Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1978-09-28

A spectrophotometric method for determination of sphingomyelinase.

S Gatt, T Dinur, Y Barenholz

Index: Biochim. Biophys. Acta 530 , 503, (1978)

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Abstract

A colored derivative of sphingomyelin was synthesized and used as substrate for several sphingomyelinases. The compound is N-omega-trinitrophenyl-aminolaurylsphingosylphosphorylcholine. The rate of hydrolysis of this substrate was compared to that of bovine brain sphingomyelin, labelled with tritium in the choline moiety. The following enzyme preparations were used: homogenate-less debris of brain, assayed at pH 5.0 or 7.4; a solubilized preparation derived from rat brain lysosomes, assayed at pH 5.0 and a purified enzyme of Staphylococcus aureus. With all preparations, the rates of hydrolysis of the yellow derivative were very similar to those of the brain sphingomyelin. Extracts of skin fibroblasts of normal and Niemann-Pick patients as well as amniotic cells were also used. Again, the rates of hydrolysis of the yellow derivative practically equalled those using brain sphingomyelin.

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