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. 1983 Sep 15;214(3):975–981. doi: 10.1042/bj2140975

Stereoselectivity of ectonucleotidases on vascular endothelial cells.

N J Cusack, J D Pearson, J L Gordon
PMCID: PMC1152340  PMID: 6312968

Abstract

We have investigated the stereoselectivity of ectonucleotidases (nucleoside triphosphatase, EC 3.6.1.15; nucleoside diphosphatase, EC 3.6.1.6; 5'-nucleotidase, EC 3.1.3.5) on pig aortic endothelial cells using two classes of nucleotide analogue. In experiments with nucleotide enantiomers in which the natural D-ribofuranosyl moiety is replaced by an L-ribofuranosyl moiety, the rate of catabolism of 100 microM-L-ATP was one-fifth that of D-ATP, the rate of catabolism of 100 microM-L-ADP was one-fifteenth that of D-ADP and there was no detectable catabolism of 100 microM-L-AMP. Each of the L-enantiomers inhibited, apparently competitively, the catabolism of the corresponding D-enantiomer; Ki values were approx. 0.6 mM, 1.0 mM and 3.9 mM for L-ATP, L-ADP and L-AMP respectively. Experiments with adenosine 5'-[beta, gamma-imido]triphosphate and with D- and L-enantiomers of adenosine 5'-[beta, gamma-methylene]triphosphate revealed modest ectopyrophosphatase activity, undetectable in experiments with natural nucleotides, which was also stereoselective. Use of phosphorothioate nucleotide analogues demonstrated that ATP catabolism was virtually stereospecific with respect to the geometry of the thiol group substituted on the beta-phosphate: the Rp isomer was degraded, whereas there was little or no breakdown of the Sp isomer. ADP catabolism was also stereospecific with respect to the geometry of the thiol group substituted on the alpha-phosphate: the Sp isomer but not the Rp isomer was degraded. The geometry of thiol-group substitution on the alpha-phosphate had no effect on ATP catabolism to ADP. There was no detectable catabolism of analogues with thiol-group substitution on the terminal phosphate. Each of the phosphorothioate analogues that was catabolized broke down at a rate similar to that of the natural nucleotide from which it was derived. These results demonstrate that the ectonucleotidases on pig aortic endothelial cells exhibit a high degree of stereoselectivity, characteristic for each enzyme, both with respect to the ribofuranosyl moiety and to the phosphate side chain.

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