31P and19F NMR studies of glycophorin-reconstituted membranes: Preferential interaction of glycophorin with phosphatidylserine

Summary Glycophorin A, a major glycoprotein of the erythrocyte membrane, has been incorporated into small unilamellar vesicles composed of a variety of pure and mixed phospholipids. Nuclear spin labels including³¹P and¹⁹F have been used at natural abundance or have been synthetically incorporated in lipids to act as probes of lipid-protein interaction. Interactions produce broadening of resonances in several cases and it can be used to demonstrate preferential interaction of certain lipids with glycophorin.³¹P and¹⁹F probes show a strong preferential interaction of glycophorin with phosphatidylserine over phosphatidylcholine. There is some evidence that interactions are more pronounced at the inner surface of the bilayer and these results are rationalized in terms of the asymmetric distribution of protein and lipid.     

Isolation of the sodium-dependent d-glucose transport protein from brush-border membranes

Rabbit kidney brush-border membrane vesicles were exposed to bacterial protease which cleaves off a large number of externally oriented proteins. Na⁺-dependent d-glucose transport is left intact in the protease-treated vesicles. The protease-treated membrane was solubilized with deoxycholate and the deoxycholate-extracted proteins were further resolved by passage through Con A-Sepharose columns. Sodium-dependent d-glucose activity was found to reside in a fraction containing a single protein band of M_r ? 165000 which is apparently a dimer of M_r ? 85 000. When reconstituted and tested for transport, this protein showed Na⁺-dependent, stereo-specific and phlorizin-inhibitable glucose transport. Transport activity is completely recovered and is 20-fold increased in specific activity. A similar isolate was obtained from rabbit small intestinal brush-border membranes and kidneys from several other species of animals.     

Effects of N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide on isolated and reconstituted cytochrome b-c1 complex from bovine heart mitochondria

N,N′-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD) inhibits the activity of ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase in the isolated and reconstitued mitochondrial cytochrome b-c₁ complex. DCCD inhibits equally electron flow and proton translocation (i.e., the $\text{H}{}^{\mathrm{+}}\text{e}{}^{\mathrm{?}}$ ratio is not affected) catalysed by the enzyme reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles. The inhibitory effects are accompanied by structural alterations in the polypeptide pattern of both isolated and reconstituted enzyme. Cross-linking was observed between subunits V (iron-sulfur protein) and VII, indicating that these polypeptides are in close proximity. A clear correlation was found between the kinetics of inhibition of enzymic activity and the cross-linking, suggesting that the two phenomena may be coupled. Binding of [¹⁴C]DCCD was also observed, to all subunits with the isolated enzyme and preferentially to cytochrome b with the reconstituted vesicles; in both cases, however, it was not correlated kinetically with the inhibition of the enzymic activity.     

Reconstitution mechanism of nucleosome core particles mediated by poly(l-glutamic acid)

Poly(l-glutamic acid) has been reported to mediate in vitro nucleosome assembly (Stein, A., Whitlock, J.P., Jr. and Bina, M. (1979) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 76, 5000–5004). To study the reaction mechanism, we have reconstituted nucleosome core particles from chicken erythrocyte core DNA and core histones in the presence of poly(l-glutamic acid) and analyzed the assembly products by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Poly(l-glutamic acid), which binds and forms a large complex with core histones, is replaced with core DNA in the reconstitution process. When histone-poly(l-glutamic acid) complex and core DNA are mixed with a histone:DNA ratio of 1.0, the yield of core particles increases by prolonged reconstitution time. Two phases with a distinct time range appear in the process. In the fast phase within 30 min, 60% of the DNA is involved in products containing histones: reconstituted core particles, a larger nucleoprotein complex and aggregation. In the second phase, the remaining DNA and the DNA in the aggregation decrease, and the core particles increase slowly. The yield of core particles is approx. 60% after 24 h. The slow phase is not observed by reconstitution with a histone:DNA ratio of 2.0 in the initial mixture. The reaction scheme of the assembly process derived from these data is given. Based on the in vitro reaction scheme, the possible role of in vivo ‘nucleosome assembly factors’ is also discussed.     

利用腺病毒DNA与爪蟾卵提取物在非细胞体系中重构细胞核(简报)

1983年,Lohka和Masui首先报道,用精子染色质与卵提取物一起温育,可以组装成具有典型结构的细胞核。这种核不仅具有合成DNA的能力,而且还能进入M期。同年,     

Identification of tyrosine-phosphorylated colony-stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1) receptor and a 56-kilodalton protein phosphorylated in intact human cells in response to CSF-1

Colony-stimulating factor 1 (CSF-1) selectively supports the survival, proliferation, and maturation of hemopoietic cells of the monocyte/macrophage lineage. Although the cellular receptor for CSF-1, (the c-fms protein) is a protein-tyrosine kinase activated by the binding of CFS-1, the role of phosphorylation of cellular proteins in CSF-1 signal transduction is poorly understood. Therefore, we examined the CSF-1-stimulated phosphorylation of cellular proteins in human BeWo choriocarcinoma cell line (known to express the c-fms protein). BeWo cells were metabolically labeled with 32Pi, stimulated with recombinant human CSF-1, and extracted with detergent. Phosphotyrosyl proteins were isolated from detergent extracts by affinity chromatography on a highly specific antibody to phosphotyrosine. Rapid phosphorylation of 170-kd protein, followed closely by the phosphorylation of a 56-kd protein, was observed in response to CSF-1. The 170-kd phosphotyrosyl protein bound to wheat germ agglutinin and was secondarily immunoprecipitated with a specific anti-fms serum, consistent with its identity as the CSF-1 receptor. Although purified human macrophages that proliferate in culture in response to CSF-1 are not generally accessible, CSF-1 did stimulate the phosphorylation of a 56-kd protein in intact mononuclear leukocytes from human peripheral blood. Thus, the BeWo cell line may represent a good model for the study of CSF-1-stimulated cellular protein phosphorylation.     

Isolation of two saxitoxin-sensitive sodium channel subtypes from rat brain with distinct biochemical and functional properties

Summary Two different³H-saxitoxin-binding proteins, with distinct biochemical and functional properties, were isolated from rat brain using a combination of anion exchange and lectin affinity chromatography as well as high resolution size exclusion and anion exchange HPLC. The alpha subunits of the binding proteins had different apparent molecular weights on SDS-PAGE (Type A: 235,000; Type B: 260,000). When reconstituted into planar lipid bilayers, the two saxitoxin-binding proteins formed sodium channels with different apparent single-channel conductances in the presence of batrachotoxin (Type A: 22 pS; Type B: 12 pS) and veratridine (Type A: 9 pS; Type B: 5 pS). The subtypes were further distinguished by scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus) venom which had different effects on single-channel conductance and gating of veratridine-activated Type A and Type B channels. Scorpion venom caused a 19% increase in single-channel conductance of Type A channels and a 35-mV hyperpolarizing shift in activation. Scropion venom double the single-channel conductance of Type B channels and shifted activation by at least 85 mV.     

Rabbit distal colon epithelium: III. Ca2+-activated K+ channels in basolateral plasma membrane vesicles of surface and crypt cells

Summary In the mammalian distal colon, the surface epithelium is responsible for electrolyte absorption, while the crypts are the site of secretion. This study examines the properties of electrical potential-driven⁸⁶Rb⁺ fluxes through K⁺ channels in basolateral membrane vesicles of surface and crypt cells of the rabbit distal colon epithelium. We show that Ba²⁺-sensitive, Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels are present in both surface and crypt cell derived vesicles with half-maximal activation at 5×10^–7 m free Ca²⁺. This suggests an important role of cytoplasmic Ca²⁺ in the regulation of the bidirectional ion fluxes in the colon epithelium.The properties of K⁺ channels in the surface cell membrane fraction differ from those of the channels in the crypt cell derived membranes. The peptide toxin apamin inhibits Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels exclusively in surface cell vesicles, while charybdotoxin inhibits predominantely in the crypt cell membrane fraction. Titrations with H⁺ and tetraethylammonium show that both high-and low-sensitive⁸⁶Rb⁺ flux components are present in surface cell vesicles, while the high-sensitive component is absent in the crypt cell membrane fraction. The Ba²⁺-sensitive, Ca²⁺-activated K⁺ channels can be solubilized in CHAPS and reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles. This is an essential step for further characterization of channel properties and for identification of the channel proteins in purification procedures.     

Isolation and reconstitution of furosemide-binding proteins from Ehrlich ascites tumor cells

Summary Furosemide-binding proteins were isolated from cholate-solubilized membranes of Ehrlich ascites tumor cells by affinity chromatography, using furosemide as ligand. Solubilized proteins retarded by the affinity material were eluted by furosemide. In reducing and denaturing gels, the major proteins eluted by furosemide were 100 and 45 kDa. In nonreducing, nondenaturing gels, homodimers of both polypeptides were found, whereas no oligomeric proteins containing both polypeptides were seen. It is concluded that the furosemide gel binds two distinct dimeric proteins. The isolated proteins were reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles and the K⁺ transport activity of these vesicles was assayed by measurement of⁸⁶Rb⁺ uptake against a large opposing K⁺ gradient. The reconstituted system was found to contain a K⁺ transporting protein, which is sensitive to Ba²⁺ like the K⁺ channel previously demonstrated to be activated in intact cells after cell swelling.     

组胺H2受体拮抗剂对骨髓造血重建的影响

用组胺H_2受体拮抗剂(甲氰咪胍或呋喃硝胺)处理正常和亚致死量γ-射线照射小鼠,探讨正常体内造血和再生骨髓中造血重建与组胺受体的关系。发现非毒性剂量的甲氰咪胍对正常小鼠骨髓多能造血干细胞(CFU-s)无抑制作用,但可抑制小鼠体内粒单系祖细胞(CFU-GM)的生长和亚致死量照射后CFU-s产率的恢复。组胺可能与骨髓的再生有关,组胺H_2受体拮抗剂可抑制骨髓的造血重建。