Regulation of the gastric microsomal (H+ + K+)-transporting ATPase system by the endogenous activator. Effect of phospholipase A2 treatment

The parietal cell gastric H, K-ATPase also functions as the Na, K-ATPase and Ca-ATPase in altered states

This article offers an explanation for the apparent lack of Na, K-ATPase activity in parietal cells although ouabain has been known to inhibit gastric acid secretion since 1962. The gastric H, K-ATPase (proton-pump) seems to be acting in altered states, thus behaving like a Na, K-ATPase (Na-pump) and/or Ca-ATPase (Ca-pump) depending on cellular needs.  This conclusion is based on the following findings. First, parietal cell fractions do not exhibit Na, K-ATPase activity at pH 7.0 but do at pH 8.5. Second, the apical plasma membrane (APM) fraction exhibits a (Ca or Mg)-ATPase activity with negligible H, K-ATPase activity. However, when assayed with Mg alone in presence of the 80 k Da cytosolic proton-pump activator (HAF), the APM fraction reveals remarkably high H, K-ATPase activity, suggesting the observed low affinity of Ca (or Mg)-ATPase is an altered state of the latter. Third, calcium (between 1 and 4 µM) shows both stimulation and inhibition of the HAF-stimulated H, K-ATPase depending on its concentration, revealing a close interaction between the  proton-pump activator and local Ca concentration in gastric H, K-ATPase function. Such interactions suggest that Ca is acting as a terminal member of the intracellular signaling system for the HAF-regulated proton-pump. It appears that during resting state, the HAF-associated H, K-ATPase remains inhibited by Ca (>1 µM) and, prior to resumption of acid secretion the gastric H, K-ATPase acts temporarily as a Ca-pump for removing excess Ca from its immediate environment. This conclusion is consistent with the recent reports of immunochemical co-localization of the gastric H, K-ATPase and Ca-ATPase by superimposition in parietal cells, and a transitory efflux of Ca immediately preceding the onset of acid secretion. These new perspectives on proton-pump function would open new avenues for a fuller understanding of the intracellular regulation of the ubiquitous Na-pump.

Role of prostaglandin in the regulation of gastric H(+)-Transporting system

Prostaglandins and (PG) have been reported to be an important gastric acid suppressive factor. However, the mechanism underlying is yet to be clearly established. In vitro study with gastric microsomes in presence of both PGE(2) and PGI(2) shows a stimulation of gastric H(+) K(+)-ATPase activity below 1X10(-6)M and 2.5X10(-7)M concentrations respectively. However, with further increase in concentrations of both PGE(2) and PGI(2), H(+), K(+)-ATPase activity shows an inhibition but PGI(2) completely obliterates the K(+) stimulated part of H(+), K(+)-ATPase activity at higher concentration. The H(+)-ion transport study using chambered frog gastric mucosa shows that both PGE(2) and PGI(2) inhibit H(+)-ion transport at 5X10(-6) M and 10X10(-6)M concentrations respectively but the effect of PGI(2) is reversible. These differential effects of PGE(2) and PGI(2) on microsomal H(+), K(+)-ATPase and on H(+) transport my be caused by the differential effects of these phospholipid mediators with the gastric mucosal cell membrane. This in vitro investigation shows the role of prostaglandin (s) as a physiological switch/regulator of gastric H(+) ion transport leading to the cessation of gastric acid secretion.

Quantitative subcellular study of apical pole membranes from chicken oxyntic cells in resting and HCl secretory state

Vertebrate oxyntic cells, responsible for gastric HCl production, undergo a remarkable morphological reorganization in relation to their secretory cycle. In resting state, the luminal surface of the cells is smooth; a peculiar system of endocellular membranes, the tubular system, occupies the luminal cytoplasm. Actin filaments frame a cortical network between the tubular system and the luminal plasma membrane. With the onset of HCl secretion, the tubular system becomes incorporated into the luminal plasma membrane. Villous processes containing microfilaments fill the secretory surface. This morphological reorganization of membranes and cytoskeletal matrix could regulate HCl secretion by translocation of membranes containing the proton pump from the endocellular compartment to the secretory surface. In this paper, we describe the isolation of membranes that selectively belong to the tubular system or to the cytoplasmic processes of the secretory surface of chicken oxyntic cells. Chicken oxyntic cells are the main cellular component of the proventricular glands. A resting state was obtained after cimetidine treatment, whereas the HCl-secretory state was induced by histamine. We present a comparative analysis of resting and stimulated chicken gastric glands by quantitative subcellular fractionation. The HCl secretory state was related to specific modifications in membrane fractions derived from the secretory pole of oxyntic cells. Morphological and functional reorganization of oxyntic cells was closely correlated with changes in: the sedimentation pattern of the marker enzyme of the apical pole membrane (K-NPPase), the total activity of K-NPPase and nonmitochondrial Mg-ATPase, the valinomycin dependence of K-ATPase, and polypeptides that cosediment in purified membrane fractions. Changes in the distribution pattern of K-NPPase after fractionation of histamine-stimulated glands were consistent with the replacement of the small vesicles typical of resting glands by dense membrane profiles, analogous to the luminal processes of stimulated oxyntic cells. SDS-PAGE showed that, in purified membrane fractions of stimulated glands, the concentration of 28-, 43-, and 200-kD polypeptides increased while that of 95- and 250-kD polypeptides decreased. The present results define the tubular system of oxyntic cells as an organelle with properties different from those of endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, and plasma membrane. The biochemical and physico-chemical properties of this membraneous system changed when the organization of the membranes and the cytoskeletal matrix of the apical pole was modified by the onset of HCl secretion.

Reaction mechanism of the gastric H+ +K+-dependent ATPase. Effects of inhibitor and pH

The effect of nolinium bromide [2-(3,4-dichlorophenylamino)quinolizium bromide], which acts as a K+ antagonist in the gastric H+ +K+-dependent ATPase reaction, was investigated at the level of 32P-labelled intermediates of the gastric ATPase reaction. A concentration-dependent effect of nolinium bromide was observed on the concentrations of phosphorylated intermediates. At low (up to 50 microM) concentrations the drug did not interfere with the concentrations of intermediates but exhibited a competition with K+ at the level of both 32P-labelled intermediates and hydrolysis of ATP at pH 7.0. Similar competition was noted in the H+ +K+-dependent ATPase reaction. Low nolinium bromide concentrations also drastically slowed the enzyme turnover. The concentrations of the intermediates were lowered appreciably between 50 microM- and 100 microM-nolinium bromide without affecting the ATP hydrolysis, and the effects were independent of pH. Similar to the effects at pH 7.0, the drug also exhibited competition with K+ in lowering the E approximately P concentration at pH 5.0. A dramatic effect of pH on the K+-sensitivity as well as on turnover of the 32P-labelled intermediates was observed. Although the concentrations of intermediates remained nearly unaltered at various pH values, the K+-stimulated hydrolysis of ATP showed an optimum at pH 7.0 with sharp declines at pH 5 and 8. The data suggest a critical involvement of H+ in the conversion of the K+-insensitive E1 approximately P into the K+-sensitive E2 approximately P form of the enzyme. Nolinium bromide appears to function as a K+ analogue and seems to block the entry of K+ at the K X E2 step, thereby interfering with the enzyme turnover.

Purification and characterization of a cytosolic activator protein for the gastric H+,K+-ATPase system from dog fundic mucosa

An endogenous protein activator (AF) responsible for the activation of the gastric H+,K+-ATPase system, identified recently as the biochemical mechanism for the transport of H+, has been purified to homogeneity and partially characterized. The purification procedure (at 0-4 degrees C) involves simultaneous concentration and dialysis of the cytosolic fraction from dog fundic cells under negative pressure, pH 4.8 precipitation and two consecutive gel filtration steps on sephacryl S-200 columns. The highly purified and active AF is a protein of 80 Kd consisting of two identical subunits of 40 Kd each. The AF not only stimulates the gastric H+,K+-ATPase activity but also greatly enhances the rate of ATPase dependent proton pumping inside gastric microsomal vesicles. The data clearly suggest an important regulatory role of the cytosolic AF in the gastric HCl secretory process.