• 미생물학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2000

Toluene, phenyl 등의 분해균주인 Burkholderia cepacia G4로부터 tomB 유전자를 클로닝하여 얻은 재조합 균주 E. coli CNU312로부터 catechol 2,3-dioxygenase를 정제하여 효소학적 특성을 조사하였다. Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase는 native 분자량이 약 140.4 kDa이었으며 4개의 동일한 35 kDa subunit로 구성된 homotetramer로 생각된다. Catechol의 $K_(m)$값과 $V_(max)$값은 372.6 $\mu$M과 39.27 U/mg이었으며, 1.56 mM 이상의 기질 농도에서는 활성이 감소되었다. 효소 활성의 최적 pH는 8.0이었으며, pH 7.0-8.0 범위에서 안정하였다. 최적 활성온도는 $40^{\circ}C$였으며, $60^{\circ}C$이상에서 완전히 활성을 상실하였다. 또한 $Fe^(2+)$, $Fe^(3+)$ 를 비롯한 대부분의 금속 이온에 의해 활성이 감소되었으며, $Mg^(2+)$, $K^(+)$에는 영향을 받지 않았다. 효소 활성부위를 알아보기 위해 화학변형제를 처리한 결과, tryptophan과 histidine이 효소 활성부위에 존재하는 것으로 추정된다. 그리고 10%의 유기용매에 안정성을 보이지 않았으며, $H_(2)$$O_(2)$, EDTA, ο-phenanthroline에도 활성이 감소되었다. 또한 2-mercaptoethanol, dithiothreitol, 그리고 ascorbic acid와 같은 환원제에 대해서도 안정성을 보이지 않았다. 이 효소는 catechol에 대해 높은 기질 특이성을 보였으며, 3-methylcatechol, 4-methylcatechol, 그리고 4-chlorocatechol에 대해 약간의 활성을 보였다. 그러나 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl에 대해서는 거의 활성을 보이지 않았다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.343-357
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• 1992

Tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$(TNF), a polypeptide hormone secreted primarily by activated macrophages, was originally identified on the basis of its ability to cause hemorrhagic necrosis and tumor regression in vivo. Subsequently, TNF has been shown to be an important component of the host responses to infection and cancer and may mediate the wasting syndrome known as cachexia. These systemic actions of TNF are reflected in its diverse effects on target cells in vitro. TNF initiates its diverse cellular actions by binding to specific cell surface receptors. Although TNF receptors have been identified on most of animal cells, regulation of these receptors and the mechanisms which transduce TNF receptor binding into cellular responses are not well understood. Therefore, in the present study, the mechanisms how TNF receptors are being regulated and how TNF receptor binding is being transduced into cellular responses were investigated in rat liver plasma membranes (PM) and ME-180 human cervical carcinoma cell lines. $^{125}I$-TNF bound to high ($K_d=1.51{\pm}0.35nM$)affinity receptors in rat liver PM. Solubilization of PM with 1% Triton X-100 increased both high affinity (from $0.33{\pm}0.04\;to\;1.67{\pm}0.05$ pmoles/mg protein) and low affinity (from $1.92{\pm}0.16\;to\;7.57{\pm}0.50$ pmoles/mg protein) TNF binding without affecting the affinities for TNF, suggesting the presence of a large latent pool of TNF receptors. Affinity labeling of receptors whether from PM or solubilized PM resulted in cross-linking of $^{125}I$-TNF into $M_r$ 130 kDa, 90 kDa and 66kDa complexes. Thus, the properties of the latent TNF receptors were similar to those initially accessible to TNF. To determine if exposure of latent receptors is regulated by TNF, $^{125}I$-TNF binding to control and TNF-pretreated membranes were assayed. Specific binding was increased by pretreatment with TNF (P<0.05), demonstrating that hepatic PM contains latent TNF receptors whose exposure is promoted by TNF. Homologous up-regulation of TNF receptors may, in part, be responsible for sustained hepatic responsiveness during chronic exposure to TNF. As a next step, the post-receptor events induced by TNF were examined. Although the signal transduction pathways for TNF have not been delineated clearly, the actions of many other hormones are mediated by the reversible phosphorylation of specific enzymes or target proteins. The present study demonstrated that TNF induces phosphorylation of 28 kDa protein (p28). Two dimensional soidum dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis(SDS-PAGE) resolved the 28kDa phosphoprotein into two isoforms having pIs of 6.2 and 6.1. The pIs and relative molecular weight of p28 were consistent with those of a previously characterized mRNA cap binding protein. mRNA cap binding proteins are a class of translation initiation factors that recognize the 7-methylguanosine cap structure found on the 5' end of eukaryotic mRNAs. In vitro, these proteins are defined by their specific elution from affinity columns composed of 7-methylguanosine 5'-triphosphate($m^7$GTP)-Sepharose. Affinity purification of mRNA cap binding proteins from control and TNF treated ME-180 cells proved that TNF rapidly stimulates phosphorylation of an mRNA cap binding protein. Phosphorylation occurred in several cell types that are important in vitro models of TNF action. The mRNA cap binding protein phosphorylated in response to TNF treatment was purifice, sequenced, and identified as the proto-oncogene product eukaryotic initiation factor-4E(eIF-4E). These data show that phosphorylation of a key component of the cellular translational machinery is a common early event in the diverse cellular actions of TNF.