Ca2+-stimulated, Mg2+-dependent ATPase activity in neutrophil plasma membrane vesicles. Coupling to Ca2+ transport

Low concentrations of free Ca2+ stimulated the hydrolysis of ATP by plasma membrane vesicles purified from guinea pig neutrophils and incubated in 100 mM HEPES/triethanolamine, pH 7.25. In the absence of exogenous magnesium, apparent values obtained were 320 nM (EC50 for free Ca2+), 17.7 nmol of Pi/mg X min (Vmax), and 26 microM (Km for total ATP). Studies using trans- 1,2-diaminocyclohexane- N,N,N',N',-tetraacetic acid as a chelator showed this activity was dependent on 13 microM magnesium, endogenous to the medium plus membranes. Without added Mg2+, Ca2+ stimulated the hydrolysis of several other nucleotides: ATP congruent to GTP congruent to CTP congruent to ITP greater than UTP, but Ca2+-stimulated ATPase was not coupled to uptake of Ca2+, even in the presence of 5 mM oxalate. When 1 mM MgCl2 was added, the vesicles demonstrated oxalate and ATP-dependent calcium uptake at approximately 8 nmol of Ca2+/mg X min (based on total membrane protein). Ca2+ uptake increased to a maximum of approximately 17-20 nmol of Ca2+/mg X min when KCl replaced HEPES/triethanolamine in the buffer. In the presence of both KCl and MgCl2, Ca2+ stimulated the hydrolysis of ATP selectively over other nucleotides. Apparent values obtained for the Ca2+-stimulated ATPase were 440 nM (EC50 for free Ca2+), 17.5 nmol Pi/mg X min (Vmax) and 100 microM (Km for total ATP). Similar values were found for Ca2+ uptake which was coupled efficiently to Ca2+-stimulated ATPase with a molar ratio of 2.1 +/- 0.1. Exogenous calmodulin had no effect on the Vmax or EC50 for free Ca2+ of the Ca2+-stimulated ATPase, either in the presence or absence of added Mg2+, with or without an ethylene glycol bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N',-tetraacetic acid pretreatment of the vesicles. The data demonstrate that calcium stimulates ATP hydrolysis by neutrophil plasma membranes that is coupled optimally to transport of Ca2+ in the presence of concentrations of K+ and Mg2+ that appear to mimic intracellular levels.     

Characterisation of a high affinity Ca2+-stimulated, Mg2+-dependent ATPase in the rat parotid plasma membrane

Two Ca2+-stimulated ATPase activities have been identified in the plasma membrane of rat parotid: (a) a (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase with high affinity for free Ca2+ (apparent Km = 208 nM, Vmax = 188 nmol/min per mg) and requiring micromolar concentration of Mg2+ and (b) a (Ca2+ or Mg2+)-ATPase with relatively low affinity for free Ca2+ (K0.5 = 23 microM) or free Mg2+ (K0.5 = 26 microM). The low-affinity (Ca2+ or Mg2+)-ATPase can be maximally stimulated by Ca2+ alone or Mg2+ alone. The high-affinity (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase exhibits sigmoidal kinetics with respect to ATP concentration with K0.5 = 0.4 mM and a Hill coefficient of 1.91. It displays low substrate specificity with respect to nucleotide triphosphates. Although trifluoperazine inhibits the activity of the high affinity (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase only slightly, it inhibits the activity of the low-affinity (Ca2+ or Mg2+)-ATPase quite potently with 22 microM trifluoperazine inhibiting the enzymic activity by 50%. Vanadate, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate, Na+,K+ and ouabain had no effect on the activities of both ATPases. Calmodulin added to the plasma membranes does not stimulate the activities of both ATPases. The properties of the high-affinity (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase are distinctly different from those of the previously reported Ca2+-pump activity of the rat parotid plasma membrane.     

Ca2+ transport and Ca2+-dependent ATP hydrolysis by Golgi vesicles from lactating rat mammary glands.

Ca2+ transport across mammary-gland Golgi membranes was measured after centrifugation of the membrane vesicles through silicone oil. In the presence of 2.3 microM free Ca2+ the vesicles accumulated 5.8 nmol of Ca2+/mg of protein without added ATP, and this uptake was complete within 0.5 min. In the presence of 1 mM-ATP, Ca2+ was accumulated at a linear rate for 10 min after the precipitation of intravesicular Ca2+ with 10 mM-potassium oxalate. ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake exhibited a Km of 0.14 microM for Ca2+ and a Vmax. of 3.1 nmol of Ca2+/min per mg of protein. Ca2+-dependent ATP hydrolysis exhibited a Km of 0.16 microM for Ca2+ and a Vmax. of 10.1 nmol of Pi/min per mg of protein. The stoichiometry between ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake and Ca2+-stimulated ATPase varied between 0.3 and 0.7 over the range 0.03-8.6 microM-Ca2+. Both Ca2+ uptake and Ca2+-stimulated ATPase were strongly inhibited by orthovanadate, which suggests that the major mechanism by which Golgi vesicles accumulate Ca2+ is through the action of the Ca2+-stimulated ATPase. However, Ca2+ uptake was also decreased by the protonophore CCCP (carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone), indicating that it may occur by other mechanisms too. The effect of CCCP may be related to the existence of transmembrane pH gradients (delta pH) in these vesicles: the addition of 30 microM-CCCP reduced delta pH from a control value of 1.06 to 0.73 pH unit. Golgi vesicles also possess a Ca2+-efflux pathway which operated at an initial rate of 0.5-0.57 nmol/min per mg of protein.     

Characterization of the Ca2+- and Mg2+-Dependent ATPases in Electrophorus Electroplax Microsomes

Electrophorus electroplax microsomes were examined for Ca2+- and Mg2+-dependent ATPase activity. In addition to the previously reported low-affinity ATPase, a high-affinity (Ca2+,Mg2+)-ATPase was found. At low ATP and Mg2+ concentrations (200 microM or less), the high-affinity (Ca2+,Mg2+)-ATPase exhibits an activity of 18 nmol Pi mg-1 min-1 with 0.58 microM Ca2+. At higher ATP concentrations (3 mM), the low-affinity Ca2+-ATPase predominates, with an activity of 28 nmol Pi mg-1 min-1 with 1 mM Ca2+. In addition, Mg2+ can also activate the low-affinity ATPase (18 nmol Pi mg-1 min-1). The high-affinity ATPase hydrolyzes ATP at a greater rate than it does GTP, ITP, or UTP and is insensitive to ouabain, oligomycin, or dicyclohexylcarbodiimide inhibition. The high-affinity enzyme is inhibited by vanadate, trifluoperazine, and N-ethylmaleimide. Added calmodulin does not significantly stimulate enzyme activity; rinsing the microsomes with EGTA does not confer calmodulin sensitivity. Thus the high-affinity ATPase from electroplax microsomes is similar to the (Ca2+,Mg2+)-ATPase reported to be associated with Ca2+ transport, based on its affinity for calcium and its response to inhibitors. The low-affinity enzyme hydrolyzes all tested nucleoside triphosphates, as well as diphosphates, but not AMP. Vanadate and N-ethylmaleimide do not inhibit the low-affinity enzymes. The low-affinity enzyme reflects a nonspecific nucleoside triphosphatase, probably an ectoenzyme.     

High-affinity Ca2+-stimulated and Mg2+-dependent ATPase from rat osteosarcoma plasma membranes

Transplantable rat osteosarcoma plasma membrane preparations contain high-affinity and low-affinity calcium-stimulated ATPases. The high-affinity enzyme displayed a K0.5 for calcium of 0.03 microM, a Vmax of 99.2 nmol/min/mg, and a requirement for magnesium ions. It was not inhibited by 20 microM trifluoperazine nor stimulated by the addition of 2 ng of calmodulin. Lack of stimulation with exogenous calmodulin may be related to the high endogenous calmodulin content of the membrane preparations. The low-affinity Ca2+- or Mg2+-ATPase displayed a K0.5 for calcium of approximately 2.40 mM (Vmax of 185 nmol/min/mg) and a K0.5 for magnesium of approximately 2.75 mM (Vmax of 250 nmol/min/mg).     

Ca2+- or Mg2+-dependent ATPase in plasma membrane of cultured endothelial cells from bovine carotid artery

ATPase was found in plasma membrane of cultured endothelial cells from bovine carotid artery. The activity of the enzyme solubilized by octaethyleneglycol mono-n-dodecyl ether was enhanced by the addition of Ca2+ or Mg2+ and was not affected by F-actin and ouabain. Vmax was 2.8 and 10.0 mumol Pi/mg protein per h for Ca2+- and Mg2+-dependent activity, respectively, and the corresponding Km was 4.8 X 10(-4) M and 3.2 X 10(-4) M. Molecular weight of the protein was estimated to be approx. 250 000, as determined by activity-staining electrophoresis with polyacrylamide gels.     

A high affinity, calmodulin-responsive (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase in isolated bone cells

Although acute alterations in Ca2+ fluxes may mediate the skeletal responses to certain humoral agents, the processes subserving those fluxes are not well understood. We have sought evidence for Ca2+-dependent ATPase activity in isolated osteoblast-like cells maintained in primary culture. Two Ca2+-dependent ATPase components were found in a plasma membrane fraction: a high affinity component (half-saturation constant for Ca2+ of 280 nM, Vmax of 13.5 nmol/mg per min) and a low affinity component, which was in reality a divalent cation ATPase, since Mg2+ could replace Ca2+ without loss of activity. The high affinity component exhibited a pH optimum of 7.2 and required Mg2+ for full activity. It was unaffected by potassium or sodium chloride, ouabain or sodium azide, but was inhibited by lanthanum and by the calmodulin antagonist trifluoperazine. This component was prevalent in a subcellular fraction which was also enriched in 5'-nucleotidase and adenylate cyclase activities, suggesting the plasma membrane as its principal location. Osteosarcoma cells, known to resemble osteoblasts in their biological characteristics and responses to bone-seeking hormones, contained similar ATPase activities. Inclusion of purified calmodulin in the assay system caused small non-reproducible increases in the Ca2+-dependent ATPase activity of EGTA-washed membranes. Marked, consistent calmodulin stimulation was demonstrated in membranes exposed previously to trifluoperazine and then washed in trifluoperazine-free buffer. These results indicate the presence of a high affinity, calmodulin-sensitive Ca2+-dependent ATPase in osteoblast-like bone cells. As one determinant of Ca2+ fluxes in bone cells, this enzyme may participate in the hormonal regulation of bone cell function.     

Conversion of coupling factor 1 of Rhodospirillum rubrum from a Ca2+-ATPase into a Mg2+-ATPase

Isolation of F1-ATPase from Rhodospirillum rubrum by chloroform extraction of chromatophores, followed by purification on a glycerol gradient, results in a very pure enzyme preparation containing five subunits with high Ca2+-ATPase activity (15 mumol per min per mg protein). Furthermore, conditions are reported under which the purified F1 exhibits Mg2+-dependent ATPase activity of about 35 mumol per min per mg protein. NaHCO3 stimulates the Mg2+-activity from 1.5 mumol per min per mg protein to 5 mumol per min per mg protein giving a maximal activity at a concentration of about 60 mM NaHCO3. Lauryl dimethylamine oxide (LDAO), octyl glucoside and nonanoyl N-methylglucamide enhance the Mg2+-ATPase activity from 1.5 to 14, 22 and 35 mumol per min per mg protein, respectively, in the absence of NaHCO3, and from 5 to 34, 30 and 37 mumol per min per mg protein, respectively, in the presence of 50 mM NaHCO3. The Vmax is increased, but the Km for ATP remains the same, about 0.22 mM, both in the absence of activators and in the presence of NaHCO3, LDAO or NaHCO3 plus LDAO. Ca2+-dependent ATPase activity is slightly stimulated by NaHCO3 but strongly inhibited by octyl glucoside.     

Some properties of the Ca2+-stimulated ATPase of a rat liver microsomal fraction

1. The heavy microsomal fraction from rat liver apparently has very little Ca2+-stimulated ATPase activity, although it has an active, ATP-driven Ca2+ accumulation system. 2. The addition of ionophore A23187 to the ATPase assay, to allow continuous Ca2+ recycling during the assay time, reveals the presence of a substantial Ca2+-stimulated ATPase with Vmax. 160 nmol of Pi/10 min per mg of protein and Km for Ca2+ 0.19 microM. 3. The Ca2+-stimulated ATPase, but not the basal Mg2+-stimulated ATPase, is potently inhibited by orthovanadate. Both the Ca2+-stimulated ATPase and the vanadate inhibition are enhanced by the presence of Mg2+. 4. Ca2+-stimulated ATPase activity is not responsive to calmodulin or the calmodulin antagonist trifluoperazine.     

Ca2+-dependent ATPases in the basolateral membrane of rat kidney cortex

The basolateral segment of the rat renal tubular plasma membrane possesses Ca2+-dependent ATPase activity which was independent of Mg2+. Two kinetic forms were found: one, was a high affinity (apparent Km for free Ca2+ of 172 nM) low capacity (Vmax of 144 nmol of Pi X min-1 mg-1 protein) type; the other, had low affinity (apparent Km of 25 microM) and high capacity (896 nmol of Pi X min-1 X mg-1 protein). Mg2+ inhibited both Ca2+-ATPases. The high affinity enzyme exhibited positive cooperativity with respect to ATP, with a n value of 1.6. Ca2+-ATPase activity was not affected by calmodulin and was not inhibited by vanadate. On the other hand, both high and low affinity Ca2+-ATPase activities were increased when 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol was given to vitamin D-deficient rats. Kinetically, the enhanced activities were due to an increase in the Vmax values; the apparent affinities for free Ca2+ were not changed. The physiological function of the vitamin D-sensitive, Mg+-independent, Ca2+-ATPase activities remains to be established.     

Ca2+-stimulated, Mg2+-dependent ATPase in bovine thyroid plasma membranes

An isolated plasma membrane fraction from bovine thyroid glands contained a Ca2+-stimulated, Mg2+-dependent adenosine triphosphatase ((Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase) activity which was purified in parallel to (Na+ + K+)-ATPase and adenylate cyclase. The (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase activity was maximally stimulated by approx. 200 microM added calcium in the presence of approx. 200 microM EGTA (69.7 +/- 5.2 nmol/mg protein per min). In EGTA-washed membranes, the enzyme was stimulated by calmodulin and inhibited by trifluoperazine.     

A Ca(2+)-ATPase from rat parotid gland plasma membranes has the characteristics of an ecto-ATPase.

A Ca(2+)-ATPase with an apparent Km for free Ca2+ = 0.23 microM and Vmax = 44 nmol Pi/mg/min was detected in a rat parotid plasma membrane-enriched fraction. This Ca(2+)-ATPase could be stimulated without added Mg2+. However, the enzyme may require submicromolar concentrations of Mg2+ for its activation in the presence of Ca2+. On the other hand, Mg2+ could substitute for Ca2+. The lack of a requirement for added Mg2+ distinguished this Ca(2+)-ATPase from the Ca(2+)-transporter ATPase in the plasma membranes and the mitochondrial Ca(2+)-ATPase. The enzyme was not inhibited by several ATPase inhibitors and was not stimulated by calmodulin. An antibody which was raised against the rat liver plasma membrane ecto-ATPase, was able to deplete this Ca(2+)-ATPase activity from detergent solubilized rat parotid plasma membranes, in an antibody concentration-dependent manner. Immunoblotting analysis of the pellet with the ecto-ATPase antibody revealed the presence of a 100,000 molecular weight protein band, in agreement with the reported ecto-ATPase relative molecular mass. These data demonstrate the presence of a Ca(2+)-ATPase, with high affinity for Ca2+, in the rat parotid gland plasma membranes. It is distinct from the Ca(2+)-transporter, and immunologically indistinguishable from the plasma membrane ecto-ATPase.     

Characterization of calcium transport by basal plasma membranes from human placental syncytiotrophoblast.

We have studied the mechanisms involved in calcium (Ca2+) transport through the basal plasma membranes (BPM) of the syncytiotrophoblast cells from full-term human placenta. These purified membranes were enriched 25-fold in Na+/K(+)-adenosine triphosphate (ATPase), 37-fold in [3H] dihydroalprenolol binding sites, and fivefold in alkaline phosphatase activity compared with the placenta homogenates. In the absence of ATP and Mg2+, a basal Ca2+ uptake was observed, which followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics, with a Km Ca2+ of 0.18 +/- 0.05 microM and Vmax of 0.93 +/- 0.11 nmol/mg/min. The addition of Mg2+ to the incubation medium significantly decreased this uptake in a concentration-dependent manner, with a maximal inhibition at 3 mM Mg2+ and above. The Lineweaver-Burk plots of Ca2+ uptake in the absence and in the presence of 1 mM Mg2+ suggest a noncompetitive type of inhibition. Preloading the BPM vesicles with 5 mM Mg2+ had no significant effect on Ca2+ uptake, eliminating the hypothesis of a Ca2+/Mg2+ exchange mechanism. This ATP-independent Ca2+ uptake was not sensitive to 10(-6) M nitrendipine nor to 10(-4) M verapamil. An ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport was also detected in these BPM, whose Km Ca2+ was 0.09 +/- 0.02 microM and Vmax 3.4 +/- 0.2 nmoles/mg/3 min. This Ca2+ transport requires Mg2+, the optimal concentration of Mg2+ being approximately 1 mM. Preincubation of the membrane with 10(-6) M calmodulin strongly enhanced the initial ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake. Finally, no Na+/Ca2+ exchange process could be demonstrated.     

Increase of (Ca2+ +Mg2+)-ATPase activity of renal basolateral membranes by platelet-derived growth factor through a specific receptor

Studies were made on the direct effect of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) on the high-affinity (Ca2+ +Mg2+)-ATPase, a membrane bound Ca2+-extrusion pump enzyme of the basolateral membranes (BLM) of canine kidney (Km for free Ca2+ = 1.0 x 10(-7) M, Vmax = 180 nmol Pi/mg/min). At 1 x 10(-7) M free Ca2+, PDGF (10(-10)-10(-8) M) stimulated the enzyme activity significantly. Addition of 5 - 200 microM suramin, a compound that blocks binding of PDGF to its receptors on cell membranes, inhibited the stimulatory effect of PDGF dose-dependently (IC50 = 40 microM). A high affinity specific receptor for PDGF (Kd = 4.4 x 10(-10) M, Bmax = 460 fmol/mg protein) was detected on BLM preparations by radioreceptor assay with 125I-PDGF and unlabelled PDGF. Suramin (10-1000 microM) also inhibited the binding of PDGF to BLM preparations dose-dependently. From these results, it is proposed that PDGF stimulates (Ca2+ +Mg2+)-ATPase activity of kidney BLM preparations by enhancing its affinity for free Ca2+ through a specific receptor.     

Ca2+ (calmodulin)-dependent phosphorylation of plasma membranes of pig myometrium

The high-purified vesicles of pig myometrium sarcolemma closed, mainly, so that the cytoplasmatic side is outside possess the Ca2+ (calmodulin)-dependent protein kinase activity. The initial rate of the endogenic phosphorylation without exogenic calmodulin is 6.3 and with its presence--10.7 pmol of 32Pi 1 min per 1 mg of protein. Km for ATP is equal to 164 microM, and Vmax--0.27 nmol of 32Pi 1 min per 1 mg of protein. Exogenic calmodulin increases the affinity to ATP (50 microM), Vmax being unchanged. Under optimal concentrations of calmodulin (10(-7)-10(-6) M) and 10(-4) M Ca2+ the protein kinase activity is 0.132 nmol of 32Pi min per 1 mg of protein. Electrophoresis in DS-PAAG has shown that membrane proteins with molecular weight of 105, 58, 25, 12 and 2 kDa are basic substrates of Ca2+ (calmodulin)-dependent phosphorylation. Trifluoperazine++ in the concentration of 40 microM inhibits phosphorylation of all five proteins. Ca2+ (calmodulin)-dependent phosphorylation is supposed to be a regulator of Ca2+-transport processes of sarcolemma.     

ATP-dependent calcium pump and Na+-Ca2+ exchange in plasma membrane vesicles from squid optic nerve

Purified plasma membrane vesicles from the optic nerve of the squid Sepiotheutis sepioidea accumulate calcium in the presence of Mg2+ and ATP. Addition of the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 to vesicles which have reached a steady state of calcium-active uptake induces complete discharge of the accumulated cation. Kinetic analysis of the data indicates that the apparent Km for free Ca2+ and ATP are 0.2 muM and 21 muM, respectively. The average Vmax is 1 nmol Ca2+/min per mg protein at 25 degrees C. This active transport is inhibited by orthovanadate in the micromolar range. An Na+-Ca2+ exchange mechanism is also present in the squid optic nerve membrane. When an outwardly directed Na+ gradient is imposed on the vesicles, they accumulate calcium in the absence of Mg2+ and/or ATP. This ability to accumulate Ca2+ is absolutely dependent on the Na+ gradient: replacement of Na+ by K+, or passive dissipation of the Na+ gradient, abolishes transport activity. The apparent Km for Ca2+ of the Na+-Ca2+ exchange is more than 10-fold higher than that of the ATP-driven pump (app. Km=7.5 muM). While the apparent Km for Na+ is 74 mM, the Vmax of the exchanger is 27 nmol Ca2+/min per mg protein at 25 degrees C. These characteristics are comparable to those displayed by the uncoupled Ca pump and Na+-Ca2+ exchange previously described in dialyzed squid axons.     

A Mg2+-independent high-affinity Ca2+-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase in the plasma membrane of rat stomach smooth muscle. Subcellular distribution and inhibition by Mg2+

Plasma membrane enriched fraction isolated from the fundus smooth muscle of rat stomach displayed Ca2+-stimulated ATPase activity in the absence of Mg2+. The Ca2+ dependence of such an ATPase activity can be resolved into two hyperbolic components with a high affinity (Km = 0.4 microM) and a low affinity (Km = 0.6 mM) for Ca2+. Distribution of these high-affinity and low-affinity Ca2+-ATPase activities parallels those of several plasma membrane marker enzyme activities but not those of endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial membrane marker enzyme activities. Mg2+ also stimulates the ATPase in the absence of Ca2+. Unlike the Mg2+-ATPase and low-affinity Ca2+-ATPase, the plasmalemmal high-affinity Ca2+-ATPase is not sensitive to the inhibitory effect of sodium azide or Triton X-100 treatment. The high-affinity Ca2+-ATPase is noncompetitively inhibited by Mg2+ with respect to Ca2+ stimulation. Such an inhibitory effect of Mg2+ is potentiated by Triton X-100 treatment of the membrane fraction. Calmodulin has little effect on the high-affinity Ca2+-ATPase activity of the plasma membrane enriched fraction with or without EDTA pretreatment. Findings of this novel, Mg2+-independent, high-affinity Ca2+-ATPase activity in the rat stomach smooth muscle plasma membrane are discussed with those of Mg2+-dependent, high-affinity Ca2+-ATPase activities previously reported in other smooth muscle plasma membrane preparations in relation to the plasma membrane Ca2+-pump.     

Identification of Ca2+-pump-related phosphoprotein in plasma membrane vesicles of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells

Plasma membrane vesicles of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells have been isolated to a high degree of purity. In the presence of Mg2+, the plasma membrane preparation exhibits a Ca2+-dependent ATPase activity of 2 mumol Pi per h per mg protein. It is suggested that this (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase activity is related to the measured Ca2+ transport which was characterized by Km values for ATP and Ca2+ of 44 +/- 9 microM and 0.25 +/- 0.10 microM, respectively. Phosphorylation of plasma membranes with [gamma-32P]ATP and analysis of the radioactive species by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed a Ca2+-dependent hydroxylamine-sensitive phosphoprotein with a molecular mass of 135 kDa. Molecular mass and other data differentiate this phosphoprotein from the catalytic subunit of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase and from the catalytic subunit of (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase of endoplasmic reticulum. It is suggested that the 135 kDa phosphoprotein represents the phosphorylated catalytic subunit of the (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase of the plasma membrane of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells. This finding is discussed in relation to previous attempts to identify a Ca2+-pump in plasma membranes isolated from nucleated cells.     

Characterisation of an ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport system in a plasma membrane enriched fraction from rat parotid

A membrane fraction enriched in plasma membrane marker enzymes K+-dependent p-nitrophenyl phosphatase, 5'-nucleotidase and alkaline phosphatase was prepared from rat parotid glands using Percoll self-forming gradient. This fraction contained an ATP-dependent CA2+ transport system which was distinct from those located on the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria of parotid glands. The Km for ATP was 0.57 +/- 0.07 mM (n = 3). Nucleotides other than ATP such as ADP, AMP, GTP, CTP, UTP or ITP were unable to support significant Ca2+ uptake. ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake displayed sigmoidal kinetics with respect to free Ca2+ concentration with a Hill coefficient of 2.02. The K0.5 for Ca2+ was 44 +/- 3.1 nM (n = 3) and the average Vmax was 13.5 +/- 1.1 nmol/min per mg of protein. The pH optimum was 7.2. Trifluorperazine inhibited Ca2+ transport with half maximal inhibition observed at 30.8 microM. Complete inhibition was observed at 70 microM trifluorperazine. Exogenous calmodulin however had no effect on the rate of transport. Na+ and K+ ions activated Ca2+ transport at 20 to 30 mM ion concentrations. Higher concentrations of Na+ or K+ were inhibitory.     

The Ca2+-pumping ATPase of heart sarcolemma. Characterization, calmodulin dependence, and partial purification

The (Ca2+ + Mg2+) ATPase of dog heart sarcolemma (Caroni, P., and Carafoli, E. (1980) Nature 283, 765-767) has been characterized. The enzyme possesses an apparent Km (Ca2+) of 0.3 +/- 02 microM, a Vmax of Ca2+ transport of 31 nmol of Ca2+/mg of protein/min, and an apparent Km (ATP) of 30 microM. It is only slightly influenced by monovalent cations and is highly sensitive to orthovanadate (Ki = 0.5 +/- 0.1 microM). The high vanadate sensitivity has been used to distinguish the sarcolemmal and the contaminating sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-dependent ATPase in heart microsomal fractions. Calmodulin has been shown to be present in heart sarcolemma. Its depletion results in the transition of the Ca2+-pumping ATPase to a low Ca2+ affinity; readdition of calmodulin reverses this effect. The Na+/Ca2+ exchange system was not affected by calmodulin. The results of calmodulin extraction can be duplicated by using the calmodulin antagonist trifluoperazine. The calmodulin-depleted Ca2+-ATPase has been solubilized from the sarcolemmal membrane and "purified" on a calmodulin affinity chromatography column. One major (Mr = 150,000) and 3 minor protein bands could be eluted from the column with ethylene glycol bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA). The major protein band (72%) has Ca2+-dependent ATPase activity and can be phosphorylated by [gamma]32P]ATP in a Ca2+-dependent reaction.