The rat liver plasma membrane high affinity (Ca2+-Mg2+)-ATPase is not a calcium pump. Comparison with ATP-dependent calcium transporter

The calcium pump of plasma membranes

The calcium pump of plasma membranes is an ATPase of the E1E2 type; that is, it forms a phosphoenzyme during the reaction cycle and is inhibited by vanadate. It differs from the Ca2+-transporting ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum in molecular mass, immunological properties and Ca2+/ATP stoichiometry. Its affinity for calcium, which is low in the absence of calmodulin (Km, 10-20 microM), is increased by the latter (to a Km of about 0.5 microM). The effect of calmodulin is mimicked by acidic phospholipids (including the phosphorylated products of phosphatidylinositol), long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, and controlled treatment with a number of proteases. The ATPase has been purified to homogeneity from a number of plasma membranes using calmodulin affinity chromatography. The purified enzyme (a single polypeptide of molecular mass 138 kDa) pumps calcium into reconstituted liposomes in exchange for protons. Controlled trypsin proteolysis has shown that about one-third of the enzyme mass can be removed without impairing calcium transport. It has also indicated that the ability to bind calmodulin and to respond to it resides in a 9 kDa sequence of the enzyme molecule. The sequence contains a 4 kDa domain that binds calmodulin, and a 5 kDa domain which is essential for the stimulation.

Is there a specific role for the plasma membrane Ca2+ -ATPase in the hepatocyte?

The plasma membrane Ca2+ -ATPase (PMCA) is responsible for the fine, long-term regulation of the cytoplasmic calcium concentration by extrusion of this cation from the cell. Although the general kinetic mechanisms for the action of both, well coordinated hydrolytic activity and calcium transport are reasonably understood in the majority of cell types, due to the complex physiologic and biochemical characteristics shown by the hepatocyte, the study of this enzyme in this cell type has become a real challenge. Here, we review the various molecular aspects known to date to be associated with liver PMCA activity, and outline the strategies to follow for establishing the role of this enzyme in the overall physiology of the hepatocyte. In this way, we first concentrate on the basic biochemical aspects of liver cell PMCA, and place an important emphasis on expression of its molecular forms to finally focus on the critical hormonal regulation of the enzyme. Although these complex aspects have been studied mainly under normal conditions, the significance of PMCA in the calcium homeostasis of an abnormal liver cell is also reviewed.

Identification and partial characterization of ectoATPase expressed by immortalized B lymphocytes

EctoATPases are extracellular membrane-bound enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the gamma phosphate from ATP. EctoATPase is expressed by activated and immortalized Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human peripheral blood B lymphocytes and murine B cell hybridomas. By contrast, ectoATPase activity is not expressed on nontransformed human peripheral blood B lymphocytes, murine spleen cells, or murine myeloma cells. The K(m) for ATP for the B cell ectoATPases ranged from 5 to 77 microM; the Vmax ranged from 48 to 129 pmol/ min/10(4) cells. The enzyme required Mg2+ for maximal activity with little dependence on Ca2+. ADP and purine and pyrimidine nucleoside triphosphates were competitive inhibitors of the catalytic reaction. A putative ectoATPase protein has been identified by Western blot analysis of membrane proteins from the immortalized B cells. Under reducing conditions, antiectoATPase antibodies cross-reacted with a 66-kDa protein from murine B cell hybridoma membranes. By contrast a 200-kDa protein from the B cell hybridoma membranes cross-reacted with the antibodies under nonreducing conditions, suggesting a disulfide-linked trimer. The antibodies also cross-reacted with a 66-kDa protein from human B cell membranes under reducing conditions, but did not cross-react with membrane proteins under nonreducing conditions. This suggests that the antibody epitope(s) recognized on the reduced human protein is masked under nonreducing conditions. Thus, this work demonstrates: (1) that ectoATPase may serve as a marker for B cell activation; and (2) mammalian and avian ectoATPases have conserved interspecies immunological epitopes and kinetic properties.

CD39 is an ecto-(Ca2+,Mg2+)-apyrase

CD39, a 70- to 100-kDa molecule expressed primarily on activated lymphoid cells, was previously identified as a surface marker of Epstein Barr virus (EBV)-transformed B cells. In this report, we show that an ecto-(Ca2+,Mg2+)-apyrase activity is present on EBV-transformed B cells, but not on B or T lymphomas. The coincidence between CD39 expression and ecto-apyrase activity on immune cells suggests that CD39 may be an ecto-apyrase. This supposition is supported by the observation that the amino acid sequence of CD39 is significantly homologous to those of several newly identified nucleotide triphosphatases. Finally, we show that CD39 indeed has ecto-apyrase activity by expression in COS-7 cells.

Comparative studies on animal and plant apyrases (ATP diphosphohydrolase EC 3.6.1.5) with application of immunological techniques and various ATPase inhibitors

Apyrase activity has been found in tissue of all investigated plant species. Seedlings soluble fractions accounted for 45-75% of the cell apyrase activity, whereas the apyrases isolated from microsomes accounted for 0.2-7% of the total homogenate activity. The ratio of the rate of ATP hydrolysis to the rate of ADP hydrolysis, Ksh, divides the apyrases into two groups: of Ksh > 1 (enzymes from most of monocot plants and bovine tissues) and of Ksh < 1 (enzymes from dicot plants). Triflupromazine strongly decreased the activity of wheat and bovine apyrases (first group) and does not inhibit the activity of the enzyme from potato (second group). Analysed apyrases reveal a significant antigenic diversity. Antibodies developed against soluble potato apyrase have no affinity to apyrase from microsomes of wheat seedlings. Immunological analysis confirmed that ATPase and ADPase activities of potato apyrase were associated with one protein. Apyrases, including animal ones, are insensitive to ATPases inhibitors and reagents of SH groups, whereas sodium deoxycholate inhibits all of the studied enzymes. NaF decreases activity plant enzymes, whereas erythrosine B and NaN3 only decreases bovine apyrases.

Purification and properties of human placental ATP diphosphohydrolase

ATP diphosphohydrolase activity (ATP-DPH) has been previously identified in the particulate fraction of human term placenta [Papamarcaki, T. & Tsolas, O. (1990) Mol. Cell. Biochem. 97, 1-8]. In the present study we have purified to homogeneity and characterized this activity. A 260-fold purification has been obtained by solubilization of the particulate fraction and subsequent chromatography on DEAE Sepharose CL-6B and 5'-AMP Sepharose 4B. The preparation has been shown to be free of alkaline phosphatase even though the placental extract is rich in this activity. The purified enzyme is a glycoprotein and migrates as a single broad band of 82 kDa on SDS/PAGE. The same band is obtained after photoaffinity labeling of the enzyme with 8-azido-[alpha-32P]ATP. The enzyme has a broad substrate specificity, hydrolyzing triphosphonucleosides and diphosphonucleosides but not monophosphonucleosides or other phosphate esters. The activity is dependent on the addition of divalent cations Ca2+ or Mg2+. The Km values for ATP and ADP were determined to be 10 microM and 20 microM, respectively. Maximum activity was found at pH 7.0-7.5 with ATP as substrate, and pH 7.5-8.0 with ADP. The enzymic activity is inhibited by NaN3, NaF, adenosine 5'-[beta,gamma-imido]triphosphate and adenosine 5'-[alpha,beta-methylene]triphosphate. Protein sequence analysis showed ATP-DPH to be N-terminally blocked. Partial internal amino acid sequence information was obtained after chymotryptic cleavage and identified a unique sequence with no significant similarity to known proteins. ATP-DPH activity has been reported to be implicated in the prevention of platelet aggregation, hydrolysing ADP to AMP and thus preventing blood clotting.

Ecto-ATPases: identities and functions

Ecto-ATPases are ubiquitous in eukaryotic cells. They hydrolyze extracellular nucleoside tri- and/or diphosphates, and, when isolated, they exhibit E-type ATPase activity, (that is, the activity is dependent on Ca2+ or Mg2+, and it is insensitive to specific inhibitors of P-type, F-type, and V-type ATPases; in addition, several nucleotide tri- and/or diphosphates are hydrolysed, but nucleoside monophosphates and nonnucleoside phosphates are not substrates). Ecto-ATPases are glycoproteins; they do not form a phosphorylated intermediate during the catalytic cycle; they seem to have an extremely high turnover number; and they present specific experimental problems during solubilization and purification. The T-tubule Mg2+-ATPase belongs to this group of enzymes, which may serve at least two major roles: they terminate ATP/ADP-induced signal transduction and participate in adenosine recycling. Several other functions have been discussed and identity to certain cell adhesion molecules and the bile acid transport protein was suggested on the basis of cDNA clone isolation and immunological work.

The possibility that Ca(2+)-ATPase from the plasma membrane-rich fraction of bovine parotid gland is ecto-Ca(2+)-dependent nucleoside triphosphatase

1. Parotid plasma membrane nonpump low-affinity Ca(2+)-ATPase, which possesses high-affinity (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase activity, was characterized. 2. Purified Ca(2+)-ATPase hydrolyzed the nucleoside triphosphates, GTP, ITP, CTP, UTP, TTP (67-93% of ATP) and nucleoside diphosphates, ADP, GDP, IDP, CDP, TDP (12-40% of ATP) but not AMP and p-NPP. 3. The maximum activities of Ca(2+)- and (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPases were obtained in the presence of 1 mM and 0.13 microM Ca2+, respectively. 4. The Km values for Ca2+ in Ca(2+)- and (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPases were 0.2 mM and 22 nM, respectively. 5. The activities of both Ca(2+)- and (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPases were found in the right-side-out-vesicles obtained from the plasma membrane-rich fraction. 6. These features suggest that Ca(2+)-ATPase is an ecto-Ca(2+)-dependent nucleoside triphosphatase.

Identification and partial characterization of an ectoATPase expressed by human natural killer cells

An extracellular membrane-associated ectoATPase has been identified on the human natural killer cell line NK3.3. The enzyme is distinct from other classes of ATPases, kinases, and phosphatases. NK3.3 ectoATPase demonstrated a Km for ATP of 41 microM and a Vmax of 0.2 mumol/min and required both Ca2+ and Mg2+ for maximal activity. Purine and pyrimidine nucleotides were competitive inhibitors of the catalytic reaction. Inhibition increased with the addition of increasing negative charge of the phosphate side chain and was also dependent on contributions from the nucleoside. NK3.3 ectoATPase activity was inhibited by reaction with the affinity label [p-(fluorosulfonyl)benzoyl]-5'-adenosine (5'-FSBA), which is shown to modify the enzyme at or near the ATP-binding domain. Photoaffinity labeling of intact NK3.3 cells with [alpha-32P]-8-azidoATP demonstrated an ATP-binding protein of 68-80 kDa unique to NK3.3 cells. A positive correlation was observed between the ability of the various nucleotides to block photoincorporation into the 68-80-kDa protein and their ability to inhibit ectoATPase activity. NK3.3 cells which were made ectoATPase-deficient by reaction with 5'-FSBA demonstrated that this enzyme does not have a major role in the protection of this cytolytic effector cell from the possible lytic effects of extracellular ATP.

Characterisation of the ATP-dependent taurocholate-carrier protein (gp110) of the hepatocyte canalicular membrane

The canalicular domain-specific glycoprotein gp110, which recently has been shown to function as an ATP-dependent taurocholate transporter, has been purified 1800-fold from rat liver plasma membranes. gp110 has been characterised as an integral plasma membrane protein with M(r) of 100,000-115,000 and pI of 2.5-3.5 and possesses a highly glycosylated and negatively charged extra-cellular domain. The broad range of M(r) and pI values results from the existence of numerous glycoforms composed of sialylated N-glycans. After deglycosylation, the polypeptide has M(r) 48,000 and pI 5.0. In primary cultures of rat hepatocytes, gp110 is synthesised with M(r) 110,000, while in the presence of tunicamycin the non-glycosylated form has M(r) 48,000. In the presence of 1-deoxymannojirimycin, two forms of M(r) 83,000 and M(r) 91,000 were found, which were converted by endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase H into a single 52,000-M(r) band, indicating the existence of two basic glycoforms at the oligomannosyl stage of biosynthesis. gp110 was phosphorylated at serine residues in primary cultures of hepatocytes. The sequences of ten internal peptides of gp110 were identical to the sequence of the high-M(r) form of ecto-ATPase, but ecto-ATPase activity from plasma-membrane extracts was not depleted by anti-(gp110) serum. In contrast, Fab fragments of these antibodies inhibit the aggregation of freshly isolated hepatocytes.

Localization and characterization of a parotid Ca(2+)-dependent ecto-ATPase

Parotid acini were isolated and tested to further establish the presence of ecto-ATPase in the intact cells. Inhibitors were used to determine if the inhibitor profile of the ATPase was similar to that of a Ca(2+)-ATPase from parotid membranes identified previously as an ecto-ATPase. The Ca(2+)-ATPase of intact cells was insensitive to oligomycin (10 micrograms/ml), N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) (0.1 mM), ruthenium red (0.1 mM), sodium azide (1 mM), and was inhibited approximately 22% by sodium orthovanadate (Na3VO4) (1 mM). This profile was similar to the Ca(2+)-ATPase of intact cells. Trifluoperazine (TFP) (0.1 mM) inhibited the enzyme in intact cells by approximately 32%. The nucleotide substrate specificity of the enzyme also reflected very closely the pattern seen in isolated membranes.

Epidermal Langerhans cells are resistant to the permeabilizing effects of extracellular ATP: in vitro evidence supporting a protective role of membrane ATPase

Extracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATPo) can induce pore formation in cell membranes, leading to cell permeabilization and eventual cell death. In this study, we examined the sensitivity of human epidermal Langerhans cells to ATP-induced permeabilization and tested the possibility that the Mg(++)- or Ca(++)-dependent plasma membrane ectonucleotidase (mATPase) on Langerhans cells provides protection against the cytotoxic effects of ATPo. Membrane permeability was assessed by using the fluorescent tracer propidium iodide, which confers red nuclear fluorescence to permeabilized cells. Langerhans cells were identified within human epidermal cell suspensions with fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated MoAb against CD1a or human leukocyte antigen-DR (HLA-DR) antigens. Cultured human keratinocytes and J774 macrophages were both highly sensitive to permeabilization induced by incubation with ATP (0.5 to 20 mM at 37 degrees C), whereas Langerhans cells were relatively resistant. The non-hydrolyzable ATP analog, adenosine 5'-(beta,gamma-imido) triphosphate, but not other nucleotides such as ADP, AMP, GTP, or UTP, was also able to induce permeabilization comparable to that of ATP, thereby suggesting that ATP hydrolysis is not required for this effect. ATP4- is the moiety most likely responsible for permeabilization, because propidium iodide uptake occurred only when the pH of the medium was > or = 7.4. Permeabilization induced by ATP was augmented by chelation of divalent cations with ethylene-diamine-tetraacetic acid and by the addition of lanthanum or cerium (0.01 to 1 mM). Finally, incubation with the adenosine analog, 5'-p-fluorosulfonylbenzoyl-adenosine (1 mM), inhibited mATPase staining of Langerhans cells in human epidermal sheets, but markedly augmented ATP-induced permeabilization of Langerhans cells. The results indicate that epidermal LC are resistant to the lytic effects of ATPo and that mATPase is involved in such resistance.

A Ca(2+)-ATPase from rat parotid gland plasma membranes has the characteristics of an ecto-ATPase

A Ca(2+)-ATPase with an apparent Km for free Ca2+ = 0.23 microM and Vmax = 44 nmol Pi/mg/min was detected in a rat parotid plasma membrane-enriched fraction. This Ca(2+)-ATPase could be stimulated without added Mg2+. However, the enzyme may require submicromolar concentrations of Mg2+ for its activation in the presence of Ca2+. On the other hand, Mg2+ could substitute for Ca2+. The lack of a requirement for added Mg2+ distinguished this Ca(2+)-ATPase from the Ca(2+)-transporter ATPase in the plasma membranes and the mitochondrial Ca(2+)-ATPase. The enzyme was not inhibited by several ATPase inhibitors and was not stimulated by calmodulin. An antibody which was raised against the rat liver plasma membrane ecto-ATPase, was able to deplete this Ca(2+)-ATPase activity from detergent solubilized rat parotid plasma membranes, in an antibody concentration-dependent manner. Immunoblotting analysis of the pellet with the ecto-ATPase antibody revealed the presence of a 100,000 molecular weight protein band, in agreement with the reported ecto-ATPase relative molecular mass. These data demonstrate the presence of a Ca(2+)-ATPase, with high affinity for Ca2+, in the rat parotid gland plasma membranes. It is distinct from the Ca(2+)-transporter, and immunologically indistinguishable from the plasma membrane ecto-ATPase.

ATP diphosphohydrolase is responsible for ecto-ATPase and ecto-ADPase activities in bovine aorta endothelial and smooth muscle cells

An ATP diphosphohydrolase (EC 3.6.1.5) is an enzyme hydrolyzing pyrophosphate bonds in nucleoside di- and triphosphates with broad substrate specificity in the presence of divalent cations. The ATPase and ADPase activities in the enzyme purified to homogeneity from bovine aortic vessel wall were insensitive to oligomycin, ouabain, and various protease treatments, and sensitive to azide and Ap5A. Bovine aorta endothelial and smooth muscle cells were cultured separately to characterize the ectonucleotidase activities. The activities were dependent on the addition of divalent cations and had broad substrate specificity. The ecto-ATPase and -ADPase activities were insensitive to oligomycin, ouabain, and protease treatments, and sensitive to azide and Ap5A. No enzyme degrading only ADP was found in the aortic vessel wall. Moreover, antiserum raised against purified ATP diphosphohydrolase inhibited the ecto-ATPase and -ADPase activities. These results indicated that ecto-ATPase and ecto-ADPase are not separate enzymes but are expressed by one enzyme, ATP diphosphohydrolase.

Nucleotide hydrolytic activity of isolated intact rat mesenteric small arteries

Segments of isolated intact rat mesenteric small arteries were incubated in physiological bicarbonate buffer in the presence of nano- to millimolar concentrations of ATP. ATP was hydrolysed, and when the vessel was transferred from one incubation to another, the enzyme activity was transferred with the vessel, consistent with the presence of an ecto-ATPase. The substrate, ATP, was shown to induce a modification of the hydrolytic activity which occurred the more rapidly the higher the concentration of ATP. The modified system hydrolysed ATP with a decreased substrate affinity. As the substrate induced a modification of the hydrolytic activity, steady-state velocity measurements for determination of kinetic parameters could not be obtained. Nevertheless, it was possible to compare the modification caused by ATP and UTP, and to compare the hydrolysis rates measured with [32P]ATP, [32P]UTP and [32P]GTP. It was concluded that the hydrolytic activity of the vessels did not distinguish between the nucleoside triphosphates (NTPs). In a histidine buffer, the activity was shown to be activated by micromolar concentrations of either Ca2+ or Mg2+, and not to be influenced by inhibitors of P-type, F-type and V-type ATPases. Functional removal of the endothelium before assay did not reduce the measured NTP hydrolysis. At millimolar concentrations of trinucleotide the hydrolysis rate was 10-15 mumol per min per gram of tissue or 0.11-0.17 mumol per min per 10(6) vascular smooth muscle cells. This value is equivalent to the maximal velocity obtained for the Ca2+ or Mg(2+)-dependent NTPase released to the medium upon 2 s of sonication of the vessels (Plesner, L., Juul, B., Skriver, E. and Aalkjaer, C. (1991) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1067, 191-200). Comparing the characteristics of the released NTPase to the characteristics of the activity of the intact vessel, they showed a strong resemblance, but the substrate-induced modification of the enzyme was seen only in the intact preparation.

Characterisation of Ca2+ or Mg(2+)-dependent nucleoside triphosphatase from rat mesenteric small arteries

When isolated rat mesenteric small arteries were submitted to 2 s of sonication, a nucleoside triphosphatase activity was released to the medium, mainly from the plasma membrane of the vascular smooth muscle cells. The activity was kinetically characterized: It hydrolysed ATP, UTP and GTP with the same substrate affinity and the same specific activity. CaATP, as well as MgATP were substrates for the enzyme with an apparent Km in the micromolar range. ATPase inhibitors: ouabain, vanadate, AlF4-, oligomycin and N-ethylmaleimide were without effect on the hydrolytic activity. Among other modifiers tested only N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide caused significant (greater than 30%) inhibition. In the presence of micromolecular concentrations of Ca2+ and Mg2+, small (less than 20 mM) concentrations of Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+ and choline+, irrespective of the nature of the anion, activated the hydrolysis with an equilibrium ordered pattern, but concentrations of monovalent cation salts above 20 mM decreased the hydrolysis rate. No activation by monovalent cation salts was seen at millimolar concentrations of divalent cations and substrate. On the basis of the results a standard mixture is proposed, which allows a sensitive assay of the specific enzyme activity.

Separation of Ca2(+)-ATPase from Mg2(+)-ATPase in plasma membrane-rich fraction of bovine parotid gland

Ca2(+)-ATPase, which does not require Mg2+ for its activation, was separated from Mg2(+)-ATPase by papain treatment of a membrane-rich fraction of bovine parotid gland. The enzyme was partially purified 48-fold by subsequent chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, gel filtration on HPLC, and ion-exchange HPLC. The enzyme showed a molecular weight of 100,000, as estimated by gel filtration on HPLC. The Ca2(+)-ATPase was activated by Ca2+ but not by Mg2+, and this enzyme did not require Mg2+ for its activation by Ca2+. In fact, Mg2+ was inhibitory. p-Nitrophenyl phosphate was not hydrolyzed in the presence of Ca2+ or Mg2+, and this enzyme had no activities of other phosphatases tested. These results suggest that the Ca2(+)-ATPase is a separate enzyme from Mg2(+)-ATPase, Ca2(+)-stimulated Mg2(+)-dependent ATPase, and alkaline phosphatase, all of which are well known to be present in other tissues.

Identification and characterization of high-affinity Ca2(+)-ATPase associated with axonal plasma membranes of dog mesenteric nerves

The microsomal fraction isolated from dog mesenteric nerve fibres was found to contain ATPase activity stimulated by micromolar concentrations of Ca ions. Such a high-affinity Ca2(+)-ATPase (hereafter referred to as HA Ca-ATPase) followed a Michaelis-Menten kinetics with Km for Ca ions of 0.4 microM and Vmax = 12.5 +/- 2.4 mumol Pi.mg-1h-1. The examination of the subcellular origin of HA Ca-ATPase revealed that this enzyme is associated with axonal plasma membranes as documented by its co-purification with several plasma membrane marker enzymes and with tetrodotoxin-sensitive 3H-saxitoxin binding. The addition of exogenous magnesium ions (Mg) resulted in a non-competitive inhibition of HA Ca-ATPase with Ki = 0.5 mM. The reaction velocity of HA Ca-ATPase was also inhibited by other divalent ions with the order of potency Mg greater than Mn greater than Zn greater than or equal to Co greater than Ni. In contrast to low affinity (high Km) Mg- and Ca-ATPase, the HA Ca-ATPase was insensitive to the inhibition by sodium azide (10 mM) and sodium fluoride (10 mM). Similarly, the specific activity of HA Ca-ATPase was unaffected by vanadate (100 microM) and N-ethylmaleinimide (100 microM). It is concluded that axonal plasma membranes of dog mesenteric nerves contain HA Ca-ATPase which seems to be unrelated to calcium-transporting Mg-dependent, Ca-stimulated ATPase.

Isolation and characterization of the Mg2(+)-ATPase from rabbit skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum membrane preparations

Preparations of sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles, obtained according to the method of Eletr and Inesi (Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1972) 282, 174), contained both Mg2(+)-ATPase and Ca2+, Mg2(+)-ATPase activity. The two enzymes were solubilized by a mixture of digitonin and lysophosphatidylcholine and separated on a DEAE-cellulose column eluted with a discontinuous gradient of NaCl. The Mg2(+)-ATPase activity was eluted with 0.43 M NaCl. The Ca2+,Mg2(+)-ATPase was obtained by increasing the NaCl concentration of the elution medium to 0.40 M. The fraction eluted with 0.043 M NaCl was insensitive to micromolar concentrations of calcium, resistant to oligomycin, ouabain, orthovanadate and thiocyanate, and was inhibited by low concentrations of Triton X-100. The enzyme showed a single apparent Km for MgATP in the range of 0.2 mM and a Vm of 2.9 mumol Pi.min-1.mg-1 protein. Activity was maximal over a broad peak between pH 6.0-8.0. Hydrolysis of ATP was unaffected by dimethylsulfoxide concentrations up to 20% (v/v) and was inhibited at higher concentrations. The enzyme was not phosphorylated by either 32Pi or [gamma-32P]ATP at significant levels when compared with the Ca2+,Mg2(+)-ATPase in an EGTA-containing medium. The kinetic pattern of the Mg2(+)-ATPase was distinctly different from that of the Ca2+,Mg2(+)-ATPase under the same conditions. The fraction eluted from the DEAE-cellulose column was subjected to electrophoresis under non-denaturing conditions. Only one band with Mg2(+)-ATPase activity was detected. The Mg2(+)-ATPase migrated much slower than the Ca2+,Mg2(+)-ATPase under non-denaturing conditions, whereas both enzymes had a molecular mass of 105 kDa on SDS gel electrophoresis.

Butyrate induces an ectoMg2(+)-ATPase activity in Li-7A human hepatoma cells

The human hepatoma cell line (Li-7A) possesses a high concentration of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptors and exhibits ectoATPase activity in the presence of either MgATP or CaATP (Knowles: J. Cell. Physiol., 134:109-116, 1988). Growth for 96 hours in the presence of both EGF and cholera toxin or another cyclic AMP elevating agent induced an ectoATPase activity which was more active with CaATP and resistant to inhibition by the sulfydryl reagent, p-chloromercuriphenylsulfonate (pCMPS) (Knowles: Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 263: 264-271, 1988). In contrast, treatment of cells with butyrate, a short chain organic acid which can be derived from the analogue, dibutyryl cyclic AMP, resulted in a 4-7-fold increase of an ectoATPase which was more active with MgATP and highly sensitive to pCMPS inhibition. Maximal induction by butyrate required 48 hours and was dependent on butyrate concentration, but was independent of EGF and cyclic AMP elevating agents. Of six organic acids tested, butyrate was most effective in the induction of the ectoMg2(+)-ATPase. The increase in the ectoMg2(+)-ATPase activity could be prevented with actinomycin D and cycloheximide, indicating that both transcription and translation were necessary for induction. In addition to the induction of the ectoMg2(+)-ATPase, butyrate induced alkaline phosphatase activity, but had no effect on a third ectoenzyme 5'-nucleotidase. These data further support our proposal that two distinct ectoATPases exist in the plasma membrane of Li-7A hepatoma cells.

Characterization of a Ca2(+)-ATPase in osteoclast plasma membrane

The plasma membrane fraction of chicken osteoclasts was purified utilizing 20% continuous Percoll gradients. Biochemical marker enzyme analysis (ouabain-sensitive Na+,K(+)-ATPase and 5'-nucleotidase) indicated that plasma membrane enrichment was 11.87-fold and 7.25-fold, respectively, and contamination with mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, and lysosomes was low as determined by succinic dehydrogenase, NADH dehydrogenase, and N-acetylglucosaminidase activities, respectively. SDS latency of Na+,K(+)-ATPase and 5'-nucleotidase activities of the isolated plasma membranes revealed that 43-50% of vesicles were sealed, with 10-16% in the inside-out orientation, depending on the membrane fraction used. Electron microscopy confirmed the vesicular nature of the plasma membrane fraction. The plasma membrane Ca2(+)-ATPase had a high-affinity (KCa = 0.22 microM; Vmax = 0.16 mumol/mg per min) and a low-affinity (KCa = 148 microM; Vmax = 0.37 mumol/mg per min) component. Calmodulin (0.12 microM) had no effect on Ca2(+)-ATPase activity. However, trifluoperazine (0.1 mM), a calmodulin antagonist, strongly inhibited especially the high-affinity component of the enzyme. Vanadate and lanthanum also caused inhibition. In the presence of CDTA, a potent Ca2+ and Mg2+ chelating agent, high-affinity Ca2(+)-ATPase activity was abolished, indicating that trace Mg2+ was essential for activity. The Ca2(+)-ATPase substrate curve using ATP showed a high-affinity (Km = 12.3 microM; Vmax = 0.022 mumol/mg per min) and a low-affinity (Km = 43.8 microM; Vmax = 0.278 mumol/mg per min) component. These results demonstrate that osteoclasts have a plasma membrane Ca2(+)-ATPase with characteristics similar to the enzyme responsible for active calcium extrusion in other cells.

Effects of food restriction and insulin treatment on (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase response to insulin in kidney basolateral membranes of noninsulin-dependent diabetic rats

Insulin increases (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase activity in cell membranes of normal rats but fails to do so in membranes of non-insulin-dependent diabetic (NIDD) rats. The loss of regulatory effect of the hormone on the enzyme might contribute to the insulin resistance observed in the NIDD animals. To further test this hypothesis, the effects of insulin treatment and acute food restriction on the ability of insulin to regulate the ATPase activity in kidney basolateral membranes (BLM) of NIDD rats were studied. Although insulin levels in NIDD and control rats were similar, plasma glucose was higher in the NIDD rats (18.3 +/- 1.5 v 19.3 +/- 1.7 microU/mL and 236 +/- 32 v 145 +/- 3 mg/dL, respectively). Insulin treatment (2 U/100 g), which increased plasma insulin in the NIDD rats (47.8 +/- 11.5 microU/mL; P less than .05), did not decrease their glucose (221 +/- 25 mg/dL). Higher insulin dose (4 U/100 g) decreased glucose level in the NIDD rats (73 +/- 3 mg/dL; P less than .001) but increased their plasma insulin 10-fold (202.5 +/- 52.5 microU/mL). Acute food restriction decreased glucose levels in the NIDD rats to levels seen in controls (135 +/- 3 mg/dL), while their insulin decreased by half (8.5 +/- 1.0 microU/mL; P less than .05). Basal (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase activity in BLM of all diabetic rats was higher than in controls (P less than .05). None of the treatments reversed this defect.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Inhibition of the high affinity Ca2(+)-ATPase activity in rat liver plasma membranes following carbon tetrachloride intoxication

In vivo administration of CCl4 (2.5 ml/kg, body wt.) to rats results in an early and then progressive inhibition of the high affinity Ca2(+)-ATPase activity in rat liver plasma membranes. The derangement to the Ca2(+)-ATPase seems to be independent on a 'solvent effect' of the agent since the in vitro addition of increasing concentrations of either CCl4 or ethanol to control plasma membranes does not affect the enzymatic activity. By using the technique of vitamin E pretreatment of experimental animals we show that the damage to the Ca2(+)-ATPase seems to follow a two-step kinetics. The early inhibition of the enzyme is not prevented by alpha-tocopherol supplementation and seems then unrelated to lipid peroxidative processes. The same procedure is however able to affort a significant protection against the exacerbation of the damage to the Ca2(+)-ATPase becoming evident late during the course of CCl4 intoxication. The high affinity Ca2(+)-ATPase is affected in vitro by 4-hydroxy-nonenal (HNE), a major end-product of lipid peroxidation interacting with -SH groups. Similar results were obtained after the addition to the incubation medium of sulphydryl reagents. The possible mechanisms involved in Ca2(+)-ATPase inhibition are discussed in relation to the development of CCl4 toxicity and to the role of lipid peroxidative processes.

Calcium transport activities of plasma membranes isolated from the livers of various animal species

1. Plasma membranes of comparable yield and purity were isolated from the livers of various animal species belonging to phylogenetic groups from Amphibia to Mammalia. 2. Calcium transport activity was observed in all liver plasma membranes examined. 3. No phylogenetic pattern of expression of the liver plasma membrane calcium transport system was observed, with the order of activity being: guinea pig greater than rabbit greater than frog greater than chicken = hamster greater than rat = budgerigar = turtle greater than beef cattle greater than mouse = duck. 4. Calcium transport activity was only 9.7 and 8.7% of adult frog levels in plasma membranes isolated from the livers of tadpoles without and with limbs, respectively. 5. Liver plasma membrane calcium transport activity was 25% higher in adult chickens than in day-old chicks. 6. A possible role for thyroid hormone in the development of the liver plasma membrane calcium transport system is discussed.

Effect of lipid peroxidation on membrane-bound Ca2+-ATPase activity of the intestinal brush-border membranes

We have studied lipid peroxidation and Ca2+-ATPase activity of the porcine intestinal brush-border membranes using a oxygen-radical-generating system consisting of dithiothreitol (DTT)/Fe2+ and tert-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BuOOH). The rates of lipid peroxidation were measured by formation of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBAR) and conjugated diene. Incubation of the membranes with DTT/Fe2+ in the absence and presence of t-BuOOH resulted in a slight (about 20%) and a marked (about 50%) inhibition of Ca2+-ATPase activity, respectively. The degree of inhibition was dependent on the hydroperoxide concentration. Addition of thiourea effectively protected Ca2+-ATPase activity but catalase and superoxide dismutase showed a slight and no effect on protection of the ATPase activity, respectively. Results of kinetic studies on the ATPase activity with varying ATP and Ca2+ concentrations revealed that the decrease in the enzyme activity by treatment with these oxidizing agents is mainly due to decrease of the Vmax value. Modification of SH groups in the membrane proteins by thiol group reagents such as N-ethylmaleimide, monoiodoacetate and monoiodacetamide did not induce the inhibition of Ca2+-ATPase activity. From these results, it is suggested that inhibition of the ATPase activity of the membranes by treatment with DTT/Fe2+ in the presence and absence of t-BuOOH is dependent on lipid peroxidation and that oxidative modification of SH groups may not be directly involved to the loss of the ATPase activity. In addition, results of the fluorescence anisotropy measurements of pyrene-labeled membranes suggested that change in the Ca2+-ATPase activity is partly related to a decrease in the membrane lipid fluidity.

ATP-driven Ca2+ pump in the basolateral membrane of rat kidney cortex catalyzes an electroneutral Ca2+/H+ antiport

An ATP-driven Ca2+ pump in the basolateral membrane of rat kidney cortex pumps Ca2+ out of the cell at the expense of MgATP (Km = 0.191 mM). This pump has a high affinity for free Ca2+ (26 nM). Vanadate, lanthanum, N-ethylmaleimide and calmodulin inhibitor R24571 inhibited this pump activity. Dimethyl[2-14C]oxazolidine-2,4-dione [( 14C]DMO) was entrapped in the vesicles in association with the ATP-driven Ca2+ influx. The ATP-driven Ca2+ influx was stimulated by the intravesicular acid pH and an upper convex Lineweaver-Burk reciprocal plot suggested two possible kinetics; one is that this Ca2+ pump is an allosteric enzyme with more than 1.72 H+ binding sites and another is the presence of two Ca2+ pumps with different affinities for H+. Valinomycin study indicated that the ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport by the BLMV was electroneutral and voltage independent. These results strongly suggest that the ATP-driven Ca2+ pump in the renal basolateral membrane catalyzes an electroneutral Ca2+/H+ antiport.

Ca2+ transport by rat liver plasma membranes: the transporter and the previously reported Ca2+-ATPase are different enzymes

A rat liver plasma membrane fraction showed an ATP-dependent uptake of Ca2+ which was released by the ionophore A23187. This activity represents a plasma membrane component and is not due to microsomal contamination. The Ca2+ transport displayed several properties which were different from those of the high-affinity Ca2+-ATPase previously observed in these membranes (Lotersztajn et al. (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 11209-11215; Birch-Machin, M.A. and Dawson, A.P. (1986) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 855, 277-285). These observations have shown that Ca2+-ATPase does not require added Mg2+ whereas we have demonstrated that, in the same membrane preparation, Ca2+ uptake required millimolar concentrations of added Mg2+. The Ca2+-ATPase has a broad specificity for the nucleotides ATP, GTP, UTP and ITP while Ca2+ uptake remains specific for ATP. Ca2+ uptake also displayed different affinities for free Ca2+ and MgATP compared to Ca2+-ATPase activity, with apparent Km values of 0.25 microM Ca2+, 0.15 mM MgATP and 1.0 microM Ca2+, 4 microM MgATP respectively. The apparent maximum rate of Ca2+ uptake was about 150-fold less than Ca2+-ATPase activity. These features suggest that the high-affinity Ca2+-ATPase is not the enzymic expression of the ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport mechanism.

Differential expression of ectoMg2+-ATPase and ectoCa2+-ATPase activities in human hepatoma cells

A human hepatoma cell line (Li-7A) possesses ectoATPase activity which is activated by either Mg2+ or Ca2+. Both ectoMg2+-ATPase and ectoCa2+-ATPase hydrolyze other nucleoside triphosphates, are inactive with ADP and AMP, and are inhibited by both p-chloromercuriphenyl sulfonate (pCMPS) and 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid. Different Km values for ATP and pH curves are obtained for ectoMg2+-ATPase and ectoCa2+-ATPase. The specific activities of the two ATPases remain relatively constant through several days of cell growth after an initial decrease. In contrast, the specific activities of the two ATPases, especially the ectoCa2+-ATPase, increases continuously in Li-7A cells cultured in the presence of EGF, cholera toxin, and hydrocortisone. The ATPases of the factor-treated cells are also indiscriminate with respect to nucleoside triphosphate substrates; however, the kinetic constants for substrates are altered when compared to that of the untreated cells. Most strikingly, the sensitivity to inhibitors is greatly reduced. It is concluded that the long-term effect of EGF, cholera toxin, and hydrocortisone on the Li-7A cells is the induction or activation of a new or minor component of the ectoATPases, which is preferentially activated by Ca2+ and insensitive to pCMPS.

Guanine nucleotide-, and inositol triphosphate-induced inhibition of the CA2+ pump in rat heart sarcolemmal vesicles

The Ca2+ pump of rat heart sarcolemma has been studied via its ATP-dependent Ca2+ transport and (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-dependent ATPase activities. Direct incubation of the sarcolemmal vesicles with micromolar concentration of guanosine 5'-O-(thiotriphosphate) (GTP gamma S) results in the reduction of Ca2+ uptake by 34 +/- 10% and ATP hydrolysis by 55 +/- 7%. Similar inhibition of the sarcolemmal Ca2+ pump is also observed with micromolar concentration of inositol trisphosphate (IP3), while GDP or inositol tetrakisphosphate (IP4) has no effect. Based on the evidence that these sarcolemmal vesicles are capable of generating IP3 upon stimulation by GTP gamma S, and that no additive effect is observed when both agents are incubated together with the membranes, it is concluded that the effect of GTP gamma S on the Ca2+ pump is mediated by IP3. The results here show for the first time that plasma membrane Ca2+ pump has a role in the primary Ca2+ signaling.

Carbachol partially inhibits the plasma-membrane Ca2+-pump in microsomes from pig stomach smooth muscle

A plasmalemmal enriched membrane fraction, prepared from pig stomach smooth-muscle, contains a calmodulin-stimulated (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase and presents an ATP-dependent 45Ca-uptake. If these smooth-muscle strips are preincubated with 10(-3) M-carbachol, this Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase and the 45Ca-uptake are reduced by 21.4% and 13.5%, respectively, as compared to controls. This inhibitory effect of carbachol can be completely blocked by atropine. Carbachol does neither affect the passive permeability of the microsomes to 45Ca, nor the passive 45Ca-binding to the vesicles. Neither does it exert an effect on the proportion of closed inside-out plasma-membrane vesicles. Likewise, preincubation of rat myometrium with 90 nM-oxytocin induces a 20.4% inhibition of the ATP-dependent 45Ca-uptake, without having an effect on the passive 45Ca-binding, the permeability to 45Ca or the sideness of the vesicles. From these results, it is concluded that some agonists as carbachol and oxytocin induce a decrease in the activity of the plasmalemmal Ca2+-pump.

Rat liver plasma membrane Ca2+- or Mg2+-activated ATPase. Evidence for proton movement in reconstituted vesicles

The Ca2+- or Mg2+-activated ATPase from rat liver plasma membrane was partly purified by treatments with sodium cholate and lysophosphatidylcholine, and by isopycnic centrifugation on sucrose gradients. The ATPase activity had high sensitivity to detergents, poor nucleotide specificity and broad tolerance for divalent cations. It was insensitive to mitochondrial ATPase inhibitors such as oligomycin and to transport ATPase inhibitors such as vanadate and ouabain. Using the cholate dialysis procedure, the partly purified enzyme was incorporated into asolectin vesicles. Upon addition of Mg2+-ATP, fluorescence quenching of 9-amino-6-chloro-2-methoxyacridine (ACMA) was observed. The quenching was abolished by a protonophore, carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP). Asolectin vesicles or purified ATPase alone failed to promote quenching. These data suggest that the Ca2+- or Mg2+-activated ATPase from rat liver plasma membrane is able of H+-translocation coupled to ATP hydrolysis.

Early disturbance of calcium translocation across the plasma membrane in toxic liver injury

An increased influx and/or a decreased extrusion of calcium across the plasma membrane resulting in an increase in cytosolic-free calcium could play an important role in the initiation of irreversible cell injury. Therefore, the translocation of calcium across the plasma membrane was probed in the perfused rat liver using multiple indicator dilution methodology. The sucrose space corresponding to the extracellular space amounted to 0.35 +/- 0.13 ml per gm liver, and the water space corresponding to the extra- and intracellular spaces was 0.97 +/- 0.08 ml per gm. The calcium space was always slightly larger (0.42 +/- 0.10 ml per gm) than the sucrose space. The calcium space further increased during perfusion with the calcium ionophore A 23187, whereas the sucrose space remained unchanged. Two hours after administration to intact rats of acetaminophen (2 gm per kg) and carbon tetrachloride (2 ml per kg), respectively, the calcium space had increased markedly relative to the sucrose space and relative to the water space, indicating an increased accessibility of the cells to extracellular calcium. Similarly, reperfusion of livers after 90 min of ischemia was associated with an increase in calcium space relative to the sucrose and water spaces. These studies indicate that, in three models of acute liver injury, the net influx of calcium across the plasma membrane is increased early in the evolution of the injury before irreversible damage occurs.

Use of GTP to distinguish calcium transporting ATPase activity from other calcium dependent nucleotide phosphatases in human placental basal plasma membrane

In many cells other than the erythrocyte, the relationship between ATP dependent calcium transport and calcium dependent ATP hydrolysis is complex. The characteristics of ATP hydrolysis often differ from those of calcium transport. Demonstration of a specific transport ATPase is complicated by heterogeneity and high background activity in the presence of magnesium. In basal plasma membrane of human placental syncytiotrophoblast, the addition of 5 mM GTP greatly reduces the background release of 32Pi from 0.1 mM [gamma, 32P]-ATP. The addition of GTP permits measurement of high affinity calcium dependent ATPase under conditions which support calcium uptake. GTP does not affect the velocity of calcium uptake, and in its presence the calcium and magnesium concentration dependence of calcium uptake and calcium dependent ATPase are similar.