In rat small arteries, noradrenaline stimulates the sustained production of arachidonoyl-phosphatidic acid, whereas there is only a slight and transient increase with angiotensin II [Ohanian, Ollerenshaw, Collins and Heagerty (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 8921-8928]. Diacylglycerol kinase (DGK) is the enzyme responsible for generating phosphatidic acid from 1,2-diacylglycerol (DAG). To investigate whether agonists influence DGK activity, we have studied this enzyme in both particulate and soluble fractions prepared from rat small arteries. Soluble DGK activity was inhibited by octyl glucoside. Therefore a deoxycholate assay was used for this fraction, whereas an octyl glucoside mixed-micelle assay was used to examine particulate fractions. Particulate DGK selectively phosphorylated long-chain DAG at a rate 2.5-3-fold higher than that for the synthetic substrate dioctanoylglycerol. In contrast, the substrate preference of the soluble isoenzyme(s) was: dioctanoylglycerol > arachidonoyl-DAG= dioleoylglycerol. Stimulation of intact arteries with noradrenaline (15 microM) increased membrane-associated DGK activity 3-fold, transiently. Angiotensin II (100 nM) stimulation did not alter the DGK activity of this fraction. The activity of the soluble DGK was increased by both agonists, but only transiently. These results demonstrate that rat small arteries contain a membrane-associated DGK which metabolizes arachidonoyl-containing substrate. Also, the activity of this enzyme is regulated differentially by vasoconstrictor hormones. It is concluded that modulation of DGK activity may represent one point at which agonists using the same signal-transduction pathway may tailor the cellular response.
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May 15 1994
Membrane-associated diacylglycerol kinase activity is increased by noradrenaline, but not by angiotensin II, in arterial smooth muscle
J Ohanian;
J Ohanian
1Department of Medicine, University Hospital of South Manchester, Nell Lane, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR, U.K.
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A M Heagerty
A M Heagerty
1Department of Medicine, University Hospital of South Manchester, Nell Lane, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR, U.K.
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
© 1994 The Biochemical Society, London
1994
Biochem J (1994) 300 (1): 51–56.
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J Ohanian, A M Heagerty; Membrane-associated diacylglycerol kinase activity is increased by noradrenaline, but not by angiotensin II, in arterial smooth muscle. Biochem J 15 May 1994; 300 (1): 51–56. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bj3000051
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