Interactions between the oligomycin sensitivity conferring protein (OSCP) and beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase. 2. Identification of the interacting F1 subunits by cross-linking

Interactions between oligomycin sensitivity conferring protein (OSCP) and subunits of beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase have been explored by cross-linking at an OSCP/F1 molar ratio close to 1 to ensure specific high-affinity binding of OSCP to F1 [see Dupuis et al. [Dupuis, A., Issartel, J.-P., Lunardi, J., Satre, M., & Vignais, P.V. (1985) Biochemistry (preceding paper in this issue)]]. Cross-links between F1 subunits and OSCP were established by means of two zero length cross-linkers, 1-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-3-ethylcarbodiimide and N-(ethoxycarbonyl)-2-ethoxydihydroquinoline. The cross-linked products were separated by sodium dodecyl suflate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Coomassie blue staining revealed two cross-linked products of Mr 75 000 and 80 000 which could result from the binding of OSCP to the alpha and beta subunits of F1. Definite identification of the cross-linked products was achieved by chemical labeling with specific radiolabeled reagents and by blotting on nitrocellulose filters followed by immunocharacterization with anti-alpha, anti-beta, and anti-OSCP antibodies. OSCP was found to cross-link with the alpha and beta subunits of F1.     

Voltage-driven ATP synthesis by beef heart mitochondrial F0F1-ATPase

The F0F1-ATPase of the inner mitochondrial membrane catalyzes the conversion of a proton electrochemical energy into the chemical bond energy of ATP (Boyer, P.D., Chance, B., Ernster, L., Mitchell, P., Racker, E., and Slater, E.C. (1977) Annu. Rev. Biochem. 46, 955-1026). To assess the role of the membrane potential (delta psi) in this process and to study the effect of very short pulses on ATP synthesis, we employed a high voltage pulsation method (Kinosita, K., and Tsong, T.Y. (1977) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 74, 1923-1927) to induce a delta psi of controlled magnitude and duration in a suspension of submitochondrial particles and F0F1-ATPase vesicles. Cyanide-treated submitochondrial particles were exposed to electric pulses of 10-30 kV/cm of magnitude (generating a peak delta psi of 150-450 mV) and 1-100 microseconds duration. Net [32P]ATP synthesis from [32P]Pi and ADP was observed with maximal values of 410 pmol/mg X pulse for a 30 kV/cm-100-microseconds pulse. This corresponds to a yield of 10-12 mol of ATP per mol of F0F1 complex per pulse. As many as 4 nmol/mg were produced after pulsing the same sample 8 times. By varying the ionic strength of the suspending medium, and consequently the pulse width, it is clearly shown that the synthesis was electrically driven and did not correlate with Joule heating of the sample. Titrations using specific inhibitors and ionophores were performed. The voltage-induced ATP synthesis was 50% inhibited by 0.11 microgram/mg of oligomycin and 2.4 nmol/mg of N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. Ionophores and uncouplers had varying degrees of inhibition. The dependence of ATP synthesis on pulse width was nonlinear, exhibiting a threshold at 10 microseconds and a biphasic behavior above this value. Isolated F0F1-ATPase reconstituted into asolectin vesicles also synthesized ATP when pulsed with electric fields. A 35 kV/cm pulse induced the synthesis of 115 pmol of ATP per mg of protein, which corresponds to approximately 0.34 mol of ATP per mol of F0F1-ATPase. This synthesis was also sensitive to oligomycin and dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. The possibility of turnover of the ATPase in microseconds is considered.     

Electron microscopy of beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase

The quaternary structure of isolated and membrane-bound F1-ATPase (submitochondrial particles) has been studied by electron microscopy. A model of the molecule has been proposed: six protein masses are arranged in two layers approximately at the vertices of a triangular antiprism. Computer averaging of the images showed that the frontal view of the molecule can be approximately characterized by mirror plane symmetry.     

Exploration of delta-subunit interactions in beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase by monoclonal antibodies

Three monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) recognizing distinct epitopes on the delta-subunit of beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase were studied for their reactivity towards the delta-subunit both in isolated F1 and in the F0-F1 complex of submitochondrial particles. Two of the antibodies termed mAb delta 195 and mAb delta 239 had free access to delta in F1 and the F0-F1 complex. Partial hindrance was observed for the third antibody mAb delta 22. By a double antibinding assay, it was found that the binding sites for mAb delta 195 and mAb delta 239 were close to each other and possibly overlapping. Mapping studies conducted with the isolated delta-subunit showed that mAb delta 195 and mAb delta 239 interacted with the N-terminal portion of delta extending from Ala-1 to Met-16, whereas mAb delta 22 interacted with the fragment spanning Ser-17-Glu-68. It was concluded that the Ala-1-Met-16 segment of the delta-subunit in F1 and the F0-F1 complex is freely accessible from the outside, whereas the Ser-17-Glu-68 segment of delta is partially hidden, possibly as a result of interactions with other subunits.     

Is pyrophosphate an analog of adenosine diphosphate for beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase

Beef heart mitochondrial F1 possesses three pyrophosphate-binding sites, which comprises one high affinity binding site (Kd approximately equal to 1 microM) and two lower affinity sites (Kd approximately equal to 20 microM). High affinity pyrophosphate binding required the presence of Mg2+ in the incubation medium. Pyrophosphate competed with ADP, but not with Pi for binding to mitochondrial F1. Upon binding of 3 mol of pyrophosphate/mol of F1, one of the three tightly bound nucleotides present in native F1 was released. Like ADP and in contrast to Pi, pyrophosphate enhanced the fluorescence intensity of F1-bound aurovertin, and it prevented the photolabeling of F1 by 2-azido-ADP. As aurovertin and 2-azido-ADP are ligands of the beta subunit of F1, it is likely that pyrophosphate binds preferentially to the beta subunit. Whereas the binding affinity of F1 for Pi was increased by concentrations of pyrophosphate lower than 100 microM, it was decreased by a higher concentration of pyrophosphate. This biphasic effect of pyrophosphate on Pi binding was not observed with ADP, which, at all concentrations tested, inhibited Pi binding. Except for the effect of pyrophosphate on Pi binding to F1, for all the other effects, pyrophosphate mimicked ADP. It is suggested that pyrophosphate and ADP share the same binding site on F1 and that pyrophosphate interacts with the same amino acid residues as those interacting with the alpha and beta phosphate groups of ADP.     

Further investigations on the inorganic phosphate binding site of beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase

The possibility that 4-azido-2-nitrophenyl phosphate (ANPP), a photoreactive derivative of inorganic phosphate (Pi) [Lauquin, G., Pougeois, R., & Vignais, P. V. (1980) Biochemistry 19, 4620-4626], could mimic ATP was investigated. ANPP was hydrolyzed in the dark by sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase in the presence of Ca2+ but not in the presence of ethylene glycol bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid. ANPP was not hydrolyzed by purified mitochondrial F1-ATPase; however, ADP and ATP protected F1-ATPase against ANPP photoinactivation. On the other hand, the trinitrophenyl nucleotide analogues (TNP-ADP, TNP-ATP, and TNP-AMP-PNP), which bind specifically at the two catalytic sites of F1-ATPase [Grubmeyer, C., & Penefsky, H. (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 3718-3727], abolished Pi binding on F1-ATPase; they do not protect F1-ATPase against ANPP photoinactivation. Furthermore, ANPP-photoinactivated F1-ATPase binds the TNP analogues in the same way as the native enzyme. The Pi binding site of F1-ATPase, which is shown to be photolabeled by ANPP, does not appear to be at the gamma-phosphate position of the catalytic sites.     

The effects of exchange-inert metal-nucleotide complexes on the kinetics of beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase

The inhibition of beef heart mitochondrial F1 by exchange-inert metal-nucleotide complexes was examined. Mono- and bidentate Cr(NH3)4ATP were found to be mixed noncompetitive inhibitors of F1-catalyzed ATP hydrolysis (values of Ki = 0.5 and 0.1 mM; values of alpha = 0.2 and 24, respectively). Rh(H2O)nATP was also found to be a mixed noncompetitive inhibitor of F1-catalyzed ATP hydrolysis (Ki = 0.3 mM, alpha = 0.7). These compounds were used in a series of dual inhibition experiments, along with mono- and bidentate CrATP and Co(NH3)4ATP. All the exchange-inert metal-nucleotides examined were found to be mutually exclusive inhibitors of F1, indicating that they all bind to the same site(s). It is postulated that the pKa of the metal-coordinated ligands is related to the potency of inhibition by these compounds. It appears probable that the exchange-inert nucleotide complexes are binding to site(s) in addition to the catalytic site(s) of F1.     

Identification of the subunits of F1F0-ATPase from bovine heart mitochondria.

An oligomycin-sensitive F1F0-ATPase isolated from bovine heart mitochondria has been reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles and pumps protons. this preparation of F1F0-ATPase contains 14 different polypeptides that are resolved by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under denaturing conditions, and so it is more complex than bacterial and chloroplast enzymes, which have eight or nine different subunits. The 14 bovine subunits have been characterized by protein sequence analysis. They have been fractionated on polyacrylamide gels and transferred to poly(vinylidene difluoride) membranes, and N-terminal sequences have been determined in nine of them. By comparison with known sequences, eight of these have been identified as subunits beta, gamma, delta, and epsilon, which together with the alpha subunit form the F1 domain, as the b and c (or DCCD-reactive) subunits, both components of the membrane sector of the enzyme, and as the oligomycin sensitivity conferral protein (OSCP) and factor 6 (F6), both of which are required for attachment of F1 to the membrane sector. The sequence of the ninth, named subunit e, has been determined and is not related to any reported protein sequence. The N-terminal sequence of a tenth subunit, the membrane component A6L, could be determined after a mild acid treatment to remove an alpha-N-formyl group. Similar experiments with another membrane component, the a or ATPase-6 subunit, caused the protein to degrade, but the protein has been isolated from the enzyme complex and its position on gels has been unambiguously assigned. No N-terminal sequence could be derived from three other proteins. The largest of these is the alpha subunit, which previously has been shown to have pyrrolidonecarboxylic acid at the N terminus of the majority of its chains. The other two have been isolated from the enzyme complex; one of them is the membrane-associated protein, subunit d, which has an alpha-N-acetyl group, and the second, surprisingly, is the ATPase inhibitor protein. When it is isolated directly from mitochondrial membranes, the inhibitor protein has a frayed N terminus, with chains starting at residues 1, 2, and 3, but when it is isolated from the purified enzyme complex, its chains are not frayed and the N terminus is modified. Previously, the sequences at the N terminals of the alpha, beta, and delta subunits isolated from F1-ATPase had been shown to be frayed also, but in the F1F0 complex they each have unique N-terminal sequences.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

Inactivation of beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase by the 2',3'-dialdehyde derivatives of adenine nucleotides

Beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase was inactivated by the 2',3'-dialdehyde derivatives of ATP, ADP and AMP (oATP, oADP, oAMP). In the absence of Mg2+, inactivation resulted from the binding of 1 mol nucleotide analog per active unit of F1. The most efficient analog was oADP, followed by oAMP and oATP. Complete inactivation was correlated with the binding of about 11 mol [14C]oADP/mol F1. After correction for non-specific labeling, the number of specifically bound [14C]oADP was 2-3 mol per mol F1. By SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, [14C]oADP was found to bind covalently mainly to the alpha and beta subunits. In the presence of Mg2+, oATP behaved as a substrate and was slowly hydrolyzed.     

Metal-nucleotide structural characteristics during catalysis by beef heart mitochondrial F1

This study examined the nature of the metal-nucleotide complexes which serve as substrates, products, and intermediates in the beef heart mitochondrial ATPase reaction. The two methods employed involved the use of phosphorothioate ATP analogs as substrates in the presence of Mg2+ or Cd2+ and the use of substitution inert Cr X ATP complexes (the isolated diastereomers of the bidentate complexes) along with the newly synthesized Cr X ITP complexes as inhibitors of both the F1-ATPase and F1-ITPase activities. Little stereoselectivity was observed in the inhibition of F1-ATPase and F1-ITPase activities by the isolated diastereomers of beta,gamma-bidentate CrATP, while the inhibition by the delta,alpha,beta-bidentate CrADP diastereomer was greater than that of the lambda epimer. gamma-Monodentate CrITP was a weak inhibitor of both the ATPase and ITPase activities, whereas beta,gamma-bidentate CrITP failed to show any inhibition at all up to a concentration of 3.2 mM. When adenosine 5'-O-(2-thiotriphosphate) (ATP beta S) was used as the substrate, (VmSp]/(Vm(Rp] with Mg2+ present was 2.7 at 31 degrees C and 3.5 at 13 degrees C. The (Vm/Km(Sp]/(Vm/Km(Rp] ratios with Mg2+ present were 15.3 at 31 degrees C and 73.3 at 13 degrees C. With Cd2+ present, the (Vm(Sp]/(Vm(Rp] ratios were 0.81 and 0.65 at 31 and 13 degrees C, respectively. The (Vm/Km(Sp]/(Vm/Km(Rp] ratios with Cd2+ present were 1.17 at 31 degrees C and 1.34 at 13 degrees C. The large activation energy observed for the isomers of CdATP beta S was not observed for MgATP beta S, MgATP, or CdATP. The Vm for Cd adenosine 5'-O-thiotriphosphate (ATP gamma S) hydrolysis was the largest of all the metal-phosphorothioate nucleotide complexes, while that for MgATP gamma S was the smallest. The results are interpreted in terms of a catalytic model for F1-catalyzed nucleotide hydrolysis describing metal-nucleotide chelation during the reaction.     

Inhibition of the mitochondrial F1F0-ATPase by ligands of the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor

Although PK11195 binds to the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor with nanomolar affinity, significant data exist which suggest that it has another cellular target distinct from the PBR. Here we demonstrate that PK11195 inhibits F(1)F(0)-ATPase activity in an OSCP-dependent manner, similar to the pro-apoptotic benzodiazepine Bz-423. Importantly, our data indicate that cellular responses observed with micromolar concentrations of PK11195, which are commonly attributed to modulation of the PBR, are likely a direct result of mitochondrial F(1)F(0)-ATPase inhibition.     

Structure of mitochondrial F1-ATPase studied by electron microscopy and image processing

The structure of soluble F₁-ATPase (EC 3.6.1.3) has been investigated by computer analysis of individual molecular images extracted from electron micrographs of negatively stained particles. A total of 1241 images was interactively selected from several digitized micrographs and these images were subsequently aligned relative to different reference images. They were then submitted to a multivariate statistical classification procedure. We have focussed our attention on the main ‘hexagonal’ view which represents some 40% of our population of images. In this view, six masses are located on the outer region of the projection which are associated with the alpha and the beta subunits of the protein. A seventh mass is located close to the centre of the hexagon, but slightly off its exact midpoint. It has the shape of the letter V and its two legs point to two of the outer protein masses, or one alpha-beta subunit pair. The corner of the V has a density as high as those of the large subunits. Possible subunit arrangements and their consequences for the mechanism of ATP synthesis are discussed.     

Adenine nucleotide binding sites on beef heart F1-ATPase. Asymmetry and subunit location

Previously we have shown that beef heart mitochondrial F1 contains a total of six adenine nucleotide binding sites. Three "catalytic" sites exchange bound ligand rapidly during hydrolysis of MgATP, whereas three "noncatalytic" sites do not. The noncatalytic sites behave asymmetrically in that a single site releases bound ligand upon precipitation of F1 with ammonium sulfate. In the present study, we find this same site to be the only noncatalytic site that undergoes rapid exchange of bound ligand when F1 is incubated in the presence of EDTA at pH 8.0. Following 1000 catalytic turnovers/F1, the site retains the unique capacity for EDTA-induced exchange, indicating that the asymmetric determinants are permanent and that the three noncatalytic sites on soluble F1 do not pass through equivalent states during catalysis. Measurements of the rate of ligand binding at the unique noncatalytic site show that uncomplexed nucleotide binds preferentially. At pH 7.5, in the presence of Mg2+, the rate constant for ADP binding is 9 X 10(3) M-1 s-1 and for dissociation is 4 X 10(-4) s-1 to give a Kd = 50 nM. The rate of dissociation is 10 times faster in the presence of EDTA or during MgATP hydrolysis, and it increases rapidly at pH below 7. EDTA-induced exchange is inhibited by Mg2+, Mn2+, Co2+, and Zn2+ but not by Ca2+ and is unaffected by dicyclohexylcarbodiimide modification. The unique noncatalytic site binds 2-azido-ADP. Photolysis results in the labeling of the beta subunit. Photolabeling of a single high-affinity catalytic site under conditions for uni-site catalysis also results in the labeling of beta, but a different pattern of labeled peptides is obtained in proteolytic digests. The results demonstrate the presence of two different nucleotide binding domains on the beta subunit of mitochondrial F1.     

Interaction of ox heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase with immobilized ADP and ATP.

The reaction of mitochondrial F1-ATPase with immobilized substrate was studied by using columns of agarose-hexane-ATP. Mg2+ was required for binding of the enzyme to the column matrix. The column-bound enzyme could be eluted fully by ATP and other nucleoside triphosphates. Nucleoside di- and mono-phosphates were less effective. At a fixed concentration of nucleotide the effectiveness of elution was proportional to the charge on the eluting molecule. The ATP of the column matrix was hydrolysed by the bound F1-ATPase to release phosphate, probably by a uni-site reaction mechanism. Thus the F1-ATPase was bound to the immobilized ATP by a catalytic site. Treatment of the bound F1-ATPase with 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan prevented complete release of the enzyme by ATP. Only one-third of the bound enzyme was now eluted by the nucleotide. The inhibition of release could be due either to the inhibitor blocking co-operative interactions between sites or to its increasing the tightness of binding of immobilized ADP at the catalytic site.     

High performance liquid chromatography purification and amino terminal sequence analysis of the subunits of bovine heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase

All five subunits of bovine heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase have been isolated by reverse-phase HPLC and NH2-terminal sequences determined by gas phase Edman degradations. Bovine gamma exhibits 16 identities in the first 30 residues compared with the NH2-terminus of gamma from E.coli F1. Bovine delta exhibit about 27% identity with residues 28-59 of precursor delta from N.crassa and in the first six residues is identical with delta from S.cerevisiae. Approximately half of bovine epsilon has been sequenced. Possibly significant sequence similarities exist between bovine gamma and epsilon and kinase-related gene and oncogene products. The bovine alpha subunit has a blocked NH2-terminus.     

Large-scale purification and characterization of the five subunits of F1-ATPase from pig heart mitochondria.

A large-scale purification procedure was developed to isolate the five subunits of F1-ATPase from pig heart mitochondria. The previously described procedure (Williams, N. and Pedersen, P.L. (1986) Methods Enzymol. 126, 484-489) to dissociate the rat liver F1-ATPase by cold treatment followed by warming at 37 degrees C has been adapted for the pig heart enzyme. Removal of endogenous nucleotides from that enzyme before dissociation led to the efficient separation of the alpha and gamma subunits from beta, delta and epsilon subunits. The beta subunit was purified in the hundred-milligram range by anion-exchange chromatography in the absence of any denaturing agent. This subunit was free from any bound nucleotide and almost no ATPase and adenylate kinase-like activities were detected. The delta and epsilon subunits were purified by reversed-phase chromatography (RP-HPLC) in the milligram range. As recently reported (Penin, F., Deléage, G., Gagliardi, D., Roux, B. and Gautheron, D.C. (1990) Biochemistry 29, 9358-9364), these purified subunits kept biophysical features of folded proteins and their ability to reconstitute the tight delta epsilon complex. The alpha and gamma subunits remained poorly soluble and required dissociation by 8 M guanidinium chloride prior to their purification by RP-HPLC. In addition, characterizations of the five subunits by IEF and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis are reported, as well as ultraviolet spectra and solubility properties of the beta, delta and epsilon subunits.     

Inhibition of yeast mitochondrial F1-ATPase, F0F1-ATPase and submitochondrial particles by rhodamines and ethidium bromide

ATP hydrolysis by F1-ATPase is strongly inhibited by cationic rhodamines; neutral rhodamines are very poor inhibitors. Rhodamine 6G is a noncompetitive inhibitor of purified F0F1-ATPase and submitochondrial particles, however, an uncompetitive inhibitor of F1-ATPase (KI approximately equal to 2.4 microM for all three enzyme forms). Ethidium bromide is a noncompetitive inhibitor of F0F1-ATPase, submitochondrial particles and also F1-ATPase (KI approximately equal to 270 microM). Neither of the inhibitors affects the negative cooperativity (nH approximately equal to 0.7). The non-identical binding sites for rhodamine 6G and ethidium bromide are located on the F1-moiety and are topologically distinct from the catalytic site. Binding of the inhibitors prevents the conformational changes essential for energy transduction. It is concluded that the inhibitor binding sites are involved in proton translocation. In F1-ATPase, binding of MgATP at a catalytic site causes conformational changes, which allosterically induce the correct structure of the rhodamine 6G binding site. In F0F1-ATPase, this conformation of the F1-moiety exists a priori, due to allosteric interactions with F0-subunits. The binding site for ethidium bromide on F1-ATPase does not require substrate binding at the catalytic site and is not affected by F0F1-subunit interactions.     

The delta'-subunit of higher plant six-subunit mitochondrial F1-ATPase is homologous to the delta-subunit of animal mitochondrial F1-ATPase.

Mitochondrial F1-ATPases purified from several dicotyledonous plants contain six different subunits of alpha, beta, gamma, delta, delta' and epsilon. Previous N-terminal amino acid sequence analyses indicated that the gamma-, delta-, and epsilon-subunits of the sweet potato mitochondrial F1 correspond to the gamma-subunit, the oligomycin sensitivity-conferring protein and the epsilon-subunit of animal mitochondrial F1F0 complex (Kimura, T., Nakamura, K., Kajiura, H., Hattori, H., Nelson, N., and Asahi, T. (1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 3183-3186). However, the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the delta'-subunit did not show any obvious homologies with known protein sequences. A cDNA clone for the delta'-subunit of the sweet potato mitochondrial F1 was identified by oligonucleotide-hybridization selection of a cDNA library. The 1.0-kilobase-long cDNA contained a 600-base pair open reading frame coding for a precursor for the delta'-subunit. The precursor for the delta'-subunit contained N-terminal presequence of 21-amino acid residues. The mature delta'-subunit is composed of 179 amino acids and its sequence showed similarities of about 31-36% amino acid positional identity with the delta-subunit of animal and fungal mitochondrial F1 and about 18-25% with the epsilon-subunit of bacterial F1 and chloroplast CF1. The sweet potato delta'-subunit contains N-terminal sequence of about 45-amino acid residues that is absent in other related subunits. It is concluded that the six-subunit plant mitochondrial F1 contains the subunit that is homologous to the oligomycin sensitivity-conferring protein as one of the component in addition to five subunits that are homologous to subunits of animal mitochondrial F1.