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. 1985 Nov 15;232(1):229–236. doi: 10.1042/bj2320229

Characterization of triacylglycerol hydrolase activities in isolated myocardial cells from rat heart.

I Ramírez, A J Kryski, O Ben-Zeev, M C Schotz, D L Severson
PMCID: PMC1152863  PMID: 4084231

Abstract

Triacylglycerol (TG) hydrolase activities were characterized in myocytes isolated from rat hearts. Acid hydrolase activity with a pH optimum of 5 could be measured in myocyte homogenates, and the subcellular distribution suggested that this activity originated in lysosomes. Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) was also present in myocyte homogenates, as evidenced by TG hydrolase activity that was stimulated by serum and apolipoprotein CII, and inhibited by apolipoprotein CIII2, high ionic strength (NaCl and MgCl2, I = 1 M) and antibodies to LPL. Serum-independent neutral (pH 7.5) TG hydrolase activity was less sensitive to inhibition by 1 M-NaCl, by antibodies to LPL and by preincubation at 40 degrees C than was serum-stimulated hydrolase activity. Furthermore, there were modest but significant differences in the subcellular distribution of the serum-independent and serum-stimulated hydrolase activities. Hydrolase activities in myocyte homogenates could be solubilized by 7.2 mM-deoxycholate. Acid hydrolase activity was recovered in the unbound fraction after heparin-Sepharose chromatography, whereas LPL was bound to the affinity column and was eluted by 0.9-1.2 M-NaCl. Approximately one-third of the serum-independent TG hydrolase activity was not bound to the heparin-Sepharose affinity column. This unbound TG hydrolase activity had a pH optimum of 7 and was stimulated by 50 mM-MgCl2, but not by serum and was resistant to inhibition by high ionic strength (1 M-NaCl), to preincubation at 40 degrees C for 2 h, and by antibodies to LPL. It is concluded that, in addition to an acid lysosomal TG hydrolase and LPL, myocytes from rat heart contain a serum-independent TG hydrolase with unique characteristics.

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