title: Effect of vanadate on amylase secretion and protein tyrosine phosphatase activity in the rat parotid gland.
abstract: Treatment of rat parotid acinar cells with sodium orthovanadate (an inhibitor of protein tyrosine phosphatase) caused a dose-dependent inhibition of phosphatase activity as measured by the hydrolysis of para nitrophenylphosphate (pNPP). Inclusion of 50 microM sodium orthovanadate in in vitro gland cultures prevented the amylase secretion from both untreated control and isoproterenol-stimulated parotid acinar cells. Four different tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins with M(r) 40, 70 and 95 kDa, respectively, were identified in secretory granule preparations from rat parotid glands by immunoblot using a monospecific antibody for phosphotyrosine. An increase in the phosphorylation levels of these phosphoproteins was noted in the presence of 50 microM sodium orthovanadate, suggesting that a protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTPase) is involved in parotid gland protein dephosphorylation reactions. Using antibody to Syp (a PTPase belonging to class 1D), a major fraction of subcellular activity was found to be associated with secretory granule membranes. These results suggest the possible involvement of a PTPase (Syp) in parotid gland secretory mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Purushotham
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Humphreys-Beher
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D046508:Culture Techniques; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000201:enzymology*; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014638:Vanadates; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D000681:Amylases