Degradation of myelin basic protein by calcium-activated neutral protease (CANP) in human brain and inhibition by E-64 analogue
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Neurochemical Research
- Vol. 8 (10) , 1285-1293
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00963998
Abstract
A calcium-activated neutral protease (CANP) was extracted from human brain and partially purified. The activity was measured using alkali-denatured casein (Hammersten) as a substrate. The optimum pH was around 7.0. The activity required the presence of calcium ions, maximum activity was obtained with over 5 mM calcium ions. TheKm for the casein concentration was about 1.62 mg/ml. The activity of CANP was inhibited by one of the thiol protease inhibitors, E-64 analogue (E-64-a). The rate of inhibition was about 50% at an E-64-a concentration of 10−5M. This CANP degraded selectively basic protein in myelin proteins and the degradation was inhibited by E-64-a or EGTA. The role of the brain CANP in the process of demyelination was suggested by this study.Keywords
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