title: Characterization of the ATPase released during sympathetic nerve stimulation of the guinea-pig isolated vas deferens.
abstract: The release of ATPase activity evoked by electrical field stimulation (EFS) (8 Hz, 25 s) was investigated in several tissues in which adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) acts as a neurotransmitter. Superfusate collected during EFS of sympathetic nerves of the guinea-pig, rat and mouse isolated vas deferens and parasympathetic nerves of the guinea-pig isolated urinary bladder contained ATPase activity. ATP breakdown was fastest in superfusate collected from the guinea-pig isolated vas deferens. However, EFS of the enteric nerves of the guinea-pig isolated taenia coli did not release any detectable ATPase. The ATPase released from the guinea-pig isolated vas deferens metabolized ATP at similar rates at incubation temperatures of 37 degrees C and 20 degrees C. Lineweaver-Burke analysis of the initial rates of ATP hydrolysis gave a K(M) of 39 microM and a V(max) of 1039 pmol ATP metabolized min(-1) ml(-1) superfusate. 6-N,N-diethyl-D-beta,gamma-dibromomethyleneATP (ARL 67156), pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulphonic acid (PPADS) and pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (P-5-P) all inhibited the ATPase activity in a concentration-dependent manner with a potency order of ARL 67156 = PPADS>P-5-P. In conclusion, EFS of several tissues in which ATP is a neurotransmitter causes the release of an ATPase and activity is greatest in the guinea-pig vas deferens. The enzyme has pharmacological and kinetic characteristics that are similar to ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde Institute for Biomedical Sciences, 27 Taylor Street, Glasgow G4 0NR.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Westfall
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ramphir
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Westfall
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sneddon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013564:Sympathetic Nervous System / Q000201:enzymology*; D013696:Temperature; D014649:Vas Deferens / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: C092431:6-N,N-diethyl-beta,gamma-dibromomethylene-D-ATP; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C077792:pyridoxal phosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonic acid; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases