title: GTP gamma S effects on phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C alpha isoenzyme activity isolated from guinea pig uterine smooth muscle at different stages of pregnancy.
abstract: The ability of GTP gamma S to activate release of inositol polyphosphates from isolated permeabilised guinea pig uterine smooth muscle cells and from partially purified PI-PLC alpha has been studied. Streptolysin O permeabilised and [3H]inositol prelabelled cells show a time dependent release of inositol polyphosphates, predominantly inositol 4-phosphate. Ca2+ stimulated IP release with a Ka of 161 +/- 1.1 nM and this was further enhanced in an additive manner by GTP gamma S between 1-100 microM; the Ka for Ca2+ in the presence of 0.1 mM GTP gamma S was 117 +/- 0.7 nM. GTP gamma S activation of IP production did not require Ca2+ in the medium. Permeabilisation of the uterine smooth muscle cells with Streptolysin O readily released PI-PLC activity into the medium. However, unlike studies with isolated membranes 63.4 +/- 6.4% of the enzyme activity remained associated with membranes and/or particulate fractions of the cell. Studies were undertaken with PI-PLC alpha, the predominant isoenzyme form, partially purified from uterine smooth muscle at different stages of pregnancy by Q-Sepharose and Heparin-Agarose chromatography. The enzyme co-purifies with firmly associated GTP-binding activity. Enzyme prepared from near-term uterus is activated by 0.1 mM GTP gamma S, up to 100% when Ca2+ is between 0.1-1 microM, while 10 microM AlF4- under those conditions caused complete inhibition of the enzymes. Responses for enzymes prepared from non-pregnant uteri were broadly similar. In contrast enzyme preparations from guinea pig uteri at 20-60 days of pregnancy show an inhibition of activity in response to 0.1 mM GTP gamma S addition.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular and Developmental Physiology, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Wichelhaus
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khouja
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate) / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007295:Inositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D014599:Uterus / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D007295:Inositol Phosphates; D016244:Guanosine 5'-O-(3-Thiotriphosphate); D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D054801:Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D002118:Calcium