scholarly journals Metabolism of parathyroid hormone. Degradation of 125I-labelled hormone by kidney enzyme

1969 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Martin ◽  
R. A. Melick ◽  
M. de Luise

A study was made of the enzymic degradation of 125I-labelled parathyroid hormone by rat kidney microsomes. Incubation with microsomes resulted in rapid destruction of the labelled hormone. The microsomal factor was not separable by dialysis, and the reaction was favoured by pH values in the physiological range. Velocity of the reaction varied directly as the substrate concentration, and additional crude parathyroid hormone (trichloroacetic acid-precipitated, 3·68mg./ml.) inhibited destruction of labelled hormone. There was much less inhibition with added trichloroacetic acid-precipitated calcitonin (3·92mg./ml.) and virtually none with added pig insulin (3·80mg./ml.). Gel filtration of control medium on P6 (Bio-Gel) yielded one radioactive peak at the void volume. After incubation with microsomes three further peaks were obtained on gel filtration. Only the void-volume peak contained intact 125I-labelled parathyroid hormone, indicating that the microsomal enzyme degraded labelled hormone to a number of smaller fragments.

1969 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 855-861 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOSHIHIKO KOTAKE ◽  
SUNAO YACHIKU ◽  
FUMIO WADA

1978 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. T. KEUTMANN ◽  
G. N. HENDY ◽  
M. BOEHNERT ◽  
J. L. H. O'RIORDAN ◽  
J. T. POTTS

During the isolation of human parathyroid hormone there is an extensive loss of immunoassayable hormone over the successive extraction steps, due in part to the presence of fragments that are soluble in 4% trichloroacetic acid. These fragments are derived from both the amino- and carboxyl-terminal regions of the hormone. The hormonal fractions precipitated with trichloroacetic acid were further purified by gel filtration and ion-exchange chromatography. At the final ion-exchange purification step, some preparations of the hormone eluted in multiple fractions. When the various components were characterized separately by immunoassay, amino acid composition, enzymic cleavage and partial sequence analysis, they were found to be closely comparable, although the most acidic fraction contained a blocked terminal amino group. Extraction of a number of batches of tissue permitted revision of the amino acid composition of human parathyroid hormone. Biosynthetic studies with labelled amino acids confirmed the absence of tyrosine and the presence of phenylalanine and threonine and localized these residues to definite regions of the molecule.


1997 ◽  
Vol 328 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orla ENNIS ◽  
Robin MAYTUM ◽  
J. Timothy MANTLE

Native biliverdin IXα reductase (BVR-A) is a monomer of molecular mass 34 kDa. We have developed an expression vector that allows the isolation of 40 mg of a glutathione S-transferase (GST)-BVR-A fusion protein from 1 litre of culture. The fusion protein (60 kDa) behaves as a dimer on gel filtration (120 kDa), so that we have artificially created a BVR-A dimer. The recombinant rat kidney enzyme exhibits pre-steady-state ‘burst’ kinetics that show a pH dependence similar to that already described for ox kidney BVR-A. Similar behaviour was obtained in the presence and absence of the GST domain both for the burst kinetics and during initial-rate studies in the presence and absence of albumin. The stereospecificity of the BVR-A-catalysed oxidation of [4-3H]NADH, labelled at the A and B faces, was shown to occur exclusively via the B face.


1998 ◽  
Vol 275 (4) ◽  
pp. C1167-C1177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas R. Yingst ◽  
Shang-You Yang ◽  
Rick Schiebinger

Ouabain, a specific inhibitor of Na+-K+-ATPase, was coupled to epoxy agarose via a 13-atom spacer to make an affinity column that specifically binds Na+-K+-ATPase. Na+-K+-ATPase from rat and dog kidney was bound to the column and was eluted as a function of enzyme conformation, altered by adding specific combinations of ligands. Na+-K+-ATPase from both sources bound to the column in the presence of Na + ATP + Mg and in solutions containing 30 mM K. No binding was observed in the presence of Na or Na + ATP. These experiments suggest that Na+-K+-ATPase binds to the column under the same conditions that it binds to untethered ouabain. Na+-K+-ATPase already bound to the column was competitively eluted with excess free Na + ouabain or with Na + ATP. The latter eluted active enzyme. For comparable amounts of bound Na+-K+-ATPase, Na + ouabain and Na + ATP eluted more rat than dog Na+-K+-ATPase, consistent with the lower affinity of the rat Na+-K+-ATPase for ouabain. The ouabain-affinity column was used to purify active Na+-K+-ATPase from rat kidney microsomes and rat adrenal glomerulosa cells. The specific activity of the kidney enzyme was increased from ∼2 to 15 μmol Pi ⋅ mg−1 ⋅ min−1. Na+-K+-ATPase purified from glomerulosa cells that were prelabeled with [32P]orthophosphate was phosphorylated on the α-subunit, suggesting that these cells contain a kinase that phosphorylates Na+-K+-ATPase.


1980 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naokazu Nagata ◽  
Yuriko Ono ◽  
Narimichi Kimura

Abstract. The interaction between parathyroid hormone (PTH) and prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) in influencing cyclic AMP metabolism in rat renal cortical tissue was examined. PTH and PGE1 stimulated additively the adenylate cyclase activity in the homogenate of the tissue. Both PTH and PGE1 enhanced the level of cyclic AMP in the incubated renal cortical tissue, but the effect of their simultaneous addition did not exceed the effect induced by PTH alone. Cyclic AMP accumulated in the incubation medium by stimulation by PTH was decreased by the simultaneous addition of PGE1. When the tissue was pre-incubated for 30 min with 2 to 10 μg/ml of PGE1, the magnitude of the increase of cyclic AMP caused by PTH subsequently added was lessened. However, the response to PTH of adenylate cyclase preparation obtained from the homogenate of PGE1-pre-treated tissue was not decreased. When first PTH was added to the incubating renal cortical tissue, the subsequent addition of PGE1 accelerated the decrease of cyclic AMP content in the tissue and decreased the amount of cyclic AMP released from the tissue. The interaction of PTH and PGE1 on cyclic AMP metabolism in the renal cortical tissue was in contrast to that seen in newborn rat calvaria where PGE1 and PTH acted additively in enhancing the level of cyclic AMP.


1989 ◽  
Vol 261 (3) ◽  
pp. 761-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
D R Deshmukh ◽  
S M Mungre

Previous studies with rat kidney preparations indicated that 2-aminoadipate aminotransferase (AadAT) and kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT) activities are properties of a single protein. We found that bovine kidney contains an appreciable amount of AadAT activity, but lacks KAT activity. AadAT from bovine and rat kidney extracts were purified to electrophoretic homogeneity. The purification procedure included fractionation with (NH1)2SO1, heat treatment, DEAE-cellulose chromatography and hydroxyapatite chromatography. Physical and kinetic properties, such as pH optima, Km for substrates, Mr, electrophoretic mobility and inhibition by dicarboxylic acids of bovine kidney AadAT, were similar to those of the rat kidney enzyme. However, bovine kidney AadAT differed from rat kidney AadAT in substrate specificity, amino acid composition and stability when stored. The titration curve of bovine kidney AadAT was also different from that of the rat kidney enzyme. The results suggest that bovine kidney AadAT may have some structural similarity to rat kidney AadAT and that the structural differences observed between the two enzymes may explain the absence of KAT activity in bovine kidney.


1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 385-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Louis ◽  
H. Favre

1. The effect of the sodium content of the diet on the natriuretic activity of an extract from the kidneys was studied in non-expanded and volume-expanded rats. 2. The kidney tissue was homogenized and the supernatant fractionated by gel filtration on Sephadex G-25. A single low-molecular-weight fraction eluted after the salt possessed the natriuretic activity and was tested on a rat bioassay. 3. The natriuretic activity of the fraction obtained from the kidneys of non-expanded rats was related to the sodium intake. 4. After an acute extracellular volume expansion, the natriuretic activity obtained from the fraction extracted from the kidneys was much greater than before expansion and was related to the dietary intake of sodium.


1990 ◽  
Vol 126 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Ellis ◽  
W. R. Adam ◽  
T. J. Martin

ABSTRACT The isolated perfused rat kidney was used to study the effects of amino-terminal fragments of human parathyroid hormone, hPTH(1–34), bovine parathyroid hormone, bPTH(1–84) and of PTH-related proteins, PTHrP(1–34), PTHrP(1–84), PTHrP(1–108) and PTHrP(1–141) on urinary bicarbonate excretion. PTHrP(1–34) (7 nmol/l), bPTH(1–84) (5·5 nmol/l) and hPTH(1–34) (7 nmol/l) had similar effects in increasing bicarbonate excretion with respect to the control. At lower concentrations (0·7 nmol/l) all PTHrP components, but not hPTH(1–34) or bPTH(1–84) increased bicarbonate excretion significantly. Infusions of PTHrP(1–108) and PTHrP(1–141) at 0·7 nmol/l, while associated with a rise in urinary bicarbonate concentration and excretion during the early stages of perfusion, produced a sharp decline in bicarbonate concentration and excretion in the latter part of perfusion. The different peptides produced no significant differences in glomerular filtration rate, fractional excretion of sodium or urine volume. The absence of substantial differences between the effects of hPTH(1–34) and PTHrP(1–34) are as noted in previous studies. The differences between PTHrP(1–108)/PTHrP(1–141) and PTHrP(1–34) demonstrated here are consistent with (1) the clinical manifestations of acidosis in hyperparathyroidism and alkalosis in humoral hypercalcaemia of malignancy, and (2) an independent action of a component of PTHrP beyond amino acids 1–34. Journal of Endocrinology (1990) 126, 403–408


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