title: [Properties of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase of the rabbit myometrium in various functional states].
abstract: Chromatography on DEAE-cellulose of a soluble sulfate-precipitated fraction of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase from rabbit myometrium revealed two 3':5'-GMP and 3':5'-AMP-hydrolase activities. 3':5'-GMP phosphodiesterase (fraction I) was eluted with 0.15-0.23 M NaCl, while 3':5'-AMP phosphodiesterase (fraction II) with 0.2-0.35 M NaCl. 3':5'-GMP phosphodiesterase hydrolyzed 3':5'-GMP with Km = 14 microM and V = 5.25 nmol . min . mg of protein, while 3':5'-AMP phosphodiesterase hydrolyzed both cyclic nucleotides with Km for 3':5'-GMP equal to 12 microM and V = 1.33 nmol . min . mg of protein; the Km value for 3':5'-AMP was 3.6 and 30.5 microM, respectively; the corresponding values of V were 0.28 and 0.97 nmol . min . mg of protein. In late pregnancy, the level of the 3':5'-AMP hydrolase activity of rabbit myometrium was significantly elevated in parallel with an increase in V, predominantly for the enzyme with a low affinity for 3':5'-AMP. The 3':5'-GMP hydrolase activity and V were largely decreased for both phosphodiesterase fractions; the Km value for fraction I was also diminished. During labour, the rate of 3':5'-AMP hydrolysis by myometrium phosphodiesterase was decreased down to the level typical of functional rest. The rate of 3':5'-GMP hydrolysis during the same period by fraction I remained at a low level, i. e., as in pregnancy, while that of fraction II was increased up to the level typical of functional rest.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D009215:Myometrium / Q000201:enzymology*; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D015105:3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases; D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases
vernacular_title: Svoĭstva fosfodiésterazy tsiklicheskikh nukleotidov miometriia krol'chikh pri razlichnykh funktsional'nykh sostoianiiakh.