Identification of multiple forms of membrane-associated neutral sphingomyelinase in bovine brain
- Authors
- Jung, SY; Suh, JH; Park, HJ; Jung, KM; Kim, MY; Na, DS; Kim, DK
- Issue Date
- Sep-2000
- Publisher
- LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
- Keywords
- neutral sphingomyelinase; ceramide; purification; mammalian brain
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY, v.75, no.3, pp 1004 - 1014
- Pages
- 11
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
- Volume
- 75
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 1004
- End Page
- 1014
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/25289
- DOI
- 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0751004.x
- ISSN
- 0022-3042
1471-4159
- Abstract
- Many different stimuli such as bioactive agents and environmental stresses are known to cause the activation of sphingomyelinase (SMase), which hydrolyzes sphingomyelin to generate ceramide as a second messenger playing a key role in differentiation and apoptosis in various cell types. Here we identified multiple forms of the membrane-associated neutral SMase (N-mSMase) activity in bovine brain. They could be classified into two groups according to extracting agents: group T-mSMase, extracted with 0.2% Triton X-100, and group S-mSMase, extracted with 0.5 M (NH4)(2)SO4. Group T-mSMase was further separated into four forms of T-mSMase: alpha, beta, gamma, and delta, which were extensively purified from 40,000-g pellets of bovine brain homogenates by 3,150-, 5,275-, 1,665- and 2,556-fold over the membrane extracts, respectively, by sequential use of several column chromatographies. On the other hand, S-mSMase was eluted as two active peaks of S-mSMase epsilon and zeta in a phenyl-5PW hydrophobic HPLC column and further purified by 1,119- and 976-fold over 40,000-g pellets of the homogenates, respectively. These highly purified N-mSMase enzyme preparations migrated as several bands on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and showed many different features in biochemical properties such as pH dependence, Mg2+ requirements, and effects of detergents. Taken together, our data strongly suggest that mammalian brain N-mSMase may exist as multiple forms different in both its chromatographic profiles and biochemical properties.
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