Mixed anhydrides of nucleotides and mesitylenecarboxylic acid as new specific inhibitors of mitochondrial adenosien triphosphatase.

Mixed anhydrides of nucleoside triphosphates and mesitylenecarboxylic acid inhibit soluble mitochondrial ATPase (adenosine triphosphatase), but do not inhibit ATPase of submitochondrial particles. Inhibition of soluble mitochondrial ATPase by the mixed anhydride of epsilon-ATP and mesitylenecarboxylic acid is followed by the covalent binding of one nucleotide residue to a molecule of the protein. It is suggested that this covalent binding occurs in the catalytic site of the mitochondrial ATPase. The mixed anhydride of ADP and mesitylenecarboxylic acid inhibits the ATPase activity of submitochondrial particles and has no effect on the activity of soluble mitochondrial ATPase. After separation of the submitochondrial particles from the mixed anhydride of ADP and mesitylenecarboxylic acid, their ATPase activity is restored to its original value (half-time of reactivation 3--4 min). Incubation of submitochondrial particles or soluble mitochondrial ATPase with the mixed anhydride of ADP and mesitylenecarboxylic acid results in AMP formation.     

Studies of energy-linked reactions. Net synthesis of adenosine triphosphate by isolated adenosine triphosphate synthase preparations: a role for lipoic acid and unsaturated fatty acids.

ATP synthase preparations [complex V, proton-translocatin ATPase (adenosine triphosphatase) and oligomycin-sensitive ATPase ] contain stoicheiometric amounts of lipoic acid residues (up to 6mol of lipoic acid/mol of ATPase complex) and catalyse net ATP synthesis in an uncoupler-and oligomycin-sensitive reaction utilizing dihydrolipoate, oleoyl-CoA and oleic acid, or in a reaction utilizing oleoyl-S-lipoate. The terminal reactions of oxidative phosphorylation are thus analogous to those of substrate-level phosphorylation.     

A method of the rapid preparation of adenosine 5'-gamma-[32P] triphosphate by chemical synthesis.

A new chemical method for the synthesis of adenosine 5'-gamma-[32P] triphosphate has been developed based on the reaction of adenosine 5'-diphosphate with ethyl chloroformate. The resulting active mixed anhydride was able to react with [32P]-triethylammonium orthophosphate to give gamma-[32P]ATP.     

Comparative enzymology of the adenosine triphosphate sulphurylases from leaf tissue of selenium-accumulator and non-accumulator plants

1. ATP sulphurylases were partially purified (20-40-fold) from leaf tissue of Astragalus bisulcatus, Astragalus racemosus (selenium-accumulator species) and Astragalus hamosus and Astragalus sinicus (non-accumulator species). Activity was measured by sulphate-dependent PP(i)-ATP exchange. The enzymes were separated from pyrophosphatase and adenosine triphosphatase activities. The properties of the Astragalus ATP sulphurylases were similar to the spinach enzyme. 2. The ATP sulphurylases from both selenium-accumulator and non-accumulator species catalysed selenate-dependent PP(i)-ATP exchange; selenate competed with sulphate. The ratio of V(selenate)/V(sulphate) and K(m)(selenate)/K(m)(sulphate) was approximately the same for the enzyme from each species. 3. Sulphate-dependent PP(i)-ATP exchange was inhibited by ADP, chlorate and nitrate. The kinetics of the inhibition for each enzyme were consistent with an ordered reaction mechanism, in which ATP is the first substrate to react with the enzyme and PP(i) is the first product released. 4. Synthesis of adenosine 5'-[(35)S]sulphatophosphate from [(35)S]sulphate was demonstrated by coupling the Astragalus ATP sulphurylases with Mg(2+)-dependent pyrophosphatase; the reaction was inhibited by selenate. An analogous reaction using [(75)Se]selenate as substrate could not be demonstrated.     

Chemical modification of a cerebral sodium-plus-potassium ion-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase preparation

1. A particulate Na(+)+K(+)-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase preparation obtained by treatment of bovine cerebral microsomes with a sodium iodide reagent has been further treated with acid anhydrides likely to convert amino groups into acidic derivatives. 2. The extent of acylation of amino groups was determined by reaction of the remaining amino groups with 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid. The unmodified preparation contains about 1.2 muequiv. of amino groups/mg of protein of which only about 0.5 muequiv. are accounted for by protein amino groups. Kinetics of the trinitrobenzenesulphonic acid reaction with the unmodified preparation are complex and are altered by ATP or ouabain. 3. The compounds examined cause loss of Na(+)+K(+)-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase activity when relatively few amino groups are modified but ATP was found to afford partial protection against inactivation by methylmaleic anhydride. Na(+)+K(+)-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase activity is partly restored to the dimethylmaleylated preparation by hydrolysis of the dimethylmaleyl-amide bonds but not if more than about 20% of the amino groups have been acylated. 4. Supernatants obtained by high-speed centrifugation of the dimethylmaleylated preparation contained up to 45% of the total protein with less than 10% of the total phospholipid. Methylmaleyl and benzenetricarboxylyl derivatives of the enzyme preparation behaved similarly but tetrafluorosuccinylated material was almost entirely deposited by centrifugation.     

Use of an adenosine triphosphate analog, adenylyl imidodiphosphate, to evaluate adenosine triphosphate-dependent reactions in mitochondria.

Adenylyl imidodiphosphate (AMP-PNP), an analog of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), was found to be an effective inhibitor of adenine nucleotide translocation in rat liver mitochondria. Inhibition by AMP-PNP was shown to be competitive with ATP. Therefore, studies designed to evaluate the interaction of ATP with mitochondrial adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) in the presence of AMP-PNP were carried out on submitochondrial particles which lack a membrane barrier between the enzyme and the test medium. The effect of AMP-PNP on the ATP-driven reversed electron transfer reaction in sonically prepared submitochondrial particles was further examined by using oligomycin to induce coupling. The ATPase of oligomycin treated particles did not show significantly different sensitivity to AMP-PNP. Submitochondrial particles which were sensitive to AMP-PNP were less efficient in driving energy-coupled reactions. Results from these studies indicate that uncoupling in mitochondria is not only due to a leaky membrane but may also result from an altered membrane-ATPase association.     

Characterization and function of catalytic subunit alpha of H+-translocating adenosine triphosphatase from vacuolar membranes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A study with 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole

Subunit alpha (Mr 89,000) from vacuolar membrane H+-translocating adenosine triphosphatase of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was found to bind 8-azido[alpha-32P]adenosine triphosphate. Labeling by this photosensitive ATP derivative was saturable with an apparent dissociation constant of 10(-6) to 10(-5) M and decreased in the presence of ATP and ADP. The enzyme was inactivated by 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole (NBD-Cl), with about 1 microM causing half-maximal inactivation in the neutral pH range. This inactivation was prevented by the presence of ATP, ADP, or adenosyl-5'-yl imidodiphosphate (AMP-PNP). The original activity was restored by treating the inactivated enzyme with 2-mercaptoethanol. Kinetic and chemical studies of the inactivation showed that the activity was lost on chemical modification of a single tyrosine residue per molecule of the enzyme. When the enzyme was inactivated with [14C]NBD-Cl, subunit alpha was specifically labeled, and this labeling was completely prevented by the presence of ATP, GTP, ADP, or AMP-PNP. From these results, it was concluded that subunit alpha of yeast vacuolar H+-ATPase has a catalytic site that contains a single, essential tyrosine residue. The kinetics of single site hydrolysis of [gamma-32P]ATP (Grubmeyer, C., Cross, R. L., and Penefsky, H. S. (1982) J. Biol. Chem. 257, 12092-12100) indicated the formation of an enzyme-ATP complex and subsequent hydrolysis of bound ATP to ADP and Pi at the NBD-Cl-sensitive catalytic site. NBD-Cl inactivated the single site hydrolysis and inhibited the formation of an enzyme-ATP complex. Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide did not affect the single site hydrolysis, but inhibited the enzyme activity under steady-state conditions.     

The nature and properties of the inducible sodium-plus-potassium ion-dependent adenosine triphosphatase in the gills of eels (Anguilla anguilla) adapted to fresh water and sea water

1. Gill tissue from eels adapted to fresh water or to sea water was disrupted in 0.32m-sucrose containing 0.1% (w/v) sodium deoxycholate and the subcellular distribution of (Na(+)+K(+))-dependent adenosine triphosphatase was determined. 2. About 70% of the recovered enzyme was in a fraction sedimenting between 225000g(av.)-min and 6000000g(av.)-min; the specific activities of enzymes from tissues of freshwater and seawater eels were 16 and 51 mumol of phosphate/h per mg of protein respectively. 3. The enzymes from gills of freshwater and seawater eels were indistinguishable on the basis of a number of parameters. These included phosphorylation by [gamma-(32)P]ATP, the binding of [(3)H]ouabain, the extent to which bound [(3)H]ouabain was displaced by increasing concentrations of KCl and pH optima. 4. Electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gels in sodium dodecyl sulphate showed that enzyme preparations from both sources had an identical number of protein components. 5. The higher specific activity of (Na(+)+K(+))-dependent adenosine triphosphatase from tissue of seawater eels was accompanied by increased amounts of two protein components. One of these proteins retained (32)P after treatment of the enzyme with [gamma-(32)P]ATP and had mol.wt. 97000; the other component was a glycoprotein with mol.wt. approx. 46000. 6. The results are discussed in terms of the nature of the transepithelial NaCl pumps in the gills of freshwater and seawater fish.     

Proton-translocating adenosine triphosphatase of chromaffin-granule membranes. The active site is in the largest (70 kDa) subunit.

The proton-translocating adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) of bovine chromaffin granules contains up to five different polypeptides. Its activity is inhibited by N-ethylmaleimide, and ATP protects the enzyme from inhibition. After treatment of membranes with N-[2-3H]ethylmaleimide, only one polypeptide is strongly radiolabelled: this is the largest (70 kDa) subunit of the proton-translocating ATPase. This subunit therefore contains the ATP-hydrolysing site. Two-dimensional electrophoresis reveals heterogeneity in this polypeptide.     

Dibutylchloromethyltin chloride, a covalent inhibitor of the adenosine triphosphate synthase complex

1. The synthesis of dibutylchloromethyltin chloride, a new covalent inhibitor of the mitochondrial ATP synthase [oligomycin-sensitive ATPase (adenosine triphosphatase)] complex is described, together with a method for preparing dibutylchloro[(3)H]methyltin chloride. 2. Studies with the yeast mitochondrial oligomycin-sensitive ATPase complex show that dibutylchloromethyltin chloride inhibits both the membrane-bound enzyme and also the purified Triton X-100-dispersed preparation. 3. F(1)-ATPase is not inhibited even at 500nmol of dibutylchloromethyltin chloride/mg of protein, and the general inhibitory properties are similar to those of triethyltin, oligomycin and dicyclohexylcarbodi-imide, known energy-transfer inhibitors of oxidative phosphorylation. 4. Binding studies with yeast submitochondrial particles show that dibutylchloromethyltin chloride antagonizes the binding of triethyl[(113)Sn]tin, indicating that there is an interaction between the two inhibitor-binding sites. 5. Unlike triethyltin, inhibition by dibutylchloromethyltin chloride is due to a covalent interaction which titrates a component of the inner mitochondrial membrane present at a concentration of 8-9nmol/mg of protein. 6. All of the labelled component can be extracted with chloroform/methanol (2:1, v/v), and sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis of the chloroform/methanol extract indicates that the labelled component has an apparent mol.wt. of 6000-8000. However, t.l.c. reveals the presence of only one labelled component which is lipophilic and non-protein and is distinct from the free inhibitor, mitochondrial phospholipids and the dicyclohexylcarbodi-imide-binding protein (subunit 9). 7. Inhibition of mitochondrial ATPase and oxidative phosphorylation is correlated with specific interaction with a non-protein lipophilic component of the mitochondrial inner membrane which is proposed to be a co-factor or intermediate of oxidative phosphorylation.     

Immunochemical and catalytic characteristics of adenosine kinase from Leishmania donovani

Polyclonal antibodies to homogeneous preparation of adenosine kinase from Leishmania donovani were raised in rabbit. The antiserum was inhibitory and precipitated enzyme activity from both homogeneous and partially purified adenosine kinase from the parasite. However, the antiserum did not immunoprecipitate adenosine kinase of other higher eukaryotic sources tested so far. Immunoblot analysis of extracts from L. donovani and other sources revealed specific reaction of the antiserum with only the parasite enzyme. Under similar conditions, the enzyme monophosphorylated adenosine and 7-amino-3[beta-D-ribofuranosyl]-1H-pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidine (formycin A) with almost equal efficiency, exhibiting Km values of 16 and 24 microM, respectively. The turnover number (Kcat) of the enzyme with both adenosine and formycin A was 24 s-1, whereas Kcat/Km yielded values of 1.5 and 1.0 microM-1 s-1, respectively. Substrate competition experiments indicated strong inhibition of [3H]formycin A phosphorylation by adenosine. In contrast, [3H]adenosine phosphorylation was insensitive to formycin A except at very high concentrations. The inhibitions of [3H]formycin A and [3H]adenosine phosphorylation by adenosine and formycin A were noncompetitive with respect to each other. Of the two nucleosides, adenosine was found to be effective in eluting the enzyme from the 5'-AMP Sepharose 4B column. Phosphorylation of [3H]formycin A was strongly inhibited by N-ethylmaleimide at concentrations which exerted minimal effect on [3H]adenosine phosphorylation. Adenosine exclusively, but not formycin A, protected the enzyme from N-ethylmaleimide-mediated inactivation. Taken together the results suggest that (a) adenosine kinase from L. donovani is immunologically distinct and (b) the enzyme possibly has two discrete catalytically active nucleoside interacting sites.     

A calcium ion-dependent adenosine triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase in plasma membrane from rat liver. Demonstration that the adenosine triphosphate analogues adenosine 5''-[betagamma-imido]triphosphate and adenosine 5''-[betagamma-methylene]-triphosphate are substrates for the enzyme.

An ATP pyrophosphohydrolase in a rat liver plasma-membrane subfraction was studied with respect to specific Ca2+ activation of the beta-phosphate bond hydrolysis. ATP and, in addition, adenosine 5'-[betagamma-imido]triphosphate and adenosine 5'-[betagamma-methlylene]triphosphate were substrates for Ca2+-stimulated enzymic hydrolysis of the beta-phosphate bond. A 15-fold activation was observed by raising the free Ca2+ concentration from 10(-7) to 10(-5) M. Mg2+ had little effect. Solubilization in 1% deoxycholate and partial purification on a sucrose density gradient resulted in a 5-fold increase in specific activity with unaltered Ca2+-stimulation pattern. The possible importance of the enzyme in Ca2+ transport is discussed.     

Studies on the mechanism of action of histone kinase dependent on adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate. Evidence for involvement of histidine and lysine residues in the phosphotransferase reaction.

The reaction of the phosphate residue transfer catalysed by histone kinase dependent on adenosine 3':5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) was studied. The phosphotransferase reaction was shown to obey the mechanism of ping-pong bi-bi type. After incubation of the catalytic subunit of histone kinase with [gamma-32P]ATP the incorporation of one mole of [32P]phosphage per mole of protein was observed. The tryptic [32P]phosphohistidine-containing peptide was isolated and its N-terminus and amino acid composition were determined. The 2',3'-dialdehyde derivative of ATP (oATP) was used as the affinity label for the catalytic subunit of cyclic-AMP-dependent histone kinase. The inhibitor formed an alidmine bond with epsilon-amino group of the lysine residue of the active site and was irreversibly bound to the enzyme after reduction by sodium borohydride with concurrent irreversible inactivation of the enzyme. After inactivation, about one mole of 14C-labelled inhibitor was incorporated per mole of the enzyme. ATP effectively protected the catalytic subunit of histone kinase against inactivation by oATP. Tryptic digestion of the enzyme-inhibitor complex led to the isolation of the 14C-labelled peptide of the active site of histone kinase. Basing on these results, the role of histidine and lysine residues in the active site of the catalytic subunit of histone kinase was suggested.     

Inhibition of leucyl-tRNA-synthetases by modified ATP analogs

The interaction between modifying ATP analogs containing alkylating or phosphorylating groups in the polyphosphate moiety of the ATP molecule and leucyl-tRNA synthetases from cytoplasm and chloroplasts of Euglena gracilis (strain Z) was studied. It was shown that most of the ATP analogs irreversibly inhibit the cytoplasmic enzyme, having no inhibiting effect on the chloroplast synthetase. The kinetic constants K1 and k2 for the interaction between the most effective irreversible inhibitors and the cytoplasmic enzyme were determined. The data on the protection of the enzyme activity by substrates against irreversible inhibition suggest, that the effect of the adenosine 5'-(beta-chloroethyl phosphate) is directed to the ATP-binding site of the cytoplasmic enzyme, whereas the mixed anhydride of AMP and mesithylene carbonic acid acts predominantly on the binding site of 3'-terminal adenosine of the tRNALeu molecule. ATP analogs may be effectively used for affinity labelling of the cytoplasmic leucyl-tRNA synthetase.     

Effect of cordycepin triphosphate on in vitro RNA synthesis by picornavirus polymerase complexes.

Cordycepin triphosphate inhibited in vitro [3H]GMP incorporation by pricornavirus-specific polymerase complexes isolated from infected HeLa cells. The inhibition of [3H]GMP incorporation could be reversed with ATP added to the reaction mixture along with the inhibitor, but not with GTP so added or with ATP added 10 min after the inhibitor. Products synthesized in vitro in the presence of cordycepin triphosphate lacked full-length single-stranded viral RNA. These results support RNA chain termination by specific competition with ATP as the mechanism of inhibition of picornavirus-specific RNA synthesis by cordycepin triphosphate.     

Vectorial production of adenosine by 5'-nucleotidase in the perfused rat heart

Rat hearts were perfused simultaneously with [8-3H] AMP and [8-14C]adenosine. [8-3H] AMP was hydrolzyed by 5'-nucleotidase to produce intra- and extracellular [8-3H] adenosine. Comparison of the specific activities of [3H]- and [14C]adenosine in the heart cells with the specific activities of [3H]- and [14C]adenosine in the effluent perfusate showed that much more [3H]adenosine accumulated in the tissue than would be expected if extracellular adenosine were the immediate precursor of intracellular adenosine. Conversely, perfusion of rat hearts with [8-14C]AMP and [8-3H]adenosine led to a much greater accumulation of intracellular [14C]adenosine than would be expected from an uptake of adenosine from the perfusate. These results are interpreted to be due to hydrolysis of extracellular AMP by 5'-nucleotidase, located in the plasma membrane, and release of the resulting adenosine inside the cell. Measurements of the specific activities of 3H and 14C in ATP, ADP, AMP, and inosine support this interpretation.     

Monoclonal antibodies specific for the core protein of the beta-subunit of the gastric proton pump (H+/K+ ATPase). An autoantigen targetted in pernicious anaemia.

The gastric H+/K(+)-transporting adenosine triphosphatase (H+/K+ ATPase) (proton pump) consists of a catalytic alpha-subunit and a recently proposed 60-90-kDa glycoprotein beta-subunit. Using dog gastric membranes as the antigen, we have produced two murine monoclonal antibodies, 4F11 (IgG1) and 3A6 (IgA), which are specific for the 60-90-kDa glycoprotein. The monoclonal antibodies (1) specifically stained the cytoplasm of unfixed and formalin-fixed dog gastric parietal cells; (2) specifically reacted by ELISA with gastric tubulovesicular membranes; (3) recognised epitopes located on the luminal face of parietal cell tubulovesicular membranes, the site of the proton pump, by immunogold electron microscopy; (4) immunoblotted a 60-90-kDa molecule from tubulovesicular membranes and a 35-kDa component from peptide N-glycosidase-F-treated membrane extracts; (5) immunoblotted the 60-90-kDa parietal cell autoantigen associated with autoimmune gastritis and pernicious anemia, purified by chromatography on parietal cell autoantibody- or tomato-lectin-Sepharose 4B affinity columns, and the 35-kDa protein core of this autoantigen; this autoantigen has amino acid sequence similarity to the beta-subunit of the related Na+/K(+)-transporting adenosine triphosphatase (Na+/K+ ATPase) [Toh et al. (1990) Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. 87, 6418-6422]; (6) co-precipitated a molecule of 95 kDa with the 60-90-kDa molecule from 125I-labelled detergent extracts of dog tubulovesicular membranes; and (7) co-purified the catalytic alpha-subunit of the H+/K+ ATPase with the 60-90-kDa molecule by immunoaffinity chromatography of tubulovesicular membrane extracts on a monoclonal antibody 3A6-Sepharose 4B column, indicating a physical association between the two molecules. These results provide further evidence that the 60-90-kDa glycoprotein is the beta-subunit of the gastric H+/K+ ATPase. We conclude that the monoclonal antibodies specifically recognise luminal epitopes on the 35-kDa core protein of the 60-90-kDa beta-subunit of the gastric proton pump, a major target molecule in autoimmune gastritis and pernicious anaemia. These monoclonal antibodies will be valuable probes to study the structure and function of this associated beta-subunit, as well as the ontogeny of the gastric proton pump.     

Modification of sarcoplasmic reticulum adenosine triphosphatase by adenosine triphosphate magnesium

Lineweaver-Burk plots of Ca²⁺-activated adenosine triphosphatase from rabbit muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum have been determined for a wide range of substrate concentrations. The plots measured at constant Mg²⁺ concentrations are normally nonlinear, but approach linearity either as the sarcoplasmic reticulum ages, or when small quantities of Triton-X100 are added. Titration with N-ethylmaleimide has the same effect on the activity of the ATPase measured either at high or low substrate concentrations. Lineweaver-Burk plots measured under conditions where the Mg²⁺ concentration is varied so as to be always equal to the ATP concentration are linear. These results have been interpreted as evidence that the adenosine triphosphatase has a single active site which uses MgATP as its substrate and which can be modified by free Mg²⁺.     

Adenosine triphosphatase and adenosine diphosphate/adenosine triphosphate isotope-exchange activities of the chromaffin-granule membrane.

The association of adenosine triphosphatase and ADP/ATP isotope-exchange activities with chromaffin-granule membranes was shown by sucrose-density-gradient centrifugation. The two activities were solubilized, and separated by differential sedimentation.