title: Association of phospholipase C-delta with a highly enriched preparation of canine sarcolemma.
abstract: Myocardial synthesis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) is highly compartmentalized in the sarcolemmal membrane. Sarcolemmal vesicles contain endogenous phospholipase C (PLC), but the identity of sarcolemmal PLC and its relationship to soluble PLC have not been determined previously. Sarcolemmal and cytosolic PLC were prepared from canine myocardium and characterized by DEAE-cellulose chromatography and by immunoblotting with monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies to isoenzymes of PLC (PLC beta, PLC gamma, and PLC delta). DEAE-cellulose chromatography resolved two forms of cytosolic PLC that were identified as an 85-kDa form of PLC delta and a 145-kDa form of PLC gamma. In contrast, DEAE-cellulose chromatography resolved a single form of sarcolemmal PLC that was identified as an 85-kDa form of PLC delta. These data demonstrate that PLC gamma and PLC delta are expressed in canine myocardium and that an 85-kDa form of PLC delta is selectively associated with sites of PIP2 synthesis in a highly enriched preparation of sarcolemma. These data do not exclude the existence of additional isoenzymes of sarcolemmal PLC that may have been removed during isolation of sarcolemmal membranes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004285:Dogs; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D012508:Sarcolemma / Q000201:enzymology*; D012995:Solubility; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D010738:Type C Phospholipases