Abstract
Mouse B16 melanoma extracts of both cultured cells and tumour tissue contain cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity, with 95% present in the soluble fraction. Although activation of the enzyme by added calmodulin did not occur, it was found that endogenous calmodulin was present at a level sufficient to activate fully the enzyme. The ability of Ca-calmodulin to stimulate cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase in this tissue was shown by the inhibitory effect of N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloronaphthalenesulphonamide (W7), a known calmodulin antagonist; by the activation of the enzyme with exogenous calmodulin observed in supernatants depleted of endogenous calmodulin by passage over fluphenazine-Sepharose 6B in the presence of Ca2+; by the Ca-dependent binding of the enzyme to calmodulin-agarose and its activation by Ca-calmodulin after elution from the column with EGTA-containing buffer. It was calculated that about 50% of the total cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity was calmodulin-activated in this tissue.
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