The effects of serum components and amino acids on the uptake and cytotoxicity of NiCl2 were examined in cultured Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. CHO cells maintained in a minimal salts/glucose medium accumulated
10-fold more63Ni than did cells maintained in complete medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum. Cell-surface binding of63Ni appeared to account for the majority of this increased accumulation of cell-associated nickel observed in the simple maintenance
medium since such increases were reduced 70% by trypsin treatment. The addition of the Ni2+-binding amino acids cysteine or histidine to the salts/glucose medium markedly decreased63Ni accumulations, an effect not observed following addition of any of several amino acids that do not bind Ni2+. Supplementation of the salts/glucose medium with fetal bovine serum decreased in a concentration dependent fashion both
the63Ni2+ uptake and cell detachment caused by Ni2+, while dialyzed (amino acid-free) serum was 3–5-fold less effective than undialyzed serum at reducing63Ni2+ uptake and similarly exhibited only a slight protective effect against nickel-induced cytotoxicity. Supplementation of dialyzed
serum with cysteine at levels approximating those in whole serum partially restored its inhibitory activity toward nickel
uptake by cells and restored completely its inhibition of nickel's cytotoxicity, indicating the predominant role of specific
amino acids over serum proteins in regulating the uptake and subsequent cytotoxicity of Ni2+. Addition of cysteine to the salts/glucose medium during a 2 h exposure of cells to either 100 μM HgCl2 or 1 mM NiCl2 masked the cytotoxic effects of these metal ions. These results demonstrate the importance of extracellular small molecular
weight metal ion chelators in altering the biological effects of metal ions at the level of metal uptake. 相似文献
RNA-primed discontinuous DNA synthesis was studied in an in vitro system consisting of washed nuclei from synchronized S-phase HeLa cells. A new technique proved useful for the purification of short nascent fragments of DNA (Okazaki fragments). Mercurated dCTP was substituted for dCTP in the DNA synthesis reaction. Short nascent pieces (4–6 S) of mercurated DNA were found to bind preferentially to sulfhydryl-agarose, and could be eluted with mercaptoethanol. The isolated fragments were assayed for the presence of covalently linked RNA by the spleen exonuclease method described by Kurosawa et al. (Kurosawa, Y., Ogawa, T., Hirose, S., Okazaki, T. and Okazaki, R. (1975) J. Mol. Biol. 96, 653–664). Following a 30 s incubation with [3H]TTP in the absence of added ribonucleotides, approximately 20% of the nascent strands synthesized in washed nuclear preparations had RNA attached. These RNA primers either preexisted in the nuclei or were formed from endogenous ribonucleotides. The 5′ ends of the primers appeared to be largely in a phosphorylated state. In the absence of added ribonucleotides, these RNA-DNA linkages disappeared within 2 min, whereas if ribonucleotides were added, the number of RNA primers increased to 40% and remained at this level for greater than 2 min. To obtain maximal levels of RNA primer, the addition of all three of the ribonucleotides, rCTP, rGTP and rUTP (0.1 mM), as well as high levels of rATP (5 mM) was required. Addition of ribonucleotides also markedly enhanced the amount of nascent DNA fragments synthesized. However, in the absence of added ribonucleotides, after RNA primers had disappeared, nascent DNA fragments were still initiated at a significant rate. These results suggest that RNA primers play an important role in the initiation of Okazaki fragments but that synthesis can also be initiated by alternative mechanisms. An important role for ATP in RNA primer synthesis is suggested. 相似文献
Showdomycin inhibited pig brain ( with pseudo first-order kinetics. The rate of inhibition by showdomycin was examined in the presence of 16 combinations of four ligands, i.e., Na+, K+, Mg2+ and ATP, and was found to depend on the ligands added. Combinations of ligands were divided into five groups in terms of the magnitude of the rate constant; in the order of decreasing rate constants these were: (1), (2) , , and none, (3) , and , (4) and , , , and ATP. The highest rate was obtained in the presence of Na+, Mg2+ and ATP. The apparent concentrations of Na+, Mg2+ and ATP for half-maximum stimulation of inhibition () were 3 mM, 0.13 mM and 4μM, respectively. The rate was unchanged upon further increase in Na+ concentration from 140 to 1000 mM. The rates of inhibition could be explained on the basis of the enzyme forms present, including E1, E2, ES, E1-P and E2-P, i.e., E2 has higher reactivity with showdomycin than E1, while E2-P has almost the same reactivity as E1-P. We conclude that the reaction of ( proceeds via at least four kinds of enzyme form (E1, E2, E1 · nucleotide and EP), which all have different conformations. 相似文献
The influence of a phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C treatment on rat heart sarcolemmal 5′-nucleotidase was investigated. Upon complete hydrolysis of all phosphatidylinositol in the sarcolemma, 75% of 5′-nucleotidase activity was found in the solubilized form. The insolubilized enzyme after this treatment has the same Km for AMP as the untreated, sarcolemmal-bound enzyme (0.04 mM), whereas the solubilized enzyme has a 40-fold increase in Km for AMP (0.16 mM). Other sarcolemmal-bound enzymes were not affected by the same treatment. Hence, the specific involvement of phosphatidylinositol in the binding of 5′-nucleotidase to the sarcolemma of the rat heart is clearly demonstrated. 相似文献
1. The ESR spectra of both phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine spin labels reveal an immobilized lipid component (τR ? 50 ns), in addition to a fluid component (τR ~ 1 ns), in acetylcholine receptorrich membranes prepared from Torpedo marmorata electroplax according to the method of Cohen et al. (Cohen, J.B., Weber, M., Huchet, M. and Changeux, J.P. (1972) FEBS Lett. 26, 43–47). 2. The ESR spectra of the androstanol spin label display a component corresponding to molecules which are immobilized with respect to rotation about the long molecular axis (), in addition to the fluid lipid bilayer component in which the molecules are rotating rapidly about their long axes (). This immobilized component is observed throughout the temperature range 2–22°C, at an approximately constant relative intensity of approx. 45% of the total, which is quantitatively the same as previously observed with fatty acid spin labels. 相似文献
3-Deazaadenosine and 5′-deoxy-5′-isobutylthio-3-deazaadenosine (3-deaza-SIBA) inhibits replication of both herpes simplex type 1 virus and the RNA type C virus, HL-23. Oncogenic transformation caused by SV40 and HL-23 are also blocked by either compound. Both compounds exhibit relatively low cytotoxicity at the anti-viral concentrations. 相似文献
Pretreatment of pigeon erythrocyte membrane vesicles with amino acids, ATP, GTP, Pi and some other simple cell constituents (singly and in combination) causes an increase in ATP-dependent Ca2+-uptake activity of vesicles upon subsequent incubation with 45Ca2+ after removal of the above agents from the ‘i’ face. Amino acids augment the stimulation by all stimulatory agents and are required for stimulation by Pi. The effects of amino acids, ATP, GTP and Pi all occur at physiological concentrations. Many if not all of the effects of the mixture of amino acids that occur naturally in the cells can be accounted for by the group transported by the ‘ASC’ transport system of Christensen (Christensen H.N. (1975) Biological Transport, 2nd edn., W.A. Benjamin, Inc., Reading, MA), but not by any single amino acid at its physiological concentration. The effects of ATP and GTP are not mimicked by their non-hydrolysable β, γ-imido analogues nor by the corresponding 3′, 5′-cyclic monophosphates. None of the effects described appears to involve calmodulin. We suggest that amino acid transport plays a role in metabolic regulation through effects on cell [Ca2+]. Analogous effects on cell [Ca2+] may be involved in the action of the many hormones which augment amino acid accumulation by the ‘A’ amino acid transport system. 相似文献
Cholesterol depletion alters the apparent affinity of the internal cationic sites and the maximal translocation rate but not the affinity of the external cationic sites of the pump in human erythrocytes. To test whether these effects were mediated by a direct cholesterol-internal site interaction or by a change in membrane lipid order, the effects of five fluidizing amphiphiles (chlorpromazine, imipramine, benzyl alcohol, sodium oleate and sodium benzenesulphonate) on the kinetic parameters of the pump were determined. The cholesterol removal and all the agents used induced dose-response decreases in membrane lipid order as measured by fluorescence polarization or ESR. Positive and neutral amphiphiles mimicked the effects of cholesterol removal on the affinity of the internal sites of the pump and to a lesser extent on the maximal translocation rate. Anionic amphiphiles had no effect on internal sites, probably because they distributed preferentially within the outer leaflet on the membrane. These results indicate that cholesterol controls the affinity of the internal sites of the pump by altering the membrane lipid order. In contrast, neither cholesterol depletion nor the agents used altered the affinity of the external sites of the pump. This difference in sensitivity to membrane lipid order suggests that internal and external cationic sites, although borne by the same protein, are in different lipid environments. 相似文献
Diadenosine 5′, 5?-p1, p4-tetraphosphate (Ap4A) strongly inhibited ADP-ribosylation reaction of histone by purified bovine thymus poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase. This compound showed a relatively weak inhibitory effect on Mg2+-dependent, enzyme-bound poly(ADP-ribose) synthesis. Among various adenine nucleotides tested, including several diadenosine nucleotides with varying phosphate chain length, Ap4A was the most effective inhibitor of the histone-modification reaction. Ap5A and Ap6A showed slightly lower inhibitory effect than Ap4A. Kinetic analysis of the inhibitor (Ap4A) with varying concentration of substrate (NAD+) revealed that this compound is a “mixed type inhibitor”, with a Ki value of 5.1 μM. 相似文献
The amino reagent 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonate (TNBS) was found to inactivate mitochondrial F1-ATPase through covalent labeling, which was not reversed by dithiothreitol. The observed rate of inactivation was retarded by inorganic phosphate, but enhanced by prior labeling of F1 with 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole (NBD-C1). These observations are consistent with the presence of an essential amino group near the bound inorganic phosphate at the catalytic site of F1. A comparison of the observed protection of F1 from NBD-C1 and 5′-p-fluorosulfonyl-benzoyladenosine (FSBA) respectively by inorganic phosphate and by 2′,3′-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)adenosine 5′-monophosphate (TNP-AMP) suggests that NBD-C1 labels an essential Tyr residue in the positively charged locus for binding the polyphosphate end of ATP, and that FSBA labels an essential Tyr residue in the more hydrophobic locus for binding the adenosine moiety of ATP at the catalytic site of F1. 相似文献