title: Glycyl-L-glutamine regulates the expression of asymmetric acetylcholinesterase molecular forms in cultured cardiac post-natal myocytes.
abstract: Asymmetric acetylcholinesterase (AChE) forms were associated with pre-natal but not post-natal ventricular myocytes, when myocytes were cultured in a defined medium on laminin-coated plates for 72 h. In contrast, globular AChE molecular forms were associated with both pre-natal and post-natal myocytes. Glycyl-L-glutamine (10(-4) or 109-6) M), but not glycyl-D-glutamine or glycyl-L-glutamate, induced the expression of asymmetric AChE molecular forms by the cultured post-natal myocytes. Neither of the three dipeptides altered the specific activity of cell-associated AChE in the cultured post-natal ventricular myocytes. Tetrameric globular (G4) AChE was the main AChE form secreted by cultured pre-natal and post-natal cardiac myocytes. The secretion rate of AChE from post-natal myocytes was not affected by the addition of glycyl-L-glutamine. These results suggest that glycyl-L-glutamine has a trophic effect on at least one of the components of the post-synaptic cholinergic system in developing rat heart.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City 64108.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nyquist-Battie
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Hagler
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Millington
mesh_terms: D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D004151:Dipeptides; C039788:glycylglutamine; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase