Ecto-ATPase/phosphatase activity in the olfactory sensilla of the spiny lobster,Panulirus argus: localization and characterization |
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Authors: | Richard A Gleeson Henry G Trapido-Rosenthal Lorraine M McDowell Henry C Aldrich William ES Carr |
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Institution: | (1) Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, W-8033 Martinsried, Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary Electrophysiological studies have shown that the olfactory organ (antennule) of the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, has chemoreceptors that are selectively excited by adenine nucleotides in seawater. Biochemical studies have revealed that these same nucleotides can be rapidly dephosphorylated by ectoenzymes associated with the olfactory sensilla (aesthetascs). In this study the distribution of ecto-ATPase/phosphatase activity within aesthetascs was determined cytochemically and the nature of the adenine-nucleotide dephosphorylating activity was dissected biochemically. Cytochemically, the distribution of ATP-dephosphorylating activity was similar to that shown previously for AMP and -glycerol phosphate; i.e., cerium phosphate reaction product was specifically localized to the transitional zone where the sensory dendrites develop cilia and branch to form the outer dendritic segments. Unlike the dephosphorylation of AMP and -glycerol phosphate, Mg2+ or Ca2+ was required for ecto-ATPase/phosphatase activity. Biochemical measures of both AMP-and ATP-dephosphorylating activity within aesthetascs corroborated the cytochemical evidence that these activities are localized to the transitional zone. A major portion of the AMP dephosphorylation (about 67%) derives from nonspecific alkaline phosphatase activity that is insensitive to levamisole and L-bromotetramisole. In contrast, nonspecific phosphatase activity accounted for a much smaller part of the ATP dephosphorylation (about 15%). Ectoenzymatic activity in the transitional zone may be an important means of removing excitatory/inhibitory nucleotides from this region.Abbreviations ADP
Adenosine 5 -diphosphate
- AMP
adenosine 5 -monophosphate
- AMPCP
, -methylene ADP
- ASW
artificial seawater
- ATP
adenosine 5 -triphosphate
- -GP
-glycerol phosphate
- EM
electron microscopy |
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Keywords: | Aesthetasc Adenosine triphosphate Cerium phosphate Cytochemistry Ectonucleotidase (Crustacea) Olfactory system Phosphatase Panulirus argus |
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