title: Comparison of phosphodiesterase isozymes in rodent parotid glands.
abstract: We investigated phosphodiesterase (PDE) isozymes, which hydrolyze cAMP, in rodent parotid glands (mouse, hamster and guinea pig) in order to clarify the effects of cGMP and Ca/calmodulin on the regulation of cellular cAMP and compared them with those of the rat. More than 80% of the activities were in the supernatant fractions except for the hamster. The isozymes were fractionated using Mono Q ion-exchange column. The mouse parotid PDEs consisted of PDE1 (Ca/calmodulin-dependent), PDE2 (cGMP-stimulated), PDE3 (cGMP-inhibited) and PDE4 (cAMP-specific) similar to those of the rat. PDE3 was not detected in the hamster, and PDE4 was not detected in the guinea pig. PDE activities in the supernatant of the mouse and the hamster were stimulated by cGMP, and that of the guinea pig was stimulated by Ca/calmodulin. These results suggest that various PDE isozymes are present in the parotid gland of several species of order Rodentia. There seems to be differences among the species with regard to the PDE isozymes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Biochemistry, Nippon Dental University, School of Dentistry, Niigata, Japan. imaiak@ngt.ndu.ac.jp
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nashida
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimomura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D006224:Cricetinae; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008647:Mesocricetus; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D013045:Species Specificity; D013347:Subcellular Fractions
chemical_list: D002147:Calmodulin; D007527:Isoenzymes; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D006152:Cyclic GMP; D002118:Calcium