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Corradi GR, Mazzitelli LR, Petrovich GD, de Tezanos Pinto F, Rochi L, Adamo HP. Plasma Membrane Ca 2+ Pump PMCA4z Is More Active Than Splicing Variant PMCA4x. Front Cell Neurosci 2021; 15:668371. [PMID: 34512262 PMCID: PMC8428515 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2021.668371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The plasma membrane Ca2+ pumps (PMCA) are P-ATPases that control Ca2+ signaling and homeostasis by transporting Ca2+ out of the eukaryotic cell. Humans have four genes that code for PMCA isoforms (PMCA1-4). A large diversity of PMCA isoforms is generated by alternative mRNA splicing at sites A and C. The different PMCA isoforms are expressed in a cell-type and developmental-specific manner and exhibit differential sensitivity to a great number of regulatory mechanisms. PMCA4 has two A splice variants, the forms "x" and "z". While PMCA4x is ubiquitously expressed and relatively well-studied, PMCA4z is less characterized and its expression is restricted to some tissues such as the brain and heart muscle. PMCA4z lacks a stretch of 12 amino acids in the so-called A-M3 linker, a conformation-sensitive region of the molecule connecting the actuator domain (A) with the third transmembrane segment (M3). We expressed in yeast PMCA4 variants "x" and "z", maintaining constant the most frequent splice variant "b" at the C-terminal end, and obtained purified preparations of both proteins. In the basal autoinhibited state, PMCA4zb showed a higher ATPase activity and a higher apparent Ca2+ affinity than PMCA4xb. Both isoforms were stimulated by calmodulin but PMCA4zb was more strongly activated by acidic lipids than PMCA4xb. The results indicate that a PMCA4 intrinsically more active and more responsive to acidic lipids is produced by the variant "z" of the splicing site A.
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- Gerardo R Corradi
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Little R, Cartwright EJ, Neyses L, Austin C. Plasma membrane calcium ATPases (PMCAs) as potential targets for the treatment of essential hypertension. Pharmacol Ther 2016; 159:23-34. [PMID: 26820758 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2016.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The incidence of hypertension, the major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, is increasing. Thus, there is a pressing need for the development of new and more effective strategies to prevent and treat hypertension. Development of these relies on a continued evolution of our understanding of the mechanisms which control blood pressure (BP). Resistance arteries are important in the regulation of total peripheral resistance and BP; changes in their structure and function are strongly associated with hypertension. Anti-hypertensives which both reduce BP and reverse changes in resistance arterial structure reduce cardiovascular risk more than therapies which reduce BP alone. Hence, identification of novel potential vascular targets which modify BP is important. Hypertension is a multifactorial disorder which may include a genetic component. Genome wide association studies have identified ATP2B1, encoding the calcium pump plasma membrane calcium ATPase 1 (PMCA1), as having a strong association with BP and hypertension. Knockdown or reduced PMCA1 expression in mice has confirmed a physiological role for PMCA1 in BP and resistance arterial regulation. Altered expression or inhibition of PMCA4 has also been shown to modulate these parameters. The mechanisms whereby PMCA1 and 4 can modulate vascular function remain to be fully elucidated but may involve regulation of intracellular calcium homeostasis and/or comprise a structural role. However, clear physiological links between PMCA and BP, coupled with experimental studies directly linking PMCA1 and 4 to changes in BP and arterial function, suggest that they may be important targets for the development of new pharmacological modulators of BP.
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- Robert Little
- The Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK
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- The Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Health and Social Care, Edge Hill University, UK.
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Niggli V, Carafoli E. The Plasma Membrane Ca(2+) ATPase: Purification by Calmodulin Affinity Chromatography, and Reconstitution of the Purified Protein. Methods Mol Biol 2016; 1377:57-70. [PMID: 26695022 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3179-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Plasma membrane Ca(2+) ATPases (PMCA pumps) are key regulators of cytosolic Ca(2+) in eukaryotes. They extrude Ca(2+) from the cytosol, using the energy of ATP hydrolysis and operate as Ca(2+)-H(+) exchangers. They are activated by the Ca(2+)-binding protein calmodulin, by acidic phospholipids and by other mechanisms, among them kinase-mediated phosphorylation. Isolation of the PMCA in pure and active form is essential for the analysis of its structure and function. In this chapter, the purification of the pump, as first achieved from erythrocyte plasma membranes by calmodulin-affinity chromatography, is described in detail. The reversible, high-affinity, Ca(2+)-dependent interaction of the pump with calmodulin is the basis of the procedure. Either phospholipids or glycerol have to be present in the isolation buffers to keep the pump active during the isolation procedure. After the isolation of the PMCA pump from human erythrocytes the pump was purified from other cell types, e.g., heart sarcolemma, plant microsomal fractions, and cells that express it ectopically. The reconstitution of the purified pump into phospholipid vesicles using the cholate dialysis method will also be described. It allows studies of transport mechanism and of regulation of pump activity. The purified pump can be stored in the reconstituted form for several days at 4 °C with little loss of activity, but it rapidly loses activity when stored in the detergent-solubilized form.
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- Verena Niggli
- Department of Pathology, University of Bern, Murtenstrasse 31, Bern, 3010, Switzerland.
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- VIMM, Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, 35129, Italy.
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Multifaceted plasma membrane Ca(2+) pumps: From structure to intracellular Ca(2+) handling and cancer. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1863:1351-63. [PMID: 26707182 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2015] [Revised: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 12/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Plasma membrane Ca(2+) ATPases (PMCAs) are intimately involved in the control of intracellular Ca(2+) concentration. They reduce Ca(2+) in the cytosol not only by direct ejection, but also by controlling the formation of inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate and decreasing Ca(2+) release from the endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+) pool. In mammals four genes (PMCA1-4) are expressed, and alternative RNA splicing generates more than twenty variants. The variants differ in their regulatory characteristics. They localize into highly specialized membrane compartments and respond to the incoming Ca(2+) with distinct temporal resolution. The expression pattern of variants depends on cell type; a change in this pattern can result in perturbed Ca(2+) homeostasis and thus altered cell function. Indeed, PMCAs undergo remarkable changes in their expression pattern during tumorigenesis that might significantly contribute to the unbalanced Ca(2+) homeostasis of cancer cells. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Calcium and Cell Fate. Guest Editors: Jacques Haiech, Claus Heizmann, Joachim Krebs, Thierry Capiod and Olivier Mignen.
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Mazzitelli LR, Adamo HP. Hyperactivation of the human plasma membrane Ca2+ pump PMCA h4xb by mutation of Glu99 to Lys. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:10761-10768. [PMID: 24584935 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.535583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The transport of calcium to the extracellular space carried out by plasma membrane Ca(2+) pumps (PMCAs) is essential for maintaining low Ca(2+) concentrations in the cytosol of eukaryotic cells. The activity of PMCAs is controlled by autoinhibition. Autoinhibition is relieved by the binding of Ca(2+)-calmodulin to the calmodulin-binding autoinhibitory sequence, which in the human PMCA is located in the C-terminal segment and results in a PMCA of high maximal velocity of transport and high affinity for Ca(2+). Autoinhibition involves the intramolecular interaction between the autoinhibitory domain and a not well defined region of the molecule near the catalytic site. Here we show that the fusion of GFP to the C terminus of the h4xb PMCA causes partial loss of autoinhibition by specifically increasing the Vmax. Mutation of residue Glu(99) to Lys in the cytosolic portion of the M1 transmembrane helix at the other end of the molecule brought the Vmax of the h4xb PMCA to near that of the calmodulin-activated enzyme without increasing the apparent affinity for Ca(2+). Altogether, the results suggest that the autoinhibitory interaction of the extreme C-terminal segment of the h4 PMCA is disturbed by changes of negatively charged residues of the N-terminal region. This would be consistent with a recently proposed model of an autoinhibited form of the plant ACA8 pump, although some differences are noted.
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- Luciana R Mazzitelli
- Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas-Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956, 1113 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas-Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956, 1113 Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Corradi GR, de Tezanos Pinto F, Mazzitelli LR, Adamo HP. Shadows of an absent partner: ATP hydrolysis and phosphoenzyme turnover of the Spf1 (sensitivity to Pichia farinosa killer toxin) P5-ATPase. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:30477-84. [PMID: 22745129 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.363465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The P5-ATPases are important components of eukaryotic cells. They have been shown to influence protein biogenesis, folding, and transport. The knowledge of their biochemical properties is, however, limited, and the transported ions are still unknown. We expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae the yeast Spf1 P5A-ATPase containing the GFP fused at the N-terminal end. The GFP-Spf1 protein was localized in the yeast endoplasmic reticulum. Purified preparations of GFP-Spf1 hydrolyzed ATP at a rate of ~0.3-1 μmol of P(i)/mg/min and formed a phosphoenzyme in a simple reaction medium containing no added metal ions except Mg(2+). No significant differences were found between the ATPase activity of GFP-Spf1 and recombinant Spf1. Omission of protease inhibitors from the purification buffers resulted in a high level of endogenous proteolysis at the C-terminal portion of the GFP-Spf1 molecule that abolished phosphoenzyme formation. The Mg(2+) dependence of the GFP-Spf1 ATPase was similar to that of other P-ATPases where Mg(2+) acts as a cofactor. The addition of Mn(2+) to the reaction medium decreased the ATPase activity. The enzyme manifested optimal activity at a near neutral pH. When chased by the addition of cold ATP, 90% of the phosphoenzyme remained stable after 5 s. In contrast, the phosphoenzyme rapidly decayed to less than 20% when chased for 3 s by the addition of ADP. The greater effect of ADP accelerating the disappearance of EP suggests that GFP-Spf1 accumulated the E1~P phosphoenzyme. This behavior may reflect a limiting countertransported substrate needed to promote turnover or a missing regulatory factor.
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- Gerardo R Corradi
- From the Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1113 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Autoinhibition mechanism of the plasma membrane calcium pump isoforms 2 and 4 studied through lipid-protein interaction. Biochem J 2012; 443:125-31. [PMID: 22214540 DOI: 10.1042/bj20111035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The autoinhibition/activation of the PMCA (plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase) involves conformational changes in the membrane region of the protein that affect the amount of lipids directly associated with the transmembrane domain. The lipid-protein-dependence of PMCA isoforms 2 and 4 expressed and obtained in purified form from Saccharomyces cerevisiae was investigated using the phosphatidylcholine analogue [125I]TID-PC/16 {l-O-hexadecanoyl-2-O-[9-[[[2-[125I]iodo-4-(trifluoromemyl-3H-diazirin-3-yl)benzyl]oxy]carbonyl]nonanoyl]-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine}, which was incorporated into mixtures of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine and the non-ionic detergent C12E10 [deca(ethylene glycol) dodecyl ether]. We found no differences between the recombinant PMCA4 and PMCA purified from erythrocytes (ePMCA). However, titration of the half-maximal activation by Ca2+/calmodulin of PMCA2 showed 30-fold higher affinity than PMCA4. PMCA2 exhibited a lower level of labelling in the autoinhibited conformation relative to PMCA4, indicating that the lower autoinhibition was correlated with a lower exposure to lipids in the autoinhibited state. Analysis of the lipid-protein stoichiometry showed that the lipid annulus of PMCA varies: (i) in accordance to the conformational state of the enzyme; and (ii) depending on the different isoforms of PMCA. PMCA2 during Ca2+ transport changes its conformation to a lesser extent than PMCA4, an isoform more sensitive to modulation by calmodulin and acidic phospholipids. This is the first demonstration of a dynamic behaviour of annular lipids and PMCA.
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Monesterolo N, Amaiden M, Campetelli A, Santander V, Arce C, Pié J, Casale C. Regulation of plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase activity by acetylated tubulin: Influence of the lipid environment. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2012; 1818:601-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2011] [Revised: 11/15/2011] [Accepted: 11/22/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Rinaldi DE, Adamo HP. The role of the Ca2+ binding ligand Asn879 in the function of the plasma membrane Ca2+ pump. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2009; 1788:2404-10. [PMID: 19761757 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2009] [Revised: 08/26/2009] [Accepted: 09/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Asn879 in the transmembrane segment M6 of the plasma membrane Ca(2+) pump (PMCA human isoform 4xb) has been proposed to coordinate Ca(2+) at the transport site through its carboxylate. This idea agrees with the fact that this Asn is conserved in other Ca(2+)-ATPases but is replaced by Asp, Glu, and other residues in closely related 2P-type ATPases of different ionic specificity. Previous mutagenesis studies have shown that the substitution of Ala for Asn abolishes the activity of the enzyme (Adebayo et al., 1995; Guerini et al., 1996). We have constructed a mutant PMCA in which the Asn879 was substituted by Asp. The mutant protein was expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, solubilized and purified by calmodulin affinity chromatography. The Asn879Asp PMCA mutant exhibited about 30% of the wild type Ca(2+)-dependent ATPase activity and only a minor reduction of the apparent affinity for Ca(2+). The decrease in the Ca(2+)-ATPase of the mutant enzyme was in parallel with the reduction in the amount of phosphoenzyme formed from Ca(2+) plus ATP. Noteworthy, the mutation nearly eliminated the ability of the enzyme to hydrolyze pNPP which is maximal in the absence of Ca(2+) revealing a major effect of the mutation on the Ca(2+)-independent reactions of the transport cycle. At a pH low enough to protonate the Asp carboxylate the pNPPase activity of Asn879Asp increased, suggesting that the binding of protons to Asn879 is essential for the activities catalyzed by E(2)-like forms of the enzyme.
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- Débora E Rinaldi
- Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas (IQUIFIB)-Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956, 1113 Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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