The effects of pH and temperature on the kinetic properties of skeletal muscle lactate dehydrogenase from anuran amphibians

Summary Muscle LDH activities were measured in two anuran amphibians with different behaviour and ecology, Rana perezi and Bufo calamita. Both pyruvate reduction and lactate oxidation were measured at temperatures of 15, 20 and 30°C, and at pH 7.0, 7.4, and 8.0. Pyruvate and lactate muscle concentrations were determined in individuals at rest and after exercise. R. perezi muscle used anaerobic glycolysis during 3 min of exhaustive exercise, with rising pyruvate and lactate concentrations. Enforced walking for 30 min caused high variability in lactate concentration in B. calamita muscle. Temperature and pH changes affected apparent Km values for pyruvate. When these factors varied simultaneously, enzyme affinity tended not to change. Thus, the thermodynamic effect on pyruvate reduction activity is high, especially at physiological substrate concentrations. In contrast, lactate oxidation activity tended to stabilize when temperature and pH varied jointly. Inhibition by substrate, pyruvate or lactate, seemed to have no importance in vivo.During exercise there was a rise in pyruvate concentration, and a probable decrease in pH, which increased pyruvate reduction reaction and decreased lactate oxidation, contributing to lactate accumulation in Rana perezi muscle. B. calamita muscle did not show pyruvate increase after exercise and its LDH was less dependent on pH at physiological concentrations. Pyruvate reduction rate did not therefore increase. R. perezi muscle enzyme had features of anaerobic LDH while B. calamita LDH muscle was more similar to mammalian heart enzyme, with differences in accordance with the different behaviour of these anurans.Abbreviations LDH lactate dehydrogenase     

An unusual fructose 1,6-bisphosphate-activated lactate dehydrogenase from the ascidian Pyura stolonifera

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was purified from the siphon muscle of the intertidal ascidian Pyura stolonifera. The enzyme is unique among chordate LDHs but resembles some bacterial and platyhelminth LDHs in being activated by fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (FBP). Concentrations of FBP in the range 5μM to 0.5 mM increase V_max of the pyruvate reductase reaction by 130% to 210%, and decrease K_m pyruvate 5 to 11 fold and K_m NADH 2.5 to 5 fold. The enzyme is also activated by inorganic phosphate, but requires a 50 fold higher concentration to attain the maximum activation achieved by 0.5 mM FBP. Of a range of metabolites tested, including other glycolytic sugar phosphates, only FBP and inorganic phosphate activated the enzyme. FBP activation was not observed with 16 representative vertebrate LDH homotetramers, but did occur to a limited extent with LDH from an echinoderm. LDH was the only pyruvate reductase enzyme detected in P. stolonifera siphon muscle, and its activity was much greater than that of phosphorylase or phosphofructokinase. The LDH reaction is utilized by P. Stolonifera during prolonged siphon closure on exposure to air when lactate, but not succinate, accumulates in the siphon muscle. While the ascidian enzyme provides the first example of a FBP activated LDH from a chordate, it remains to be determined if this unusual property has any role in metabolic regulation.     

The physiological role of the isoenzymes of lactate dehydrogenase in potatoes

Four of the five isoenzymes of lactate dehydrogenase present in potato tubers have been isolated and their kinetic properties examined. The pyruvate-reductase activity of isoenzyme-4 is greatly reduced at low pH, the affinity for both pyruvate and NADH is reduced and ATP has a stronger inhibitory effect. If the design properties of an enzyme dictate a high affinity for substrates, then the Km values for lactate, glyoxylate and NAD are consistent with an oxidative role for isoenzyme-4. The same considerations do not permit a conclusion about the physiological role of isoenzymes-1 to-3. However, an overview of the kinetic properties of these isoenzymes indicates that isoenzyme-1 is best adapted for the role of pyruvate reductase. Consideration of the relationships between kinetic constants and electrophoretic mobilities of the isoenzymes, leads us to predict that isoenzyme-5 is well adapted for a role in the oxidation of lactate or glyoxylate. The lactate dehydrogenase of potato leaves appears to consist prodominantly of an isoenzyme with the same mobility as isoenzyme-2 of the tubers and the two isoenzymes are probably identical. The kinetic properties of this isoenzyme are consistent with roles in either oxidation or reduction.Abbreviation Tris 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol     

辛基酚胁迫对雄性泥鳅抗氧化酶及卵黄蛋白原的影响

为研究辛基酚(OP)对雄性泥鳅抗氧化酶活性及血清卵黄蛋白原(VTG)含量的影响,将雄性泥鳅分别暴露于4种不同质量浓度OP(0.12、0.19、0.32、0.52 mg/L)中持续7、14、21 d和28 d,采用试剂盒检测肝脏超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)与过氧化氢酶(CAT)的含量,采用碱不稳定性蛋白结合磷法检测血清VTG的含量。结果表明,0.12 mg/L OP胁迫14 d,肝脏SOD和CAT含量均无显著变化,但是随着胁迫剂量增大和时间延长,SOD和CAT含量降低极其显著,在0.52 mg/L OP胁迫28 d时降到最低水平;泥鳅在0.12 mg/L OP中暴露7 d时,血清VTG含量就有极其显著升高,且随着胁迫剂量增大和时间的延长,VTG含量呈升高趋势。提示OP胁迫对SOD和CAT活性有显著的抑制作用,并随胁迫剂量增大和时间延长而抑制加剧,造成氧化损伤;OP胁迫可诱导VTG合成,并随暴露剂量增大和时间延长而诱导增强,具有明显的雌激素效应,这可能与其氧化损伤有密切关系。     

Geographical variation of lactate dehydrogenase and phosphoglucomutase in the loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

One of the two loci controlling muscle lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was shown to be polymorphic in the loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus. The result of the survey on four populations suggests that the differences in the LDH gene frequencies are correlated with the geographical distribution of the loach. A fourth phosphoglucomutase allele ( PGM ^D) was found in one of the loach populations examined.     

Fine structure of pars neuro-intermedia of the loach,Misgurnus fossilis L.

Summary Two types of glandular cells are present in the pars intermedia of the loach, Misgurnus fossilis. Basophils are characterized by the presence in their cytoplasm of numerous secretory granules containing electron-dense and homogeneous material and by scarce endoplasmic reticulum. Weak acidophils contain in their cytoplasm abundant endoplasmic reticulum and numerous granules of different electron densities.The distal part of the neurohypophysis is composed of several types of neurosecretory axons, strongly branched pituicytes, numerous capillaries, and connective tissue elements. The axon terminals form the neuroglandular, neurovascular and neurointerstitial contacts. Some axon terminals are closely apposed to the basement membrane separating neurohypophysis from meta-adenohypophysis. At points of absence of continuity of this membrane, some neurosecretory axons become directly contiguous with cytoplasmic membranes of the intermedia cells.The investigation was partly supported by a research grant from the Zoological Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.     

Effects of meiosis-inhibiting agents and equine chorionic gonadotropin on nuclear maturation of canine oocytes

Experiments were conducted to determine the effects of meiosis-inhibiting-agents and gonadotropins on nuclear maturation of canine oocytes. The culture medium was TCM199 + 10 ng/ml epidermal growth factor supplemented with 25 microM beta-mercaptoethanol, 0.25 mM pyruvate, and 1.0 mM L-glutamine (Basal TCM). Initially, oocytes were cultured in Basal TCM alone or in Basal TCM + dibutylryl cyclic adenosine monophosphate (0.5, 1, 5, or 10 mM dbcAMP) for 24 hr. Dibutylryl cAMP inhibited resumption of meiosis in a dose-dependent manner; 60% of oocytes remained at the germinal vesicle (GV) stage after being cultured for 24 hr in 5 mM dbcAMP. The meiosis-inhibitory effect of dbcAMP appeared to be reversible, as the oocytes resumed meiosis and completed nuclear maturation after being cultured for an additional 48 hr in its absence. Oocytes were then cultured in Basal TCM alone or in Basal TCM + roscovitine (12.5, 25, or 50 microM) for 24 hr. Although approximately 60% of oocytes cultured in 25 microM roscovitine remained at the GV stage, this percentage was not significantly different from the 48% that also remained at the GV stage when cultured in its absence. Oocytes were cultured in Basal TCM + 25 microM roscovitine for 17 hr, exposed briefly to equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG), and then cultured in Basal TCM for 48 hr. Short exposure of oocytes to eCG was beneficial, as it significantly increased the proportion of oocytes developing beyond germinal vesicle breakdown (P < 0.05) with approximately 20-30% of these were metaphase I (MI) oocytes. Study of the kinetics of nuclear maturation demonstrated that large numbers of oocytes remained at MI even after being cultured for 52 hr following brief exposure to eCG. This study showed that in vitro maturation of canine oocytes can be somewhat improved by short exposure of oocytes to eCG. However, further studies are still required to derive effective methods to mature canine oocytes in vitro.     

Effects of heavy metals Cd2+, Pb2+ and Zn2+ on DNA damage of loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus

The effects of heavy metals Cd²⁺, Pb²⁺ and Zn²⁺ at 0.05, 0.5 and 5.0 mg/L level and their interactions at 0.5 mg/L level on DNA damage in hepatopancreas of loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus for 1–35 days exposure were examined by single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE). For each test group, 20 loaches with similar body size (5.17–7.99 g; 11.79–13.21 cm) were selected and kept in aquaria with dechlorinated water at (22±1)°C and fed a commercial diet every 48 h. According to the percentage of damaged DNA with tail and its TL/D (tail length to diameter of nucleus) value, the relationship between DNA damage degree and heavy metal dose and exposure time was determined. Results showed that the percentage of damaged DNA and the TL/D value were increased with the prolonged exposure time. The highest percentage (84.85%) of damaged DNA was shown in 5.0 mg/L Zn²⁺ group after 28 days exposure and the biggest TL/D value (2.50) in all treated groups after 35 days exposure. During the first treated week, the damnification of DNA was mainly recognized as the first level, after that time, the third damaged level was mostly observed and the percentage of damaged DNA was beyond 80%. The joint toxic effects among Cd²⁺, Pb²⁺ or Zn²⁺ revealed much complexity, but it generally displayed that the presence of Cd²⁺ could enhance the genotoxicity of Pb²⁺ or Zn²⁺. In conclusion, the results suggested that there was a significant time-and dose-depended relationship between the heavy metal and DNA damage in hepatopancreas of loach, and SCGE could represent a useful means to evaluate the genotoxicity of environmental contamination on aquatic organisms. __________ Translated from Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica, 2006, 30(4): 399–403 [译自: 水生生物学报]     

蜡样芽孢杆菌聚乙烯醇脱氢酶的表达及酶学特性

【背景】聚乙烯醇脱氢酶(polyvinyl alcohol dehydrogenase,PVADH)能够使聚乙烯醇(polyvinyl alcohol,PVA)氧化脱氢,在PVA的生物降解过程中起到重要作用。【目的】从PVA降解菌株蜡样芽孢杆菌DG01中获取pvadh基因,实现PVADH在毕赤酵母中的异源表达并探究其对不同型号PVA的降解特异性,为PVADH在PVA实际降解中的应用提供指导。【方法】通过反转录扩增技术获得长度为1 965 bp的pvadh基因片段,构建pPIC9K-cpvadh重组表达质粒并在毕赤酵母GS115中实现异源表达,甲醇诱导表达蛋白,进行分离纯化后对其酶学性质及降解特异性进行研究。【结果】最佳发酵条件下PVADH粗酶液酶活达到54.55 U/mL。经分离纯化后表达蛋白PVADH的比酶活为173.42 U/mg,分子量为67.1 kDa,等电点为6.06,该酶最适作用温度为41℃,最适作用pH值为7.5,在27-32℃、pH 7.0-8.0条件下酶的半衰期超过4 h,1 mmol/L的Ca2+对酶活力有激活作用。PVADH分别作用于PVA1788、PVA1799...     

普通生酮基古龙酸菌中山梨糖脱氢酶和山梨酮脱氢酶的纯化及酶学性质分析

【目的】对源于普通生酮基古龙酸菌(Ketogulonicigenium vulgare WSH-001)的山梨糖脱氢酶(Sorbose dehydrogenase,SDH)和山梨酮脱氢酶(Sorbosone dehydrogenase,SNDH)的酶学性质进行分析。【方法】以K.vulgare WSH-001基因组DNA为模板,PCR扩增得到山梨糖脱氢酶基因(sdh)和山梨酮脱氢酶基因(sndh),构建重组表达质粒p ET28a-sdh、p ET28a-sndh,并分别转入大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中。利用镍柱亲和层析和凝胶过滤层析得到纯化的SDH和SNDH。【结果】成功构建产SDH和SNDH的大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)并对目的酶进行纯化。SDS-PAGE分析结果表明,SDH和SNDH的大小分别为64 k Da和48 k Da,与理论预测值一致。显色法测得SDH酶活为3.15 U/mg,最适反应温度为30°C,最适反应pH为8.0左右;SNDH酶活为6.12 U/mg,最适反应温度为35°C,最适反应pH为8.0左右。在pH 3.0、4.0、5.0的偏酸性条件下,2个酶的酶活受到显著影响。【结论】表达并纯化了来源于普通生酮基古龙酸菌来源的SDH、SNDH,并进行了酶学性质分析,为利用SDH、SNDH实现维生素C前体2-酮基-L-古龙酸的一步法发酵生产提供了必要的参考。     

Purification and kinetic properties of skeletal muscle lactate dehydrogenase from the lizard Agama stellio stellio

Lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme LDH-5 (M4) was purified to homogeneity from the skeletal muscle of lizard Agama stellio stellio as a poikilothermic animal, using colchicine-Sepharose chromatography and heat inactivation. The purified enzyme showed a single band after SDS-PAGE, corresponding to a molecular weight of 36 kD. The K _m values for pyruvate, NADH, lactate, and NAD⁺ were 0.020, 0.040, 8.1, and 0.02 mM, respectively. Pyruvate showed maximum activity at about 180 M, with a decline at higher concentrations. The enzyme was stable at 70°C for 30 min, but was rapidly inactivated at 90°C. The optimum pH for the forward reaction (pyruvate to lactate) was 7.5, and for the reverse reaction (lactate to pyruvate) was 9.2. Oxalate, glutamate, Cu²⁺, Co²⁺, Mn²⁺, and Mg²⁺ were inhibitory in both forward and reverse reactions.     

A sperm cryopreservation protocol for the loach Misgurnus anguillicaudatus and its applicability for other related species

The aim of the present study was to establish a protocol of sperm cryopreservation in Misgurnus anguillicaudatus and verify the applicability of the obtained protocol in other loach species. We evaluated the following parameters: inseminating dose, thawing temperatures (20, 25 and 30 °C for 10 s), extenders (loach or cyprinid extenders), internal cryoprotectants (dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), dimethylacetamide (DMA), glycerol (Gly), ethylene glycol (EG), and methanol (MeOH) at 0, 5, 10 and 15%), external cryoprotectants (bovine serum albumin 1 and 2%; sucrose 0.5 and 1%; glucose 0.5 and 1%; glycine 0.5 and 1%), activating solutions (distilled water, dechlorinated tap water, 25 mM NaCl and 50 mM NaCl), and hatchability of the eggs when fertilized with fresh or cryopreserved sperm. After the evaluation of these parameters, we optimized the cryopreservation using the following procedure: thawing temperature at 25 °C for 10 s; loach or cyprinid extenders; methanol at 10 or 15% as internal cryoprotectants; glycine 0.5% or bovine serum albumin 1% as external cryoprotectants and 50 mM NaCl for sperm activation. Using this procedure, the fertilizability of the post-thawed sperm was 47% in comparison to the fresh sperm, at the minimum inseminating dose (687.65 spermatozoa egg⁻¹ mL⁻¹). Based on this protocol, sperm from other loach species Lefua nikkonis, Misgurnus mizolepis and Barbatula toni were cryopreserved successfully.     

The role of enzymes of pyruvate and citrate metabolism in control of gluconeogenesis in oocytes and embryos of the loach,Misgurnus fossilis L.

Summary Cessation of gluconeogenesis during oocyte maturation inMisgurnus fossilis L. is accompanied by an increase of pyruvate dehydrogenase activity (EC 1.2.4.1). The activity of other enzymes of citrate and pyruvate metabolism (citrate synthetase, EC 4.1.3.7, pyruvate carboxylase, EC 6.4.1.1., malate dehydrogenase, EC 1.1.1.37) remains constant during oocyte maturation and early embryogenesis.In the course of oocyte maturation the levels of acetyl-CoA, pyruvate and citrate remained unchanged, but the level of malate and oxaloacetate underwent drastic increase. The level of phosphoenolpyruvate increased about two-fold. The mitochondrial (NAD⁺)/(NADH) ratio was calculated by measurement of intermediates of the glutamate dehydrogenase reaction and it was found to increase six-fold during oocyte maturation. The lower mitochondrial (NAD⁺)/(NADH) ratio in oocytes compared to that in the embryos is likely to be responsible for the transfer of reducing equivalents from mitochondria to cytoplasm, while in embryos transfer in the opposite direction takes place.     

The glutamate dehydrogenase structural gene of Escherichin coli

Summary The glutamate dehydrogenase structural gene, gdhA, was mapped at 38.6 min on the genetic map and at 1860 kb on the physical map. A detailed map of this region is presented.     

Enhancement of ethanol production from glycerol in a Klebsiella pneumoniae mutant strain by the inactivation of lactate dehydrogenase

Previously, using γ-irradiation treatment, we isolated a mutant strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae (named GEM167) that showed high-level ethanol production from glycerol. In the present study, in an effort to enhance ethanol production, we used a deletion of the lactate dehydrogenase gene to engineer a mutant strain incapable of lactate synthesis. In the ΔldhA mutant of GEM167, the production of ethanol was significantly increased from 21.5 g/l to 28.9 g/l and from 0.93 g/(l h) to 1.2 g/(l h). Introduction of the Zymomonas mobilis pdc and adhII genes encoding pyruvate decarboxylase and aldehyde dehydrogenase, respectively, further improved the ethanol production level from glycerol to 31.0 g/l; this is the highest level reported to date.     

Purification and properties of methanol dehydrogenase from Methylophaga marina

Purification of methanol dehydrogenase from Methylophaga marina, in order to avoid the instability observed in crude extracts, was achieved initially by a rapid procedure using mainly an aqueous two-phase partition system composed of polyethylene glycol 1000 (50%, v/v) and potassium phosphate (50%, w/v). The purified enzyme gave a single band of protein after SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Antiserum raised against purified methanol dehydrogenase was used to detect possible protein contaminants in the enzyme preparation. The enzyme is an NAD-independent dehydrogenase containing pyrrolquinoline quinone (PQQ) as a prosthetic group. It is made of two apparently identical subunits giving a total MW of 145,000 for the native enzyme. The isoelectric point is 6.4. In addition to methanol and formaldehyde, multicarbon primary alcohols and aldehydes as well as secondary alcohols can be used as substrates. Except for ammonium chloride, which is a necessary activator in vitro, no effector was found which could modify the rate of enzyme activity under standard conditions of the assay. Although the main properties of this methanol dehydrogenase are similar to those already described in the literature, it does not belong in any of the five categories described by Anthony.     

Multiple effects of chemical reagent on enzyme: o-phthalaldehyde-induced inactivation,dissociation and partial unfolding of lactate dehydrogenase from pig heart

The effects of o-phthalaldehyde (OPTA) on lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) have been studied by following changes in enzymatic activity, aggregation state and conformation. Treatment with OPTA resulted in pseudo first-order inactivation of LDH over a wide concentration range of the inhibitor, and the second-order rate constant was estimated to be 1.52 M⁻¹ s⁻¹. The loss of enzyme activity was concomitant with the increases in absorbance at 337 nm and fluorescence intensity at 405 nm. Complete loss of enzyme activity was accompanied by the formation of approximately 4 mol isoindole derivatives per mole LDH subunit. Cross-linking experiments verified enzyme dissociation during OPTA modification, which could be attributed to the modification of both thiol groups and lysine residues. Circular dichroism (CD) spectra showed that the secondary structure of the OPTA-modified enzyme decreased correspondingly. Comparison of the inactivation with the conformational changes of the enzyme suggests that the active site of the enzyme exhibits greater conformational flexibility than the enzyme molecule as a whole. It is concluded that OPTA modification has multiple effects on LDH, including its inactivation, dissociation and partial unfolding.