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The sodium pump (Na+, K+-ATPase, NKA) is vital for animal cells, as it actively maintains Na+ and K+ electrochemical gradients across the cell membrane. It is a target of cardiotonic steroids (CTSs) such as ouabain and digoxin. As CTSs are almost unique strong inhibitors specific to NKA, a wide range of derivatives has been developed for potential therapeutic use. Several crystal structures have been published for NKA-CTS complexes, but they fail to explain the largely different inhibitory properties of the various CTSs. For instance, although CTSs are thought to inhibit ATPase activity by binding to NKA in the E2P state, we do not know if large conformational changes accompany binding, as no crystal structure is available for the E2P state free of CTS. Here, we describe crystal structures of the BeF3 - complex of NKA representing the E2P ground state and then eight crystal structures of seven CTSs, including rostafuroxin and istaroxime, two new members under clinical trials, in complex with NKA in the E2P state. The conformations of NKA are virtually identical in all complexes with and without CTSs, showing that CTSs bind to a preformed cavity in NKA. By comparing the inhibitory potency of the CTSs measured under four different conditions, we elucidate how different structural features of the CTSs result in different inhibitory properties. The crystal structures also explain K+-antagonism and suggest a route to isoform specific CTSs.
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Xu Y, Marck P, Huang M, Xie JX, Wang T, Shapiro JI, Cai L, Feng F, Xie Z. Biased Effect of Cardiotonic Steroids on Na/K-ATPase-Mediated Signal Transduction. Mol Pharmacol 2021; 99:217-225. [PMID: 33495275 DOI: 10.1124/molpharm.120.000101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Recent studies have revealed that Na/K-ATPase (NKA) can transmit signals through ion-pumping-independent activation of pathways relayed by distinct intracellular protein/lipid kinases, and endocytosis challenges the traditional definition that cardiotonic steroids (CTS) are NKA inhibitors. Although additional effects of CTS have long been suspected, revealing its agonist impact through the NKA receptor could be a novel mechanism in understanding the basic biology of NKA. In this study, we tested whether different structural CTS could trigger different sets of NKA/effector interactions, resulting in biased signaling responses without compromising ion-pumping capacity. Using purified NKA, we found that ouabain, digitoxigenin, and somalin cause comparable levels of NKA inhibition. However, although endogenous ouabain stimulates both protein kinases and NKA endocytosis, digitoxigenin and somalin bias to protein kinases and endocytosis, respectively, in LLC-PK1 cells. The positive inotropic effects of CTS are traditionally regarded as NKA inhibitors. However, CTS-induced signaling occurs at concentrations at least one order of magnitude lower than that of inotropy, which eliminates their well known toxic actions on the heart. The current study adds a novel mechanism that CTS could exert its biased signaling properties through the NKA signal transducer. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Although it is now well accepted that NKA has an ion-pumping-independent signaling function, it is still debated whether direct and conformation-dependent NKA/effector interaction is a key to this function. Therefore, this investigation is significant in advancing our understanding of the basic biology of NKA-mediated signal transduction and gaining molecular insight into the structural elements that are important for cardiotonic steroid's biased action.
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- Yunhui Xu
- Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Huntington, West Virginia (Y.X., P.M., M.H., T.W., L.C., Z.X.); University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio (J.X.X.); Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia (J.I.S.); and Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, P. R. China, and Jiangsu Food and Pharmaceutical Science College, Huai'an, P. R. China (F.F.)
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- Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Huntington, West Virginia (Y.X., P.M., M.H., T.W., L.C., Z.X.); University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio (J.X.X.); Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia (J.I.S.); and Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, P. R. China, and Jiangsu Food and Pharmaceutical Science College, Huai'an, P. R. China (F.F.)
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- Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Huntington, West Virginia (Y.X., P.M., M.H., T.W., L.C., Z.X.); University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio (J.X.X.); Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia (J.I.S.); and Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, P. R. China, and Jiangsu Food and Pharmaceutical Science College, Huai'an, P. R. China (F.F.)
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- Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Huntington, West Virginia (Y.X., P.M., M.H., T.W., L.C., Z.X.); University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio (J.X.X.); Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia (J.I.S.); and Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, P. R. China, and Jiangsu Food and Pharmaceutical Science College, Huai'an, P. R. China (F.F.)
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- Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Huntington, West Virginia (Y.X., P.M., M.H., T.W., L.C., Z.X.); University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio (J.X.X.); Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia (J.I.S.); and Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, P. R. China, and Jiangsu Food and Pharmaceutical Science College, Huai'an, P. R. China (F.F.)
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- Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Huntington, West Virginia (Y.X., P.M., M.H., T.W., L.C., Z.X.); University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio (J.X.X.); Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia (J.I.S.); and Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, P. R. China, and Jiangsu Food and Pharmaceutical Science College, Huai'an, P. R. China (F.F.)
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- Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Huntington, West Virginia (Y.X., P.M., M.H., T.W., L.C., Z.X.); University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio (J.X.X.); Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia (J.I.S.); and Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, P. R. China, and Jiangsu Food and Pharmaceutical Science College, Huai'an, P. R. China (F.F.)
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- Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Huntington, West Virginia (Y.X., P.M., M.H., T.W., L.C., Z.X.); University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio (J.X.X.); Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia (J.I.S.); and Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, P. R. China, and Jiangsu Food and Pharmaceutical Science College, Huai'an, P. R. China (F.F.)
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- Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Huntington, West Virginia (Y.X., P.M., M.H., T.W., L.C., Z.X.); University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio (J.X.X.); Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia (J.I.S.); and Department of Natural Medicinal Chemistry, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, P. R. China, and Jiangsu Food and Pharmaceutical Science College, Huai'an, P. R. China (F.F.)
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Panizza E, Zhang L, Fontana JM, Hamada K, Svensson D, Akkuratov EE, Scott L, Mikoshiba K, Brismar H, Lehtiö J, Aperia A. Ouabain-regulated phosphoproteome reveals molecular mechanisms for Na +, K +-ATPase control of cell adhesion, proliferation, and survival. FASEB J 2019; 33:10193-10206. [PMID: 31199885 PMCID: PMC6704450 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201900445r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The ion pump Na+, K+-ATPase (NKA) is a receptor for the cardiotonic steroid ouabain. Subsaturating concentration of ouabain triggers intracellular calcium oscillations, stimulates cell proliferation and adhesion, and protects from apoptosis. However, it is controversial whether ouabain-bound NKA is considered a signal transducer. To address this question, we performed a global analysis of protein phosphorylation in COS-7 cells, identifying 2580 regulated phosphorylation events on 1242 proteins upon 10- and 20-min treatment with ouabain. Regulated phosphorylated proteins include the inositol triphosphate receptor and stromal interaction molecule, which are essential for initiating calcium oscillations. Hierarchical clustering revealed that ouabain triggers a structured phosphorylation response that occurs in a well-defined, time-dependent manner and affects specific cellular processes, including cell proliferation and cell-cell junctions. We additionally identify regulation of the phosphorylation of several calcium and calmodulin-dependent protein kinases (CAMKs), including 2 sites of CAMK type II-γ (CAMK2G), a protein known to regulate apoptosis. To verify the significance of this result, CAMK2G was knocked down in primary kidney cells. CAMK2G knockdown impaired ouabain-dependent protection from apoptosis upon treatment with high glucose or serum deprivation. In conclusion, we establish NKA as the coordinator of a broad, tightly regulated phosphorylation response in cells and define CAMK2G as a downstream effector of NKA.-Panizza, E., Zhang, L., Fontana, J. M., Hamada, K., Svensson, D., Akkuratov, E. E., Scott, L., Mikoshiba, K., Brismar, H., Lehtiö, J., Aperia, A. Ouabain-regulated phosphoproteome reveals molecular mechanisms for Na+, K+-ATPase control of cell adhesion, proliferation, and survival.
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- Elena Panizza
- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Physics, Science for Life Laboratory, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology, Brain Science Institute, Riken, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Physics, Science for Life Laboratory, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology, Brain Science Institute, Riken, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.,Department of Applied Physics, Science for Life Laboratory, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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Identification of the retinoschisin-binding site on the retinal Na/K-ATPase. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0216320. [PMID: 31048931 PMCID: PMC6497308 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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X-linked juvenile retinoschisis (XLRS) is a hereditary retinal dystrophy, caused by mutations in the RS1 gene which encodes the secreted protein retinoschisin. In recent years, several molecules have been proposed to interact with retinoschisin, including the retinal Na/K-ATPase, L-voltage gated Ca2+ channels, and specific sugars. We recently showed that the retinal Na/K-ATPase consisting of subunits ATP1A3 and ATP1B2 is essential for anchoring retinoschisin to plasma membranes and identified the glycosylated ATP1B2 subunit as the direct interaction partner for retinoschisin. We now aimed to precisely map the retinoschisin binding domain(s) in ATP1B2. In general, retinoschisin binding was not affected after selective elimination of individual glycosylation sites via site-directed mutagenesis as well as after full enzymatic deglycosylation of ATP1B2. Applying the interface prediction tool PresCont, two putative protein-protein interaction patches (“patch I” and “patch II”) consisting each of four hydrophobic amino acid stretches on the ATP1B2 surface were identified. These were consecutively altered by site-directed mutagenesis. Functional assays with the ATP1B2 patch mutants identified patch II and, specifically, the associated amino acid at position 240 (harboring a threonine in ATP1B2) as crucial for retinoschisin binding to ATP1B2. These and previous results led us to suggest an induced-fit binding mechanism for the interaction between retinoschisin and the Na/K-ATPase, which is dependent on threonine 240 in ATP1B2 allowing the accommodation of hyperflexible retinoschisin spikes by the associated protein-protein interaction patch on ATP1B2.
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Noël F, Azalim P, do Monte FM, Quintas LEM, Katz A, Karlish SJ. Revisiting the binding kinetics and inhibitory potency of cardiac glycosides on Na+,K+-ATPase (α1β1): Methodological considerations. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 2018; 94:64-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2018.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Blaustein MP. The pump, the exchanger, and the holy spirit: origins and 40-year evolution of ideas about the ouabain-Na + pump endocrine system. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2017; 314:C3-C26. [PMID: 28971835 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00196.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Two prescient 1953 publications set the stage for the elucidation of a novel endocrine system: Schatzmann's report that cardiotonic steroids (CTSs) are all Na+ pump inhibitors, and Szent-Gyorgi's suggestion that there is an endogenous "missing screw" in heart failure that CTSs like digoxin may replace. In 1977 I postulated that an endogenous Na+ pump inhibitor acts as a natriuretic hormone and simultaneously elevates blood pressure (BP) in salt-dependent hypertension. This hypothesis was based on the idea that excess renal salt retention promoted the secretion of a CTS-like hormone that inhibits renal Na+ pumps and salt reabsorption. The hormone also inhibits arterial Na+ pumps, elevates myocyte Na+ and promotes Na/Ca exchanger-mediated Ca2+ gain. This enhances vasoconstriction and arterial tone-the hallmark of hypertension. Here I describe how those ideas led to the discovery that the CTS-like hormone is endogenous ouabain (EO), a key factor in the pathogenesis of hypertension and heart failure. Seminal observations that underlie the still-emerging picture of the EO-Na+ pump endocrine system in the physiology and pathophysiology of multiple organ systems are summarized. Milestones include: 1) cloning the Na+ pump isoforms and physiological studies of mutated pumps in mice; 2) discovery that Na+ pumps are also EO-triggered signaling molecules; 3) demonstration that ouabain, but not digoxin, is hypertensinogenic; 4) elucidation of EO's roles in kidney development and cardiovascular and renal physiology and pathophysiology; 5) discovery of "brain ouabain", a component of a novel hypothalamic neuromodulatory pathway; and 6) finding that EO and its brain receptors modulate behavior and learning.
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- Mordecai P Blaustein
- Departments of Physiology and Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland
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Ndombera FT. Anti-cancer agents and reactive oxygen species modulators that target cancer cell metabolism. PURE APPL CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/pac-2016-1219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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AbstractTraditionally the perspective on reactive oxygen species (ROS) has centered on the role they play as carcinogenic or cancer-causing radicals. Over the years, characterization and functional studies have revealed the complexity of ROS as signaling molecules that regulate various physiological cellular responses or whose levels are altered in various diseases. Cancer cells often maintain high basal level of ROS and are vulnerable to any further increase in ROS levels beyond a certain protective threshold. Consequently, ROS-modulation has emerged as an anticancer strategy with synthesis of various ROS-inducing or responsive agents that target cancer cells. Of note, an increased carbohydrate uptake and/or induction of death receptors of cancer cells was exploited to develop glycoconjugates that potentially induce cellular stress, ROS and apoptosis. This mini review highlights the development of compounds that target cancer cells by taking advantage of redox or metabolic alteration in cancer cells.
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Weigand KM, Laursen M, Swarts HGP, Engwerda AHJ, Prüfert C, Sandrock J, Nissen P, Fedosova NU, Russel FGM, Koenderink JB. Na(+),K(+)-ATPase isoform selectivity for digitalis-like compounds is determined by two amino acids in the first extracellular loop. Chem Res Toxicol 2014; 27:2082-92. [PMID: 25361285 DOI: 10.1021/tx500290k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Digitalis-like compounds (DLCs) comprise a diverse group of molecules characterized by a cis-trans-cis ring-fused steroid core linked to a lactone. They have been used in the treatment of different medical problems including heart failure, where their inotropic effect on heart muscle is attributed to potent Na(+),K(+)-ATPase inhibition. Their application as drugs, however, has declined in recent past years due to their small safety margin. Since human Na(+),K(+)-ATPase is represented by four different isoforms expressed in a tissue-specific manner, one of the possibilities to improve the therapeutic index of DLCs is to exploit and amend their isoform selectivity. Here, we aimed to reveal the determinants of selectivity of the ubiquitously expressed α1 isoform and the more restricted α2 isoform toward several well-known DLCs and their hydrogenated forms. Using baculovirus to express various mutants of the α2 isoform, we were able to link residues Met(119) and Ser(124) to differences in affinity between the α1 and α2 isoforms to ouabain, dihydro-ouabain, digoxin, and dihydro-digoxin. We speculate that the interactions between these amino acids and DLCs affect the initial binding of these DLCs. Also, we observed isoform selectivity for DLCs containing no sugar groups.
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- Karl M Weigand
- Departments of †Pharmacology and Toxicology and ‡Biochemistry, Radboud University Medical Center , P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Xue R, Han N, Ye C, Wang L, Yang J, Wang Y, Yin J. The cytotoxic activities of cardiac glycosides from Streptocaulon juventas and the structure-activity relationships. Fitoterapia 2014; 98:228-33. [PMID: 25128424 DOI: 10.1016/j.fitote.2014.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2014] [Revised: 08/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A series of cardiac glycosides were isolated and identified from the anti-tumor fraction of the root of Streptocaulon juventas in previous studies. In the present research, the cytotoxic activities of the 43 cardiac glycosides on three cell lines, human lung A549 adenocarcinoma cell, large cell lung cancer NCI-H460 cell and normal human fetal lung fibroblast MRC-5 cell, were evaluated in vitro. Most of the tested compounds showed potent inhibitory activities toward the three cell lines. Then, the structure-activity relationships were discussed in detail. It was indicated that hydroxyl and acetyl groups at C-16 increased the activity, whereas hydroxyl group at C-1 and C-5 can both increase and decrease the activity. Two glucosyl groups which were connected by C1'→C6' showed better inhibitory activity against cancer cell lines, while the C1'→C4' connection showed stronger inhibitory activity against the normal cell line. Also, this is the first report that the activities of these compounds exhibited different variation trends between A549 and NCI-H460 cell lines, which indicated that these compounds could selectively inhibit the cell growth. The results would lay a foundation for further research on new anti-tumor drug development.
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- Rui Xue
- Development and Utilization Key Laboratory of Northeast Plant Materials, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Development and Utilization Key Laboratory of Northeast Plant Materials, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Development and Utilization Key Laboratory of Northeast Plant Materials, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- School of Life Science and Biopharmaceutics, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- The People's Liberation Army 463 Hospital, Shenyang 110042, China
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- Development and Utilization Key Laboratory of Northeast Plant Materials, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
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- Mordecai P Blaustein
- Departments of Physiology and Medicine and the Center for Heart, Hypertension and Kidney Disease, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Song H, Karashima E, Hamlyn JM, Blaustein MP. Ouabain-digoxin antagonism in rat arteries and neurones. J Physiol 2013; 592:941-69. [PMID: 24344167 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.266866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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'Classic' cardiotonic steroids (CTSs) such as digoxin and ouabain selectively inhibit Na+, K+ -ATPase (the Na+ pump) and, via Na+ / Ca2+ exchange (NCX), exert cardiotonic and vasotonic effects. CTS action is more complex than previously thought: prolonged subcutaneous administration of ouabain, but not digoxin, induces hypertension, and digoxin antagonizes ouabain's hypertensinogenic effect. We studied the acute interactions between CTSs in two indirect assays of Na+ pump function: myogenic tone (MT) in isolated, pressurized rat mesenteric small arteries, and Ca2+ signalling in primary cultured rat hippocampal neurones. The 'classic' CTSs (0.3-10 nm) behaved as 'agonists': all increased MT70 (MT at 70 mmHg) and augmented glutamate-evoked Ca2+ (Fura-2) signals. We then tested one CTS in the presence of another. Most CTSs could be divided into ouabain-like (ouabagenin, dihydroouabain (DHO), strophanthidin) or digoxin-like CTS (digoxigenin, digitoxin, bufalin). Within each group, the CTSs were synergistic, but ouabain-like and digoxin-like CTSs antagonized one another in both assays: For example, the ouabain-evoked (3 nm) increases in MT70 and neuronal Ca2+ signals were both greatly attenuated by the addition of 10 nm digoxin or 10 nm bufalin, and vice versa. Rostafuroxin (PST2238), a digoxigenin derivative that displaces 3H-ouabain from Na+, K+ -ATPase, and attenuates some forms of hypertension, antagonized the effects of ouabain, but not digoxin. SEA0400, a Na+ / Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) blocker, antagonized the effects of both ouabain and digoxin. CTSs bind to the α subunit of pump αβ protomers. Analysis of potential models suggests that, in vivo, Na+ pumps function as tetraprotomers ((αβ)4) in which the binding of a single CTS to one protomer blocks all pumping activity. The paradoxical ability of digoxin-like CTSs to reactivate the ouabain-inhibited complex can be explained by de-oligomerization of the tetrameric state. The interactions between these common CTSs may be of considerable therapeutic relevance.
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- Hong Song
- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 655 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. or
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Zulian A, Linde CI, Pulina MV, Baryshnikov SG, Papparella I, Hamlyn JM, Golovina VA. Activation of c-SRC underlies the differential effects of ouabain and digoxin on Ca(2+) signaling in arterial smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2012. [PMID: 23195071 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00337.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cardiotonic steroids (CTS) of the strophanthus and digitalis families have opposing effects on long-term blood pressure (BP). This implies hitherto unrecognized divergent signaling pathways for these CTS. Prolonged ouabain treatment upregulates Ca(2+) entry via Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger-1 (NCX1) and TRPC6 gene-encoded receptor-operated channels in mesenteric artery smooth muscle cells (ASMCs) in vivo and in vitro. Here, we test the effects of digoxin on Ca(2+) entry and signaling in ASMC. In contrast to ouabain treatment, the in vivo administration of digoxin (30 μg·kg(-1)·day(-1) for 3 wk) did not raise BP and had no effect on resting cytolic free Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](cyt)) or phenylephrine-induced Ca(2+) signals in isolated ASMCs. Expression of transporters in the α2 Na(+) pump-NCX1-TRPC6 Ca(2+) signaling pathway was not altered in arteries from digoxin-treated rats. Upregulated α2 Na(+) pumps and a phosphorylated form of the c-SRC protein kinase (pY419-Src, ~4.5-fold) were observed in ASMCs from rats treated with ouabain but not digoxin. Moreover, in primary cultured ASMCs from normal rats, treatment with digoxin (100 nM, 72 h) did not upregulate NCX1 and TRPC6 but blocked the ouabain-induced upregulation of these transporters. Pretreatment of ASMCs with the c-Src inhibitor PP2 (1 μM; 4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine) but not its inactive analog eliminated the effect of ouabain on NCX1 and TRPC6 expression and ATP-induced Ca(2+) entry. Thus, in contrast to ouabain, the interaction of digoxin with α2 Na(+) pumps is unable to activate c-Src phosphorylation and upregulate the downstream NCX1-TRPC6 Ca(2+) signaling pathway in ASMCs. The inability of digoxin to upregulate c-Src may underlie its inability to raise long-term BP.
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- Alessandra Zulian
- Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Gupta SP. Quantitative structure-activity relationship studies on Na+,K(+)-ATPase inhibitors. Chem Rev 2012; 112:3171-92. [PMID: 22360614 DOI: 10.1021/cr200097p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Satya P Gupta
- Department of Applied Sciences, Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut-250 005, India.
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Cornelius F, Mahmmoud YA, Toyoshima C. Metal fluoride complexes of Na,K-ATPase: characterization of fluoride-stabilized phosphoenzyme analogues and their interaction with cardiotonic steroids. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:29882-92. [PMID: 21708939 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.259663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Na,K-ATPase belongs to the P-type ATPase family of primary active cation pumps. Metal fluorides like magnesium-, beryllium-, and aluminum fluoride act as phosphate analogues and inhibit P-type ATPases by interacting with the phosphorylation site, stabilizing conformations that are analogous to specific phosphoenzyme intermediates. Cardiotonic steroids like ouabain used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and arrhythmias specifically inhibit the Na,K-ATPase, and the detailed structure of the highly conserved binding site has recently been described by the crystal structure of the shark Na,K-ATPase in a state analogous to E2·2K(+)·P(i) with ouabain bound with apparently low affinity (1). In the present work inhibition, and subsequent reactivation by high Na(+), after treatment of shark Na,K-ATPase with various metal fluorides are characterized. Half-maximal inhibition of Na,K-ATPase activity by metal fluorides is in the micromolar range. The binding of cardiotonic steroids to the metal fluoride-stabilized enzyme forms was investigated using the fluorescent ouabain derivative 9-anthroyl ouabain and compared with binding to phosphorylated enzyme. The fastest binding was to the Be-fluoride stabilized enzyme suggesting a preformed ouabain binding cavity, in accord with results for Ca-ATPase where Be-fluoride stabilizes the E2-P ground state with an open luminal ion access pathway, which in Na,K-ATPase could be a passage for ouabain. The Be-fluoride stabilized enzyme conformation closely resembles the E2-P ground state according to proteinase K cleavage. Ouabain, but not its aglycone ouabagenin, prevented reactivation of this metal fluoride form by high Na(+) demonstrating the pivotal role of the sugar moiety in closing the extracellular cation pathway.
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Cornelius F, Mahmmoud YA. Interaction between Cardiotonic Steroids and Na,K-ATPase. Effects of pH and Ouabain-Induced Changes in Enzyme Conformation. Biochemistry 2009; 48:10056-65. [DOI: 10.1021/bi901212r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Flemming Cornelius
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Aarhus, Ole Worms Allé 1185, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Aarhus, Ole Worms Allé 1185, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Valente RC, Capella LS, Oliveira MMM, Nunes-Lima LT, Cruz FCM, Palmieri RR, Lopes AG, Capella MAM. Diverse actions of ouabain and its aglycone ouabagenin in renal cells. Cell Biol Toxicol 2009; 26:201-13. [PMID: 19757104 DOI: 10.1007/s10565-009-9136-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2009] [Accepted: 08/20/2009] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The cellular actions of ouabain are complex and involve different pathways, depending on the cell type and experimental conditions. Several studies have reported that Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cellular sensitivity to ouabain is not related to Na-K-ATPase inhibition, and others showed that some cell types, such as Ma104, are resistant to ouabain toxicity albeit their Na-K-ATPase isoforms possess high affinity for this glycoside. We describe here that the effects of ouabain and ouabagenin also diverge in MDCK and Ma104 cells, being MDCK cells more resistant to ouabagenin, while Ma104 cells are resistant to both molecules. This feature seems to correlate with induction of cell signaling, since ouabain, but not ouabagenin, induced an intense and sustained increase in tyrosine phosphorylation levels in MDCK cells. Moreover, ouabain-induced phosphorylation in Ma104 cells was approximately half than that observed in MDCK cells. The proportion between alpha and beta subunits of Na-K-ATPase was similar in MDCK cells, though Ma104 cells presented more alpha subunits, located mainly at the cytoplasm. Furthermore, a fluorescent ouabain-analog labeled mainly the cytoplasm of Ma104 cells, the opposite of that seen in MDCK cells, corroborating the results using anti-Na-K-ATPase antibodies. Hence, the results suggest that ouabain and ouabagenin differ in terms of Na-K-ATPase inhibition and cell signaling activation in MDCK cells. Additionally, MDCK and Ma104 cell lines respond differently to ouabain, perhaps due to an intrinsic ability of this glycoside to selectively reach the cytoplasm of Ma104 cells.
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- Raphael C Valente
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Crystal structure of the sodium-potassium pump (Na+,K+-ATPase) with bound potassium and ouabain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:13742-7. [PMID: 19666591 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0907054106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The sodium-potassium pump (Na(+),K(+)-ATPase) is responsible for establishing Na(+) and K(+) concentration gradients across the plasma membrane and therefore plays an essential role in, for instance, generating action potentials. Cardiac glycosides, prescribed for congestive heart failure for more than 2 centuries, are efficient inhibitors of this ATPase. Here we describe a crystal structure of Na(+),K(+)-ATPase with bound ouabain, a representative cardiac glycoside, at 2.8 A resolution in a state analogous to E2.2K(+).Pi. Ouabain is deeply inserted into the transmembrane domain with the lactone ring very close to the bound K(+), in marked contrast to previous models. Due to antagonism between ouabain and K(+), the structure represents a low-affinity ouabain-bound state. Yet, most of the mutagenesis data obtained with the high-affinity state are readily explained by the present crystal structure, indicating that the binding site for ouabain is essentially the same. According to a homology model for the high affinity state, it is a closure of the binding cavity that confers a high affinity.
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Crambert G, Schaer D, Roy S, Geering K. New molecular determinants controlling the accessibility of ouabain to its binding site in human Na,K-ATPase alpha isoforms. Mol Pharmacol 2004; 65:335-41. [PMID: 14742675 DOI: 10.1124/mol.65.2.335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Inhibition of Na,K-ATPase alpha2 isoforms in the human heart is supposed to be involved in the inotropic effect of cardiac glycosides, whereas inhibition of alpha1 isoforms may be responsible for their toxic effects. Human Na,K-ATPase alpha1 and alpha2 isoforms exhibit a high ouabain affinity but significantly differ in the ouabain association and dissociation rates. To identify the structural determinants that are involved in these differences, we have prepared chimeras between human alpha1 and alpha2 isoforms and alpha2 mutants in which nonconserved amino acids were exchanged with those of the alpha1 isoform, expressed these constructs in Xenopus laevis oocytes, and measured their ouabain binding kinetics. Our results show that replacement of Met119 and Ser124 in the M1-M2 extracellular loop of the alpha2 isoform by the corresponding Thr119 and Gln124 of the alpha1 isoform shifts both the fast ouabain association and dissociation rates of the alpha2 isoform to the slow ouabain binding kinetics of the alpha1 isoform. The amino acids at position 119 and 124 cooperate with the M7-M8 hairpin and are also responsible for the small differences in the ouabain affinity of the ouabain-sensitive alpha1 and alpha2 isoforms. Thus, we have identified new structural determinants in the Na,K-ATPase alpha-subunit that are involved in ouabain binding and probably control, in an alpha isoform-specific way, the access and release of ouabain to and from its binding site.
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- Gilles Crambert
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology of the University, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Rocchetti M, Besana A, Mostacciuolo G, Ferrari P, Micheletti R, Zaza A. Diverse toxicity associated with cardiac Na+/K+ pump inhibition: evaluation of electrophysiological mechanisms. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2003; 305:765-71. [PMID: 12606646 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.102.047696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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(E,Z)-3-((2-Aminoethoxy)imino)androstane-6,17-dione hydrochloride (PST2744) is a novel Na(+)/K(+) pump inhibitor with positive inotropic effects. Compared with digoxin in various experimental models, PST2744 was consistently found to be less arrhythmogenic, thus resulting in a significantly higher therapeutic index. The present work compares the electrophysiological effects of PST2744 and digoxin in guinea pig ventricular myocytes, with the aim to identify a mechanism for their different toxicity. The work showed that 1) the action potential was transiently prolonged and then similarly shortened by both agents; 2) the ratio between Na(+)/K(+) pump inhibition and inotropy was somewhat larger for PST2744 than for digoxin; 3) both agents accelerated inactivation of high-threshold Ca(2+) current (I(CaL)), without affecting its peak amplitude; 4) the transient inward current (I(TI)) induced by a Ca(2+) transient in the presence of complete Na(+)/K(+) pump blockade was inhibited (-43%) by PST2744 but not by digoxin; 5) the conductance of Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger current (I(NaCa)), recorded under Na(+)/K(+) pump blockade, was only slightly inhibited by PST2744 (-14%) and unaffected by digoxin; and 6) both agents inhibited delayed rectifier current I(Ks) (<or=-21%); delayed rectifier current I(Kr) was inhibited by PST2744 only, but the effect was marginal (-6%). Thus, 1) the higher therapeutic index of PST2744 may be accounted for by inhibition of I(TI), a current directly involved in digitalis-induced arrhythmias. Indeed, the other differences observed concern quantitatively small effects; and 2) I(TI) suppression by PST2744 may be only partly accounted for by inhibition of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger.
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- M Rocchetti
- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze, Università Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 2, Room U3-3013 20126 Milan, Italy
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Gupta SP. Quantitative structure-activity relationships of cardiotonic agents. PROGRESS IN DRUG RESEARCH. FORTSCHRITTE DER ARZNEIMITTELFORSCHUNG. PROGRES DES RECHERCHES PHARMACEUTIQUES 2001; 55:235-82. [PMID: 11127965 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8385-6_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) of different cardiotonic agents are presented. A critical analysis of all QSARs provides a very vivid picture of the mechanisms of varying cardiotonic agents. The cardiotonics can be broadly put into 2 categories: cardiac glycosides and nonglycoside cardiotonics, which include phosphodiesterase of type III (PDE III) inhibitors, sympathomimetic (adrenergic) stimulants, A1-selective adenosine antagonists, Ca2+ channel activators and vasopressin antagonists. For cardiac glycosides, QSARs reveal that the position of carbonyl oxygen in their lactone moiety and shifting of the lactone ring from its original position or its replacement by another group would be crucial for their activity. The carbonyl group or its isostere like CN is indicated to be the sole binding entity and the hydrogen bonding through this group is considered to be the most likely binding force. For nonglycoside cardiotonics that include PDE III inhibitors and A1-selective antagonists, a five-point model has been established for their activity, the salient features of which are: (1) the presence of a strong dipole, (2) an adjacent acidic proton, (3) a methyl-sized lipophilic space, (4) a relatively flat overall topography and (5) a basic or hydrogen-bond acceptor site opposite to the dipole. For Ca2+ channel activators, the importance of steric, electrostatic, lipophilic and hydrogen-bonding properties of molecules is indicated, while for vasopressin antagonists the lipophilic and electronic properties are suggested to be the most important.
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- S P Gupta
- Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, India
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Núñez-Durán H, Atonal F, Contreras P, Melendez E. Endocytosis inhibition protects the isolated guinea pig heart against ouabain toxicity. Life Sci 1996; 58:PL193-8. [PMID: 8602112 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(96)00025-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have tested whether toxicity and uptake of ouabain are linked phenomena in isolated guinea-pig heart. We perfused toxic dose of either ouabain, dihydroouabain (hydrophilic cardiac steroids), ouabagenin or digitoxin (hydrophobic steroids) in conditions of endocytosis inhibited. We used two schemes of inhibition of endocytosis. First, we cooled the heart at 0-4 degrees C and exposed it 60 min to either 1 X 10(-6) M ouabain or 3 X 10(-7)M digitoxin. Upon rewarming, the heart exposed to ouabain relaxed with a shorter time constant than those exposed to digitoxin. Second, we perfused four receptor mediated endocytosis (RME) inhibitors at the same time that the cardiac glycosides. RME inhibitors significantly delayed the cardiac arrest caused by ouabain and dihydroouabain but they did not modify the toxicity of 3 X 10(-7)M digitoxin or 5 X 10(-6)M ouabagenin. None of RME inhibitors modified the toxicity of 0.5 mM K+ or zero Na+ saline solution. We suggest that the protection against ouabain toxicity brought by endocytosis inhibition, is related to the Na-pump recycling. We infer that besides the sarcolemmal exposed Na-pumps, the intracellular Na-pumps pool may be of importance for the pharmacological effects of digitalis steroids.
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- H Núñez-Durán
- Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Montevideo, Uraguay
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Feng J, Lingrel JB. Analysis of amino acid residues in the H5-H6 transmembrane and extracellular domains of Na,K-ATPase alpha subunit identifies threonine 797 as a determinant of ouabain sensitivity. Biochemistry 1994; 33:4218-24. [PMID: 8155637 DOI: 10.1021/bi00180a015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Several amino acid residues of the alpha subunit of the Na,K-ATPase have been identified which alter ouabain sensitivity. These residues are located in the N-terminal half of the alpha 1 subunit suggesting that this portion of the molecule may represent the binding site for cardiac glycosides. However, not all extracellular and transmembrane regions have been investigated, including the H5-H6 membrane-spanning region. To determine if this region of the alpha subunit contributes to ouabain sensitivity, amino acids which have the potential to form hydrogen bonds were substituted with alanine, a non-hydrogen-bonding amino acid. cDNAs encoding enzyme containing these individual amino acid replacements were expressed in ouabain-sensitive HeLa cells, and the ability of the altered enzymes to confer ouabain resistance was examined. Nineteen amino acid substitutions were investigated. T797A (Thr 797 to Ala) was the only substitution which conferred ouabain resistance to sensitive HeLa cells. Three additional substitutions at this position (T797V, T797S, and T797D) were generated in order to examine the effects of the replacements of Thr 797 on ouabain inhibition of Na,K-ATPase activity. The T797V substitution conferred ouabain resistance, but T797S and T797D substitutions did not. The ouabain-resistant cell lines expressing the T797A and T797V substitutions exhibited Na,K-ATPase activity that was 60 and 70 times more resistant to ouabain than the endogenous HeLa or sheep enzymes. The absence of a hydroxyl group at amino acid 797 may be responsible for the reduced sensitivity of the enzyme with substitutions at this position.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J Feng
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio 45267-0524
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Fungi are widely dispersed in nature and frequently appear as pathogens in the animal and plant kingdoms. The incidence of opportunistic fungal infections in humans has increased due to the human immunodeficiency virus and the application of modern medical approaches that subvert natural protective barriers to infection. Also, fungal blights continue to threaten crops worldwide. As a result, new antifungal agents are needed to address these critical problems. Existing antifungals can be used to effectively treat most cases of topical infection caused by the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans, which is the principal agent of nosocomially acquired fungal infections. However, life-threatening, disseminated Candida infections are treated with more modest success. Existing antifungals can be toxic or ineffective because of natural resistance or even induced resistance. This limited efficacy largely reflects the restricted range of cellular targets considered during the development of current antifungals. The advancement of highly selective fungicidal reagents requires the recognition of new essential cellular targets. The fungal plasma-membrane proton pump is a high-abundance essential enzyme with a number of well-understood molecular properties that should facilitate the development of new antifungals. The proton pump is important for intracellular pH regulation and the maintenance of electrochemical proton gradients needed for nutrient uptake. It is a member of the P-type class of ion-transport enzymes, which are present in nearly all external cellular membranes. Typical P-type enzymes such as the Na+,K(+)-ATPase and H+,K(+)-ATPase are well established as specific targets for surface-active cardiac glycosides and anti-ulcer therapeutics. The development of new classes of selective antifungals targeted to the proton pump will require exploitation of the well-characterized genetic, kinetic, topological, regulatory, and drug-interaction features of the fungal enzyme that discriminate it from related host P-type enzymes. New antifungal drugs of this type should be relevant to the control of fungal pathogens of medical and agricultural importance and may be applicable to the control of intracellular parasites that also depend on closely related proton pumps for survival.
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- B C Monk
- Department of Oral Biology and Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Schultheis P, Wallick E, Lingrel J. Kinetic analysis of ouabain binding to native and mutated forms of Na,K-ATPase and identification of a new region involved in cardiac glycoside interactions. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)41582-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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O'Brien W, Wallick E, Lingrel J. Amino acid residues of the Na,K-ATPase involved in ouabain sensitivity do not bind the sugar moiety of cardiac glycosides. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53014-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Schultheis PJ, Lingrel JB. Substitution of transmembrane residues with hydrogen-bonding potential in the alpha subunit of Na,K-ATPase reveals alterations in ouabain sensitivity. Biochemistry 1993; 32:544-50. [PMID: 7678498 DOI: 10.1021/bi00053a020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The role of H-bonding amino acids as determinants of ouabain affinity in the Na,K-ATPase was examined. Site-directed mutagenesis was used to substitute 21 conserved amino acid residues in the sheep alpha-subunit transmembrane regions. The amino acids were changed from residues which possess side chains capable of forming H-bonds with specific cardiac glycoside moieties such as the lactone ring or sugar(s) to residues unable to participate in H-bonding. The effect of each of these amino acid replacements on the affinity of the Na,K-ATPase for ouabain was initially assessed by screening the altered enzymes for the ability to confer ouabain resistance when expressed in otherwise sensitive HeLa cells. Three of the substitutions (Tyr-108 to Ala, Cys-104 to Ala, and Cys-104 to Phe) were able to confer resistance to the normally sensitive HeLa cells. Stable cell lines, each expressing one of the altered enzymes, were further characterized in terms of ouabain-inhibitable cell growth and Na,K-ATPase activity. Cell lines expressing the alpha 1-isoform substitution Y108A, C104A, or C104F contained a Na,K-ATPase activity which gave an I50 value for enzyme inhibition 9-, 6-, and 150-fold greater, respectively, than the endogeneous HeLa or sheep enzyme. These data show that Tyr-108 and Cys-104 of the alpha subunit are determinants of ouabain affinity. Cys-104 has also been shown to be a determinant of ouabain sensitivity in Xenopus laevis [Canessa, C. M., Horisberger, J.-D., Louvard, D., & Rossier, B. C. (1992) EMBO J. 11, 1681-1687].(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- P J Schultheis
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio 45267-0524
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From AH, Fullerton DS, Ahmed K. Digitalis receptor sugar binding site characteristics: a model based upon studies of Na+, K(+)-ATPase preparations with differing digitalis sensitivities. Mol Cell Biochem 1990; 94:157-65. [PMID: 2165213 DOI: 10.1007/bf00214122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The structure-activity relationships of the genin moieties of digitalis glycosides are commonly elucidated by determining the inhibitory potency of a variety of genins toward the plasma membrane Na+, K(+)-ATPase; qualitatively these relationships appear to be fairly independent of the specific Na+, K(+)-ATPase preparation utilized for the analysis. To determine whether this is the case with regard to the sugar moieties of glycosides, the inhibitory effects of 12 monoglycosides of digitoxigenin toward four Na+, K(+)-ATPase preparations of different origin were measured. It was found that while recognition of the major structural determinants of sugar activity appeared to be independent of enzyme source, recognition of the minor structural determinants of activity showed some source dependence. It was also observed that the intrinsic sensitivity to sugar potentiation may be source dependent and unrelated to intrinsic sensitivity to inhibition by digitoxigenin. These observations are compatible with a model of the Na+, K(+)-ATPase sugar binding site(s) in which intrinsic sensitivity to sugar attachment as well as recognition characteristics (for sugar structural features) both determine the extent to which a sugar moiety may contribute to the activity of monoglycosides. Further, in these studies one of the Na+, K(+)-ATPase preparations employed was obtained from rat brain, a tissue known to contain a mixture of ouabain sensitive and insensitive isoforms. We have observed that the rigorous purification techniques employed appear to have selectively removed from or denatured the less ouabain sensitive alpha 1 isoform found in this enzyme preparation.
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- A H From
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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THOMAS RICHARD, GRAY PETER, ANDREWS JOANNE. Digitalis: Its Mode of Action, Receptor, and Structure–Activity Relationships. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-013319-2.50009-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Kamernitzky AV, Reshetova IG, Ovchinnikov AA, Shamovsky IL, Massova IA, Mirsalikhova NM. Structural basis of steroid compounds interaction with "digitalis"-receptor sites of Na,K-dependent ATPase. JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY 1989; 32:857-63. [PMID: 2547115 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4731(89)90464-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Twenty-two Steroid molecules have been tested for the inhibition Na,K-dependent ATPase at 10(-7)-10(-4) M concentrations. At the 10(-5) M concentration of the investigated molecules, inhibition ranged from 8 to 36%. To explain the structure-inhibition % relationship, we determined the value of heteropolarity or biphilicity moment of these molecules. This value would appear to be dependent on the space location and hydrophilicity of the molecule elementary fragments, and to the degree of their water accessibility; however, it is independent of the hydrophilicity of the molecules as a whole. On the basis of the obtained data, details of Na,K-ATPase digitalis-receptor structure and the mechanism of the glycoside-receptor interaction are discussed.
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- A V Kamernitzky
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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Lathers CM, Lipka LJ, Klions H. Digitalis glycosides: a discussion of the similarities and differences in actions and existing controversies. REVIEWS IN CLINICAL & BASIC PHARMACOLOGY 1988; 7:1-108. [PMID: 3073440 DOI: 10.1515/jbcpp.1988.7.1-4.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The writing of this review was initiated to answer the question of whether differences in the actions of the various digitalis glycosides exist and to discuss current controversies in the research area of the digitalis glycosides. Data obtained in our laboratory indicated that the effect of digoxin on postganglionic cardiac sympathetic neural discharge in the minute prior to the occurrence of arrhythmia differed from that of ouabain. This raised the question of whether data published in other laboratories would support the contention that differences in glycosides do exist. To answer this question, a review of the literature was begun. Our survey of these studies are cited in the tables of this review. These tables summarize the actions of glycosides in vivo and in vitro in different animal models. The reader should bear in mind that the data included within the tables do not represent an inclusive summary of all studies in the literature. For detailed review articles, the reader is referred to the following references: Gillis et al; Gillis and Quest; Roberts et al; Lathers and Roberts; Farah and Alousi; Benthe; Levitt et al; Smith and Haber; Somberg; Lee and Klaus; Mason; Schwartz. Furthermore the summary of the results for each particular study cited in the table may not, in all cases, include each finding of the published data. Nevertheless, the tables do provide a summary of data obtained in various species with different glycosides in several different areas of research, and as such, represent an abridged compendium for the research working in the field of digitalis glycosides. This review has been organized firstly to consider glycoside-induced alterations in the autonomic nervous system and, secondly, to examine their direct actions on the heart.
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- C M Lathers
- Medical College of Pennsylvania, Department of Pharmacology, Philadelphia 19129
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Brown L, Thomas R, Watson T. Cardiac glycosides with non-rotating steroid to sugar linkages: tools for the study of digitalis structure-activity relationships. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 1986; 332:98-102. [PMID: 3951571 DOI: 10.1007/bf00633205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The 5 alpha H-cardenolide, gomphoside, is one of a small group of naturally occurring cardiac glycosides in which the sugar residue is bilinked to the steroid ring system. This arrangement prevents the sugar moiety from rotating and this makes gomphoside and related compounds potentially useful for structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies. When gomphoside was tested for inotropic activity using guinea pig left atria, the compound was found to have very high potency comparable to the most active 5 beta H-cardenolides. Removal of the sugar moiety reduced inotropic activity almost 500-fold indicating that it was the presence of the sugar moiety that was mainly responsible for the drug's high potency. Modification of the steroid or sugar residue of gomphoside reduced activity in all cases. It would thus appear that gomphoside with its high potency and non-rotatable glycosidic linkage is an excellent tool for SAR studies.
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Brown L, Erdmann E, Thomas R. Digitalis structure-activity relationship analyses. Conclusions from indirect binding studies with cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase. Biochem Pharmacol 1983; 32:2767-74. [PMID: 6313008 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(83)90090-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We have performed direct and indirect binding studies with [3H]ouabain or [3H]digitoxin on beef or guinea pig cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase to measure the potencies of a broad range of cardiotonic steroids for structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies for comparison with previously determined positive inotropic potencies. The positive inotropic potencies of twelve compounds on contracting guinea pig left atria correlated well with the equilibrium dissociation constants (KD values) from the inhibition of [3H]ouabain binding to guinea pig cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase (r = 0.98 for seven 5 beta-compounds, r = 0.95 for five 5 alpha-compounds). Further we calculated KD values from the inhibition of [3H]ouabain binding data for a total of 33 digitalis derivatives on the digitalis-sensitive beef cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase. For the 27 compounds tested on both beef cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase and guinea pig left atria, the potencies showed a significant correlation (r = 0.92 for 22 5 beta-compounds, r = 0.96 for five 5 alpha-compounds. For seven compounds, KD values were measured on beef cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase using inhibition of binding of [3H]digitoxin. These values correlated well (r = 0.99) with the KD values from the [3H]ouabain studies. These results show that: (1) The significant correlation observed between KD values on guinea pig cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase and positive inotropic potency in guinea pig left atria is further evidence that the pharmacological receptor for inotropy is part of the enzyme, (2) Inhibition of the binding of [3H]ouabain or [3H]digitoxin can be used to determine the relative potencies of unlabelled digitalis derivatives. The similar relative potencies on beef and guinea pig cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase of a broad range of digitalis derivatives indicate that the binding site is similar for both species; and (3) SAR studies indicate that functional groups on these steroids have the same influence on potency on either the positive inotropy or cardiac (Na+ + K+)-ATPase studies.
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Hall C, Ruoho A. Ouabain-binding-site photoaffinity probes that label both subunits of Na+,K+-ATPase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1980; 77:4529-33. [PMID: 6254030 PMCID: PMC349877 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.77.8.4529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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4"'-Diazomalonyldigitoxin and its isomer, 3"'-diazomalonyldigitoxin, have been synthesized at high specific radioactivity and used as photolabels for the Na,K-ATPase (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.3) purified from Electrophorus electricus. Photoaffinity labeling experiments using both type I and type II complexes of enzyme with both photolabels showed ouabain-protectable labeling of the alpha as well as the beta subunit. These data suggest that, in the purified eel enzyme, the alpha and beta subunits are in intimate contact, at least in the region of the third digitoxose of the "sugar-specific" binding site.
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Chetverin AB, Venyaminov SY, Emelyanenko VI, Burstein EA. Lack of gross protein structure changes in the working cycle of (Na+, K+)-dependent adenosinetriphosphatase. Evidence from infrared and intrinsic fluorescence spectroscopy data. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1980; 108:149-56. [PMID: 6250825 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1980.tb04706.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Infrared and tryptophan fluorescence spectra of practically all sufficiently stable functional complexes of a highly purified preparation of membrane-bound (Na+, K+)-dependent ATPase have been measured. The formation of any functional complex was not accompanied by any considerable change of either shape or position of the tryptophan fluorescence spectrum. Only in the presence of adenine nucleotides was there a small decrease of fluorescence intensity (by 5-8%), which apparently results from a change of the sample light scattering. Analysis of the results obtained leads to the conclusion that the environment of no more than one or a few tryptophan residues may differ in all the (Na+, K+)-ATPase complexes studies. A comparison of infrared protein spectra in the region of amide I band showed that at any wavenumber the differences between them did not exceed 3% of the maximum absorption. This means that no more than 3% of protein peptide groups can change their conformation upon transition between the enzyme functional states. These results, obtained by two independent techniques, allow us to conclude that even if changes of the internal protein structure occur during the working cycle of this transport system, if they have an extremely local character.
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Ruoho AE, Hall CC. The use of photolabels to probe the ouabain binding site of the (Na, K)-ATPase. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1980; 346:90-103. [PMID: 6247954 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1980.tb22093.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Moczydlowski EG, Fortes PA. Kinetics of cardiac glycoside binding to a sodium, potassium adenosine triphosphatase studied with a fluorescent derivative of ouabain. Biochemistry 1980; 19:969-77. [PMID: 6243961 DOI: 10.1021/bi00546a022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Lelievre L, Zachowski A, Charlemagne D, Laget P, Paraf A. Inhibition of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase by ouabain: involvement of calcium and membrane proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1979; 557:399-408. [PMID: 227455 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(79)90338-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Treatment of plasma membrane isolated from murine plasmocytoma MOPC 173 with an EDTA-containing buffer resulted in a 300-fold increase in sensitivity of (Na+ + K+)-stimulated Mg2+-ATPase to ouabain. This phenomenon was associated with the solubilization by EDTA of phospholipid free proteins (approx. 30 000-34 000 daltons) from the cytoplasmic face of the plasma membrane and with removal of about 90% of the membrane bound Ca2+. The recovery of the original resistance to ouabain required specifically Ca2+ and was associated with a binding of the solubilized proteins to the membrane.
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Albin D, Gutman Y. [3H]Ouabain binding and dissociation in rabbit colon: effect of ions and drugs. Biochem Pharmacol 1979; 28:3181-8. [PMID: 526324 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(79)90059-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Forbush B, Hoffman JF. Direct photoaffinity labeling of the primary region of the ouabain binding site of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase with [3H]ouabain, [3H]digitoxin and [3H]digitoxigenin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1979; 555:299-306. [PMID: 224926 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(79)90169-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The tritiated cardiotonic steroids, ouabain, digitoxin, and digitoxigenin are shown to photolabel the large polypeptide but not the glycoprotein or proteolipid component of the (Na+ + K+)-ATPase when they are bound to the inhibitory site and exposed to light of 220 or 254 nm. The extent of photolabeling is low, less than 1%, and is limited by photocross-linking of the enzyme. The mechanism of photoincorporation does not appear to be either photolysis of the lactone ring in ouabain or photolysis of tryptophan or tyrosine residues in the polypeptide.
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The enzyme Na+,K+-ATPase is a good model for receptor studies because of its known functional correlates. The binding of digitalis to the enzyme observed in vitro satisfied the criteria for receptor binding. Studies of the relationship between the digitalis binding and the drug action reveal an impressive correlation between these events but fail to provide proof of a causal relationship. Studies with other Na+,K+-ATPase inhibitors and agents that affect transmembrane Na+ movements (steps that would follow Na+,K+-ATPase inhibition) provide further supportive evidence that sodium pump inhibition and the resulting enhancement of intracellular Na+ transients cause the inotropic action of digitalis.
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Huang W-H, Askari A. Red cell Na+,K+-ATPase: a method for estimating the extent of inhibition of an enzyme sample containing an unknown amount of bound cardiac glycoside. Life Sci 1975; 16:1253-61. [PMID: 124377 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(75)90310-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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