TY - JOUR
T1 - Rapid axonal transport of tyrosine hydroxylase in rabbit sciatic nerves
AU - Brimijoin, Stephen
AU - Wiermaa, Mary Jo
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by NIH Grant, NS 11855. S.B. is a recipient of an NIH Career Development Award, NS 00119.
PY - 1977/1/31
Y1 - 1977/1/31
N2 - We compared the axonal transport of tyrosine hydroxylawe with that of dopamine-β-hydroxylase by means of an in vitro stop-flow technique. Proximal to a locally cooled nerve region, the activity of both enzymes increased linearly for 3 h. Internal standards of partially purified adrenal enzyme showed that the increased activity of tyrosine hydroxylase was not due to changes in activators or inhibitors. Furthermore, this increased activity represented increased Vmax, unaccompanied by changes in Km for tyrosine; probably, therefore, it reflected increased concentrations of the enzyme. From the rates of increase of enzyme activity, we calculated that, on the average, tyrosine hydroxylase was transported at 0.78 mm/h, and dopamine-β-hydroxylase at 2.4 mm/h. Much less tyrosine hydroxylase than dopamine-β-hydroxylase seemed free to move in the nerves, suggesting greater similarity between true transport velocities than between average velocities of these enzymes. When nerves were rewarmed after local cooling for 3 h, waves of accumulated enzyme activity moved distally. The wave of dopamine-β-hydroxylase activity had a single peak moving at about 14 mm/h. The wave of tyrosine hydroxylase activity had a small component moving this fast, but more of it moved slower, at velocities down to 5 mm/h. Although tyrosine hydroxylase was apparently much more soluble than dopamine-β-hydroxylase there was no evidence that the rapidly transported fraction of either enzyme had a different subcellular distribution from that of slower transported or stationary fractions.
AB - We compared the axonal transport of tyrosine hydroxylawe with that of dopamine-β-hydroxylase by means of an in vitro stop-flow technique. Proximal to a locally cooled nerve region, the activity of both enzymes increased linearly for 3 h. Internal standards of partially purified adrenal enzyme showed that the increased activity of tyrosine hydroxylase was not due to changes in activators or inhibitors. Furthermore, this increased activity represented increased Vmax, unaccompanied by changes in Km for tyrosine; probably, therefore, it reflected increased concentrations of the enzyme. From the rates of increase of enzyme activity, we calculated that, on the average, tyrosine hydroxylase was transported at 0.78 mm/h, and dopamine-β-hydroxylase at 2.4 mm/h. Much less tyrosine hydroxylase than dopamine-β-hydroxylase seemed free to move in the nerves, suggesting greater similarity between true transport velocities than between average velocities of these enzymes. When nerves were rewarmed after local cooling for 3 h, waves of accumulated enzyme activity moved distally. The wave of dopamine-β-hydroxylase activity had a single peak moving at about 14 mm/h. The wave of tyrosine hydroxylase activity had a small component moving this fast, but more of it moved slower, at velocities down to 5 mm/h. Although tyrosine hydroxylase was apparently much more soluble than dopamine-β-hydroxylase there was no evidence that the rapidly transported fraction of either enzyme had a different subcellular distribution from that of slower transported or stationary fractions.
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U2 - 10.1016/0006-8993(77)90439-5
DO - 10.1016/0006-8993(77)90439-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 64285
AN - SCOPUS:0017348810
SN - 0006-8993
VL - 121
SP - 77
EP - 96
JO - Brain Research
JF - Brain Research
IS - 1
ER -