title: Calyculin A and okadaic acid: inhibitors of protein phosphatase activity.
abstract: Calyculin A and okadaic acid induce contraction in smooth muscle fibers. Okadaic acid is an inhibitor of phosphatase activity and the aims of this study were to determine if calyculin A also inhibits phosphatase and to screen effects of both compounds on various phosphatases. Neither compound inhibited acid or alkaline phosphatases, nor the phosphotyrosine protein phosphatase. Both compounds were potent inhibitors of the catalytic subunit of type-2A phosphatase, with IC50 values of 0.5 to 1 nM. With the catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase type-1, calyculin A was a more effective inhibitor than okadaic acid, IC50 values for calyculin A were about 2 nM and for okadaic acid between 60 and 500 nM. The endogenous phosphatase of smooth muscle myosin B was inhibited by both compounds with IC50 values of 0.3 to 0.7 nM and 15 to 70 nM, for calyculin A and okadaic acid, respectively. The partially purified catalytic subunit from myosin B had IC50 values of 0.7 and 200 nM for calyculin A and okadaic acid, respectively. The pattern of inhibition for the phosphatase in myosin B therefore is similar to that of the type-1 enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Muscle Biol. Group, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson 85721.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Brautigan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fusetani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watabe
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Uemura
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002645:Chickens; D004988:Ethers, Cyclic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008387:Marine Toxins; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism; D019319:Okadaic Acid; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D010920:Placenta / Q000201:enzymology; D011247:Pregnancy; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004988:Ethers, Cyclic; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008387:Marine Toxins; D010080:Oxazoles; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents; D019319:Okadaic Acid; C059041:calyculin A; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases; D009218:Myosins