Alkaline phosphatase

About: Alkaline phosphatase is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 20218 publications have been published within this topic receiving 540547 citations. The topic is also known as: Alkaline_phosphatase & IPR001952.

The Activation of the Potato PR-10a Gene Requires the Phosphorylation of the Nuclear Factor PBF-1.

Abstract: The pathogenesis-related gene PR-10a (formerly STH[middot]2) is induced in various organs of potato after wounding, elicitor treatment, or infection by Phytophthora infestans. Deletion analysis of the promoter of the PR-10a gene enabled us to identify a 50-bp region, located between positions -155 and -105, necessary for the elicitor responsiveness of the [beta]-glucuronidase reporter gene in transgenic potato plants. Within this region, a 30-bp sequence, located between positions -135 and -105, was necessary for the activation of the promoter by the elicitor. However, strong promoter activity after elicitor treatment required the presence of a 20-bp sequence located between positions -155 and -135. The region between -135 and -105 was specifically recognized by two nuclear factors, PBF-1 (PR-10a Binding Factor 1) and PBF-2, and binding of PBF-1 was coordinated with the accumulation of the PR-10a mRNA. Gel shift assays using nuclear extracts pretreated with sodium deoxycholate or alkaline phosphatase suggested that PBF-1 is a multimeric factor in which at least one of the constituent proteins can be phosphorylated. Treatment with alkaline phosphatase also indicated that binding of PBF-1 is positively regulated by phosphorylation and that it is phosphorylated only in tissues in which PR-10a is expressed. The use of protein phosphatase and kinase inhibitors in vivo provided additional evidence that wounding and elicitor treatment induce the phosphorylation of PBF-1 and that this phosphorylation is associated with gene activation.

Induction of Caveolae in the Apical Plasma Membrane of Madin-Darby Canine Kidney Cells

Abstract: In this paper, we have analyzed the behavior of antibody cross-linked raft-associated proteins on the surface of MDCK cells. We observed that cross-linking of membrane proteins gave different results depending on whether cross-linking occurred on the apical or basolateral plasma membrane. Whereas antibody cross-linking induced the formation of large clusters on the basolateral membrane, resembling those observed on the surface of fibroblasts (Harder, T., P. Scheiffele, P. Verkade, and K. Simons. 1998. J. Cell Biol. 929-942), only small ( approximately 100 nm) clusters formed on the apical plasma membrane. Cross-linked apical raft proteins e.g., GPI-anchored placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP), influenza hemagglutinin, and gp114 coclustered and were internalized slowly ( approximately 10% after 60 min). Endocytosis occurred through surface invaginations that corresponded in size to caveolae and were labeled with caveolin-1 antibodies. Upon cholesterol depletion the internalization of PLAP was completely inhibited. In contrast, when a non-raft protein, the mutant LDL receptor LDLR-CT22, was cross-linked, it was excluded from the clusters of raft proteins and was rapidly internalized via clathrin-coated pits. Since caveolae are normally present on the basolateral membrane but lacking from the apical side, our data demonstrate that antibody cross-linking induced the formation of caveolae, which slowly internalized cross-linked clusters of raft-associated proteins.

Cytochemical observations on chicken monocytes macrophages and giant cells in tissue culture

Abstract: Cultures of leukocytes from chicken blood grown in fluid medium in roller flasks were stained for lipids, carbohydrates, phosphatase, esterase, and succinic dehydrogenase in order to study the cytochemical changes associated with the transformation of monocytes to macrophages, epithelioid cells and multinucleate giant cells.The great variability in cell form observed by previous investigators in such cultures was confirmed. The cells were usually round but not uncommonly were stellate or fusiform, sometimes bearing a striking similarity to fibroblasts, at other times resembling sheets of mesothelium. The factors determining their size and shape were obscure, but low pH seemed to favor the formation of giant cells.Monocytes of chicken blood were ordinarily devoid of stainable lipid, carbohydrate and enzymes. Macrophages and epithelioid cells which developed from them were negative for esterase, succinic dehydrogenase and alkaline phosphatase but gave a strong reaction for acid phosphatase, localized in the...

Additive effects of copper and zinc on cadmium toxicity on phosphatase activities and ATP content of soil as estimated by the ecological dose (ED50)

Abstract: The ecological dose (ED50) of Cd on alkaline and acid phosphatase activity and the ATP content of three contrasting forest soils was measured with or without Cu and Zn to assess the additive toxic effects of these two metals. Soils polluted with Cu and/or Zn were treated with increasing Cd concentrations to give the following metal combinations: Cd, Cd+Cu, Cd+Zn and Cd+Cu+Zn. Alkaline and acid phosphatase activities and ATP content of the three soils were analysed 4 h, 7 and 28 days after the metal additions. The ED50 values were obtained by interpolating the enzyme activities or ATP data with a kinetic model and the goodness of fit was satisfactory. Generally, the ED50 values of both acid and alkaline phosphatase activities for Cd were lower (higher toxicity) with than without Cu and Zn and the effect of Cu and Zn was particularly adverse when these two metals were both added to soils. The alkaline phosphatase was more sensitive in the acid and neutral soil whereas the acid phosphatase was more sensitive in the alkaline soil. Both phosphatase activities and the ATP content were more sensitive in the sandy than in the finer textured soils. The ATP content was less sensitive to the additive effects. Increasing toxicity was observed during the incubation. Analysis of 1 M NH4NO3-extractable Cd, Cu and Zn revealed that Cd competed with Zn for the adsorption sites but not with Cu. However, the lower ED50 values for Cd of the two phosphatase activities and of the ATP content in the presence of heavy metal combinations could be not explained by the heavy metal solubility data. It is concluded that the ED50 may be a sensitive tool for assessing additve toxic effects to soil biochemical parameters.