Role of extra- and intracellular Ca2+ in changes of NO2- and H2O2 production by endometrium

The work is aimed to find out the role of extra- and intracellular Ca2+ in cyclic mechanisms of NO2- and H2O2 metabolism in the stroma cells of endometrium activated by acetylcholine. High activity of Mg2+, Ca(2+)-ATP-ase is characteristic of stroma cells of the endometrium. This activity is tested in the presence of 0.01% of the Triton X-100 (36 +/- +/- 2 mumole Pi/mg of protein for 1 hour). The acetylcholinesterase activity in these systems is equal to 9.8 +/- 0.2 mumole thiocholinebromide/mg of protein for 1 hour. Acetylcholine (10 microM) elevated essentially the concentration of cytosolic Ca2+ in them. It was established, that in the control the suspension of stroma cells produced 1 nmol/NO2-/10(6) of cells, this value being constant for the experimental period of time in the range of 5-60 s. The activation of cells (1 microM acetylcholine + 10 microM Ca2+) results in the appearance of cyclicity (maxima on 5, 15 and 60 s) and 5-fold intensification of NO2- production. The rise of extracellular concentration of Ca2+ up to 0.1-1--10 mM results in essential change of the character of the time dependence of NO2- metabolism and only in inappreciable intensification of the response amplitude. Such a pattern is observed for H2O2: 0.77 mumol H2O2/10(6) of cells in the control, at 10 microM Ca2+ maxima of production on the 5 and 30 s, change of the form of the time response, instead of the amplitude under the increase of concentration of extracellular Ca2+. Preincubation of cells with modifiers endoplasmic reticulum ryanodine, caffeine (1 mM) and heparine (10 mM) results in essential drop of NO2- production and infringement of cyclicity, the effect of ryanodine being more expressed on 5 s, than on 15 s, and heparine--also on 5 s, and on 15 s. Preincubation of cells with methylene blue (10 mM), which inhibits guanilate cyclase, result in considerable intensification of NO2- and H2O2 formation and cyclicity losses. Dynamics of NO2- formation (is controversy) reciprocated with cGMP, whereas nitrosoglutathione production and NO3- tends to saturation in the course of time. Thus, acetylcholine-dependent variations of NO2- and H2O2 concentrations in the suspension of stroma cells depend on the state of extra- and intracellular Ca(2+)-stores, are controlled by cGMP. It may be assumed, that the NO2- production minima are caused by its transfer in NO3- and its binding with glutathione.     

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.     

Properties and characterization of a highly purified sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase from dog cardiac and rabbit skeletal muscle

Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-ATPase was purified from dog cardiac and rabbit skeletal muscle using Triton X-100 at optimal ratios of 0.5 for cardiac and 0.5 to 1.0 for skeletal SR. The yields of Ca2+-ATPase were 4 to 5 and 1 to 2.2 mg/100 mg of cardiac and skeletal SR protein, respectively. The enzyme activities were 547 +/- 67 mumol ADP/mg/h for cardiac and 1192 +/- 172 mumol ADP/mg/h for skeletal Ca2+-ATPase. Removal of excess Triton X-100 increased the enzyme activities to 719 +/- 70 and 1473 +/- 206 mumol ADP/mg/h, respectively. The residual content of Triton X-100 for cardiac and skeletal Ca2+-ATPase was 20 and 5 mol/mol of enzyme, respectively. Maximum levels of phosphoenzyme were 4.4 +/- 0.2 and 5.6 +/- 0.6 nmol/mg in each case. A single protein band of 100 kDa was obtained for each purified Ca2+-ATPase by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The preparations were stable at -80 degrees C for 5 months in the presence of 1 mM Ca2+. The phospholipid content of the purified enzyme was 2-fold greater than that of native cardiac and skeletal SR microsomes. Repeated washing of the purified enzyme preparation did not alter the phospholipid content or the specific activities.     

Purification and characterization of (Ca2+-Mg2+)-ATPase in rat liver lysosomal membranes.

A (Ca(2+)-Mg2+)-ATPase associated with rat liver lysosomal membranes was purified about 300-fold over the lysosomal membranes with a 7% recovery as determined from the pattern on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of SDS. The purification procedure included: preparation of lysosomal membranes, solubilization of the membrane with Triton X-100, WGA-Sepharose 6B, Con A-Sepharose, hydroxylapatite chromatography, and preparative polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The molecular mass, estimated by gel filtration with Sephacryl S-300 HR, was approximately 340 kDa, and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed the enzyme to be composed of four identical subunits with an apparent molecular mass of 85 kDa. The isoelectric point of the purified enzyme was 3.6. The enzyme had a pH optimum of 4.5, a Km value for ATP of 0.17 mM and a Vmax of 71.4 mumol/min/mg protein at 37 degrees C. This enzyme hydrolyzed nucleotide triphosphates and ADP but did not act on p-nitrophenyl phosphate and AMP. The effects of Ca2+ and Mg2+ on the ATPase were not additive, thereby indicating that both Ca2+ and Mg(2+)-ATPase activities are manifested by the same enzyme. The (Ca(2+)-Mg2+)-ATPase differed from H(+)-ATPase in lysosomal membranes, since the enzyme was not inhibited by N-ethylmaleimide but was inhibited by vanadate. The effects of some other metal ions and compounds on this enzyme were also investigated. The N-terminal 18 residues of (Ca(2+)-Mg2+)-ATPase were determined.     

The inhibitory effects of polyoxyethylene detergents on human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase and Ca2+ + Mg2+ ATPase

The activities of acetylcholinesterase and Ca2+ + Mg2+ ATPase were measured following treatment of human erythrocyte membranes with nonsolubilizing and solubilizing concentrations of Triton X-100. A concentration of 0.1% (v/v) Triton X-100 caused a significant inhibition of both enzymes. The inhibition appears to be caused by perturbations in the membrane induced by Triton X-100 incorporation. No acetylcholinesterase activity and little Ca2+ + Mg2+ ATPase activity were detected in the supernatant at 0.05% Triton X-100 although this same detergent concentration induced changes in the turbidity of the membrane suspension. Also, no inhibition of soluble acetylcholinesterase was observed over the entire detergent concentration range. The inhibition of these enzymes at 0.1% Triton X-100 was present over an eightfold range of membrane protein in the assay indicating an independence of the protein/detergent ratio. The losses in activities of these two enzymes could be prevented by either including phosphatidylserine in the Triton X-100 suspension or using Brij 96 which has the same polyoxyethylene polar head group but an oleyl hydrophobic tail instead of the p-tert-octylphenol group of Triton X-100. The results are discussed in regard to the differential recovery of enzyme activities over the entire detergent concentration range.     

Isolation and characterization of the Mg2(+)-ATPase from rabbit skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane preparations

Preparations of sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles, obtained according to the method of Eletr and Inesi (Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1972) 282, 174), contained both Mg2(+)-ATPase and Ca2+, Mg2(+)-ATPase activity. The two enzymes were solubilized by a mixture of digitonin and lysophosphatidylcholine and separated on a DEAE-cellulose column eluted with a discontinuous gradient of NaCl. The Mg2(+)-ATPase activity was eluted with 0.43 M NaCl. The Ca2+,Mg2(+)-ATPase was obtained by increasing the NaCl concentration of the elution medium to 0.40 M. The fraction eluted with 0.043 M NaCl was insensitive to micromolar concentrations of calcium, resistant to oligomycin, ouabain, orthovanadate and thiocyanate, and was inhibited by low concentrations of Triton X-100. The enzyme showed a single apparent Km for MgATP in the range of 0.2 mM and a Vm of 2.9 mumol Pi.min-1.mg-1 protein. Activity was maximal over a broad peak between pH 6.0-8.0. Hydrolysis of ATP was unaffected by dimethylsulfoxide concentrations up to 20% (v/v) and was inhibited at higher concentrations. The enzyme was not phosphorylated by either 32Pi or [gamma-32P]ATP at significant levels when compared with the Ca2+,Mg2(+)-ATPase in an EGTA-containing medium. The kinetic pattern of the Mg2(+)-ATPase was distinctly different from that of the Ca2+,Mg2(+)-ATPase under the same conditions. The fraction eluted from the DEAE-cellulose column was subjected to electrophoresis under non-denaturing conditions. Only one band with Mg2(+)-ATPase activity was detected. The Mg2(+)-ATPase migrated much slower than the Ca2+,Mg2(+)-ATPase under non-denaturing conditions, whereas both enzymes had a molecular mass of 105 kDa on SDS gel electrophoresis.     

The high affinity (Ca2+-Mg2+)-ATPase in liver plasma membranes is a Ca2+ pump. Reconstitution of the purified enzyme into phospholipid vesicles

The purified (Ca2+-Mg2+)-ATPase from rat liver plasma membranes (Lotersztajn, S., Hanoune, J., and Pecker, F. (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 11209-11215) was incorporated into soybean phospholipid vesicles, together with its activator. In the presence of millimolar concentrations of Mg2+, the reconstituted proteoliposomes displayed a rapid, saturable, ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake. Half-maximal Ca2+ uptake activity was observed at 13 +/- 3 nM free Ca2+, and the apparent Km for ATP was 16 +/- 6 microM. Ca2+ accumulated into proteoliposomes (2.8 +/- 0.2 nmol of Ca2+/mg of protein/90 s) was totally released upon addition of the Ca2+ ionophore A-23187. Ca2+ uptake into vesicles reconstituted with enzyme alone was stimulated 2-2.5-fold by the (Ca2+-Mg2+)-ATPase activator, added exogenously. The (Ca2+-Mg2+)-ATPase activity of the reconstituted vesicles, measured using the same assay conditions as for ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake activity (e.g. in the presence of millimolar concentrations of Mg2+), was maximally activated by 20 nM free Ca2+, half-maximal activation occurring at 13 nM free Ca2+. The stoichiometry of Ca2+ transport versus ATP hydrolysis approximated 0.3. These results provide a direct demonstration that the high affinity (Ca2+-Mg2+)-ATPase identified in liver plasma membranes is responsible for Ca2+ transport.     

(Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase in enriched sarcolemma from dog heart

An enriched fraction of plasma membranes was prepared from canine ventricle by a process which involved thorough disruption of membranes by vigorous homogenization in dilute suspension, sedimentation of contractile proteins and mitochondria at 3000 X g followed by sedimentation of a microsomal fraction at 200 000 X g. The microsomal suspension was then fractionated on a discontinuous sucrose gradient. Particles migrating in the density range 1.0591--1.1083 were characterized by (Na+ + K+)-ATPase activity and [3H]ouabain binding as being enriched in sarcolemma and were comprised of nonaggregated vesicles of diameter approx. 0.1 micron. These fractions contained (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase which appreared endogenous to the sarcolemma. The enzyme was solubilized using Triton X-100 and 1 M KCl and partially purified. Optimal Ca2+ concentration for enzyme activity was 5--10 microM. Both Na+ and K+ stimulated enzyme activity. It is suggested that the enzyme may be involved in the outward pumping of Ca2+ from the cardiac cell.     

ATP utilizing reactions of human erythrocyte membranes and the influence of modulator proteins

The ATP production of human erythrocytes in the steady state (approximately 2 mmoles . 1 cells-1 . h-1, 37 degrees C, pHi 7.2) is maintained by glycolysis and the ATP consumption is essentially limited to the cell membrane. About 25% of the ATP consumption is used for ion transport ATPases. The bulk of the ATP consuming processes in intact erythrocytes remains poorly understood. "Isotonic" erythrocyte membranes prepared under approximate intracellular conditions after freeze-thaw hemolysis have high (Ca2+, Mg2+)-ATPase activities (80% of the total membrane ATPase activity). There is a great discrepancy between the high capacity of the (Ca2+, Mg2+)-ATPase in isotonic membranes and the actual activity in the intact cell. The (Ca2+, Mg2+)-ATPase of isotonic membranes has a "high" Ca2+-affinity (Ka less than 0.5 microM) and a "low" Mg-ATP affinity (Km approximately 760 microM). This state of (Ca2+, Mg2+)-ATPase is caused by the association of calmodulin and 30000 Dalton polypeptides (ATP affinity modulator protein). Hypotonic washings of isotonic membranes result in a loss of the 30 kD polypeptides. EGTA (0.5 mM) extracts derived from isotonic membranes contain the 30 kD modulator protein and restore the properties of the (Ca2+, Mg2+)-ATPase of hypotonic membrane preparations to the isotonic characteristics. The Mg-ATP affinity modulator protein is assumed to form a complex with calmodulin and (Ca2+, Mg2+)-ATPase.     

Phospholipid and calmodulin activation of solubilized calcium-transport ATPase from human erythrocytes: regulation by magnesium

The effect of phospholipids on Triton X-100 solubilized (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase from human erythrocyte membranes has been examined. The enzyme activity was increased by phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidic acid at both low (2 micrometer) and high (65 micrometer) free Ca2+ concentrations, while phosphatidylcholine had little effect and phosphatidylethanolamine and cardiolipin inhibited the (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase activity at all Ca2+ concentrations studied. The diacylglycerol, diolein, inhibited the enzyme at high, but not low, Ca2+ concentrations. Low concentrations of phospholipase A2 (1-2 international units) also activated the solubilized enzyme, at least in part by releasing free fatty acids, as the activation was mimicked by oleic acid (1-2 mumol/mg protein) and was abolished by fatty acid depleted bovine serum albumin. The combined activation by saturating levels of phosphatidylserine and calmodulin was additive at 6.5 mM MgCl2, and probably occurred at distinct sites on a regulatory component of the enzyme. The activation by both effectors was antagonized by MgCl2 at similar concentrations. Analysis of various models suggested that phosphatidylserine had two effects on (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase activity. First, a low Ca2+ affinity form of the enzyme was converted to a high Ca2+ affinity form, which was more sensitive to Ca2+ inhibition. Second, it increased the turnover of the enzyme, probably by enhancing its dephosphorylation, which was mimicked in this study by the Ca2+-dependent p-nitrophenylphosphatase partial reaction.     

Effect of nitric oxides and hydrogen peroxide on Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase and Mg(2+)-ATPase activity in myometrium sarcolemma

The action of sodium nitroprusside, nitrite-anions and hydrogen peroxide on Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase and Mg(2+)-ATPase (Ca(2+)-independent) enzymatic activity in myometrium sarcolemma fraction is investigated. It is established, that 0.1 mM sodium nitroprusside and 10(-8)-10(-5) M nitrite-anions essentially reduce Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase activity whereas Mg(2+)-ATPase proved to be absolutely resistant to them. At rather high concentration of nitrite-anions (0.1 mM) appreciable stimulation of Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase was observed. Hydrogen peroxide (10(-8)-10(-4)), depending on the concentration suppressed both enzymes activity. However, Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase proved to be more sensitive to the action of H2O2 (seeming K(i) = 0.42 +/- 0.1 microM), than Mg(2+)-ATPase (seeming K(i) = 3.1 +/- 0.9 microM). At presence of 1 mM ditiothreitole (a reducer of SH groups of the membrane surface) action of investigated substances considerably decreased. Reagents on carboxic- (dicyclogexilcarbodiimid) and amino- groups of the membrane (trinitrobenzolsulfonic acid) inhibited both Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase, and Mg(2+)-ATPase activity in membrane fractions. In the presence of noted reagents sodium nitroprusside and nitrite-anions action was not almost shown. Hence, nitrogen oxide, nitrite-anions and hydrogen peroxide suppress Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase and Mg(2+)-ATPase (only hydrogen peroxide) activity in the plasmatic membrane of myometrium cells, and this action can be connected with direct updating of superficial chemical groups of the membrane.     

Kinetic characteristics of Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPases in cells of the submandibular salivary gland of rats

Kinetic properties of Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPases membranes from acinar cells of rat submandibular salivary glands have been investigated. It was found that kinetics of ATP hydrolysis dependent on Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPases corresponds to the first-order reaction during first 2 min. It was found that the initial velocity of the reaction (V0), maximal amount of the reaction product (Pmax) and characteristic time of the reaction (T) comprised 1.8 +/- 0.4 and 1.6 +/- 0.2 mmole Pi/min per 1 mg protein, 7.5 +/- 1.3 and 1.4 +/- 0.2 mmole Pi/mg protein and 4.1 +/- 0.7 min and 1.1 +/- 0.1 for Ca2+-ATPases from plasma and endoplasmic reticulum membranes, correspondingly. High- and low-affinity sites of ATP and Ca2+-binding in Ca2+-ATPases from plasma and endoplasmic reticulum membranes were identified. Negative cooperation in ATP binding to Ca2+-ATPase from plasma membrane and a positive cooperation for Ca2+-ATPase from endoplasmic reticulum has been found. Ca2+ binding to low-affinity sites of both Ca2+-ATPases showed no cooperation, while Ca2+ binding to high-affinity sites showed the positive cooperation. Using the Hill's coordinates we have found the values of the Mg2+ Michaelis constant (K(Mg)) which yielded 3.89 x 10(-5) and 3.80 x 10(-5) mole/l for Ca2+-ATPases from plasma and endoplasmic reticulum membranes, correspondingly. It is supposed that obtained data are important for further studies of molecular and membrane mechanisms involved in the regulation of intracellular calcium signalling and secretion by salivary acinar cells.     

Effect of polyamines on Mg(2+)-dependent ATP-hydrolase activity in plasmatic membrane of myometrium cells

Influence of aliphatic polyamines of spermine and spermidine on the enzymatic activity of the ouabain-sensitive Na+,K(+)-ATPase and the ouabain-resistant basal Mg(2+)-ATPase (specific activity--10.6 +/- 0.9 and 18.1 +/- 1.2 microM P(i)/hour on 1 mg of protein accordingly, n = 7) has been studied in the experiments carried out with the suspension of the myometrium cell plasmatic membranes treated with 0.1% digitonin solution. It was found, that the polyamine spermine in concentration of 1 and 10 mM activated the Na+,K(+)-ATPase by 54 and 64% on the average relative to control value. Spermidine also stimulated the Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity, however it did it less efficiently than spermine: by 8 and 20% on the average at concentration of 1 and 10 mM, accordingly. Similarly, polyamines had affect on the basal Mg(2+)-ATPase: spermine in concentration of 1 and 10 mM activated it by 26 and 39% relative to control value; spermidine in concentration of 1 and 10 mM activated it by 10 and 32% relative to control. The magnitudes of the apparent activation constant K(a) of spermine were 0.35 +/- 0.07 and 0.10 +/- 0.02 mM for Na+,K(+)-ATPase and basal Mg(2+)-ATPase, accordingly (M +/- m, n = 5). It is supposed, that the obtained experimental data can be useful in the further research of the membrane mechanisms underlying of the cationic exchange in the smooth muscles, in particular, when investigating the role of the plasmatic membrane in providing electromechanical coupling in them, and also in regulation of ionic homeostasis in the smooth muscle cells.     

Characterization of gill (Na+ + K+)-ATPase in the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

Bass gill microsomal preparations contain both a Na+, K+ and Mg2+-dependent ATPase, which is completely inhibited by 10(-3)M ouabain and 10(-2)M Ca2+, and also a ouabain insensitive ATP-ase activity in the presence of both Mg2+ and Na+. Under the optimal conditions of pH 6.5, 100 mM Na+, 20 mM K+, 5 mM ATP and 5 mM Mg2+, (Na+ + K+)-ATPase activity at 30 degrees C is 15.6 mumole Pi hr/mg protein. Bass gill (Na+ + K+)-ATPase is similar to other (Na+ + K+)-ATPases with respect to the sensitivity to ionic strength, Ca2+ and ouabain and to both Na+/K+ and Mg2+/ATP optimal ratios, while pH optimum is lower than poikilotherm data. The enzyme requires Na+, whereas K+ can be replaced efficiently by NH+4 and poorly by Li+. Both Km and Vm values decrease in the series NH+4 greater than K+ greater than Li+. The break of Arrhenius plot at 17.7 degrees C is close to the adaptation temperature. Activation energies are scarcely different from each other and both lower than those generally reported. The Km for Na+ poorly decreases as the assay temperature lowers. The comparison with literature data aims at distinguishing between distinctive and common features of bass gill (Na+ + K+)-ATPase.     

Identification of Ca(2+)-activated Mg(2+)-dependent ATP-hydrolase activity of membrane microsomal fraction of loach embryo (Misgurnus fossilis L.)

The functional confirmation of availability of Ca2+ transport initially-active systems in the embryo cells of loach Misgurnus fossilis L. has been obtained. Using thapsigargin, the specific inhibitor of endoplasmic reticulum of Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase, this enzyme activity was divided into thapsigargin-sensitive (actually endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase) and thapsigargin-insensitive (plasma membrane Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase) constituents. The Ca(2+)-independent Mg(2+)-dependent ATPase activity makes above 39.7% of the common Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase activity of embryo loach. The periodic changes of Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase activity (except for the changes of plasma membrane Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase activity) were found out, which coincide with periodic [Ca2+]i oscillations during the synchronous divisions of loach blastomers embryos.     

Ca2+-transporting properties of myometrial plasma cell membrane Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase reconstituted in liposomes

Purified myometrium cells plasma membrane Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase was reconstitute in liposomes in functionally active state by the method of cholate dialysis: it showed ATP-hydrolase activity increased by 0.8 microM A23187 average 4 times and it showed Mg2+, ATP-dependent Ca(2+)-transporting activity. Reconstituted system transported Ca2+ at an initial rate of 114.4 +/- 16.3 nmol.min-1.mg-1 with the stoichiometry Ca2+: ATP = 1: (3.2-3.7). Calmodulin increased by 30% the initial rate of Ca(2+)-accumulation by the proteoliposomes with reconstituted Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase; 0.1 mM orthovanadate decreased by 80% Ca(2+)-accumulation by this system. Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase reconstituted in liposomes is just Ca(2+)-transporting ATPase of the plasma membrane. Obtained enzyme preparate can be utilised for study of the properties of this important energy-dependent Ca(2+)-transporting system of smooth muscle cell.     

Effect of fluoroaluminate on the ATP-hydrolysing and Ca2+-transporting activity of the purified Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase of myometrium cell plasma membranes

Fluoroaluminate, known modulator of G-proteins, inhibits ATP-hydrolase activity of purified solubilized Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase from myometrium cell plasma membranes and Ca(2+)-transporting activity of this enzyme reconstituted into azolectin liposomes: 10 mM NaF plus 10 microM AlCl3 inhibited the primary activity by 95% and--by 81%. Inhibition of purified both solubilized and reconstituted Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPases by fluoroaluminate evidences for the possibility of direct interaction AlF4- with this enzyme without involvement of G-protein. The sensitivity to fluoroaluminate of sarcolemmal Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase from myometrium is similar to that of Ca2+, Mg(2+)-ATPase from stomach smooth muscle.     

(Na+ + K+)- and Na+-stimulated Mg2+-dependent ATPase activities in kidney of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.)

1. Sea bass kidney microsomal preparations contain two Mg2+ dependent ATPase activities: the ouabain-sensitive (Na+ + K+)-ATPase and an ouabain-insensitive Na+-ATPase, requiring different assay conditions. The (Na+ + K+)-ATPase under the optimal conditions of pH 7.0, 100 mM Na+, 25 mM K+, 10 mM Mg2+, 5 mM ATP exhibits an average specific activity (S.A.) of 59 mumol Pi/mg protein per hr whereas the Na+-ATPase under the conditions of pH 6.0, 40 mM Na+, 1.5 mM MgATP, 1 mM ouabain has a maximal S.A. of 13.9 mumol Pi/mg protein per hr. 2. The (Na+ + K+)-ATPase is specifically inhibited by ouabain and vanadate; the Na+-ATPase specifically by ethacrynic acid and preferentially by frusemide; both activities are similarly inhibited by Ca2+. 3. The (Na+ + K+)-ATPase is specific for ATP and Na+, whereas the Na+-ATPase hydrolyzes other substrates in the efficiency order ATP greater than GTP greater than CTP greater than UTP and can be activated also by K+, NH4+ or Li+. 4. Minor differences between the two activities lie in the affinity for Na+, Mg2+, ATP and in the thermosensitivity. 5. The comparison between the two activities and with what has been reported in the literature only partly agree with our findings. It tentatively suggests that on the one hand two separate enzymes exist which are related to Na+ transport and, on the other, a distinct modulation in vivo in different tissues.     

Enhancement of adenosine triphosphatase activity of purified chloroplast coupling factor 1 in aqueous organic solvent

The ATPase activity of purified coupling factor 1 (CF1) of spinach chloroplasts [EC 3.6.1.3] was reversibly enhanced in some aqueous organic solvents, notably methanol, ethanol, and acetone. Pretreatment of CF1 with 20% (v/v) methanol did not affect the subsequent activity. The activity depended entirely on the final concentration of methanol in the reaction mixture. In the presence of 20% methanol, the Km of Ca2+-ATPase from ATP was lowered from 0.4 mM to 0.2 mM. Not only Ca2+, but also Cd2+, Mg2+, Mn2+, and Zn2+ supported the ATPase activity at rates of higher than 7 mumol.mg protein-1 . min-1. Co2+, Ni2+, and Pb2+ supported the activity at rates of 0.5-1.0 mumol.mg protein-1 . min-1. The activities supported by the following cations, if any, were less than 0.2 mumol.mg protein-1 . min-1; Ba2+, Cu2+, Fe2+, Hg2+, Sn2+, and Sr2+. The optimum concentration of methanol for Ca2+-ATPase and Mg2+-ATPase activities was about 30% (v/v). The optimum pH values for Ca2+-ATPase and Mg2+-ATPase activities were about 8.0 and 8.8, respectively. The enhancing effect of organic solvents appears to be associated with their relative lipophilic character as defined by the octanol-water partition coefficient. The Ca2+-ATPase activities of th trypsin-activated and the heat-activated CF1 were inhibited and their Mg2+-ATPase activities were enhanced by the presence of methanol in the reaction mixture.     

The evaluation of the role of endogenous Ca-dependent regulators and protein kinases in activating and inhibiting ion-transport ATPases]

The data on hormonal regulation of ATP-driving ion pumps are contradictory depending on the object used: whether native cells or isolated membranes. To eliminate this contrariety, we studied the ion transporting ATPases in saponin-permeabilized cells in the presence of all endogenous regulators. In permeabilized erythrocytes we obtained the presence of Ca(2+)-dependent activation of Ca(2+)-ATPase by factor(s) not affected by calmodulin antagonist R24571. We obtained also Ca(2+)-dependent activation and inhibition of Na+,K(+)-ATPase. At a concentration of Mg(2+)-ions corresponding to the intracellular level (370 microM), the 0.5-0.7 microM Ca(2+)-activated Na+,K(+)-ATPase (up to 3-fold), whereas the 1-5 microM Ca2+ inhibited it. The cyclic AMP (10(-5) M) inhibited or eliminated Ca(2+)-dependent activation. The decrease in Mg(2+)-ion concentration to 50 microM eliminated the activation and strengthened the inhibition, which reached 100% at the 1-2 microM Ca2+ concentration. The washing of membranes with EGTA eliminated Ca2+ effects on Na+,K(+)-ATPase. These data suggest that the ion-transporting ATPases are activated or inhibited by Ca(2+)-dependent regulators whose activities may be changed by protein kinase catalysed phosphorylation.