Abstract：
:Polyamine synthesis is induced by various extracellular signals, and it is widely held that this biochemical response participates in cell growth and differentiation. Certain of the triggers for synthesis in brain tissues also increase the breakdown of high-molecular-weight structural proteins, apparently by activating calcium-dependent proteases (calpains). The present experiments tested the possibility that calpain activity is modulated by polyamines. Spermine, spermidine, and putrescine all increased calcium-dependent proteolysis of [14C]casein by soluble fractions of rat brain. The order of potency was spermine greater than spermidine greater than putrescine, with apparent affinities of 30, 300, and 6,000 microM, respectively. Each of the three polyamines at physiological concentrations also potentiated the calcium-dependent breakdown of two endogenous high-molecular-weight structural proteins known to be substrates of calpain, in both supernatant and membrane fractions. The thiol protease inhibitor leupeptin, a known calpain inhibitor, also inhibited calcium-dependent proteolysis in the presence and absence of polyamines. The polyamines did not increase the activity of purified calpain I or calpain II determined with either [14C]casein or purified spectrin as the substrate, nor did they interfere with the inhibitory effects of calpastatin, an endogenous inhibitor of calpain. However, polyamines potentiated the stimulation of endogenous but not purified calpain activity produced by an endogenous calpain activator. These results suggest a role for polyamines in protein degradation as well as protein synthesis.
journal_name
J Neurochemjournal_title
Journal of neurochemistryauthors
Najm I,Vanderklish P,Etebari A,Lynch G,Baudry Mdoi
10.1111/j.1471-4159.1991.tb08273.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-10-01 00:00:00pages
1151-8issue
4eissn
0022-3042issn
1471-4159journal_volume
57pub_type
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