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Sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) enzyme was determined in the brain tissue of 11 patients with head injury and 6 control patients. Patients with head injury included in this study were selected from two categories: (a) patients in deep coma due to severe head injury [Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) less than 8; 6 cases]; (b) patients with depressed skull fractures with dural tears who were conscious and able to give an adequate verbal response (GCS greater than 10; 5 cases). The level of the enzyme was significantly reduced in comatose patients with severe head injury as compared to the controls (P less than 0.001) or to conscious patients with depressed fractures (P less than 0.001). In the group of conscious patients with depressed fractures, the enzyme level was no different from that of the controls (P = 0.4215). All comatose patients with severely reduced enzyme levels subsequently died, whereas those with depressed fractures with normal enzyme levels survived. The relationship between a low enzyme level and brain edema in severe head injury is discussed.
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PMID:The prognostic value of the brain sodium-potassium ATPase enzyme concentration in head injury. 165 53

Fast and slow K+ efflux components, independently regulated by angiotensin II (AII), have been identified in bovine adrenocortical cells. We have further investigated the role of potassium in the control of aldosterone synthesis in two ways. Firstly, isotopic tracers, in conjunction with channel modulators, have been used to study the interrelationship of K+ and Ca2+ in the control of AII-stimulated aldosterone synthesis. Secondly, electron probe X-ray microanalysis (EPXMA) was used to quantify potassium, sodium, chlorine and phosphorous in control and AII-stimulated cells. The effects of verapamil on 43K efflux were measured at two stages during AII stimulation. During the first ten minutes of treatment, when efflux via the fast component predominates, AII and verapamil both slowed efflux and their effects were additive. If verapamil was added later, at the time when efflux by the fast component appeared exhausted and the stimulatory effect of AII on the slow efflux component was apparent, it again slowed efflux. These data suggest that verapamil prevents calcium-gated K+ channels from opening by blocking Ca2+ channels. However, verapamil had no effect on AII-stimulated calcium efflux. In addition to blocking Ca2+ channels, verapamil may directly inhibit potassium efflux. EPXMA showed a bimodal distribution of potassium concentrations in control cells. However, in cells stimulated with AII for five minutes, the mean potassium content was less than in controls and was not bimodally distributed. Sodium content was increased by AII-treatment, chlorine was lowered and phosphorus remained unchanged. The data confirm previous observations that AII inhibits Na+/K+ ATPase activity.
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PMID:The role of potassium and other ions in the control of aldosterone synthesis. 165 31

Sodium-potassium-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase and carbonic anhydrase isozymes I and II were localized immunocytochemically in adenomas, adenocarcinomas, and normal epithelium of human colon harboring non-neoplastic lesions. Non-neoplastic control colon showed carbonic anhydrase I and II in the cytoplasm of the columnar cells lining the upper half of the crypts. Antiserum to sodium-potassium-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase bound to the basolateral but not the apical plasmalemma of columnar epithelial cells. Staining was most intense in the superficial cells, which also contained carbonic anhydrase, but was also evident to a lesser degree in cells deep in the crypts. Adenomas and adenocarcinomas failed to stain for content of carbonic anhydrase but retained basolateral sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase positivity. The staining characteristics of colonic neoplasms for the two enzymes involved in the transport function of colonic epithelium thus resembled those of the less mature cells lining the base of normal crypts.
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PMID:Immunohistochemical localization of sodium-potassium-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase and carbonic anhydrase in human colon and colonic neoplasms. 169 Sep 78

Sodium-potassium ATPase (Na+K(+)-ATPase) is a ubiquitous plasma membrane enzyme which uses the hydrolysis of ATP to regulate cellular Na+ and K+ levels and fluid volume. This ion pumping action is also thought to be involved in fluid movement across certain epithelia. There are several different genes for this enzyme, some of which are tissue specific. Using an antibody specific for the catalytic subunit of canine kidney Na+K(+)-ATPase, we have localized immunoreactivity in the seminiferous and epididymal epithelium of rats of various ages. There was no specific staining of 10-day-old rat testis. Faint staining was detected at 13 days and appeared to be associated with the borders of Sertoli cells. At 16 days prominent apical and lateral staining but no basal staining of Sertoli cell membranes was observed. This type of distribution continued until spermatids were present in the epithelium. In the adult rat testis, specific staining was detected in Sertoli cell crypts associated with elongating spermatids, and on the apical and lateral Sertoli cell membrane. In some instances immunoreactivity was concentrated at presumed sites of junctional specializations. In the excurrent ducts of immature and mature rats, Na+K(+)-ATPase staining was heavy in the efferent ducts and somewhat lighter in the epididymis. In all regions, the staining was basolateral although there were variations in intensity among the different parts of the epididymis. These results show 1) that rat testis and epididymal Na+K(+)-ATPase share some immunological determinants with the canine enzyme; 2) that the epididymal enzyme is located in the conventional basolateral position; and 3) that the distribution of Sertoli cell Na+K(+)-ATPase is probably apical and lateral rather than basal.
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PMID:Distribution of sodium-potassium ATPase in the rat testis and epididymis. 169 57

An immunocytochemical investigation of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2(+)-ATPase (SR-Ca-ATPase) was performed on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens of different types of rhabdomyosarcomas such as variants of embryonal and pleomorphic forms. Immunostaining frequency of tumours using SR-Ca-ATPase was compared with that of traditionally used muscle specific markers myoglobin, and desmin. Utilizing the possible cleaving of ester bounds sodium methoxide pretreatment was found to be very effective in enhancement of SR-Ca-ATPase immunostaining reaction. In 11 of 15 tissue specimens of 5 cases round shaped and elongated rhabdomyoblasts with definite cytoplasm exhibited positive immunoreactions with all of the polyclonal antibodies tested, using the streptavidin-biotinylated peroxidase complex (S-ABC-method). In formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded material of 2 cases of undifferentiated rhabdomyosarcomas composed of small round tumour cells with scanty cytoplasm pretreatment with sodium methoxide induced the immunostaining of SR-Ca-ATPase. After that pretreatment a staining of the paranuclear cytoplasm occurred in many of these undifferentiated tumour cells. In these 2 cases, neither myoglobin nor desmin antibodies could react. However, when frozen sections of one of the poorly differentiated tumours were used monoclonal and polyclonal desmin antibodies reacted immunocytochemically in all of the small cells. Sodium methoxide induced or enhanced SR-Ca-ATPase immunocytochemical reaction can be a further addition to the diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcomas in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections, even when desmin antibody fails to react.
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PMID:Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2(+)-ATPase as a marker of muscle cell differentiation: immunohistochemical investigations of rhabdomyosarcomas and enhancement of the immunostaining after sodium methoxide pretreatment. 169 80

Elucidation of mechanisms regulating intracellular calcium levels in steroidogenic tissues is important for understanding control of cellular function. We have previously described FSH receptor-mediated flux of 45Ca++ into cultured rat Sertoli cells and receptor-enriched proteoliposomes via voltage-sensitive and voltage-independent calcium channels. In the present study, we report heretofore unrecognized inhibitory effects of FSH on Na+/Ca++ exchange in these two systems. An outwardly directed Na+ gradient, developed by preincubating Sertoli cell monolayers in buffer made hypertonic with NaCl, resulted in uptake of 45Ca++ that was unaffected by calcium channel blocking agents, ruthenium red or methoxyverapamil, but was enhanced by ouabain, a specific inhibitor of Na+/K(+)-ATPase. Sodium-dependent 45Ca++ flux into Sertoli cells was inhibited in a concentration-related manner by increased extracellular Na+ (up to 135 mM). FSH consistently and reproducibly (28.9 +/- 3.8%, 10 separate assays) reduced sodium-dependent 45Ca++ influx in the absence or presence of ouabain. A lesser effect on Na+/Ca++ exchange was seen when Li+ replaced Na+ in the preincubation buffer, and a marked reduction occurred when Sertoli cells were incubated in buffer containing KCl, presumably due to membrane depolarization. FSH-sensitive Na+/45Ca++ exchange was also observed when using FSH receptor-enriched proteoliposomes. Our earlier calcium channel studies indicated that FSH affects Ca++ entry into Sertoli cells via a receptor-mediated process. The results reported here demonstrate that the interaction of FSH with its receptor is associated with changes in Na+/Ca++ exchange as well, and suggest that this activity may also be involved in regulating intracellular free Ca++ levels in the Sertoli cell.
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PMID:A new role for follicle-stimulating hormone in the regulation of calcium flux in Sertoli cells: inhibition of Na+/Ca++ exchange. 189 79

Three membrane fractions were studied from canine myocardial left ventricle (LV); crude, light vesicle, and enriched sarcolemma. The percent of the total yield of membrane protein was 99.3 +/- 0.2% for the crude fraction, 0.4 +/- 0.1% for the light vesicle fraction, and 0.3 +/- 0.03% for the purified fraction. Sodium, potassium-ATPase activity in the purified fraction (100 +/- 10.8 mumol Pi/h/mg) was five fold more concentrated than in the light vesicle fraction (18.5 +/- 1.85 mumol Pi/h/mg), and nineteen fold more than in the crude fraction (5.29 +/- 0.57 mumol Pi/h/mg). beta-Adrenergic receptors were 8-fold enriched in the purified fraction (1006 +/- 219 vs 132 +/- 13 fmol/mg in the crude fraction) and 4-fold enriched in the light vesicle fraction (497 +/- 152 fmol/mg). Adenylate cyclase activity was enriched by only 13 to 17-fold in the purified fraction, and only 2 to 4-fold in the light vesicle fraction. The percent of the total beta-adrenergic receptors per gram wet weight was 94 +/- 20% for the crude fraction, 2.1 +/- 0.4% for the light vesicle fraction, and 3.8 +/- 0.7% for the purified fraction. When alamethicin was used to uncover latent enzyme activity, beta-adrenergic receptor density was not affected, but Na+,K(+)-ATPase and adenylate cyclase activity were enhanced in each membrane fraction studied. The surprising finding was that Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity was enriched to the same extent as the beta-adrenergic receptor density in the light vesicle fraction. One potential explanation is that the light vesicle fraction is located in a specialized region of the plasma membrane.
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PMID:Characterization of subfractions from purified sarcolemma of canine left ventricle. 196 9

Sodium artesunate (SA), a synthetic derivative of artemisinin first isolated in China, is a water soluble antimalaria used clinically in China. The jejunum of mouse was mounted in Ussing chambers and bathed in NaCl Ringer. There was a potential difference (PD) across the intestinal wall with the serosa being positive. Addition of SA to the mucosal side of the D-glucose (5.5 mmol/L) NaCl Ringer bathing solution, caused a significant decrease in both PD and short circuit current (I(sc)). However, SA had little effect when added to the glucose free Ringer bathing solution. SA 0.1-1.0 mmol/L caused a decrease in Na+,K(+)-ATPase activities in vitro. The results suggest that the inhibitory effect on the electrical properties of mouse jejunum is associated with the inhibition of Na+,K(+)-ATPase activities.
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PMID:[Effects of sodium artesunate on electrical properties and Na+,K(+)-ATPase activities of mouse small intestine]. 196 74

Alkali-sensitive mutants which grow at pH 7.5 but not at pH 9.5 in Na(+)-rich media were isolated from Streptococcus faecalis ATCC 9790. One of the mutants, designated Nak1, lacked activities of both Na(+)-stimulated ATPase and KtrII (active K+ uptake by sodium ATPase). These activities were restored in a spontaneous revertant designated Nak1R. Active sodium extrusion from Nak1 was observed at pH 7.0, which allows the cells to generate a proton potential, but not at pH 9.5, which reverses the proton potential, making it positive. Sodium extrusion at pH 7.0 was inhibited by addition of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and protonophores. Even at pH 9.5, Nak1 did grow well in Na(+)-poor media. In Na(+)-rich media at pH 7.5, growth of Nak1 but not that of 9790 was severely inhibited by a protonophore. These results indicate that mutant Nak1 lacks sodium ATPase but contains a sodium/proton antiporter and that sodium ATPase is essential for the growth of this organism at high pH in Na(+)-rich conditions.
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PMID:Mutants of Streptococcus faecalis sensitive to alkaline pH lack Na(+)-ATPase. 213 4

Digitonin-permeabilized guinea pig spermatozoa undergo acrosomal matrix dispersion in response to 2.0 mM CaCl2. In this report, the effects of pH and metal ions on matrix dispersion in permeabilized spermatozoa are examined. Calcium-induced dispersion of the acrosomal matrix was dependent on the calcium concentration; the response was not observed at concentrations of CaCl2 less than 50 microM. Magnesium could not substitute for calcium and, in fact, had a retarding effect on the calcium-induced response. Matrix dispersion was also found to be pH-dependent. The induction of matrix dispersion was inhibited at pH 5.6 and pH 9.5 relative to the responses observed at pH 6.3 and pH 7.8. Nigericin induced acrosomal matrix dispersion in the absence of added calcium, indicating a possible role of Na+/H+ exchange across the outer acrosomal membrane in initiating the matrix modification. Sodium was required for the action of nigericin; the ionophore was ineffective in medium in which choline chloride or sucrose was substituted for NaCl. In contrast, the calcium-induced dispersion of the acrosomal matrix occurred in the absence of sodium. Furthermore, low concentrations of calcium inhibited an adenosine triphosphatase activity associated with isolated acrosomal apical segments. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that calcium induces alkalinization of the acrosome, leading to matrix dispersion. However, permeabilized spermatozoa incubated at either pH 9.5 or in the presence of 50 mM NH4Cl at pH 7.5 failed to undergo spontaneous matrix dispersion, suggesting that elevated intraacrosomal pH alone was not sufficient to initiate the reaction. The proposed alternative hypothesis is that calcium initiates matrix dispersion by a mechanism in which elevated intraacrosomal pH may be a secondary response.
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PMID:Regulation of acrosomal matrix dispersion in digitonin-permeabilized guinea pig spermatozoa. 214 57


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