title: Inhibition of lysophospholipase by cholesterol in rabbit aorta.
abstract: Lysophospholipase activity was measured in rabbit aorta using 1-[1-14C]palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine as a substrate. The enzyme did not require Ca2+ for its activation and the maximal activation was attained in the presence of EGTA. Cholesterol dose-dependently inhibited the lysophospholipase activity in the soluble fraction and IC50 value was approximately 15 microM. Lineweaver-Burk plot revealed that cholesterol competitively inhibited lysophospholipase and Km values in the presence and absence of cholesterol (15.5 microM) were 12.3 and 2.8 microM, respectively. Vmax values were approximately 475 pmol/min.mg. The results suggest that cholesterol can interact with the enzyme per se, resulting in the inhibition of the lysophospholipase activity in rabbit aorta.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuzaki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008245:Lysophospholipase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D002784:Cholesterol; D010740:Phospholipases; D008245:Lysophospholipase; D002118:Calcium