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A high affinity Ca2+/Mg2+ ATPase has been identified and localized in synaptic membrane subfractions. This enzyme is stimulated by low concentrations of Ca2+ (1 M) believed to approximate the range of Ca2+ in the synaptosomal cytosol (0.1 to 5.0 M). The opiate agonist levorphanol, in a concentration-dependent fashion, inhibited Ca2+-stimulated ATP hydrolysis in lysed synaptic membranes. This inhibition was reversed by naloxone, while dextrorphan, the inactive opiate isomer, was without effect. Inhibition by levorphanol was most pronounced in a subfraction of synaptic membranes (SPM-1). The inhibition of Ca2+-stimulated ATP hydrolysis was characterized by a reduction inV max for Ca2+. Levorphanol pretreatment reduced the Hill coefficient (HN) of 1.5 to 0.7, suggesting cooperative interaction between the opiate receptor and the enzyme protein. Levorphanol, but not dextrorphan, also inhibited (28%) ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake by synaptic membranes. Opiate ligand stereoisomers were tested for their effects on calmodulin stimulating of high affinity Ca2+/Mg2+ ATPase in synaptic membranes. Levorphanol (10 M), but not the inactive stereoisomer (+)dextrorphan, significantly inhibited (35%) the calmodulin-activated Ca2+-dependent ATP hydrolysis activity in a preparation of lysed synaptic membranes. Both Ca2+-dependent and calmodulin-dependent stimulation of the enzyme in the presence of optimal concentrations of the other co-substrate were inhibited by levorphanol (35–40%) but not dextrorphan. Inhibition of ATP hydrolysis was characterized by a reduction inV max for both Ca2+ and calmodulin stimulation of the enzyme. Calmodulin stimulation of enzyme activity was most pronounced in SPM-1, the membrane fraction which also exhibits the maximal opiate inhibition (40%) of the Ca2+-ATPase. The results demonstrate that opiate receptor activation inhibits a high affinity Ca2+/Mg2+ ATPase in synaptic plasma membranes in a stereospecific fashion. The inhibition of the enzyme may occur by a mechanism involving both Ca2+ and calmodulin. Inhibition of calmodulin activation may contribute to the mechanism by which opiate ligands disrupt synaptosomal Ca2+ buffering mechanisms. Changes in the cytosolic distribution of synaptosomal Ca2+ following inhibition of Ca2+/Mg2+ ATPase may underlie some of the pharmacological effects of opiate drugs.  相似文献   

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The effects of ethanol in vitro on calmodulin-dependent Ca2+-activated ATPase (CaM–Ca2+-ATPase) activity were studied in synaptic plasma membranes (SPM) prepared from the brain of normal and chronically ethanol-treated rats. In SPM from normal animals, ethanol at 50–200 mM inhibited the Ca2+-ATPase activity. Lineweaver-Burk analysis indicates that the inhibition was the result of a decreased affinity of the enzyme for calmodulin, whereas the maximum activity of the enzyme was not changed. Arrhenius analysis indicates that the enzyme activity was influenced by lipid transition of the membranes, and ethanol in vitro resulted in a shift of the transition temperature toward a lower value. From animals receiving chronic ethanol treatment (3 weeks), the SPM were resistant to the inhibitory effect of ethanol on the enzyme activity. The resistance to ethanol inhibition was correlated with a higher enzyme affinity for calmodulin and a higher transition temperature, as compared with normal SPM. Since the calmodulin-dependent Ca2+-ATPase in synaptic plasma membranes is believed to be the Ca2+ pump controlling free Ca2+ levels in synaptic terminals, its inhibition by ethanol could therefore lead to altered synaptic activity.Abbreviations used ATPase adenosine triphosphatase - CaM calmodulin - CaM–Ca2+-ATPase calmodulin-dependent Ca2+-activated ATPase - EGTA ethylene-bis(oxyethylenenitrilo)tetraacetic acid - EtOH ethanol - Hepes N—2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N-2-ethanesulfonic acid - SPM synaptic plasma membranes - TFP trifluoperazine - Tris tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane - Km Michaelis constant - Td transition temperature - Vmax maximum velocity  相似文献   

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Neuronal ATPases comprise a wide variety of enzymes which are not uniformly distributed in different membrane preparations. Since purified vesicle fractions have Mg2+/Ca2+-ATPase, the purpose of the present study was to know whether such enzyme activities have a preferential concentration in a synaptic vesicle fraction in order to be used as markers for these organelles. Resorting to a procedure developed in this Institute, we fractionated the rat cerebral cortex by differential centrifugation following osmotic shock of a crude mitochondrial fraction and separated a purified synaptic vesicle fraction over discontinuous sucrose gradients. Mg2+/Ca2+-ATPase activities and ultrastructural studies of isolated fractions were carried out. It was observed that similar specific activities for Mg2+/Ca2+-ATPases were found in all fractions studied which contain synaptic vesicles and/or membranes. Although the present results confirm the presence of Mg2+ and Ca2+-ATPase activities in synaptic vesicles preparations, they do not favor the contention that Mg2+/Ca2+-ATPase is a good marker for synaptic vesicles.  相似文献   

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The Ca2+ transport ATPase (SERCA) of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) plays an important role in muscle cytosolic signaling, as it stores Ca2+ in intracellular membrane bound compartments, thereby lowering cytosolic Ca2+ to induce relaxation. The stored Ca2+ is in turn released upon membrane excitation to trigger muscle contraction. SERCA is activated by high affinity binding of cytosolic Ca2+, whereupon ATP is utilized by formation of a phosphoenzyme intermediate, which undergoes protein conformational transitions yielding reduced affinity and vectorial translocation of bound Ca2+. We review here biochemical and biophysical evidence demonstrating that release of bound Ca2+ into the lumen of SR requires Ca2+/H+ exchange at the low affinity Ca2+ sites. Rise of lumenal Ca2+ above its dissociation constant from low affinity sites, or reduction of the H+ concentration by high pH, prevent Ca2+/H+ exchange. Under these conditions Ca2+ release into the lumen of SR is bypassed, and hydrolytic cleavage of phosphoenzyme may yield uncoupled ATPase cycles. We clarify how such Ca2+pump slippage does not occur within the time length of muscle twitches, but under special conditions and in special cells may contribute to thermogenesis.  相似文献   

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Ca2+ plays a major role in neurotransmission and synaptic modulation. Evidence is presented to support the calmodulin hypothesis of neurotransmission developed in this laboratory stating that calmodulin, a major Ca2+ binding protein in brain, mediates the effects of Ca2+ on neurotransmission. Calmodulin was isolated from highly enriched preparations of synaptic vesicles and nerve terminal cytoplasm. Ca2+ and calmodulin were shown to regulate several synaptic processes in isolated and intact preparations, including endogenous synaptic Ca2+-calmodulin protein kinase activity, neurotransmitter release, and synaptic vesicle and synaptic membrane interactions. Ca2+ and calmodulin were shown to activate a synaptic tubulin kinase system which was shown to be a distinct enzyme system from the cyclic AMP protein kinase. Ca2+ and calmodulin stimulated phosphorylation of tubulin altered the properties of tubulin, forming insoluble tubulin fibrils. Evidence for the role of Ca2+-calmodulin kinase activity, especially the calmodulin-tubulin kinase, in neurotransmission are presented. The effects of several neuroactive drugs on the synaptic calmodulin system are presented. The results support the hypothesis that calmodulin mediates many of calcium's actions at the synapse, and that the effects of Ca2+ on synaptic protein phosphorylation, especially synaptic tubulin, may provide a biochemical mechanism for converting the Ca2+ signal into a motor force in the process of neurotransmission.  相似文献   

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Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels select Ca2+ over competing, more abundant ions by means of a high affinity binding site in the pore. The maximum off rate from this site is ∼1,000× slower than observed Ca2+ current. Various theories that explain how high Ca2+ current can pass through such a sticky pore all assume that flux occurs from a condition in which the pore''s affinity for Ca2+ transiently decreases because of ion interactions. Here, we use rate theory calculations to demonstrate a different mechanism that requires no transient changes in affinity to quantitatively reproduce observed Ca2+ channel behavior. The model pore has a single high affinity Ca2+ binding site flanked by a low affinity site on either side; ions permeate in single file without repulsive interactions. The low affinity sites provide steps of potential energy that speed the exit of a Ca2+ ion off the selectivity site, just as potential energy steps accelerate other chemical reactions. The steps could be provided by weak binding in the nonselective vestibules that appear to be a general feature of ion channels, by specific protein structures in a long pore, or by stepwise rehydration of a permeating ion. The previous ion-interaction models and this stepwise permeation model demonstrate two general mechanisms, which might well work together, to simultaneously generate high flux and high selectivity in single file pores.  相似文献   

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A high affinity Ca2+-binding domain which is located in a middle portion of the large intracellular loop of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger contains two highly acidic sequences, each characterized by three consecutive aspartic acid residues (Levitsky DO, Nicoll DA, and Philipson KD (1994) J Biol Chem 269: 22847–22852). This portion of the protein provides secondary Ca2+ regulation of the exchanger activity. To determine number of Ca2+ binding sites participating in formation of the high affinity domain, we isolated polypeptides of different lengths encompassing the domain and measured 45Ca2+ binding. The fusion proteins containing the high affinity domain were obtained in a Ca2+-bound form and as evidenced by shifts in there mobility in SDS-polyacrylamide gels after EGTA treatment. The Ca2+ binding curves obtained after equilibrium dialysis reached saturation at 1 M free Ca2+, Kd value being approx. 0.4 M. The Ca2+ binding occured in a highly cooperative manner. Upon saturation, the amount of Ca2+ ion bound varied from 1.3–2.1 mot per mot protein. Proteins with an aspartate in each acidic sequence mutated lacked the positive cooperativity, had lower Ca2+ affinity and bound two to three times less Ca2+. Na+-Ca2+ exchangers of tissues other than heart though different from the cardiac exchanger by molecular weight most likely possess a similar Ca2+ binding site. It is concluded that, by analogy with Ca2+ binding proteins of EF-type, the high Ca2+-affinity domain of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger is comprised of at least two binding sites interacting cooperatively.  相似文献   

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Spermine (Spe) is a polyamine co-secreted with neurotransmitters. In this work its effects on N-type Ca2+ channel (CaV2.2) have been studied on adult sensory neurons of the rat by means of whole-cell patch-clamp. Spe exerted biphasic effects when added to the external solution: at 500 μM decreased N-type Ca2+ channel currents, reducing the maximum whole-cell conductance, shifting the activation curve to the right on the voltage axes and decreasing its slope; conversely, at lower concentration (500 nM) Spe induced completely opposite effects. In 62% of the neurons the inhibitory effects were accompanied by a slowing down of the activation kinetics relieved by a conditioning pre-pulse to + 50 mV. The biphasic effects and their rapid onset and offset time course may be explained if multiple sites of action with a different affinity for Spe are present directly on the channel. The effects of Spe on HVA Ca2+ currents were strongly dependent on [Ca2+]ext, high [Ca2+] powerfully reducing Spe effects. This may be explained if we take into account that as Spe has four positive charges at physiological pH; it may compete with divalent cations for some negatively charged regulatory sites. In these experiments, Spe was effective at concentrations possibly reached in physiological conditions.  相似文献   

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Partially purified plasma membrane fractions were prepared from guinea-pig pancreatic acini. These membrane preparations were found to contain an ATP-dependent Ca2+-transporter as well as a heterogenous ATP-hydrolytic activity. The Ca2+-transporter showed high affinity for Ca2+ (KCa 2+ = 0.04 ± 0.01 M), an apparent requirement for Mg2+ and high substrate specificity. The major component of ATPase activity could be stimulated by either Ca2+ or Mg2+ but showed a low affinity for these cations. At low concentrations, Mg2+ appeared to inhibit the Ca2+-dependent ATPase activity expressed by these membranes. However, in the presence of high Mg2+ concentration (0.5–1 mM), a high affinity Ca2+-dependent ATPase activity was observed (KCa 2+ = 0.08 ± 0.02 M). The hydrolytic activity showed little specificity towards ATP. Neither the Ca2+-transport nor high affinity Ca2+-ATPase activity were stimulated by calmodulin. The results demonstrate, in addition to a low affinity Ca2+ (or Mg+)-ATPase activity, the presence of both a high affinity Ca2+-pump and high affinity Ca2+-dependent ATPase. However, the high affinity Ca2+-ATPase activity does not appear to be the biochemical expression of the Ca2+-pump.Abbreviations Ca2+-ATPase calcium-activated, magnesium-dependent adenosine triphosphatase - CaM calmodulin - CDTA trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane-N,N,N,N-tetraacetate - EDTA ethylene-diaminetetraacetate - EGTA ethylene glycol bis(-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N,N-tetraacetate - NADPH reduced form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate  相似文献   

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Heart sarcolemma has been shown to possess three catalytic sites (I, II and III) for methyl transferase activity (Panagia V, Ganguly PK and Dhalla NS. Biochim Biophys Acta 792: 245–253, 1984). In this study we examined the effect of phosphatidylethanolamine N-methylation on ATP-independent Ca2+ binding and ATPase activities in isolated rat heart sarcolemma. Both low affinity (1.25 mM Ca2+) and high affinity (50 µM Ca2+) Ca2+ binding activities were decreased following incubation of sarcolemmal membranes with AdoMet under optimal conditions for site II and III. Similarly, Ca2+ ATPase activities measured at 1.25 mM and 4 mM Ca2+ were depressed by phospholipid N-methylation. S-adenosyl homocysteine, a specific inhibitor of phospholipid N-methylation, prevented the depression of low affinity Ca2+ binding and Ca2+ ATPase activities, whereas the methylation-induced effect on the high affinity Ca2+ binding was not influenced by this agent. Pretreatment of sarcolemma with methyl acetimidate hydrochloride, an amino group blocking agent, also prevented the methylation-induced inhibition of both Ca2+ binding and Ca2+ ATPase. A further decrease in Ca2+ binding and Ca2+ ATPase activities together with a marked increase in the intramembranal level of PC was seen when membranes were methylated under the site III conditions in the presence of phosphatidyldimethylethanolamine as exogenous substrate. There was no effect of phospholipid methylation on sarcolemmal Na+-K+ ATPase and Mg2+ ATPase activities. These results indicate a role of phospholipid N-methylation in the regulation of sarcolemmal Ca2+ ATPase and low affinity ATP-independent Ca2+ binding.  相似文献   

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Summary Basolateral plasma membranes from rat kidney cortex have been purified 40-fold by a combination of differential centrifugation, centrifugation in a discontinuous sucrose gradient followed by centrifugation in 8% percoll. The ratio of leaky membrane vesicles (L) versus right-side-out (RO) and inside-out (IO) resealed vesicles appeared to be LROIO=431. High-affinity Ca2+-ATPase, ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport and Na+/Ca2+ exchange have been studied with special emphasis on the relative transport capacities of the two Ca2+ transport systems. The kinetic parameters of Ca2+-ATPase activity in digitonin-treated membranes are:K m =0.11 m Ca2+ andV max=81±4 nmol Pi/min·mg protein at 37°C. ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport amounts to 4.3±0.2 and 7.4±0.3 nmol Ca2+/min·mg protein at 25 and 37°C, respectively, with an affinity for Ca2+ of 0.13 and 0.07 m at 25 and 37°C. After correction for the percentage of IO-resealed vesicles involved in ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport, a stoichiometry of 0.7 mol Ca2+ transported per mol ATP is found for the Ca2+-ATPase. In the presence of 75mm Na+ in the incubation medium ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake is inhibited 22%. When Na+ is present at 5mm an extra Ca2+ accumulation is observed which amounts to 15% of the ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport rate. This extra Ca2+ accumulation induced by low Na+ is fully inhibited by preincubation of the vesicles with 1mm ouabain, which indicates that (Na+–K+)-ATPase generates a Na+ gradient favorable for Ca2+ accumulation via the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger. In the absence of ATP, a Na+ gradient-dependent Ca2+ uptake is measured which rate amounts to 5% of the ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport capacity. The Na+ gradient-dependent Ca2+ uptake is abolished by the ionophore monensin but not influenced by the presence of valinomycin. The affinity of the Na+/Ca2+ exchange system for Ca2+ is between 0.1 and 0.2 m Ca2+, in the presence as well as in the absence of ATP. This affinity is surprisingly close to the affinity measured for the ATP-dependent Ca2+ pump. Based on these observations it is concluded that in isolated basolateral membranes from rat kidney cortex the Ca2+-ATPase system exceeds the capacity of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger four- to fivefold and it is therefore unlikely that the latter system plays a primary role in the Ca2+ homeostasis of rat kidney cortex cells.  相似文献   

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1. (1) VO3 combines with high affinity to the Ca2+-ATPase and fully inhibits Ca2+-ATPase and Ca2+-phosphatase activities. Inhibition is associated with a parallel decrease in the steady-state level of the Ca2+-dependent phosphoenzyme.
2. (2) VO3 blocks hydrolysis of ATP at the catalytic site. The sites for VO3 also exhibit negative interactions in affinity with the regulatory sites for ATP of the Ca2+-ATPase.
3. (3) The sites for VO3 show positive interactions in affinity with sites for Mg2+ and K+. This accounts for the dependence on Mg2+ and K+ of the inhibition by VO3. Although, with less effectiveness, Na+ substitutes for K+ whereas Li+ does not. The apparent affinities for Mg2+ and K+ for inhibition by VO3 seem to be less than those for activation of the Ca2+-ATPase.
4. (4) Inhibition by VO3 is independent of Ca2+ at concentrations up to 50 μM. Higher concentrations of Ca2+ lead to a progressive release of the inhibitory effect of VO3.
Keywords: Ca2+-ATPase; Vanadate inhibition; K+; Li+; (Red cell membrane)  相似文献   

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Visinin-like protein (VILIP-1) belongs to the neuronal Ca2+ sensor family of EF-hand Ca2+-binding proteins that regulate a variety of Ca2+-dependent signal transduction processes in neurons. It is an interaction partner of α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) and increases surface expression level and agonist sensitivity of the receptor in oocytes. Nicotine stimulation of nicotinic receptors has been reported to lead to an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration by Ca2+-permeable nAChRs, which in turn might lead to activation of VILIP-1, by a mechanism described as the Ca2+-myristoyl switch. It has been postulated that this will lead to co-localization of the proteins at cell membranes, where VILIP-1 can influence functional activity of α4-containing nAChRs. In order to test this hypothesis we have investigated whether a nicotine-induced and reversible Ca2+-myristoyl switch of VILIP-1 exists in primary hippocampal neurons and whether pharmacological agents, such as antagonist specific for distinct nAChRs, can interfere with the Ca2+-dependent membrane localization of VILIP-1. Here we report, that only α7- but not α4-containing nAChRs are able to elicit a Ca2+-dependent and reversible membrane-translocation of VILIP-1 in interneurons as revealed by employing the specific receptor antagonists dihydro-beta-erythroidine and methylallylaconitine. The nAChRs are associated with processes of synaptic plasticity in hippocampal neurons and they have been implicated in the pathology of CNS disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia. VILIP-1 might provide a novel functional crosstalk between α4- and α7-containing nAChRs.  相似文献   

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Summary Measurements of unidirectional calcium fluxes in stripped intestinal epithelium of the tilapia,Oreochromis mossambicus, in the presence of ouabain or in the absence of sodium indicated that calcium absorption via the fish intestine is sodium dependent. Active Ca2+ transport mechanisms in the enterocyte plasma membrane were analyzed. The maximum capacity of the ATP-dependent Ca2+ pump (V m :0.63 nmol·min–1 mg–1,K m : 27nm Ca2+) is calculated to be 2.17 nmol·min–1·mg–1, correcting for 29% inside-out oriented vesicles in the membrane preparation. The maximum capacity of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger with high affinity for Ca2+ (V m :7.2 nmol·min–1·mg–1,K m : 181nm Ca2+) is calculated to be 13.6 nmol·min–1·mg–1, correcting for 53% resealed vesicles and assuming symmetrical behavior of the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger. The high affinity for Ca2+ and the sixfold higher capacity of the exchanger compared to the ATPase suggest strongly that the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger will contribute substantially to Ca2+ extrusion in the fish enterocyte. Further evidence for an important contribution of Na+/Ca2+ exchange to Ca2+ extrusion was obtained from studies in which the simultaneous operation of ATP-and Na+-gradient-driven Ca2+ pumps in inside-out vesicles was evaluated. The fish enterocyte appears to present a model for a Ca2+ transporting cell, in which Na+/Ca2+ exchange activity with high affinity for Ca2+ extrudes Ca2+ from the cell.  相似文献   

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Sergio de la Fuente 《BBA》2010,1797(10):1727-1735
We have investigated the kinetics of mitochondrial Ca2+ influx and efflux and their dependence on cytosolic [Ca2+] and [Na+] using low-Ca2+-affinity aequorin. The rate of Ca2+ release from mitochondria increased linearly with mitochondrial [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]M). Na+-dependent Ca2+ release was predominant al low [Ca2+]M but saturated at [Ca2+]M around 400 μM, while Na+-independent Ca2+ release was very slow at [Ca2+]M below 200 μM, and then increased at higher [Ca2+]M, perhaps through the opening of a new pathway. Half-maximal activation of Na+-dependent Ca2+ release occurred at 5-10 mM [Na+], within the physiological range of cytosolic [Na+]. Ca2+ entry rates were comparable in size to Ca2+ exit rates at cytosolic [Ca2+] ([Ca2+]c) below 7 μM, but the rate of uptake was dramatically accelerated at higher [Ca2+]c. As a consequence, the presence of [Na+] considerably reduced the rate of [Ca2+]M increase at [Ca2+]c below 7 μM, but its effect was hardly appreciable at 10 μM [Ca2+]c. Exit rates were more dependent on the temperature than uptake rates, thus making the [Ca2+]M transients to be much more prolonged at lower temperature. Our kinetic data suggest that mitochondria have little high affinity Ca2+ buffering, and comparison of our results with data on total mitochondrial Ca2+ fluxes indicate that the mitochondrial Ca2+ bound/Ca2+ free ratio is around 10- to 100-fold for most of the observed [Ca2+]M range and suggest that massive phosphate precipitation can only occur when [Ca2+]M reaches the millimolar range.  相似文献   

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We have studied the activities of Ca2+-stimulated ATPase in rat heart sarcolemma upon modulating the redox state of membrane thiol groups with dithiothreitol (DTT). The suitability of alamethicin to unmask the latent activity of this enzyme was also investigated. The Ca2+-stimulated ATPase in sarcolemma exhibited two activation sites — one with low affinity (Km = 0.70 ± 0.2 mM; Vmax = 10.0 ± 2.2 mol Pi/mg/h) and the other with high affinity (Km = 0.16 ± 0.7 mM; Vmax = 4.6 ± 0.8 mol Pi/mg/h) for Mg2+ATP. Alamethicin at a ratio of 1:1 with the sarcolemmal protein caused a 3-fold activation of Ca2+-stimulated ATPase without affecting its sensitivity to Ca2+ or Mg2+ATP. Treatment of sarcolemma with deoxycholate or sodium dodecyl sulfate resulted in a total loss of the enzyme activity; high concentrations of alamethicin also showed a detergent-like action on the sarcolemmal vesicles. DTT at 5–10 mM concentrations caused a 4–5 fold activation of Ca2+-stimulated ATPase in sarcolemma and this effect was observed to be dependent on the concentration of Mg2+ATP. DTT increased the affinity of the enzyme to Mg2+ATP at the high affinity site and enhanced the Vmax at the low affinity site in addition to increasing the sensitivity of Ca2+-stimulated ATPase to Ca2+. DTT protected the Ca2+-stimulated ATPase against deterioration by detergents and restored the enzyme activity after treatment with N-ethylmaleimide. The mechanism of action of DTT on Ca2+-stimulated ATPase may involve the reduction of essential thiols at the active site of the enzyme or its interaction with specific DTT-dependent inhibitor protein. No changes in the sensitivity of sarcolemmal Ca2+-stimulated ATPase to orthovanadate was evident in the absence or presence of DTT and alamethicin. The results suggest the use of both DTT and alamethicin for the determination of Ca2+-stimulated ATPase activity in sarcolemmal preparations.  相似文献   

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Ca microdomains in smooth muscle   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
In smooth muscle, Ca2+ controls diverse activities including cell division, contraction and cell death. Of particular significance in enabling Ca2+ to perform these multiple functions is the cell's ability to localize Ca2+ signals to certain regions by creating high local concentrations of Ca2+ (microdomains), which differ from the cytoplasmic average. Microdomains arise from Ca2+ influx across the plasma membrane or release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ store. A single Ca2+ channel can create a microdomain of several micromolar near (200 nm) the channel. This concentration declines quickly with peak rates of several thousand micromolar per second when influx ends. The high [Ca2+] and the rapid rates of decline target Ca2+ signals to effectors in the microdomain with rapid kinetics and enable the selective activation of cellular processes. Several elements within the cell combine to enable microdomains to develop. These include the brief open time of ion channels, localization of Ca2+ by buffering, the clustering of ion channels to certain regions of the cell and the presence of membrane barriers, which restrict the free diffusion of Ca2+. In this review, the generation of microdomains arising from Ca2+ influx across the plasma membrane and the release of the ion from the SR Ca2+ store will be discussed and the contribution of mitochondria and the Golgi apparatus as well as endogenous modulators (e.g. cADPR and channel binding proteins) will be considered.  相似文献   

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K. R. Robinson 《Planta》1977,136(2):153-158
The effect of external calcium and sodium ion concentrations on the calcium fluxes on the Pelvetia fastigiata De Toni egg was measured. Decreasing external [Ca2+] greatly increased the permeability of the eggs to Ca2+; at 1 mM external Ca2+ this permeability was 60 times as great as it was at the normal [Ca2+] of 10 mM. Lowering the external [Na+] also increased Ca2+ influx; at 2 mM Na+, the Ca2+ influx was 2–3 times as great as it was at the normal [Na+] if choline was used as a Na+ substitute. Lithium was less effective as a Na+ substitute in increasing Ca2+ influx. The extra Ca2+ influx in low [Na+] seemed to be dependent on internal [Na+]. The Ca2+ efflux increased transiently and then declined in low Na+ media.  相似文献   

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Effects of endotoxin administration on the ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport in canine cardiac sarcolemma were investigated. The results show that the sidedness of the sarcolemmal vesicles was not affected but the ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport in cardiac sarcolemma was decreased by 22 to 46% (p < 0.05) at 4 h following endotoxin administration. The kinetic analysis indicates that the Vmax for ATP and for Ca2+ were decreased by 50% (p < 0.01) and 32% (p < 0.01), respectively, while the Km values for ATP and Ca2+ were not significantly affected after endotoxin administration. Magnesium (1–5 mM) stimulated while vanadate (0.25–3.0 M) inhibited the ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport, but the Mg2+-stimulated and the vanadate-inhibitable activities remained significantly lower in the endotoxin-treated animals. These data demonstrate that endotoxin administration impairs the ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport in canine cardiac sarcolemma and that the impairment is associated with a mechanism not affecting the affinity towards ATP and Ca2+. Additional experiments show that the Ca2+ sensitivity of the Ca2+-ATPase activity was indifferent between the control and endotoxic groups suggesting that endotoxic injury impairs Ca2+ pumping without affecting Ca2+-ATPase activity. Since sarcolemmal ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport plays an important role in the regulation of cytosolic Ca2+ homeostasis, an impairment in the sarcolemmal ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport induced by endotoxin administration may have a pathophysiological significance in contributing to the development of myocardial dysfunction in endotoxin shock.  相似文献   

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In order to examine the regulatory role of thyroid hormone on sarcolemmal Ca2+-channels, Na+–Ca2+ exchange and Ca2+-pump as well as heart function, the effects of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism on rat heart performance and sarcolemmal Ca2+-handling were studied. Hyperthyroid rats showed higher values for heart rate (HR), maximal rates of ventricular pressure development+(dP/dt)max and pressure fall–(dP/dt)max, but shorter time to peak ventricular pressure (TPVP) and contraction time (CT) when compared with euthyroid rats. The left ventricular systolic pressure (LVSP) and left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), as well as aortic systolic and diastolic pressures (ASP and ADP, respectively) were not significantly altered. Hypothyroid rats exhibited decreased values of LVSP, HR, ASP, ADP, +(dP/dt)max and –(dP/dt)max but higher CT when compared with euthyroid rats; the values of LVEDP and TPVP were not changed. Studies with isolated-perfused hearts showed that while hypothyroidism did not modulate the inotropic response to extracellular Ca2+ and Ca2+ channel blocker verapamil, hyperthyroidism increased sensitivity to Ca2+ and decreased sensitivity to verapamil in comparison to euthyroid hearts. Studies of [3H]-nitrendipine binding with purified cardiac sarcolemmal membrane revealed decreased number of high affinity binding sites (Bmax) without any change in the dissociation constant for receptor-ligand complex (Kd) in the hyperthyroid group when compared with euthyroid sarcolemma; hypothyroidism had no effect on these parameters. The activities of sarcolemmal Ca2+-stimulated ATPase, ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake and ouabain-sensitive Na+–K+ ATPase were decreased whereas the Mg2+-ATPase activity was increased in hypothyroid hearts. On the other hand, sarcolemmal membranes from hyperthyroid samples exhibited increased ouabain-sensitive Na+–K+ ATPase activity, whereas Ca2+-stimulated ATPase, ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake, and Mg2+-ATPase activities were unchanged. The Vmax and Ka for Ca2+ of cardiac sarcolemmal Na+–Ca2+ exchange were not altered in both hyperthyroid and hypothyroid states. These results indicate that the status of sarcolemmal Ca2+-transport processes is regulated by thyroid hormones and the modification of Ca2+-fluxes across the sarcolemmal membrane may play a crucial role in the development of thyroid state-dependent contractile changes in the heart.  相似文献   

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