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Ecto-alkaline phosphatase in NG108-15 cells : a key enzyme mediating P1 antagonist-sensitive ATP response

  1. Satoko Ohkubo†,
  2. Junko Kimura,
  3. Isao Matsuoka*

Article first published online: 29 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703750

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British Journal of Pharmacology

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volume 131, Issue 8, pages 1667–1672, December 2000

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Ohkubo, S., Kimura, J. and Matsuoka, I. (2000), Ecto-alkaline phosphatase in NG108-15 cells : a key enzyme mediating P1 antagonist-sensitive ATP response. British Journal of Pharmacology, 131: 1667–1672. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703750

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  1. Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Hikarigaoka-1, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan

  1. †

    Current address: Department of Cellular Signalling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan

*Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Hikarigaoka-1, Fukushima 960-1295, Japan. E-mail: isom@fmu.ac.jp

  • †

    Current address: Department of Cellular Signalling, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan

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  1. Issue published online: 29 JAN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 29 JAN 2009
  3. (Received August 11, 2000, Revised October 2, 2000, Accepted October 2, 2000)

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Keywords:

  • Ecto-alkaline phosphatase;
  • P1 antagonist-sensitive ATP response;
  • ATP;
  • AMP;
  • PPADS;
  • levamisole;
  • β-glycerophosphate;
  • NG108-15 cells

  • We previously demonstrated that extracellular adenine nucleotides induced cyclic AMP elevation through local adenosine production at the membrane surface and subsequent activation of adenosine A2A receptors in NG108-15 cells. Furthermore, the adenosine formation was found to be mediated by an ecto-enzyme distinct from the ecto-5′-nucleotidase (CD73). In this study, we investigated the properties of the ecto-AMP phosphohydrolase activity in NG108-15 cells.

  • NG108-15 cells hydrolyzed AMP to adenosine with the KM value of 18.8±2.2 μM and Vmax of 5.3±1.6 nmol min−1 106 cells−1. This activity was suppressed at pH 6.5, but markedly increased at pH 8.5.

  • The AMP hydrolysis was blocked by levamisole, an alkaline phosphatase (ALP) inhibitor. NG108-15 cells released orthophosphate from 2′- and 3′-AMP as well as from ribose-5-phosphate and β-glycerophosphate, indicating that NG108-15 cells express ecto-ALP.

  • The cyclic AMP accumulation induced by several adenine nucleotides was inhibited by levamisole, p-nitrophenylphosphate and β-glycerophosphate, with a parallel decrease in the extracellular adenosine formation.

  • Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed that NG108-15 cells express mRNA for the tissue-nonspecific isozyme of ALP.

  • These results demonstrate that AMP phosphohydrolase activity in NG108-15 cells is due to ecto-ALP, and suggest that this enzyme plays an essential role for the P1 antagonist-sensitive ATP-induced cyclic AMP accumulation in NG108-15 cells.

British Journal of Pharmacology (2000) 131, 1667–1672; doi:10.1038/sj.bjp.0703750

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