Inositol- and Galactose-Binding Lectins of Chicken Brain Fractions Enriched with Glial Cells

Galactose- and inositol-binding proteins with lectin activity (GL-GAL and GL-I, respectively) were isolated from membranes enriched with cells of chicken brain fractions. Both lectins are glycoproteins of molecular mass 13.5 and 11.5 kDa, respectively; they show a high affinity to EDTA (GL-I) and EGTA (GL-GAL, GL-I), which indicates an important role of Ca⁺² in molecular organization of these lectins. In brain glial cells of chick embryos, unlike adult chickens, a soluble form of lectins has been revealed; it is easily extracted with 2 mM EDTA and shows sensitivity to L-lactose, D-galactose, and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine. It is suggested that in the course of embryonal and postembryonal development of the chicken brain, a transformation and qualitative changes of the lectin spectrum occur due to a change of function of glial cells.     

Effect of chloride and bicarbonate ions on Mg2+ -ATPase of plasma membranes of bream (Abramis brama L.) brain sensitive to GABAA-ergic compounds

Effect of Cl and HCO3- ions on the Mg2+ -ATPase activity of the plasma membrane of bream brain was investigated. Cl- (5 or 10 mM) and HCO3- (1-5 mM) individually have low effect on the "basal" Mg2+ -ATPase. Simultaneous presence of Cl- and HCO3- in the incubation medium significantly increased the enzyme activity. Maximum effect of anions on the enzyme is observed in the presence of Cl- (approximately 7 mM) and HCO3- (approximately 3 mM). Br- can replace Cl- under joint effect with HCO3-, while I- has half maximum activity compared with Cl-. Bicuculline (7 microM) inhibits completely the joint effect of Cl- and HCO3- on the enzyme, while it has no effect on the "basal" Mg2+ -ATPase activity. SH-reagents (5, 5-dithiobis-2-nitrobenzoic acid, N-ethylmaleimide), oligomycine and orthovanadate inhibited the Cl-, HCO3- -activated Mg2+ -ATPase. The obtained results demonstrated that Mg2+ -ATPase of the bream brain sensitive to GABAergic ligands at a fixed concentrations of Cl- and HCO3- ions in the incubation medium is Cl-, HCO3- -activated by Mg2+ -ATPase, whose activity meets a number of requirements to the system which may be involved by GABAA receptors in the Cl-/HCO3- -exchange processes.     

Comparative properties of sensitive to GABAA-ergic ligands, Cl(-), HCO3(-)-activated Mg2+-ATPase from brain plasma membranes of fish and rats

Action of Cl(-) + HCO3(-) ions on Mg2+-ATPase from brain plasma membranes of fish and rats has been studied. Maximal effect of the anions on the Mg2+-ATPase activity is revealed in the presence of 10 mM Cl(-) and 3 mM HCO3(-) at physiological values of pH of incubation medium. The studied Cl(-), HCO3(-)-activated Mg2+-ATPases of both animal species, by their sensitivity to SH-reagents (5,5-dithiobis-nitrobenzoic acid, N-ethylmaleimide), oligomycin, and orthovanadate, are similar to transport ATPase of the P-type, but differ from them by molecular properties and by sensitivity to ligands of GABAA-receptors. It has been established that the sensitive to GABAA-ergic ligands, Cl(-), HCO3(-)-activated Mg2+-ATPase from brain of the both animal species is protein of molecular mass around 300 kDa and of Stocks' radius 5.4 nm. In fish the enzyme is composed of one major unit of molecular mass approximately 56 kDa, while in rats--of three subunits of molecular masses about 57, 53, and 45 kDa. A functional and structural coupling of the ATP-hydrolyzing areas of the studied enzyme to sites of binding of GABAA-receptor ligands is suggested.     

Investigation of adenosinetriphosphatase activity of rat liver and thymus cell nuclei]

The activity of ATPase was studied in highly purified rat liver and thymus cell nuclei, HCO3-, CO3(2-) and SO3(2-) stimulated nuclear ATPase in 1.5--2 times. HSO3- did not affect the enzyme activity, and NO3-, J-, ClO4-,F- and SCN- inhibited it. Bicarbonate increased V and decreased Ka for ATP. SCN- inhibited HCO3--ATPase activity non-competitively with respect to HCO3-. Mg2+-ATPase activity did not depend on pH, and HCO3-component of the activity was decreased under alkaline pH. Mg2+, Mn2+ and Co2+ increased the initial ATPase activity and helped its stimulation with HCO3-. Ba2+, Ni2+ and Zn2+ inhibited the ATPase activity, and Ca2+ did not affect it, Nuclear ATPase is sensitive to 2,4-dinitrophenol and DNAase. It is suggested that cell nuclei have their own H+-ATPase differing for some characteristics from mitochondrial H+-ATPase.     

Effect of gamma-aminobutyric acid on Mg2+-ATPase of brain microsomes of the fish Abramis brama L.]

The influence of the GABA on the Mg(2+)-ATPase from microsomal fraction of fish brain (Abramis brama L.) was investigation. Preincubation of the microsomes with different concentration of GABA (10(-8)-10(-4) M) stimulated Mg(2+)-ATPase activity. This effect of neuromediator is sensitive to picrotoxine (10(-4) M). It was established that Mg(2+)-ATPase activity stimulated by anions (Cl > Br > F), inhibited by SCN- and not effected by HCO3-. The influence of the anions on the Mg(2+)-ATPase is liable to be inhibited by picrotoxine. It was supposed that anion-sensitive Mg(2+)-ATPase is associated functionally with GABAa-receptor.     

Inactivation of Na+, K+ -ATPase from cattle brain by sodium fluoride

The influence of the physiological ligands and modifiers on the plasma membrane Na+, K+ -ATPase from calf brain inactivation by sodium fluoride (NaF) is studied. ATP-hydrolyzing activity of the enzyme was found to be more stable as to NaF inhibition than its K+ -pNPPase activity. The activatory ions of Na+, K+ -ATPase have different effects on the process of the enzyme inhibition by NaF. K+ intensifies inhibition, but Na+ does not affect it. An increase of [Mg2+free] in the incubation medium (from 0.5 to 3.0 mM) rises the sensitivity of Na+, K+ -ATPase to NaF inhibition. But an increase of [ATP] from 0.3 to 1.5 mM has no effect on this process. Ca and Mg ions modify Na+, K+ -ATPase inhibition by fluoride differently. Ca2+free levels this process, and Mg2+free on the contrary increases it. In the presence of Ca ions and in the neutral-alkaline medium (pH 7.0-8.5) the recovery of activity of the transport ATPase inhibited by-NaF takes place. Sodium citrate also protects both ATP-hydrolizing and K-pNPPase activity of the Na+, K+ -ATPase from NaF inhibition. Under the modifing membranous effects (the treatment of plasma membranes by Ds-Na and digitonin) the partial loss of Na+, K+ -ATPase sensitivity to NaF inhibition is observed. It is concluded that Na+, K+ -ATPase inactivation by NaF depends on the influence of the physiological ligands and modifiers as well as on the integrity of membrane structure.     

Distributions of H+,K+-ATPase and Cl–,HCO3–-ATPase in micromere-derived cells of sea urchin embryos

In cultured cells derived from isolated micromeres of sea urchin eggs, H+,K+-ATPase activity, which became detectable simultaneously with the initiation of spicule formation, was localized in the plasma membrane and the microsome fractions. Activities of marker enzymes for plasma membrane, 5'-nucleotidase, Na+,K+-ATPase, and adenylate cyclase, were found to be high in the plasma membrane fraction. Considerable activity of rotenone-insensitive NADPH-cytochrome c reductase, a marker enzyme for microsome, was detectable in the microsome fraction. These fractions exhibited barely any appreciable activity of markers for the other organellae. H+,K+-ATPase in plasma membrane probably mediates H+ release from the cells, in which H+ is produced in overall reaction to form CaCO3, the main component of spicules, from Ca2+, CO2 and H2O. Cl-,HCO3(-)-ATPase activity was also found in these two fractions before and after the initiation of spicule formation. After initiation, the skeletal vacuole fraction was obtained from subcellular structures containing spicules. Considerable activity of Cl-,HCO3(-)-ATPase was observed in this fraction, which exhibited a weak activity of UDP-galactose: N-acetylglucosamine galactosyltransferase, a marker enzyme for Golgi body. Cl-,HCO3(-)-ATPase in the skeletal vacuole membrane probably mediates HCO3- transport into the vacuoles to supply HCO3- for spicule formation.     

Phosphorylation of Cl-, HCO3--stimulated Mg2+-ATPase of plasma membranes of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) brain sensitive to GABA(A)-ergic ligands

Phosphorylation of the sensitive to GABA(A)-ergic ligands Cl-, HCO3--stimulated Mg2+-ATPase of the plasma membranes from fish brain by [gamma-32P]ATP was investigated in the presence of Mg2+. It was established, that formation of the phosphoprotein at 0-1 degrees C is dependent on time incubation and concentration of Mg2+ in the incubation medium. Hydroxylamine (50 mM) and pH (10) completely inhibited formation of phosphorylated intermediate. Ions of Cl- (10 mM)+HCO3- (2 mM) and also GABA (1-100 microM) dephosphorylated the enzyme. The dephosphorylating effect of GABA on the membrane samples did not appear in the presence of bicuculline. o-Vanadate (10 microM) eliminates the dephosphorylating effect of anions and GABA on the phosphoprotein. It was established by SDS-PAAG electrophoresis and autoradiographia that investigated phosphorylation and GABA(A)-induced dephosphorylation is performed by the protein with molecular weight aproximately 56 kDa. Such molecular weight has a subunit which forms oligomer composition of the sensitive to GABA(A)-ergic ligands Cl-, HCO3--ATPase from fish brain. The obtained data demonstrated that Cl, HCO3- ATPase from fish brain can be directly phosphorylated by [gamma-32P]ATP in the presence of Mg2+ and forms the phosphorylation intermediate.     

The absence of bicarbonate-stimulated ATPase activity in the plasma membranes of the bicarbonate secreting ox corneal endothelial cells

Membranes of ox corneal endothelial cells were studied for their surface area by electron microscopical stereology and then separated from homogenates on self forming Percoll gradients. Enzymic analysis of the plasma membrane-enriched fraction failed to demonstrate an ATPase activity which was stimulated by the presence of bicarbonate ions. It is proposed that the well-established bicarbonate secretion of these cells may be coupled to the plasma membrane (Na+ + K+)-ATPase activity by the stoichiometry of Na+/HCO3- close to 1:1.     

The effects of ammonium chloride and bicarbonate on the activity of glutaminase in isolated liver mitochondria.

1. Glutamine hydrolysis in liver mitochondria was studied by measuring the production of glutamate under conditions where this compound could not be further metabolized. 2. Glutaminase activity in intact mitochondria was very low in the absence of activators. 3. Glutamine hydrolysis was markedly stimulated by NH4Cl and also by HCO3- ions. 4. The stimulation by each of these compounds was much decreased if the mitochondria were uncoupled. 5. Maximum rates of glutamine hydrolysis required the addition of phosphate. A correlation was observed between the activity of glutaminase in the presence of NH4Cl plus HCO3- and the intramitochondrial content of ATP. 6. In disrupted mitochondria, NH4Cl stimulated glutaminase to a much smaller extent than in intact mitochondria. The NH4Cl stimulation in disrupted mitochondria was much increased by the addition of ATP. KHCO3 also stimulated glutaminase activity in disrupted mitochondria, and ATP increased the magnitude of this stimulation. 7. It was concluded that maximum rates of glutaminase activity in liver mitochondria require the presence of phosphate, ATP and either HCO3- or NH4+. A comparison of the results obtained on intact and broken mitochondria indicates that these effectors have a direct effect on the glutaminase enzyme system rather than an indirect effect mediated by changes in transmembrane ion gradients or in the concentrations of intramitochondrial metabolites.     

The effects of various anions and cations on the regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity from pig kidney cortex.

The activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) purified from pig kidney cortex was found to be affected by various uni- and bi-valent ions. At a constant strength of 0.13 M at pH 7.8, K+, Na+, Cl-, HCO3- and HPO4(2-) had significant effects on the activity of PDC: Na+, K+ and HPO4(2-) stimulated, but HCO3- and Cl- inhibited. The stimulatory effect of Na+ was mediated by a change in the Vmax. of PDC only, whereas K+ produced an increase in Vmax. and a change in the Hill coefficient (h). The extent of stimulation produced by HPO4(2-)4 on the activity of PDC was dependent on the concentrations of K+ and Na+. Both cations at concentrations higher than 40 mM partially prevented the effect of HPO4(2-)4. Cl- and HCO3- anions decreased the Vmax. of the enzyme and increased the S0.5 for pyruvate. The effects of Na+, K+, Cl-, HPO4(2-) and HCO3- on the activity of PDC were additive. In the presence of 80 mM-K+, 20 mM-Na+, 10 mM-HPO4(2-), 20 mM-Cl- and 20 mM-HCO3- the activity of PDC was increased by 30%, the S0.5 for pyruvate was increased from 75 to 158 microM and h was decreased from 1.3 to 1.1. Under these conditions and at 1.0 mM-pyruvate, the activity of PDC was 80% of the maximal activity achieved in the presence of these ions and 4.5 mM-pyruvate. The present study suggests that PDC may operate under non-saturating concentrations for substrate in vivo.     

Change in the activity of Cl-,HCO3(-)-ATPase in microsome fraction during early development of the sea urchin, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus

In sea urchin embryos, primary mesenchyme cells, descendants from micromeres produced at the 16-cell stage, form spicules or CaCO3 deposits in their skeletal vacuoles, at the post-gastrula stage. Micromeres isolated at the 16-cell stage also differentiate into spicule-forming cells during their culture at the same time schedule as in the embryos. The present study was planned to observe change in the activity of Cl-,HCO3(-)-ATPase, which was expected to contribute to the carbonate supply for CaCO3 deposition, during development. ATP-hydrolysis in the microsome fraction, obtained from embryos of the sea urchin, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus, and from micromere-derived cells in culture was stimulated by Cl- and HCO3- in the presence of ouabain and EGTA. The ATP-hydrolysis was inhibited by ethacrynic acid, an inhibitor of Cl-,HCO3(-)-ATPase. The activity of Cl-,HCO3(-)-ATPase in embryos and in micromere-derived cells increased during development, keeping pace with the rate of calcium deposition in spicules. Formation of calcified spicules in the cultured micromere-derived cells was inhibited by ethacrynic acid. These results indicate that Cl-,HCO3(-)-ATPase plays an important role in the mechanism of CaCO3 deposition in the primary mesenchyme cells.     

HCO3(-) ions increase mast cell sensitivity to thapsigargin-induced Ca(2+) entry

In rat mast cells Ca(2+) entry is modified by the presence or absence of other ions in the external medium. HCO3(-) ions, which modify mast cell degranulation, seemed to modulate the Ca(2+) entry elicited by the intracellular Ca(2+)-ATPase inhibitor thapsigargin. In this work we studied the regulation of the Ca(2+) entry by HCO3(-) and its relationship with exocytosis. The Ca(2+) entry was activated by thapsigargin and Ca(2+) in mast cells bathed by a HCO3(-)-buffered medium or a HCO3(-)-free medium. Both Ca(2+) entry and exocytosis were enhanced by the presence of HCO3(-) ions. Nondegranulated mast cells showed a low Ca(2+) entry either in the presence or absence of HCO3(-). Thus, mast cells with a high [Ca(2+)](i) increase in a HCO3(-)-buffered medium undergo degranulation. In the same cells a second Ca(2+) entry was significantly higher than the first Ca(2+) entry in a HCO3(-)-free medium, while in a HCO3(-)-buffered medium the first and second Ca(2+) entries reached similar [Ca(2+)](i) levels. Although the second Ca(2+) entry is high in a HCO3(-)-free medium, degranulation is still low. Our results demonstrate that HCO3(-) ions increase the capacitative Ca(2+) entry and the sensitivity of mast cells to intracellular Ca(2+) in order to induce degranulation.     

Mechanisms contributing to intracellular pH homeostasis in an immortalised human chondrocyte cell line

The maintenance of chondrocyte pH is an important parameter controlling cartilage matrix turnover rates. Previous studies have shown that, to varying degrees, chondrocytes rely on Na(+)/H(+) exchange to regulate pH. HCO(3)(-)-dependent buffering and HCO(3)(-)-dependent acid-extrusion systems seem to play relatively minor roles. This situation may reflect minimal carbonic anhydrase activity in cartilage cells. In the present study, the pH regulation of the human chondrocyte cell line, C-20/A4 has been characterised. Intracellular pH (pH(i)) was measured using the H(+)-sensitive fluoroprobe BCECF. In solutions lacking HCO(3)(-)/CO(2), pH(i) was approximately 7.5, and the recovery from intracellular acidification was predominantly mediated by a Na(+)-dependent, amiloride- and HOE 694-sensitive process. A small additional component which was sensitive to chloro-7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole, an inhibitor of the V-type H(+)-ATPase, was also apparent. In solutions containing HCO(3)(-)/CO(2), pH(i) was approximately 7.2. Comparison of buffering capacity in the two conditions showed that this variable was not significantly augmented in HCO(3)(-)/CO(2)-containing media. The recovery from intracellular acidification was more rapid in the presence of HCO(3)(-)/CO(2), although under these conditions it was again largely dependent on Na(+) ions and inhibited by amiloride and HOE 694. A small component was inhibited by SITS, although this effect did not reach the level of statistical significance. These findings indicate that HCO(3)(-)-dependent processes play only a minimal role in pH regulation in C-20/A4 chondrocytes. pH regulation instead relies heavily on the Na(+)/H(+) exchanger together with a H(+)-ATPase. The absence of extrinsic (HCO(3)(-)/CO(2)) buffering is likely to reflect the low levels of carbonic anhydrase in these cells. In addition to providing fundamental information about a widely-used cell line, these findings support the contention that the unusual nature of pH regulation in chondrocytes reflects the paucity of carbonic anhydrase activity in these cells.     

A comparison of ATP-degrading enzyme activities in rat incisor odontoblasts.

In active odontoblasts from the rat incisor, used as a model system for biologic calcification, two distinguishable enzyme activities capable of degrading adenosine monophosphate (ATP) exist. Once can be inhibited ny 1-tetramisole, (+/-)-2,3,5,6,-tetrahydro-6-phenylimidazo (2.1B) THIAZOLE HYDROCHLORIDE (Levamisol) and (+/-)-6(m-bromophenyl)-5.6-dehydroimidazo (2.1-b) thiazole oxalate (R823) and is probably identical with nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.1). The activity of the other enzyme, named Ca2+-ATPase, is dependent on the presence of Ca2+ or Mg2+ and is activated by these ions. The pH optimum of Ca2+-ATPase is 9.8. The Ca2+-ATPase is unaffected by Levamisole, R 8231, ouabain, ruthenium red, Na+ and K+ ions. Maximal activity was found against ATP, whereas adenosine diphosphate, guanosine triphosphate, inosine triphosphate and adensoine monophosphate were hydrolysed at lower rate. It may be speculated that the Ca2+-ATPase is concerned with the transmembranous transport of Ca2+ ions to the mineralization front.     

Age-related characteristics of the Na+,K+-ATPase activity of synaptic membranes from the rat brain

The study of albino rats aged 6-7 months and 25-27 months revealed the age-related increase of maximal activity (V) of Na+, K+-ATPase of synaptosomal plasma membranes, separated from the cerebral cortex, while the level of Km remained stable. It is shown that in old rats as compared to the adult ones the affinity of Na+, K+-ATPase to sodium ions increases and the character of the ATP hydrolysis schedule changes in the presence of different ration of ions-activators. There are no significant changes in the inhibiting effect of strophantidin K on Na+, K+-ATPase activity of synaptosomal plasma membranes.     

Requirement of Zn to demonstrate HCO3-stimulated ATPase activity of rat small intestinal brush border

The existence of a membrane-bound HCO3-stimulated ATPase in intestinal mucosa is controversial. A crude brush border fraction of rat small intestinal homogenates contained HCO3-ATPase activity which was inhibited by preincubation with 3 mM EDTA. Alkaline phosphatase activity of this preparation was also inhibited in a parallel, time-dependent fashion by preincubation with EDTA. When 5 mM ZnSO4 accompanied 3 mM EDTA in the preincubation mix, preservation of both enzyme activities occurred, demonstrating a requirement of Zn for the activity of both these phosphatases. These studies support the earlier contention that HCO3-ATPase and alkaline phosphatase activities may be different properties of the same enzyme, and raise the possibility that the ATPase could play a role in intestinal ion transport. The failure to identify a membrane-bound HCO3-ATPase by other workers could be due to the exposure of EDTA which occurred in their tissue preparation.     

Salinity adaptation of HCO3--dependent ATPase activity in the gills of blue crab (Callinectes sapidus)

A bicarbonate-dependent ATPase (EC 3.6.1.3) was found in microsomal preparations from blue crab gills. When the crabs were transferred to low salinity (200 mosmolal) from seawater (1000 mosmolal), the HCO3- dependent ATPase increased in all gill pairs, reaching its new steady state in 2 weeks. The greatest increase occurred in the sixth and seventh gill pairs (approx. 2.5-fold). Maximal enzyme activity was observed at an Mg2+ concentration of 2 mM and an optimal pH of 7.8. The apparent Ka for HCO3- was found to be 8.9 mM. Kinetic analysis showed that low-salinity adaptation increased the Vmax without altering the Km for ATP. When the microsomes from high-salinity crab gills were treated with detergent or assayed at different temperatures, the total enzyme activity did not reach the activity levels after adaptation to low salinity. These results suggest that the alteration of HCO3- -ATPase activity may be due to synthesis, rather than modulation of membranes or of the existing enzyme activity.     

Modulation of Na+-K+-ATPase by calcium ions

The modulatory effects of calcium ions on highly active Na+, K(+)-ATPase from calf brain and pig kidney tissues have been studied. The inhibitory action of Ca2+free on this enzyme depends on the level of ATP (but not AcP). The reduction of pH from 7.4 to 6.0 noticeably increases, but the elevation of pH to 8.0, in its turn, decreases the inhibition of ATP-hydrolyzing activity by calcium. With the increase of K+ concentration (in contrast to Na+) the sensibilization of Na+, K(+)-ATPase to Ca ions is observed. In the presence of potassium ions Mg2+free effectively modifies the inhibitory action of Ca2+free on this enzyme. Ca2+free (0.16-0.4 mM) decreases the sensitivity of Na+, K(+)-ATPase to action of the specific inhibitor ouabain in the presence of ATP. In the presence of AcP (phosphatase reaction) such a change of enzyme sensitivity to ouabain isn't observed. The influence of membranous effects of Ca2+ on the interaction of Na+, K(+)-ATPase with the essential ligands and cardiosteroids is discussed.