Effect of modification of synaptosomal membrane glycoproteins on adenylate cyclase activity |
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Authors: | Magdalena Rossowska Leili Khachatrian |
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Affiliation: | (1) Medical Research Centre Department of Neurochemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 3 Dworkowa Str., 00-784 Warsaw, Poland |
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Abstract: | The effect of the modification of synaptosomal membrane glycoproteins on the activity of adenylate cyclase was studied. It was found that the binding of concanavalin A to unmodified guinea pig cerebral cortex synaptosomal membrane did not change adenylate cyclase activity. Concanavalin A binding to synaptosomal membrane of hypoxic brain cortex resulted in no decrease of enzyme activity. The level of protein-bound sialic acid in these synaptosomal fractions was 20% lower than in the control. Treatment of synaptosomal membranes with neuraminidase resulted in a decrease of sialic acid content by about 70%, but it had no significant effect on adenylate cyclase activity. The modification with concanvalin A of sugar end groups exposed by neuraminidase treatment resulted in significant decrease of both basal and fluoride-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity. These results seem to indicate that some component of the adenylate cyclase complex of brain synaptosomal membranes is closely interacting with a carbohydrate-containing macromolecule on the cell surface.This work was supported by, the Polish Academy of Sciences within the project 10.4. |
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