Evolution of Substrate Specificities in the P-Type ATPase Superfamily

P-type ATPases make up a large superfamily of ATP-driven pumps involved in the transmembrane transport of charged substrates. We have performed an analysis of conserved core sequences in 159 P-type ATPases. The various ATPases group together in five major branches according to substrate specificity, and not according to the evolutionary relationship of the parental species, indicating that invention of new substrate specificities is accompanied by abrupt changes in the rate of sequence evolution. A hitherto-unrecognized family of P-type ATPases has been identified that is expected to be represented in all the major phyla of eukarya. Received: 21 May 1997 / Accepted: 1 August 1997     

Transmembrane Mg2+ Currents and Intracellular Free Mg2+ Concentration in Paramecium tetraurelia

The properties of Mg²⁺ conductances in Paramecium tetraurelia were investigated under two-electrode voltage clamp. When bathed in physiological Mg²⁺ concentrations (0.5 mm), depolarizing steps from rest elicited a prominent Mg²⁺-specific current (I _Mg) that has been noted previously. The dependence of this current on extracellular Mg²⁺ approximated that of Mg²⁺-induced backward swimming, demonstrating that I _Mg contributes to normal membrane excitation and behavior in this ciliate. Closer analysis revealed that the Mg²⁺ current deactivated biphasically. While this might suggest the involvement of two Mg²⁺-specific pathways, both tail-current components were affected similarly by current-specific mutations and they had similar ion selectivities, suggesting a common pathway. In contrast, a Mg²⁺ current activated upon hyperpolarization could be separated into three components. The first, I _Mg, had similar properties to the current activated upon depolarization. The second was a nonspecific divalent cation current (I _NS) that was revealed following suppression of I _Mg by eccentric mutation. The final current was relatively minor and was revealed following suppression of I _Mg and I _NS by obstinate A gene mutation. Reversal-potential analyses suggested that I _Mg and I _NS define two intracellular compartments that contain, respectively, low (0.4 mm) and high (8 mm) concentrations of Mg²⁺. Measurement of intracellular free Mg²⁺ using the fluorescent dye, Mag-fura-2, suggested that bulk [Mg²⁺] _i rests at around 0.4 mm in Paramecium. Received: 12 January 1998/Revised: 16 March 1998     

Cd2+-B[α]P复合污染对菲律宾蛤仔急性毒性和解毒代谢酶活力的影响

文章研究了Cd2+-B[α]P复合污染对菲律宾蛤仔的急性毒性和鳃丝、消化盲囊解毒代谢酶活力的影响。结果表明:Cd2+对菲律宾蛤仔48、72、96h LC50分别为50.41、24.12、14.68 mg/L,Cd2+-B[α]P对菲律宾蛤仔的联合急性毒性48—96h表现为协同作用。Cd2+、B[α]P单一与复合污染对菲律宾蛤仔鳃丝、消化盲囊谷胱甘肽(GSH)含量、谷胱甘肽硫转移酶(GST)和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活力的影响显著(P<0.05),而对照组无显著变化。单一染毒组组织GSH含量在12d内呈峰值变化,分别于1d、3d达到最大值,12d后保持稳定,表现为恢复至对照组水平或被诱导;复合污染处理组组织GSH含量除Cd2++B[α]P(15μg/L+0.01μg/L)处理组在3d内呈峰值变化外,其他处理组均呈逐渐下降趋势,均于12d后稳定,被显著抑制。各染毒处理组组织GST、SOD活力在12d内呈峰值变化,分别于1d、3d达到最大值,12d后各处理组GST、SOD活力趋于稳定,GST活力与对照组无明显差异,而SOD活力明显高于对照组水平。由此可见,菲律宾蛤仔在Cd2+-B[α]P复合胁迫下急性毒性效应明显,组织解毒代谢酶活力表现出明显的时间、剂量效应性,鳃丝、消化盲囊GSH含量和SOD活力可作为菲律宾蛤仔Cd2+-B[α]P复合污染评价的潜在生物标志物。     

外源亚精胺可缓解荇菜镉毒害

研究了外施浓度为0．01mmol·L^-1的亚精胺（Spd）对不同浓度镉（Cd2＋）胁迫下荇菜（Nymphoides peltatum）叶片的叶绿体结构、叶绿素含量、可溶性蛋白含量、超氧阴离子（O2）产生速率和丙二醛（MDA）含量,以及保护酶——超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化物酶（POD）和过氧化氢酶（CAT）活性的影响。结果表明,（1）Cd2＋胁迫可使荇菜细胞的叶绿体结构遭到破坏,叶绿素含量减少。外施Spd则可有效地保护叶绿体结构,减少叶绿素的流失。（2）在单一Cd2＋处理条件下,随着Cd2＋浓度的升高,叶绿素含量呈现先升后降的趋势,可溶性蛋白含量则逐渐下降。外源Spd处理显著提高了二者的含量,并延缓了它们的下降速度。（3）在单一Cd^2＋处理条件下,SOD、POD和CAT活性分别在Cd2＋浓度为1、1和2mg·L1时达到最高值,而后随着Cd^2＋浓度的增加其活性逐渐下降。外施Spd使它们的活性分别提高了5．8％、37．5％和3．3％,并降低了O2^-产生速率和MDA的含量。上述结果表明,Spd增强了荇菜对Cd^2＋毒害的抗性,并在一定程度上缓解了Cd^2＋对荇菜的毒害。     

小球藻对水溶液中Zn2+、Cd2+的吸附

对小球藻生物吸附Zn^2 ,Cd^2 的影响因素进行了研究,发现小球藻对Zn^2 ,Cd^2 的生物吸附主要经历了快速的物理吸附和缓慢的化学吸附两个步骤;pH值是影响Zn^2 ,Cd^2 生物吸附的一个重要因素,pH值为6-7时,小球藻对Zn^2 ,Cd^2 的去除率较高,在实验条件下去除率可达87%以上;研究还表明,小球藻干粉比新鲜藻能富集更多的Zn^2 ,Cd^2 。用Freundlich方程模拟吸附等温线,拟合良好。     

Cd2+ 、Zn2+单一及复合胁迫对凤眼莲根质膜3种氧化还原酶活性的影响

采用水培法研究了不同浓度Cd2+ 、Zn2+单一及复合胁迫(0.05和0.50 mmol·L-1 Cd2+,0.5和5.0 mmol·L-1 Zn2+)对凤眼莲[Eichhornia crassipes (Mart. ) Solms]幼苗根质膜3种氧化还原酶[NADH氧化酶、Fe(CN)63-还原酶和EDTA-Fe3+还原酶]活性的影响. 结果表明, Cd2+ 、 Zn2+单一及复合胁迫对凤眼莲根质膜NADH氧化酶、Fe(CN)63-还原酶及EDTA-Fe3+还原酶活性的影响效应有明显的差异.0.05或0.50 mmol·L-1 Cd2+单一胁迫处理20 h可使凤眼莲根质膜3种氧化还原酶活性均较对照显著降低(P≤0.05),0.5或5.0 mmol·L-1 Zn2+单一胁迫20 h可导致凤眼莲根质膜NADH氧化酶和EDTA-Fe3+还原酶活性也均较对照显著降低(P≤0.05).随胁迫时间的延长,Cd2+ 、 Zn2+单一及复合胁迫处理均可使凤眼莲根质膜氧化还原酶活性增强,胁迫处理20 d时凤眼莲根质膜3种氧化还原酶活性均高于胁迫20 h的活性.Cd2+-Zn2+复合胁迫对凤眼莲根质膜3种氧化还原酶活性的影响效应因作用时间和胁迫浓度的不同而有一定的差异;在胁迫20 h时,Cd2+与Zn2+之间对凤眼莲根质膜3种氧化还原酶活性的作用关系较复杂,因胁迫浓度的不同表现出协同或拮抗的关系;胁迫20 d时,Cd2+与Zn2+对凤眼莲根质膜3种氧化还原酶活性的复合影响表现出明显的拮抗关系.研究结果显示,Cd2+ 、 Zn2+对凤眼莲根质膜氧化还原酶的复合作用效应与Cd2+和Zn2+的浓度比例及胁迫时间均相关.     

Local Anesthetics Inhibit the Ca2+,Mg2+-ATPase Activity of Rat Brain Synaptosomes

Many biochemical effects of local anesthetics are expressed in Ca2+-dependent processes [Volpi M., Sha'afi R.I., Epstein P.M., Andrenyak P.M., and Feinstein M.B. (1981) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 78, 795-799]. In this communication we report that local anesthetics (dibucaine, tetracaine, lidocaine, and procaine and the analogue quinacrine) inhibit the Ca2+-dependent and the Mg2+-dependent ATPase activity of rat brain synaptosomes and of membrane vesicles derived from them by osmotic shock. This inhibition is induced by concentrations of these drugs close to their pharmacological doses, and a good correlation between K0.5 of inhibition and their relative anesthetic potency is found. The Ca2+-dependent ATPase is more selectively inhibited at lower drug concentrations. The physiological relevance of these findings is discussed briefly.     

Cu2+、Cd2+对中华大蟾蜍肝脏内主要营养物质代谢的影响

实验测定了Cu2+、Cd2+的亚急性毒性处理42 d及在清水中恢复30 d后中华大蟾蜍肝脏中主要营养物质代谢的变化.结果表明,随Cu2+、Cd2+暴露时间的延长,肝糖原含量呈先降后升、总蛋白含量呈先升后降、肝脂肪含量呈持续降低的趋势;在清水中恢复30 d后,肝糖原、总蛋白及脂肪含量均恢复到对照组水平.结果提示,Cu2+、Cd2+暴露过的蟾蜍,在清水中恢复30 d后,其肝脏主要营养物质代谢可以恢复到正常水平.