A permeability change of myelin membrane vesicles towards cations is induced by MgATP but not by phosphorylation of myelin basic protein |
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Authors: | Claude Wüthrich Andreas J Steck |
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Institution: | Department of Neurology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, and Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, 1066 Epalinges Switzerland |
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Abstract: | The existence of an endogenous protein kinase activity and protein phosphatase activity in myelin membrane from mammalian brain has now been well established. We found that under all conditions tested the myelin basic protein is almost the only substrate of the endogenous protein kinase in myelin of bovine brain. The protein kinase activity is stimulated by Ca2+ in the micromolar range. Optimal activity is reached at a free Ca2+ concentration of about 2 μM. Myelin membrane vesicles were prepared and then shown to be sealed by a light-scattering technique. After preloading with 45Ca2+, 86Rb+, or 22Na+, the self-diffusion (passive outflux) of these ions from myelin membrane vesicles was measured. Ionophores induced a rapid, concentration-dependent outflux of 80–90% of the cations, indicating that only a small fraction of the trapped ions was membrane bound. There was no difference in the diffusion rates of the three cations whether phosphorylated (about 1 mol phosphate per myelin basic protein) or non-phosphorylated vesicles were tested. In contrast, a small but significant decrease in permeability for Rb+ and Na+ was measured, when the vesicles were pretreated with ATP and Mg2+. |
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Keywords: | Myelin Membrane vesicle Protein kinase MgATP Permeability change Cation Phosphorylation EGTA |
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