title: Concanavalin A stimulates the Rolipram-sensitive isoforms of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase in rat thymic lymphocytes.
abstract: Pretreatment of rat thymic lymphocytes with Concanavalin A induced a very early (30 min) and substantial increase (+90%) of the soluble cAMP phosphodiesterase activity. The crude cytosolic phosphodiesterase activity of rat thymocytes could reproducively be resolved by Mono-Q ion exchange high performance liquid chromatography into four separate phosphodiesterase peaks: a cGMP-stimulated, two cAMP-specific Rolipram-sensitive and a cGMP-inhibited cardiotrope-sensitive peaks. Concanavalin A stimulated very specifically the activity of the two predominant cAMP-specific Rolipram sensitive peaks whereas it only slightly modified the cGMP-stimulated and the cGMP-inhibited forms. The present results strongly suggest that the Rolipram-sensitive cAMP PDE activity may play a key role in the control and regulation of mitogen-induced thymocyte proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Unité INSERM 205, Laboratoire de Chimie Biologique, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Valette
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Prigent
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Némoz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anker
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Macovschi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lagarde
mesh_terms: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D020105:Milrinone; D011728:Pyridones / Q000494:pharmacology; D011760:Pyrrolidinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D020889:Rolipram; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D011728:Pyridones; D011760:Pyrrolidinones; D003208:Concanavalin A; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D020105:Milrinone; D020889:Rolipram