Endogenous inhibitors of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate-phosphodiesterase in rat epididymis.
Stabilization of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP)-phosphodiesterase (PDE) in 50% glycerol made possible the removal of endogenous inhibitors from tissue extracts by dialysis and the storage of the extracts at -20 degrees C without loss of PDE activity. Dialysates of heat-inactivated epididymal extracts were fractionated by liquid chromatography, and 4 fractions-F2, F5, F7, and F12-were found to contain endogenous inhibitors of PDE. The masses of the fractions required to inhibit low-Km PDE activity by ca. 50% in 430-microliter incubation mixtures were F2, 89 micrograms; F5, 23 micrograms; F7, 275 micrograms; and F12, 1.2 mg. The mechanisms of inhibition of low-Km PDE by the endogenous inhibitors were investigated by kinetic analysis of enzyme-inhibitor interaction. F2 and F12 inhibited PDE competitively; F5 and F7 decreased both apparent Km and Vmax, suggesting an uncompetitive mechanism of inhibition. The high potency of F5 in low concentration suggests that it may be a physiological modulator of low-Km cAMP-PDE activity.[1]References
- Endogenous inhibitors of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate-phosphodiesterase in rat epididymis. Benau, D., Szabo, E.I., Terner, C. Biol. Reprod. (1986) [Pubmed]
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