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. 1981 Dec 1;199(3):749–756. doi: 10.1042/bj1990749

Glutathione S-transferases in elasmobranch liver. Molecular heterogeneity, catalytic and binding properties, and purification

Yuichi Sugiyama 1,2, Tadataka Yamada 1,2, Neil Kaplowitz 1,2,*
PMCID: PMC1163433  PMID: 7340827

Abstract

In order to gain insight into the phylogeny and physiological significance of organic-anion-binding proteins in the liver, the hepatic glutathione S-transferases of rat and a typical elasmobranch, the thorny-back shark (Platyrhinoides triseriata), were compared with respect to both glutathione S-transferase activites and organic-anion-binding properties. On gel filtration (Sephadex G-75, Superfine grade) of rat cytosol, the elution volumes of enzyme activities with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene and p-nitrobenzyl chloride as substrates were identical (rat Y-fractions; Mr 45000). In contrast, two peaks of enzyme activity for 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene with elution volumes corresponding to Mr 52000 (PLAT Y1) and Mr 45000 (PLAT Y2) were detected on gel filtration of P. triseriata cytosol. Only fraction PLAT Y2 had enzyme activity with p-nitrobenzyl chloride. Enzyme kinetic studies showed that rat Y-fraction had higher affinities for both 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene and glutathione than PLAT Y1- and PLAT Y2-fractions. The two forms of P. triseriata glutathione S-transferases differed greatly in affinity for glutathione. At a glutathione concentration that we found to be physiological in P. triseriata, PLAT Y2 accounted for approx. 70% of the total glutathione S-transferase activity with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene. Binding studies revealed that PLAT Y1 and PLAT Y2 fractions had much lower affinities for sulphobromophthalein and bilirubin than rat Y-fraction. In contrast, binding affinities of PLAT Y1 and PLAT Y2 for Rose Bengal and 1-anilino-8-naphthalenesulphonate were comparable with that of rat Y-fraction. Inhibitory kinetics suggested that sulphobromophthalein and Rose Bengal were non-competitive inhibitors of glutathione S-transferase activities when 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene was used as substrate for both PLAT Y1 and PLAT Y2. The major glutathione S-transferase from the PLAT Y2 fraction was purified 81-fold by sequential chromatography on Sephadex G-75, DEAE-Sephadex and hydroxyapatite, and consisted of two identical subunits with pI7.7. The highly enriched Y2-fraction retained high affinity binding of Rose Bengal and 1-anilino-8-naphthalenesulphonate.

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