleotide 3′‐phosphodiesterase (CNP) expression or morphological development (Bichenkov and Ellingson 2001). Here we observed that a relatively low concentration of 12‐phorbol‐13‐myristate acetate (PMA) mimicked the EtOH‐caused inhibition of MBP expression without affecting CNP expression or morphology. The inhibition of MBP expression by 100 mm EtOH or 1 nm PMA was completely counteracted by three inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC); bisinodoylmaleimide I, chelerythrine chloride, and calphostin C, indicating that EtOH down‐regulated MBP expression by activating PKC. We investigated whether the EtOH‐caused activation resulted in part from up‐regulation of the expression of PKC isozymes. Of 11 PKC isozymes examined, CG‐4 OLGs expressed nine; PKC α, β1, β2, δ, ε, λ, μ, nu and zeta; while PKC isozymes γ and theta were not detected. Only five PKC isozymes, α, β1, β2, μ, and nu, displayed developmental changes in expression. However, EtOH did not up‐regulate the early expression of any PKC isozyme during the first two days of differentiation, the developmental stage when it down‐regulates the MBP expression in CG‐4 cells. The results indicate that EtOH delays MBP expression by activating at least one phorbol ester‐sensitive PKC isozyme in differentiating oligodendrocytes without up‐regulating its expression. Acknowledgements: Support: NIAAA Grant AA072185.     

Isozyme studies in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.)

Summary A comparative study of peroxidase and esterase isozymes was carried out at five developmental stages of siliqua in order to characterize twelve genotypes of Indian mustard. The studies showed nearly the same number of isozyme bands at every stage for peroxidase and a varying number of isozyme bands for esterase. The appearance and disappearance of bands, along with their intensity scores, indicated the role of different isozymes at different stages of siliqua development. It has been ascertained that these patterns, especially the intensity scores, can be successfully used to characterize different Indian mustard genotypes.