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Ouabain-resistant mutants of the rat Na,K-ATPase alpha 2 isoform identified by using an episomal expression vector. Mol Cell Biol 1990. [PMID: 2157137 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.10.4.1367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Site-directed mutagenesis was used to identify residues responsible for the greater than 1,000-fold difference in ouabain sensitivity between the rat Na,K-ATPase alpha 1 and alpha 2 isoforms. A series of mutagenized cDNAs was constructed that replaced residues of the rat alpha 2 subunit with the corresponding residues from the rat alpha 1 subunit. These cDNAs were cloned into a mammalian episomal expression vector (EBOpLPP) and expressed in ouabain-sensitive primate cells. Either of two single substitutions introduced into the rat alpha 2 subunit cDNA (Leu-111----Arg or Asn-122----Asp) conferred partial resistance (approximately 10 microM ouabain) upon transformed cells. This resistance was intermediate between the levels conferred by the rat alpha 1 cDNA (approximately 500 microM ouabain) and the rat alpha 2 cDNA (approximately 0.2 microM ouabain). A double substitution of the rat alpha 2 cDNA (Leu-111----Arg and Asn-122----Asp) conferred a resistance level equivalent to that obtained with rat alpha 1. These results demonstrate that the residues responsible for isoform-specific differences in ouabain sensitivity are located at the end of the H1-H2 extracellular domain. The combination of site-directed mutagenesis and episomal expression provides a useful system for the selection and analysis of mutants.
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Gick GG, Melikian J, Ismail-Beigi F. Thyroidal enhancement of rat myocardial Na,K-ATPase: preferential expression of alpha 2 activity and mRNA abundance. J Membr Biol 1990; 115:273-82. [PMID: 2165172 DOI: 10.1007/bf01868642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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In hypothyroid rat myocardium, the low-ouabain-sensitivity Na,K-ATPase activity had a KI = 10(-4) M and accounted for approximately 95% of the enzyme activity, while the high-ouabain-sensitivity activity contributed approximately 5% to the total activity, with a KI = 3 x 10(-7) M. mRNA alpha 1 was 7.2- and 5.5-fold more abundant than mRNA alpha 2 and mRNA beta, respectively, in hypothyroid ventricles while mRNA alpha 3 was undetectable. Administration of T3 increased total Na,K-ATPase activity 1.6-fold; the low-ouabain-sensitivity activity increased 1.5-fold while high-ouabain-sensitivity activity was stimulated 3.2-fold. T3 increased the number of high-affinity ouabain-binding sites 2.9-fold with no change in Kd (approximately 2 x 10(-7) M). The abundances of mRNA alpha 1, mRNA alpha 2, and mRNA beta (per unit RNA) following T3 treatment increased 3.6-, 10.6-, and 12.7-fold, respectively. The larger increments in subunit mRNA abundances than in Na,K-ATPase activity suggests the involvement of translational and/or post-translational regulatory steps in Na,K-ATPase biogenesis in response to T3. It is concluded that T3 enhances myocardial Na,K-ATPase subunit mRNA abundances and Na,K-ATPase activity, and that the expression of the high- and low-ouabain-sensitivity activities are probably a reflection of the abundances of the alpha 2 and alpha 1 isoforms, respectively. The physiological role played by the beta subunit remains uncertain.
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- G G Gick
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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Canfield V, Emanuel JR, Spickofsky N, Levenson R, Margolskee RF. Ouabain-resistant mutants of the rat Na,K-ATPase alpha 2 isoform identified by using an episomal expression vector. Mol Cell Biol 1990; 10:1367-72. [PMID: 2157137 PMCID: PMC362238 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.10.4.1367-1372.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Site-directed mutagenesis was used to identify residues responsible for the greater than 1,000-fold difference in ouabain sensitivity between the rat Na,K-ATPase alpha 1 and alpha 2 isoforms. A series of mutagenized cDNAs was constructed that replaced residues of the rat alpha 2 subunit with the corresponding residues from the rat alpha 1 subunit. These cDNAs were cloned into a mammalian episomal expression vector (EBOpLPP) and expressed in ouabain-sensitive primate cells. Either of two single substitutions introduced into the rat alpha 2 subunit cDNA (Leu-111----Arg or Asn-122----Asp) conferred partial resistance (approximately 10 microM ouabain) upon transformed cells. This resistance was intermediate between the levels conferred by the rat alpha 1 cDNA (approximately 500 microM ouabain) and the rat alpha 2 cDNA (approximately 0.2 microM ouabain). A double substitution of the rat alpha 2 cDNA (Leu-111----Arg and Asn-122----Asp) conferred a resistance level equivalent to that obtained with rat alpha 1. These results demonstrate that the residues responsible for isoform-specific differences in ouabain sensitivity are located at the end of the H1-H2 extracellular domain. The combination of site-directed mutagenesis and episomal expression provides a useful system for the selection and analysis of mutants.
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- V Canfield
- Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Roche Research Center, Nutley, New Jersey 07110-1199
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Shyjan AW, Gottardi C, Levenson R. The Na,K-ATPase beta 2 subunit is expressed in rat brain and copurifies with Na,K-ATPase activity. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)34101-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Orlowski J, Lingrel JB. Thyroid and glucocorticoid hormones regulate the expression of multiple Na,K-ATPase genes in cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)39790-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Shyjan AW, Ceña V, Klein DC, Levenson R. Differential expression and enzymatic properties of the Na+,K(+)-ATPase alpha 3 isoenzyme in rat pineal glands. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:1178-82. [PMID: 2153972 PMCID: PMC53434 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.3.1178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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We have used immunoblotting and biochemical techniques to analyze expression of Na+,K(+)-ATPase alpha and beta subunits in rat pineal glands. Western blot analysis of pineal microsomal membrane fractions with antisera specific for each of the three rat alpha and two rat beta subunits revealed similar levels of expression of alpha 1 and alpha 3 subunits in pineal glands of 5-day-old rats. High levels of alpha 3 and beta 2 subunits and low levels of alpha 1 subunits were detected in adult glands. No alpha 2 or beta 1 subunits were detectable at either developmental stage. Examination of the enzymatic properties of the pineal gland alpha 3 isoform suggests that this enzyme is a ouabain-sensitive ATPase whose activity is dependent upon Na+ and K+. This ATPase exhibited a lower apparent Km for Na+ than the kidney alpha 1 isoenzyme and did not show positive cooperative Na+ activation. Our results suggest that the activity of the Na+,K(+)-ATPase alpha 3 isoenzyme may be adapted to function under conditions of hyperpolarizing transmembrane potentials.
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- A W Shyjan
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510
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Cellular distribution and differential gene expression of the three alpha subunit isoforms of the Na,K-ATPase in the ocular ciliary epithelium. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)39891-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Watson AJ, Pape C, Emanuel JR, Levenson R, Kidder GM. Expression of Na,K-ATPase alpha and beta subunit genes during preimplantation development of the mouse. DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS 1990; 11:41-8. [PMID: 2163294 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.1020110106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Na,K-ATPase is a plasma membrane enzyme that plays a critical role in eutherian blastocoel formation (cavitation) by pumping Na+ into the extracellular space enclosed by the trophectoderm. Previous experiments with the mouse had shown that the alpha (catalytic) subunit of the enzyme becomes detectable by immunocytochemistry in the late morula, just prior to the onset of cavitation. In the present study we have used cDNAs corresponding to three mRNA isoforms of the alpha subunit and a beta subunit to determine which genes are expressed during preimplantation development and to explore the timing of their expression. Of the three alpha subunit cDNAs tested by Northern blot hybridization with blastocyst RNA, only alpha 1 produced a hybridization signal, recognizing a single mRNA about 4 kb in length. This mRNA is relatively abundant in zygotes but barely detectable by the 2-cell stage and then accumulates steadily thereafter to reach its preimplantation maximum in blastocysts. The beta 1 cDNA detected mRNA of about 2.6-2.8 kb. This mRNA is present in zygotes but could not be detected in 2-, 4-, or 8-cell stages; it is present at a low level in late morulae and is abundant in blastocysts. The temporal profile of accumulation of beta 1 mRNA thus matches more closely than does alpha 1 the timing of appearance of the catalytic subunit. This suggests that the beta subunit may regulate production of the holoenzyme and hence the timing of cavitation.
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- A J Watson
- Department of Zoology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Gloor S, Antonicek H, Sweadner KJ, Pagliusi S, Frank R, Moos M, Schachner M. The adhesion molecule on glia (AMOG) is a homologue of the beta subunit of the Na,K-ATPase. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1990; 110:165-74. [PMID: 1688561 PMCID: PMC2115981 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.110.1.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 293] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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AMOG (adhesion molecule on glia) is a Ca2(+)-independent adhesion molecule which mediates selective neuron-astrocyte interaction in vitro (Antonicek, H., E. Persohn, and M. Schachner. 1987. J. Cell Biol. 104:1587-1595). Here we report the structure of AMOG and its association with the Na,K-ATPase. The complete cDNA sequence of mouse AMOG revealed 40% amino acid identity with the previously cloned beta subunit of rat brain Na,K-ATPase. Immunoaffinity-purified AMOG and the beta subunit of detergent-purified brain Na,K-ATPase had identical apparent molecular weights, and were immunologically cross-reactive. Immunoaffinity-purified AMOG was associated with a protein of 100,000 Mr. Monoclonal antibodies revealed that this associated protein comprised the alpha 2 (and possibly alpha 3) isoforms of the Na,K-ATPase catalytic subunit, but not alpha 1. The monoclonal AMOG antibody that blocks adhesion was shown to interact with Na,K-ATPase in intact cultured astrocytes by its ability to increase ouabain-inhibitable 86Rb+ uptake. AMOG-mediated adhesion occurred, however, both at 4 degrees C and in the presence of ouabain, an inhibitor of the Na,K-ATPase. Both AMOG and the beta subunit are predicted to be extracellularly exposed glycoproteins with single transmembrane segments, quite different in structure from the Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit or any other ion pump. We hypothesize that AMOG or variants of the beta subunit of the Na,K-ATPase, tightly associated with an alpha subunit, are recognition elements for adhesion that subsequently link cell adhesion with ion transport.
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- S Gloor
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany
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Lingrel JB, Orlowski J, Shull MM, Price EM. Molecular genetics of Na,K-ATPase. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1990; 38:37-89. [PMID: 2158121 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)60708-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Researchers in the past few years have successfully used molecular-genetic approaches to determine the primary structures of several P-type ATPases. The amino-acid sequences of distinct members of this class of ion-transport ATPases (Na,K-, H,K-, and Ca-ATPases) have been deduced by cDNA cloning and sequencing. The Na,K-ATPase belongs to a multiple gene family, the principal diversity apparently resulting from distinct catalytic alpha isoforms. Computer analyses of the hydrophobicity and potential secondary structure of the alpha subunits and primary sequence comparisons with homologs from various species as well as other P-type ATPases have identified common structural features. This has provided the molecular foundation for the design of models and hypotheses aimed at understanding the relationship between structure and function. Development of a hypothetical transmembrane organization for the alpha subunit and application of site-specific mutagenesis techniques have allowed significant progress to be made toward identifying amino acids involved in cardiac glycoside resistance and possibly binding. However, the complex structural and functional features of this protein indicate that extensive research is necessary before a clear understanding of the molecular basis of active cation transport is achieved. This is complicated further by the paucity of information regarding the structural and functional contributions of the beta subunit. Until such information is obtained, the proposed model and functional hypotheses should be considered judiciously. Considerable progress also has been made in characterizing the regulatory complexity involved in expression of multiple alpha-isoform and beta-subunit genes in various tissues and cells during development and in response to hormones and cations. The regulatory mechanisms appear to function at several molecular levels, involving transcriptional, posttranscriptional, translational, and posttranslational processes in a tissue- or cell-specific manner. However, much research is needed to precisely define the contributions of each of these mechanisms. Recent isolation of the genes for these subunits provides the framework for future advances in this area. Continued application of biochemical, biophysical, and molecular genetic techniques is required to provide a detailed understanding of the mechanisms involved in cation transport of this biologically and pharmacologically important enzyme.
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- J B Lingrel
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio 45267
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Martin-Vasallo P, Ghosh S, Coca-Prados M. Expression of Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit isoforms in the human ciliary body and cultured ciliary epithelial cells. J Cell Physiol 1989; 141:243-52. [PMID: 2553750 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041410203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We have analyzed the expression of Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit isoforms in the transporting ciliary processes of the human eye and in cultured cells derived from non-pigmented (NPE) and pigmented (PE) ciliary epithelium. Northern hybridization analysis shows that the mRNAs encoding all the three distinct forms of Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit [alpha 1, alpha 2, and alpha 3] are expressed in the human ciliary processes in vivo. Immunohistochemical analysis using antibodies specific for each of the three alpha subunit isoforms confirms that these polypeptides are present in the microsomal fraction from the human ciliary processes. The monoclonal antibody McB2, which is specific to the Na,K-ATPase alpha 2 subunit isoform, has been found to decorate specifically the basolateral membrane domains of NPE cells but not of the PE cells, suggesting its expression in vivo only in the ocular NPE ciliary epithelium. However, cultured cells derived from the NPE and PE layers exhibit a different pattern of expression of mRNA and protein for the Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit isoforms when compared to the tissue. Both the NPE and PE cells express alpha 1 and alpha 3 mRNA and polypeptide, whereas alpha 2 mRNA and polypeptide are undetectable in these cells. The established cell lines derived from the NPE layer express comparable levels of the alpha 1 and alpha 3 isoforms of Na,K-ATPase as detected in the primary culture. However, the established NPE cell lines are also distinguishable from the normal PE cells when analyzed by Western blot analysis with A x 2 antibodies. The results presented here clearly show that the NPE and PE cells in the ciliary body have a distinct expression of Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit isoforms as compared to cultured cells.
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- P Martin-Vasallo
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
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Identification of a region within the Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit that contributes to differential ouabain sensitivity. Mol Cell Biol 1989. [PMID: 2550800 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.9.9.3744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To analyze determinants within the Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit that contribute to differential ouabain sensitivity, we constructed and expressed a panel of chimeric cDNA molecules between ouabain-resistant and ouabain-sensitive alpha subunit cDNAs. When introduced into ouabain-sensitive monkey CV-1 cells, ouabain-resistant rat alpha 1 subunit cDNA and chimeras in which the 5' end of ouabain-sensitive human alpha 1 or rat alpha 2 subunit cDNA was replaced by the 5' end of rat alpha 1 subunit cDNA conferred resistance to 100 microM ouabain. Monkey cells transfected with the reciprocal chimeras were unable to survive selection in 1 microM ouabain. Rat alpha 2 subunit cDNA and a chimera in which the 5' end of rat alpha 1 subunit cDNA was replaced by the 5' end of rat alpha 2 subunit cDNA conferred resistance to 0.5 microM ouabain. These results suggest that determinants of ouabain resistance reside within the amino-terminal portions of the rat alpha 1 and alpha 2 subunits. Expression of chimeric alpha subunit cDNAs should prove useful for elucidating the structural basis of Na,K-ATPase function.
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Broude NE, Modyanov NN, Monastyrskaya GS, Sverdlov ED. Advances in Na+,K+-ATPase studies: from protein to gene and back to protein. FEBS Lett 1989; 257:1-9. [PMID: 2553482 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(89)81773-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Complete primary structures of both subunits of Na+,K+-ATPase from various sources have been established by a combination of the methods for molecular cloning and protein chemistry. The gene family homologous to the alpha-subunit cDNA of animal Na+,K+-ATPases has been found in the human genome. Some genes of this family encode the known isoforms (alpha I and alpha II) of the Na+,K+-ATPase catalytic subunit. The proteins coded by other genes can be either new isoforms of the Na+,K+-ATPase catalytic subunit or other ion-transporting ATPases. Expression of the genes of this family proceeds in a tissue-specific manner and changes during the postnatal development and neoplastic transformation. The complete exon-intron structure of one of the genes of this family has been established. This gene codes for the form of the catalytic subunit, the existence of which has been unknown. Apparently, all the genes of the discovered family have a similar intron-exon structure. There is certain correlation between the gene structure and the proposed domain arrangement of the alpha-subunit. The results obtained have become the basis for the experiments which prove the existence of the earlier unknown alpha III isoform of the Na+,K+-ATPase catalytic subunit and have made possible the study of its function.
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- N E Broude
- Sheyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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Emanuel JR, Graw S, Housman D, Levenson R. Identification of a region within the Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit that contributes to differential ouabain sensitivity. Mol Cell Biol 1989; 9:3744-9. [PMID: 2550800 PMCID: PMC362435 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.9.9.3744-3749.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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To analyze determinants within the Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit that contribute to differential ouabain sensitivity, we constructed and expressed a panel of chimeric cDNA molecules between ouabain-resistant and ouabain-sensitive alpha subunit cDNAs. When introduced into ouabain-sensitive monkey CV-1 cells, ouabain-resistant rat alpha 1 subunit cDNA and chimeras in which the 5' end of ouabain-sensitive human alpha 1 or rat alpha 2 subunit cDNA was replaced by the 5' end of rat alpha 1 subunit cDNA conferred resistance to 100 microM ouabain. Monkey cells transfected with the reciprocal chimeras were unable to survive selection in 1 microM ouabain. Rat alpha 2 subunit cDNA and a chimera in which the 5' end of rat alpha 1 subunit cDNA was replaced by the 5' end of rat alpha 2 subunit cDNA conferred resistance to 0.5 microM ouabain. These results suggest that determinants of ouabain resistance reside within the amino-terminal portions of the rat alpha 1 and alpha 2 subunits. Expression of chimeric alpha subunit cDNAs should prove useful for elucidating the structural basis of Na,K-ATPase function.
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- J R Emanuel
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
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Dignam SS, Yang L, Lezzi M, Case ST. Identification of a Developmentally Regulated Gene for a 140-kDa Secretory Protein in Salivary Glands of Chironomus tentans Larvae. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)60552-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Shyjan AW, Levenson R. Antisera specific for the alpha 1, alpha 2, alpha 3, and beta subunits of the Na,K-ATPase: differential expression of alpha and beta subunits in rat tissue membranes. Biochemistry 1989; 28:4531-5. [PMID: 2548580 DOI: 10.1021/bi00437a002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We have developed a panel of antibodies specific for the alpha 1, alpha 2, alpha 3, and beta subunits of the rat Na,K-ATPase. TrpE-alpha subunit isoform fusion proteins were used to generate three antisera, each of which reacted specifically with a distinct alpha subunit isotype. Western blot analysis of rat tissue microsomes revealed that alpha 1 subunits were expressed in all tissues while alpha 2 subunits were expressed in brain, heart, and lung. The alpha 3 subunit, a protein whose existence had been inferred from cDNA cloning, was expressed primarily in brain and copurified with ouabain-inhibitable Na,K-ATPase activity. An antiserum specific for the rat Na,K-ATPase beta subunit was generated from a TrpE-beta subunit fusion protein. Western blot analysis showed that beta subunits were present in kidney, brain, and heart. However, no beta subunits were detected in liver, lung, spleen, thymus, or lactating mammary gland. The distinct tissue distributions of alpha and beta subunits suggest that different members of the Na,K-ATPase family may have specialized functions.
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- A W Shyjan
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
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Kelly RA, Smith TW. The search for the endogenous digitalis: an alternative hypothesis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1989; 256:C937-50. [PMID: 2541619 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1989.256.5.c937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The universal presence of a binding site for cardiac glycosides on Na+-K+-ATPase has engendered speculation as to whether it also serves as a receptor for an endogenous digitalis-like hormone or autacoid. If such a hormone were to exist, it could play a role in sodium homeostasis and in the pathophysiology of primary hypertension and uremia. However, we believe that this hypothesis rests on unproven assumptions. Although typical of many toxins and drugs, binding to a single protein that acts as both its receptor and effector mechanism at the cell membrane, thereby directly affecting transmembrane ion flux, would be unusual for a hormone or autacoid. As an alternative hypothesis for the evolutionary conservation of the cardiac glycoside binding site, we suggest that its endogenous ligand may exist within the cell. After cotranslational insertion of the alpha- and beta-subunits into the membrane of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, Na+-K+-ATPase, like most integral membrane proteins, 1) must be targeted through a complex network of intracellular organelles to the correct plasmalemmal domain, 2) must be monitored for appropriate protein conformation and subunit assembly, and perhaps 3) could have its catalytic function regulated before insertion in the cell membrane. Because the lumina of the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi, and other organelles and vesicles are topologically equivalent to the outside of the cell, all three functions could be subserved by an intraorganellar ligand for the cardiac glycoside binding site.
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- R A Kelly
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Identification of three isozyme proteins of the catalytic subunit of the Na,K-ATPase in rat brain. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)83179-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hieber V, Siegel GJ, Desmond T, Liu JL, Ernst SA. Na,K-ATPase: comparison of the cellular localization of alpha-subunit mRNA and polypeptide in mouse cerebellum, retina, and kidney. J Neurosci Res 1989; 23:9-20. [PMID: 2545897 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490230103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A clone encoding mouse brain Na,K-ATPase alpha-subunit was isolated from a mouse brain lambda gt11 cDNA library by using antisera to mouse and bovine brain alpha-subunit. A comparison of the nucleotide sequence of this clone with published sequences of rat brain alpha-subunit isoform clones showed it to be most similar to rat brain alpha 1. An RNA antisense probe prepared from the cDNA insert of the mouse clone detected a single mRNA of approximately 4.5 kb in Northern blots of mouse brain and kidney RNAs. This probe hybridized only to an alpha 1-cDNA insert from rat brain under high stringency conditions on Northern blots. The RNA antisense probe was used for in situ hybridization to sections of mouse kidney, cerebellum, and retina, and the cellular distribution of alpha-subunit mRNA (alpha-mRNA) was compared with that of alpha-subunit polypeptide (alpha-subunit) detected by immunofluorescence in similar sections. In kidney, alpha-mRNA distribution closely paralleled that of the polypeptide with abundant expression in ascending thick limbs and cortical distal tubules and weaker labeling in cortical proximal tubules. The co-distribution of alpha-mRNA and polypeptide in kidney where Na,K-ATPase localization is well established is consistent with the specificity of these probes. In the retina, prominent labeling with both probes was seen in photoreceptor inner segments, inner nuclear layer, and ganglion cell bodies. Plexiform layers and optic fibers expressed abundant alpha-subunit but little mRNA. Light labeling for both was seen in the outer nuclear layer. In cerebellum, alpha-mRNA and alpha-subunit were associated with soma of granule cells, basket cells, and stellate cells. Glomeruli and basket terminals contained abundant alpha-subunit but exhibited little reactivity with the riboprobe. In Purkinje cell bodies, in contrast, the antibody used to identify the cDNA clone did not resolve significant polypeptide in the somal plasmalemma despite abundant somal mRNA expression. Comparison of distribution of the two probes in cerebellum and retina indicates that message accumulation is primarily in cell bodies, while alpha-subunit epitopes may be co-expressed in cell bodies and/or transported to distant sites in cell-specific patterns.
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- V Hieber
- Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48104-1687
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Searle AG, Peters J, Lyon MF, Hall JG, Evans EP, Edwards JH, Buckle VJ. Chromosome maps of man and mouse. IV. Ann Hum Genet 1989; 53:89-140. [PMID: 2688541 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1989.tb01777.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Current knowledge of man-mouse genetic homology is presented in the form of chromosomal displays, tables and a grid, which show locations of the 322 loci now assigned to chromosomes in both species, as well as 12 DNA segments not yet associated with gene loci. At least 50 conserved autosomal segments with two or more loci have been identified, twelve of which are over 20 cM long in the mouse, as well as five conserved segments on the X chromosome. All human and mouse chromosomes now have conserved regions; human 17 still shows the least evidence of rearrangement, with a single long conserved segment which apparently spans the centromere. The loci include 102 which are known to be associated with human hereditary disease; these are listed separately. Human parental effects which may well be the result of genomic imprinting are reviewed and the location of the factors concerned displayed in relation to mouse chromosomal regions which have been implicated in imprinting phenomena.
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- A G Searle
- MRC Radiobiology Unit, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
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Chapter 8 Differential Subunit and Isoform Expression Involved in Regulation of Sodium Pump in Skeletal Muscle. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2161(08)60012-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Geissler EN, Cheng SV, Gusella JF, Housman DE. Genetic analysis of the dominant white-spotting (W) region on mouse chromosome 5: identification of cloned DNA markers near W. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988; 85:9635-9. [PMID: 3200849 PMCID: PMC282821 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.24.9635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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We have assigned several mouse cDNA and genomic clones to the W region of mouse chromosome 5, established their position with respect to various marker loci in the region, and provided molecular verification that the W19H mutation is a deletion. Meiotic recombination analysis of an interspecific mouse backcross indicated the following gene order and distances [in centimorgans (cM)]: centromere-Emv-1-(13 cM)-D4S76-(17 cM)-D5SC25-(5 cM)-alpha-casein-(1 cM)-beta- casein-(6 cM)-alpha-fetoprotein-(18 cM)-beta-glucuronidase. D5SC25, an anonymous locus defined by a mouse brain cDNA, maps near the map position of W and within the breakpoints of the presumed genetic deletion that causes the W19H phenotype. Southern analysis of DNAs of W19H/+ interspecific F1 hybrid mice and somatic cell hybrid lines carrying the W19H deletion chromosome showed the deletion of D5SC25. In fact, analysis of other mutations at or near the W locus, which had been transferred from the strain of origin for many backcross generations, revealed the retention of donor restriction fragment length polymorphisms at the D5SC25 locus. Such evidence confirms close linkage between D5SC25 and W (within 1 cM) and indicates that the D5SC25 cDNA clone could serve as a starting point in a chromosome "walk" to W and other closely linked loci that affect development.
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- E N Geissler
- Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Many clinically important drugs act on the intrinsic membrane proteins (ion channels, receptors, and ion pumps) that control cell excitability. A major goal of pharmacology has been to develop drugs that are more specific for a particular subtype of excitability molecule. DNA cloning has revealed that many excitability proteins are encoded by multigene families and that the diversity of previously recognized pharmacological subtypes is matched, and probably surpassed, by the diversity of messenger RNAs that encode excitability molecules. In general, the diverse subtypes retain their properties when the excitability proteins are expressed in foreign cells such as oocytes and mammalian cell lines. Such heterologous expression may therefore become a tool for testing drugs against specific subtypes. In a systematic research program to exploit this possibility, major considerations include alternative processing of messenger RNA for excitability proteins, coupling to second-messenger systems, and expression of enough protein to provide material for structural studies.
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- H A Lester
- Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125
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Emanuel JR, Schulz J, Zhou XM, Kent RB, Housman D, Cantley L, Levenson R. Expression of an ouabain-resistant Na,K-ATPase in CV-1 cells after transfection with a cDNA encoding the rat Na,K-ATPase alpha 1 subunit. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68559-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Ismail-Beigi F, Pressley TA, Haber RS, Gick GG, Loeb JN, Edelman IS. Kinetic analysis of Na,K-activated adenosine triphosphatase induced by low external K+ in a rat liver cell line. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68456-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- T W Smith
- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
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McDonough AA, Brown TA, Horowitz B, Chiu R, Schlotterbeck J, Bowen J, Schmitt CA. Thyroid hormone coordinately regulates Na+-K+-ATPase alpha- and beta-subunit mRNA levels in kidney. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1988; 254:C323-9. [PMID: 2831727 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1988.254.2.c323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Synthesis of the sodium pump, Na+-K+-ATPase, is regulated by thyroid hormone in responsive tissues. The purpose of this study was to determine if triiodothyronine (T3) regulates the concentration of the mRNAs coding for the two enzyme subunits, alpha and beta, and the time course of the response. A single dose of T3 (250 micrograms/100 g body wt) was administered to hypothyroid rats that were killed at various times after injection. In the kidney cortexes of the T3-injected animals, as well as hypothyroid and euthyroid rats, alpha- and beta-mRNA concentrations were measured by dot blot using cDNAs corresponding to the two mRNAs; alpha-subunit abundance was measured by Western blot using antibodies to the enzyme, and Na+-K+-ATPase activity was measured enzymatically. alpha- and beta-mRNAs increased coordinately, after a 6-h time lag to 1.6-fold over hypothyroid levels by 12 h after T3. alpha-Subunit abundance increased significantly by 48 h and to 1.4-fold over hypothyroid by 72 h after T3. Na+-K+-ATPase activity increased with the same time course as the increase in alpha-subunit abundance to 1.3-fold over hypothyroid by 72 h after T3. We conclude that T3 regulates Na+-K+-ATPase synthesis and activity by coordinately increasing the mRNAs of both the alpha- and beta-subunits of the enzyme.
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- A A McDonough
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033
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Brown SD, Brockdorff N, Cavanna JS, Fisher EM, Greenfield AJ, Lyon MF, Nasir J. The long-range mapping of mammalian chromosomes. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1988; 137:3-12. [PMID: 3416640 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-50059-6_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Emanuel JR, Garetz S, Stone L, Levenson R. Differential expression of Na+,K+-ATPase alpha- and beta-subunit mRNAs in rat tissues and cell lines. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1987; 84:9030-4. [PMID: 2827165 PMCID: PMC299685 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.24.9030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We have analyzed Na+,K+-ATPase (EC 3.6.1.3) alpha- and beta-subunit mRNA expression in rat tissues and cell lines derived from the rat central nervous system. Substantial differences in the tissue and developmental specificity of expression were found for the genes encoding three isoforms of the alpha subunit. Transcripts of the alpha 1-subunit gene were detected in all tissues tested, whereas alpha 2- and alpha 3-subunit mRNA species were expressed predominantly in brain. The pattern of expression of beta-subunit mRNA also was complex and tissue specific but was distinct from that of any of the alpha-subunit mRNAs. Cell lines derived from the rat central nervous system and the pheochromocytoma PC12 expressed the mRNAs for all three alpha-subunit isoforms, whereas beta-subunit mRNA was detected only in PC12 cells. The distinct expression patterns of rat Na+,K+-ATPase mRNAs suggest that different members of the ATPase family may have specialized functions.
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- J R Emanuel
- Department of Cell Biology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510
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Sweadner KJ, Farshi SK. Rat cardiac ventricle has two Na+,K+-ATPases with different affinities for ouabain: developmental changes in immunologically different catalytic subunits. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1987; 84:8404-7. [PMID: 2825190 PMCID: PMC299551 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.23.8404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The mechanism of the inotropic effect of cardiac glycosides on the heart has long been controversial. Inotropic effects at low concentrations of cardiac glycosides indicate more than one class of receptor or more than one cellular mechanism. In the brain of the rat, high- and low-affinity cardiac glycoside receptors have been shown to be associated with two structurally different isoforms of the catalytic subunit of the Na+,K+-ATPase, termed alpha and alpha(+). Evidence is presented here that the high- and low-affinity sites in rat cardiac ventricle are associated with Na+,K+-ATPase catalytic subunit forms similar to the alpha(+) and alpha forms in the brain. Membranes from the rat ventricle contained polypeptides with the electrophoretic mobilities of alpha and alpha(+), which could be stained by isoform-specific anti-Na+,K+-ATPase antibodies on electrophoretic blots. Both polypeptides also displayed Na+-stimulated phosphorylation with [gamma-32P]ATP. Inhibition of Na+,K+-ATPase activity by ouabain demonstrated the presence of both high- and low-affinity ATPases proportional to the presence of the alpha(+) and alpha polypeptides. The ratios of the two isoforms changed with postnatal maturation, paralleling known changes in cardiac physiology and cardiac glycoside sensitivity. Cardiac glycoside sensitivity can evidently be regulated at the level of gene expression by developmental signals.
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Kent RB, Emanuel JR, Ben Neriah Y, Levenson R, Housman DE. Ouabain resistance conferred by expression of the cDNA for a murine Na+, K+-ATPase alpha subunit. Science 1987; 237:901-3. [PMID: 3039660 DOI: 10.1126/science.3039660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The molecular basis for the marked difference between primate and rodent cells in sensitivity to the cardiac glycoside ouabain has been established by genetic techniques. A complementary DNA encoding the entire alpha 1 subunit of the mouse Na+- and K+-dependent adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) was inserted into the expression vector pSV2. This engineered DNA molecule confers resistance against 10(-4) M ouabain to monkey CV-1 cells. Deletion of sequences encoding the carboxyl terminus of the alpha 1 subunit abolish the activity of the complementary DNA. The ability to assay the biological activity of this ATPase in a transfection protocol permits the application of molecular genetic techniques to the analysis of structure-function relationships for the enzyme that establishes the internal Na+/K+ environment of most animal cells. The full-length alpha 1 subunit complementary DNA will also be useful as a dominant selectable marker for somatic cell genetic studies utilizing ouabain-sensitive cells.
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