Redox modulation of the response of NADH oxidase activity of rat liver plasma membranes to cyclic AMP plus ATP

Periodic fluctuations in oxygen consumption comparing HeLa (cancer) and CHO (non-cancer) cells and response to external NAD(P)+/NAD(P)H

Oxygen consumption in the presence of cyanide was utilized as a measure of plasma membrane electron transport in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and human cervical carcinoma (HeLa) cell lines. Both intact cells and isolated plasma membranes carry cyanide-insensitive NADH(P)H oxidases at their external membrane surfaces (designated ECTO-NOX proteins). Regular oscillatory patterns of oxygen consumption with period lengths characteristic of those observed for rates of NADH oxidation by ECTO-NOX proteins were observed to provide evidence for transfer of protons and electrons to reduce oxygen to water. The oscillations plus the resistance to inhibition by cyanide identify the bulk of the oxygen consumption as due to ECTO-NOX proteins. With intact CHO cells, oxygen consumption was enhanced by but not dependent upon external NAD(P)H addition. With intact HeLa cells, oxygen consumption was inhibited by both NADH and NAD+ as was growth. The results suggest that plasma membrane electron transport from internal donors to oxygen as an external acceptor is mediated through ECTO-NOX proteins and that electron transport to molecular oxygen may be differentially affected by external pyridine nucleotides depending on cell type.

Multiple proteins with single activities or a single protein with multiple activities: the conundrum of cell surface NADH oxidoreductases

Reduction of the cell-impermeable tetrazolium salt WST-1 has been used to characterise two plasma membrane NADH oxidoreductase activities in human cells. The trans activity, measured with WST-1 and the intermediate electron acceptor mPMS, utilises reducing equivalents from intracellular sources, while the surface activity, measured with WST-1 and extracellular NADH, is independent of intracellular metabolism. Whether these two activities involve distinct proteins or are inherent to a single protein is unclear. In this work, we have attempted to address this question by examining the relationship between the trans and surface WST-1-reducing activities and a third well-characterised family of cell surface oxidases, the ECTO-NOX proteins. Using blue native-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, we have identified a complex in the plasma membranes of human 143B osteosarcoma cells responsible for the NADH-dependent reduction of WST-1. The dye-reducing activity of the 300 kDa complex was attributed to a 70 kDa NADH oxidoreductase activity that cross-reacted with antisera against the ECTO-NOX protein CNOX. Differences in enzyme activities and inhibitor profiles between the WST-1-reducing NADH oxidoreductase enzyme in the presence of NADH or mPMS and the ECTO-NOX family are reconciled in terms of the different purification methods and assay systems used to study these proteins.

NADH oxidase activity of soybean plasma membranes inhibited by submicromolar concentrations of ATP

The activity of an auxin-stimulated NADH oxidase activity from soybean hypocotyls was inhibited by submicromolar concentrations of ATP. Auxins are plant growth regulators that increase the rate of cell enlargement in plant stems. A synthetic auxin, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), was used. The inhibition was half maximal at 1 nM ATP and was not observed with other nucleotides and nucleosides. The inhibition was the result of an increase in the Km for NADH from about 60 microM to > 100 microM and was noncompetitive. The decrease in Km due to ATP was enhanced by the addition of 1 microM 2,4-D. The Vmax of the plasma membrane NADH oxidase was approximately doubled (1.5-2.8-fold) by ATP and by 1 microM 2,4-D. No further increase in the Vmax was observed by the combination of 1 nM to 0.1 mM ATP in the presence of 1 microM 2,4-D. The results demonstrate a response of the NADH oxidase activity of isolated vesicles of soybean plasma membranes to ATP distinct from that observed previously with other nucleotide di- and triphosphates. The results are suggestive either of control of the cell surface NADH oxidase by phosphorylation or a direct response to ATP binding at nanomolar concentrations of ATP.