Thyroid hormones stimulate Na+–Pi transport activity in rat renal brush-border membranes: Role of membrane lipid composition and fluidity

Antecedent studies have suggested that lipid composition and fluidity of cellular membranes of various organs are altered in response to thyroid hormone status. To date, the effects of thyroid hormone status on these parameters have not been examined in rat renal apical membrane in regard to sodium-dependent phosphate transport. In the present study, we determined the potential role of alterations in cortical brush-border membrane lipid composition and fluidity in modulation of Na⁺–P_i transport activity in response to thyroid hormone status. Thyroid hormone status influences the fractional excretion of Pi, which is associated with alteration in renal brush-border membrane phosphate transport. The increment in Na⁺–P_i transport in renal BBMV isolated from Hyper-T rats is manifested as an increase in the maximal velocity (V_max) of Na⁺–P_i transport. Further, the cholesterol content was significantly increased in renal BBM of Hypo-T rats and decreased in Hyper-T rats as compared to the Eu-T rats. The molar ratio of cholesterol/phospholipids was also higher in renal BBM from hypo-T rats. Subsequently, fluorescence anisotropy of diphenyl hexatriene (rDPH) and microviscosity were significantly decreased in the renal BBM of the Hyper-T rats and increased in the Hypo-T rats as compared to Eu-T rats. The result of this study, therefore, suggest that alteration in renal BBM cholesterol, cholesterol/phospholipid molar ratio, and membrane fluidity play an important role in the modulation of renal BBM Na⁺–P_i transport in response to thyroid hormone status of animals. (Mol Cell Biochem 268: 75–82, 2005)     

Ca2+-dependent inhibitory effects of Na+ and K− on Ca2+ transport in sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles

Effects of Na⁺ and K⁺ on Ca²⁺ transport by sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles were studied in a medium containing high Mg²⁺ and ATP (2mM) and low Ca²⁺ (0.44μM) concentrations. Under these conditions, Na⁺ and K⁺ inhibit Ca²⁺ uptake. ATPase activity and membrane phosphorylation by ATP. Since the concentrations of ATP and Ca²⁺ used are consistent with relaxation in vivo, the results suggest that under physiological resting conditions the Ca²⁺ pump of the sarcoplasmic reticulum operates below its maximal capacity.     

川楝素对K+、Ca2+通道活动及细胞内Ca2+浓度的调控

川楝素是我国学者从驱蛔中药中分离、鉴定的一个三萜化合物，已证明具选择地影响神经递质释放，有效地对抗肉毒中毒，促进细胞分化、凋亡，抑制肿瘤增殖，抑制昆虫发育和取食，影响K⁺、Ca²⁺通道活动等多种生物效应. 综述了证明川楝素抑制多种K⁺通道，选择地易化L型Ca²⁺通道和进而升高胞内Ca⁺浓度的研究资料，并对川楝素产生这些生物效应的机制进行了讨论.     

骨骼肌内质网Ca2+泵转运Ca2+的结构基础

Ca²⁺泵(Ca²⁺-ATPase)是调节细胞内Ca²⁺浓度的重要蛋白质之一. Ca²⁺泵在转运Ca²⁺的过程中经历一系列构象变化. 其中,E1状态为外向的Ca²⁺高亲和状态,E2状态则为内向的Ca²⁺低亲和状态. 目前,骨骼肌内质网Ca²⁺泵转运Ca²⁺过程中的几个中间状态,包括E1-2Ca²⁺,E1-ATP,E1-P-ADP,E2-Pi和E2状态的三维晶体结构已经解析. 介绍这几种状态的晶体结构,并分析Ca²⁺泵在执行功能过程中结构与功能的关系.     

Conformational changes of F-actin-ε-ADP in thin filaments in myosin-free muscle fibers induced by Ca2+

Polarized fluorescence from F-actin-ε-ADP in thin filaments reconstituted in a myosin-free single muscle fiber was measured at various concentrations of Ca²⁺. Four components of polarized fluorescence changed with increasing Ca²⁺ concentration at pCa values of around 7 to 6, concomitant with a change of the tension generated by the fiber irrigated with myosin in the presence of Mg-ATP. From analysis of observed values of the four components, it was found that the flexibility of the thin filament increased, or the elastic modulus for bending decreased from 5.7 × 10^?17 dyn cm² to 4.7 × 10^?17 dyn cm², when the pCa value decreased from 7 to 6. In the same range of pCa values, the angles of absorption and emission dipoles of ε-ADP changed, suggesting a small rotation of the base-plane of ε-ADP around an axis perpendicular to the F-actin axis.     

Ca2+与植物抗旱性的关系

干旱是制约植物生长发育的主要逆境因素,并抑制根系对钙的吸收。近年来研究表明,外源钙能提高植株的抗旱性,抑制干旱胁迫下活性氧物质的生成,保护细胞质膜的结构,维持正常的光合作用,以及调节激素和一些重要的生化物质代谢;此外,细胞内Ca2+可作为第二信使传递干旱信号,调节干旱胁迫导致的生理反应。     

介质Ca2+和La3+对酿酒酵母生长的影响

采用正交实验研究了外加Ｃａ^２＋和Ｌａ^３＋对酿酒酵母生长的影响。结果表明：外加Ｃａ^２＋和Ｌａ^３＋对酿酒酵母的生长均有显著的影响,都呈现出低浓度时正效应和高浓度时负效应,当Ｃａ^２＋浓度为１ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ及Ｌａ^３＋浓度为１５μｍｏｌ／Ｌ时酿酒酵母生长最好。     

Spin-label studies on rat liver and heart plasma membranes: do probe-probe interactions interfere with the measurement of membrane properties?

The structures of purified rat liver and heart plasma membranes were studied with the 5-nitroxide stearic acid spin probe, I(12,3). ESR spectra were recorded with a 50 gauss field sweep, and also with a new technique which "expands" the spectrum by (1) recording pairs of adjoining peaks with a smaller field sweep and (2) superposing the common peaks. The hyperfine splittings measured from the "expanded" spectra were significantly more precise than those obtained from the "unexpanded" spectra. Both procedures were used to study the effects of various I(12,3) probe concentrations on the spectra of liver and heart membranes, as well as the effects of temperature and CaCl2 additions on the spectra of liver membranes, and revealed the following: The polarity-corrected order parameters of liver (31 degrees) and heart (22 degrees) membranes were found to be independent of the probe concentration, if experimentally-determined low I(12,3)/lipid ratios were employed. The absence of obvious radical-interaction broadening in the unexpanded spectra indicated that "intrinsic" membrane properties may be measured at these low probe/lipid ratios. Here, "intrinsic" properties are defined as those which are measured when probe-probe interactions are negligible, and do not refer to membrane behavior in the absence of a perturbing spin label. At higher I(12,3)/lipid ratios, the order parameters of liver and heart membranes were found to substantially decrease with increasing probe concentration. The increase in the "apparent" fluidity of both membrane systems is attributed to enhanced radical interactions; however, an examination of these spectra (without reference to "low" probe concentration spectra) might incorrectly suggest that radical interactions were absent. For the membrane concentrations employed in these studies, the presence of "liquid-lines" (or "fluid components") in the unexpanded ESR spectra was a convenient marker of high probe concentrations. A thermotropic phase separation was observed in liver membranes between 19 degrees and 28 degrees. Addition of CaCl2 to liver plasma membrane [labelled with "low" I(12,3) concentrations] increased the rigidity of the membrane at 31 degrees and 37 degrees, without inducing a segregation of the probe in the bilayer. Previously reported data are discussed in relation to these results, and suggested minimal criteria for performing membrane spin label studies are included.     

Ca2+ displacement by polymyxin B from sarcolemma isolated by ‘gas dissection’ from cultured neonatal rat myocardial cells

Amphiphilic, cationic Polymyxin B is shown to displace Ca²⁺ from ‘gas dissected’ cardiac sarcolemma in a dose-dependent, saturable fashion. The Ca²⁺ displacement is only partially reversible, 57% and 63%, in the presence of 1 mM or 10 mM Ca²⁺, respectively. Total Ca²⁺ displaced by a non-specific cationic probe, lanthanum (La³⁺), at maximal displacing concentration (1 mM) was $\text{0.172 ± 0.02}\text{nmol/μg}$ membrane protein. At 0.1 mM, Polymyxin B displaced 42% of the total La³⁺-displaceable Ca²⁺ or $\text{0.072 ± 0.01}\text{nmol/μg}$ protein. 5 mM Polymyxin displaced Ca²⁺ in amounts equal to those displaced by 1 mM La³⁺. Pretreatment of the membranes with neuraminidase (removal of sialic acid) and protease leads to a decrease in La³⁺-displaceable Ca²⁺ but to an increase in the fraction displaced by 0.1 mM Polymyxin from 42% to 54%. Phospholipase D (cabbage) treatment significantly increased the La³⁺-displaceable Ca²⁺ to $\text{0.227 ± 0.02}\text{nmol/μg}$ protein ($\text{P < 0.05}$), a gain of 0.055 nmol. All of this phospholipid specific increment in bound Ca²⁺ was displaced by 0.1 mM Polymyxin B. The results suggest that Polymyxin B will be useful as a probe for phospholipid Ca²⁺-binding sites in natural membranes.     

Thyroid hormones increase Na+–Pi co-transport activity in intestinal brush border membrane: Role of membrane lipid composition and fluidity

In the present study, we documented the promising role of thyroid hormones status in animals in modulation of Na⁺–P_i transport activity in intestinal brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) which was accompanied with alterations in BBM lipid composition and fluidity. Augmentation of net P_i balance in hyperthyroid (Hyper-T) rats was fraternized with accretion of P_i transport across BBMV isolated from intestine of Hyper-T rats as compared to hypothyroid (Hypo-T) and euthyroid (Eu-T) rats while Na⁺–P_i transport across BBMV was decreased in Hypo-T rats relative to Eu-T rats. Increment in Na⁺–P_i transport in intestinal BBMV isolated from Hyper-T rats was manifested as an increase in the maximal velocity (V_max) of Na⁺–P_i transport system. Furthermore, BBMV lipid composition profile in intestinal BBM from Hyper-T was altered to that of Hypo-T rats and Eu-T rats. The molar ratio of cholesterol/phospholipids was higher in intestinal BBM from Hypo-T rats. Fluorescence anistropy of diphenyl hexatriene (rDPH) and microviscosity were significantly decreased in the intestinal BBM of Hyper-T rats and decreased in Hypo-T rats as compared to Eu-T rats which corroborated with the alteration in membrane fluidity in response to thyroid hormone status of animals. Therefore, thyroid hormone mediated change in membrane fluidity might play an important role in modulating Na⁺–P_i transport activity of intestinal BBM. (Mol Cell Biochem 278: 195–202, 2005)     

Regucalcin modulates hormonal effect on (Ca2+−Mg2+)-ATPase activity in rat liver plasma membranes

The interaction of various hormones and regucalcin on (Ca²⁺–Mg²⁺)-ATPase activity in rat liver plasma membranes was investigated. The presence of epinephrine (10^–6–10^–4 M), and insulin (10^–8–10^– M) in the reaction mixture produced a significant increase in (Ca²⁺–Mg²⁺)-ATPase activity, while the enzyme activity was decreased significantly by calcitonin, (3×10^–8–3×10^–6 M). These hormonal effects, except for calcitonin, were clearly inhibited by the presence of vanadate (10^–4 M) which can inhibit the Ca²⁺-dependent phosphorylation of enzyme. Meanwhile, regucalcin (0.25 and 0.50 M), isolated from rat liver cytosol, elevated significantly (Ca²⁺–Mg²⁺)-ATPase activity in the plasma membranes, although this elevation was not inhibited by vanadate (10^–4 M). the epinephrine (10^–5 M) or phenylephrine (10^–4 M)-induced increase in (Ca²⁺–Mg²⁺)-ATPase activity was disappeared in the presence of regucalcin; in this case the effect of regucalcin was also weakened. However, the inhibitory effect of calcitonin (3×10^–6 M) was not weakened by the presence of regucalcin (0.5 M). Moreover, GTP (10^–5 and 10^–4 M)-induced increase in (Ca²⁺–Mg²⁺)-ATPase activity was not seen in the presence of regucalcin (0.25 M). The present finding suggests that the activating mechanism of regucalcin on (Ca²⁺–Mg²⁺)-ATPase is not involved on GTP-binding protein which modulates the receptor-mediated hormonal effect in rat liver plasma membranes.     

亲和层析纯化肌质网Ca2+－ATP酶

建立了一种亲和层析纯化肌质网Ca²⁺-ATP酶的方法．用非离子型去污剂C₁₂E₈ 溶解肌质网,再通过反应红－120琼脂糖亲和层析柱使肌质网Ca²⁺-ATP酶纯度从粗品中的65％提高到99％,并具有较高ATP水解活性．经SDS－聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳检测,为电泳纯．     

Ca2+激活Cl-通道功能及分子基础研究进展

自从1983年Barish在爪蟾卵母细胞中发现钙激活的Cl–通道以来,此种类型Cl–通道一直在被广泛的研究,其在不同组织中的重要作用也被不断报道。但是,钙激活氯电流的分子机制一直未被阐明。直到2008年,由三个实验室分别发现了构成钙激活Cl–通道的分子基础为跨膜蛋白16A(transmembrane protein 16A,TMEM16A),这一发现使得人为通过基因手段调控钙激活Cl–通道的功能与表达成为可能。该文综述了钙激活Cl–通道在不同组织中的作用、TMEM16A的电生理和药理学特性以及TMEM16A在心肌肥厚和心衰中的可能作用,以及以Cl–通道作为药物作用靶点的研究进展。     

Regulatory effect of regucalcin on (Ca2+−Mg2+)-ATPase in rat liver plasma membranes: comparison with the activation by Mn2+ and Co2+

The effect of various metals and regucalcin, a calcium-binding protein isolated from rat liver cytosol, on (Ca²⁺–Mg²⁺)-ATPase activity in the plasma membranes of rat liver was investigated. Of various metals (Zn²⁺, Cu²⁺, Ni²⁺, Mn²⁺, Co²⁺ and Al³⁺; 100 M as a final concentration), Mn²⁺ and Co²⁺ increased markedly (Ca²⁺–Mg²⁺)-ATPase activity, while other metals had no effect. When Ca²⁺ was not added into enzyme reaction mixture, Mn²⁺ and Co²⁺ (25–100 M) did not significantly increase the enzyme activity, indicating that heavy metals act on Ca²⁺-stimulated phosphorylation of the enzyme. Meanwhile, regucalcin (0.25–1.0 M) caused a remarkable elevation of (Ca²⁺–Mg²⁺)-ATPase activity. This increase was not inhibited by the presence of 100 M vanadate, although the effects of Mn²⁺ and Co²⁺ (100 M) were inhibited by vanadate. Also, the inhibition of the Mn²⁺ and Co²⁺ effects by vanadate was not seen in the presence of regucalcin. Moreover, regucalcin (0.5 M) increased significantly the enzyme activity in the absence of Ca²⁺. This effect of regulcalcin was not altered by increasing concentrations of Ca²⁺ added, indicating that the regucalcin effect does not depend on Ca²⁺. The present results suggest that regucalcin activates directly (Ca²⁺–Mg²⁺)-ATPase in liver plasma membranes, and that the activation is not involved in the Ca²⁺-dependent phosphorylation of the enzyme.     

亚硒酸钠对巨噬细胞内游离Ca2+和Mg2+的影响

用单细胞阳离子测定系统研究了SeO^2-₃对巨噬细胞内游离Ca²⁺和Mg²⁺的影响.实验结果表明:SeO^2-₃高于10^-4mol/L时,有显著的细胞毒性.SeO^2-₃对细胞的毒性作用使细胞内游离Ca²⁺和Mg²⁺的浓度升高但Ca²⁺浓度的升高速率比Mg²⁺快.还有,高于10^-4mol/L的SeO^2-₃对红细胞膜上的Ca²⁺-ATP酶活性有明显抑制作用.     

酿酒酵母细胞增殖对Ca2+需求的新证据*

本文研究了酿酒酵母细胞增殖对Ca²⁺需求的证据。结果表明:SD-Ca培养基中外加1mmol/L的Ca²⁺明显促进酿酒酵母细胞增殖,外源Ca²⁺浓度在0~20mmol/L范围内变动时,随Ca²⁺浓度增加,细胞生长到达稳定期的终浓度也越大;5、10mmol/L的EGTA可明显延缓细胞生长的延滞期,但是最终不能抑制细胞增殖;酿酒酵母在SD-Ca培养基中继代培养4次,随增殖代数增加,细胞总钙含量没有明显变化,说明酵母能够在低钙介质中生长可能是因为具有捕捉和富集钙的功能;以Fluo-3作为胞质Ca²⁺指示剂,通过激光扫描共聚焦显微镜观察,发现随胞外Ca²⁺浓度增加,胞质中游离Ca²⁺浓度也相应增加。这些证据都揭示了Ca²⁺在酿酒酵母细胞增殖过程中是必需的。     

Potential difference responses due to K+, Na+ and Cl− changes in Bullfrog antrum with and without HCO3−

The effect of changing [K⁺], [Na⁺] and [Cl^?] in nutrient solution was studied in bullfrog antrum with and without HCO₃^? in nutrient. In 25 mM HCO₃^? (95% O₂/5% CO₂) and in zero HCO₃^? (100% O₂), nutrient pH was maintained at 7.3. Changing from 4 to 40 mM K⁺ or from 81 to 8.1 mM Cl^? gave a decrease 10 min later in transmucosal PD (nutrient became more negative) — a normal response. These responses were less in zero than in 25 mM HCO₃^?. A decrease from 102 to 8 mM Na⁺ decreased PD (anomalous response of electrogenic NaCl symport). This effect was attenuated or eliminated in zero HCO₃^?. In contrast, change from 4 to 40 mM K⁺ gave initial anomalous PD response and change from 102 to 8 mM Na⁺, initial normal PD response with either zero or 25 mM HCO₃^?. Both responses were associated with (Na⁺ + K⁺)-ATPase pump and were greater in zero than in 25 mM HCO₃^?. Initial PD increases in zero HCO₃^? are explained as due to increase in the resistance of passive conductance and/or NaCl symport pathways. Thus, removal of HCO₃^? modifies conductance pathways of nutrient membrane.