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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
The physiological action of extracellular ATP and other nucleotides in the nervous system is controlled by surface-located enzymes (ecto-nucleotidases) of which several families with partially overlapping substrate specificities exist. In order to identify ecto-nucleotidases potentially associated with neural cells, we chose PC12 cells for analysis. PC12 cells revealed surface-located ATPase and ADPase activity with apparent K(m)-values of 283 microM and 243 microM, respectively. Using PCR we identified the mRNA of all members of the ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase family investigated (NTPDase1 to NTPDase3, NTPDase5/6), of ecto-nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase3 (NPP3), tissue-non-specific alkaline phosphatase and ecto-5'-nucleotidase. The surface-located catalytic activity differed greatly between the various enzyme species. Our data suggest that hydrolysis of ATP and ADP is mainly due to members of the ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase family. Activity of ecto-5'-nucleotidase and alkaline phosphatase was very low and activity of NPP3 was absent. For a detailed analysis of the cellular distribution of ecto-nucleotidases single and double transfections of PC12 cells were performed, followed by fluorescence analysis. Ecto-nucleotidases were distributed over the entire cell surface and accumulated intracellularly in varicosities and neurite tips. PC12 cell ecto-nucleotidases are likely to play an important role in terminating autocrine functions of released nucleotides and in producing extracellular nucleosides supporting the survival and neuritic differentiation of PC12 cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1019-28
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Adenosine Diphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Adenosine Triphosphatases, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Adenosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Alkaline Phosphatase, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Hydrolysis, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-PC12 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11553676-Transfection
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Multiple ecto-nucleotidases in PC12 cells: identification and cellular distribution after heterologous expression.
pubmed:affiliation
Biozentrum der J.W. Goethe-Universität, AK Neurochemie, Zoologisches Institut, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't