Simultaneous analysis of esterase and transferase activities in cytosol proteins from the bovine retina by using microscale non-denaturing two-dimensional electrophoresis

Biochim Biophys Acta. 2004 Jan 14;1696(1):51-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2003.09.007.

Abstract

Esterase and transferase activities were analyzed simultaneously after cytosol proteins in the bovine retina were separated by microscale non-denaturing two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE). Esterase activity was specifically inhibited by an esterase inhibitor, 9-amino-1,2,3,4-tetra hydroacridine (tacrine), and transferase activity was specifically inhibited by a glutathione S-transferase (GST) inhibitor, 2-phenyl-1,2-benziso selenazol-3(2H)-one (ebselen). Both esterase and transferase were precipitated when ammonium sulfate was added to the cytosol up to 50% saturation (50% AS fraction), and were detected in the 50% AS fraction by using the 2-DE. After the cytosol proteins in the 50% AS fraction were separated by using non-denaturing 2-DE, polypeptides of the separated proteins were identified by peptide mass fingerprinting and post-source decay analysis by using MALDI-MS, or by immunoreactivity by using a specific antibody. The spots of esterase and transferase activities in the 2-DE pattern were identified as phosphodiesterase and GST, respectively. This simultaneous analysis of enzyme activities can be applied to screen-specific or non-specific medicines which affect enzyme activities.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Azoles
  • Cattle
  • Cytosol / enzymology
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional / methods
  • Esterases / analysis*
  • Esterases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Esterases / isolation & purification
  • Glutathione Transferase / analysis
  • Immunoblotting
  • Isoindoles
  • Organoselenium Compounds
  • Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / analysis
  • Retina / enzymology*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • Tacrine
  • Transferases / analysis*
  • Transferases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Transferases / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Azoles
  • Isoindoles
  • Organoselenium Compounds
  • ebselen
  • Tacrine
  • Transferases
  • Glutathione Transferase
  • Esterases
  • Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases