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(1) 0.1-1.0 mM p-chloromercuribenzene sulfonate (pCMBS) and some other organic mercurials produce a swelling of slices of dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) rectal glands, with an uptake of cell Na+ and a loss of K+. In contrast, 1 mM N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) does not swell rectal gland cells (RGC), while affecting cell cations. (2) The slow entry of [203Hg]pCMBS is linearly related to its external concentration (10 microM-1 mM) and a small accumulation of pCMBS (apparent gradient about 3) in the cells occurs in 2 h. Cell 203Hg rapidly washes out of the cells (fast rate constant 0.153.min-1; slow rate constant 0.0067.min-1), and this efflux is accelerated by 1mM dithiothreitol. Thus, a major portion of pCMBS inter-acts rather loosely with cell components. (3) pCMBS and NEM share: (a) a negligible effect on the efflux of 86Rb+ and of [14C]urea; (b) a gradual inhibition of the cell Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity. (4) NEM as well as agents lowering cell glutathione accelerate and increase the pCMBS-induced cell swelling. Conditions inhibiting the Na+,K(+)-ATPase (ouabain, absence of Na+) have the same effect. (5) pCMBS, but not NEM produce a disappearance of the F-actin-phalloidin fluorescence independent of cell volume changes, particularly at the basolateral RGC membrane. (6) The data are consistent with the following set of events: (a) pCMBS (but not NEM) affects the cell membrane by increasing the efflux of the cell osmolyte taurine (Ziyadeh et al. (1988) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 943, 43-52 and unpublished data); (b) on entry into the cells, pCMBS and NEM interact with cell -SH, including those of the Na+,K(+)-ATPase; this action produces the observed changes in cell cations. Also, pCMBS, but not NEM, decrease F-actin at the membrane; (c) the inhibition of the Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity together with the decreased resistance of the cell membrane to stretch (absence of F-actin) produces the observed pCMBS-induced cell swelling by osmotic forces (intracellular non-diffusible anions).
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PMID:pCMBS-induced swelling of dogfish (Squalus acanthias) rectal gland cells: role of the Na+,K(+)-ATPase and the cytoskeleton. 216 17

Contributions of various biochemical processes to overall energy expenditure in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and liver have been assessed in this review. The GIT and liver are responsible for a disproportionately high fraction of whole-body energy utilization. The energetic cost of Na+, K(+)-ATPase, protein synthesis and degradation, substrate cycling and urea synthesis contribute substantially to energy expenditure in the ruminant. In the splanchnic bed, these biochemical processes account for approximately 22.8% of whole-body O2 and, consequently, ATP utilization; they are influenced by several factors, including dietary composition, level of intake, age, endocrine status and physiological state. In the GIT and liver, the energetic cost of Na+, K(+)-ATPase is by far the most energetically demanding process; it is related to the active transport of substrates and the maintenance of ionic homeostasis. The high rate of protein synthesis in the GIT is associated with cellular turnover and sloughing, secretion and enzymatic action. In the liver, protein synthesis is important in the mediation of hormonal induction, which influences regulation of body systems, synthesis of plasma proteins, enzymatic and cellular turnover and detoxification of blood. Regulation of these processes and the signals involved in the differential contribution of each biochemical event are not well understood. The large contribution of these biochemical events in the GIT and liver to whole-animal energy utilization suggests that their manipulation may alter the energetic efficiency of meat, milk or wool production.
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PMID:Energy cost of absorption and metabolism in the ruminant gastrointestinal tract and liver: a review. 217 Mar 20

Curves of inhibition of rat brain Na, K-ATPase and K-pNPPase by prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) showed a sigmoidal shape with nH for PGE2 of 1.4 +/- 0.1 and 1.3 +/- 0.1, respectively. The desensitization of the enzymes with 0.25 M urea (4 degrees, 15 min) caused a loss of their cooperative interaction with PGE2. 2.0 mM PGE2 shifts the temperature break in the Arrhenius plots for the ATPase from 19.8 degrees to 23 degrees and simultaneously increased the Ea below the break by 9.5 kcal/mol. After treatment of the ATPase with phospholipase A2 PGE2 showed no cooperative interaction with the enzyme. Modulation of membrane enzymes by means of the surrounding lipid phasic state appears to be the general mechanism of their indirect allosteric regulation.
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PMID:[Prostaglandin E2 as a lipophilic allosteric modulator of the Na pump]. 240 78

We describe a procedure for the preparation of sealed nuclear-envelope vesicles from rat liver nuclei. These vesicles are strikingly similar in their polypeptide composition when compared with those of nuclear envelopes prepared conventionally using deoxyribonuclease I. Subfractionation analysis by means of extraction with high salt and urea show that the components of the nuclear envelope, e.g. the pore-complex/lamina fraction, are present. The residual DNA content is only 1.5%, and typical preparations consist of about 80% vesicles, with the vesicular character of these envelopes shown by microscopic and biochemical studies. The vesicles can be obtained in high yield, are tight and stable for at least two days and are enriched in a nucleoside triphosphatase thought to be involved in nucleocytoplasmic transport processes. Because the vesicles are largely free of components of the nuclear interior, but retain properties of intact nuclei, we believe that they are a valuable model system to study nucleocytoplasmic transport. Although in transport studies with isolated nuclei interference from intranuclear events has to be considered, the nuclear-envelope vesicles provide the possibility of studying translocation alone. Furthermore, the less complex nature of these vesicles compared with whole nuclei should facilitate investigation of the components involved in the regulation of nuclear transport processes.
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PMID:Preparation and characterization of nuclear-envelope vesicles from rat liver nuclei. 243 9

The clathrin-coated vesicle proton-translocating complex is composed of a maximum of eight major polypeptides. Of these potential subunits, only the 17-kDa component, which is a proton pore, has been defined functionally (Sun, S.Z., Xie, X. S., and Stone, D. K. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 14790-14794). ATPase-and proton-pumping activities of the 200-fold purified proton-translocating complex are supported by Mg2+, whereas Ca2+ will only activate ATP hydrolysis. Like Mg2+-activated ATPase activity, Ca2+-supported ATP hydrolysis is inhibited by N-ethylmaleimide, NO3-, and an inhibitory antibody and is stimulated by Cl- and phosphatidylserine. Thus, Ca2+ prevents coupling of ATPase activity to vectoral proton movement, and Ca2+-activated ATPase activity is a partial reaction useful for analyzing the subunit structure required for ATP hydrolysis. The 530-kDa holoenzyme was dissociated with 3 M urea and subcomplexes, and isolated subunits were partially resolved by glycerol gradient centrifugation. No combination of these components yielded Mg2+-activated ATPase or proton pumping. Ca2+-activated ATP hydrolysis was not catalyzed by a subcomplex containing the 70- and 58-kDa subunits but was restored by recombination of the 70-, 58-, 40-, and 33-kDa polypeptides, indicating that these are subunits of the clathrin-coated vesicle proton pump which are necessary for ATP hydrolysis.
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PMID:Partial resolution and reconstitution of the subunits of the clathrin-coated vesicle proton ATPase responsible for Ca2+-activated ATP hydrolysis. 245 21

Phosphorylated rabbit cardiac alpha alpha-tropomyosin has been prepared either enzymatically (Montgomery, K., and Mak, A.S. (1984) J. Biol. Chem. 259, 5555-5560) or by fractionation of the phosphorylated and nonphosphorylated forms on a Mono Q column in 9 M urea, 50 mM Tris, pH 8.0. Although the phosphorylated and nonphosphorylated forms showed no difference in their F-actin binding properties, the phosphorylated protein had substantially higher viscosities at low ionic strengths, indicating a greater propensity for head-to-tail interaction. Similar measurements showed the strengthening of this interaction by whole troponin to be substantially reduced by phosphorylation even though the binding of whole troponin and troponin T to tropomyosin was demonstrated by affinity chromatography to be, if anything, strengthened by phosphorylation. In a reconstituted actin (4 microM) plus myosin subfragment 1 ATPase assay (50 mM ionic strength), significantly higher activities over a range (1 to 8 microM) of subfragment 1 concentrations were observed with phosphorylated tropomyosin compared with the nonphosphorylated protein. In the fully reconstituted system with troponin, there was no significant difference in the inhibition of ATPase in the absence of Ca2+. However, in its presence, the activities were appreciably increased with the phosphorylated tropomyosin compared to those with the nonphosphorylated form. These differences were eliminated by treatment of the phosphorylated tropomyosin with alkaline phosphatase. This is the first demonstration of an effect of phosphorylation on the functional properties of tropomyosin.
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PMID:Effect of phosphorylation on the interaction and functional properties of rabbit striated muscle alpha alpha-tropomyosin. 252 28

The characteristics and specificity of inactivation of the chloroplast F1-ATPase (CF1) with 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzofurazan (Nbf-Cl) have been investigated. Inactivation of the octylglucoside-dependent Mg2+-ATPase activity of latent CF1 by Nbf-Cl can be correlated with the formation of about 1.2 mol of Nbf-O-Tyr per mole of enzyme. Following inactivation of CF1 with [14C]Nbf-Cl, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate revealed that the majority of the radioactive reagent incorporated is present in the beta subunit. Treatment of the enzyme with [14C]Nbf-Cl following dithiothreitol heat activation, led to similar labeling of the beta subunit and substantial incorporation of 14C into the gamma subunit. On complete inactivation, about 4 mol of Nbf-S-Cys is formed per mole of dithiothreitol-heat-activated CF1. Incorporation of 14C into the gamma subunit is prevented by prior treatment of the latent CF1 or of the dithiothreitol-heat-activated CF1 with iodoacetamide. Following incubation of the dithiothreitol-heat-activated CF1 with iodoacetamide, complete inactivation of the octylglucoside-dependent Mg2+-ATPase activity by Nbf-Cl can be correlated with the formation of about 1.2 mol of Nbf-O-Tyr per mole of enzyme. After stabilization of the [14C]Nbf-O-Tyr derivative by treatment with sodium dithionite, a labeled peptide was purified. Automatic Edman degradation of this peptide revealed the sequence V-X-V-P-A-D-(D). The majority of the radioactivity was cleaved in the second cycle, the position occupied in CF1 by Tyr-beta-328, which is homologous to Tyr-beta-311, the residue reactive with Nbf-Cl in the beef heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase. When CF1, modified at Tyr-beta-328 with Nbf-Cl, is incubated at pH 9.0, the Nbf-O-Tyr adduct is hydrolyzed, leading to concomitant recovery of the ATPase activity. In double labeling experiments, two-dimensional isoelectric focusing in the presence of urea followed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate indicates that 2-azido-ADP, covalently bound at the tight ADP binding site, and the tyrosine modified by [14C]Nbf-Cl are located in different beta subunits.
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PMID:Selectivity of modification when latent and activated forms of the chloroplast F1-ATPase are inactivated by 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzofurazan. 252 17

The effect of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) on the structure of sarcoplasmic reticulum was analyzed by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and fluorescence spectroscopy. Exposure of sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles to 35% DMSO (v/v) at 2 degrees C for several hours in a D2O medium produced no significant change in the phospholipid and protein Amide I regions of the FTIR spectra, but the intensity of the Amide II band decreased, presumably due to proton/deuterium exchange. At 40% to 60% DMSO concentration a shoulder appeared in the FTIR spectra at 1630 cm-1, that is attributed to the formation of new beta or random coil structures; irreversible loss of ATPase activity accompanied this change. At 70% DMSO concentration the intensity of the main Amide I band at 1639 cm-1 decreased and a new band appeared at 1622 cm-1, together with a shoulder at 1682 cm-1. These changes indicate an abrupt shift in the conformational equilibrium of Ca2+-ATPase from alpha to beta structure or to a new structure characterized by weaker hydrogen bonding. Decrease of ionization of aspartate and glutamate carboxyl groups in the presence of DMSO may also contribute to the change in intensity at 1622 cm-1. The changes were partially reversed upon removal of DMSO. Exposure of sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles to 1.5 kbar pressure for 1 h at 2 degrees C in an EGTA-containing (low Ca2+) medium causes irreversible loss of ATPase activity, with the appearance of new beta structure, and abolition of the Ca2+-induced fluorescence response of FITC covalently bound to the Ca2+-ATPase; DMSO (35%) stabilized the Ca2+-ATPase against pressure-induced changes in structure and enzymatic activity, while urea (0.8 M) had the opposite effect.
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PMID:Correlation of structure and function in the Ca2+-ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum: a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) study on the effects of dimethyl sulfoxide and urea. 252 64

Low cell calcium level is essential for preservation of red blood cell (RBC) membrane deformability and survival. RBCs from patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) demonstrate reduction in membrane deformability, possibly as a result of increased RBC cellular calcium level. To evaluate calcium homeostasis in RBCs from patients with ESRD, we measured cell calcium level, basal and "calmodulin"-stimulated calcium-stimulated Mg-dependent ATPase (CaATPase) activity, and calcium 45 efflux were measured before and after hemodialysis. The in vitro effect of uremic plasma and of urea on CaATPase activity of normal RBCs was tested, and 45Ca influx into RBCs of patients undergoing hemodialysis also was determined. A morphologic evaluation of red cells from patients with ESRD was performed with a scanning electron microscope. RBC calcium level in patients (mean +/- SEM 21.2 +/- 2.8 mumol/L of cells; n = 28) was higher than in controls (4.9 +/- 0.3 mumol/L of cells; n = 24; p less than 0.001). Hemodialysis had no effect on cell calcium level. Both basal and "calmodulin"-stimulated RBC CaATPase activities in patients with ESRD (n = 9) were reduced by approximately 50% (p less than 0.01), but after hemodialysis, enzyme activity returned to normal. 45Ca efflux from calcium-loaded cells, which was 2574.0 +/- 217.0 mumol/L of cells per 0.5 hours before hemodialysis, increased to 3140.7 +/- 206.8 mumol/L of cells per 0.5 hours after hemodialysis (p less than 0.005). In vitro incubation of normal RBCs with uremic plasma depressed CaATPase activity, but incubation with urea had no effect. RBCs of patients with ESRD revealed increased 45Ca influx, 7.63 +/- 1.15 mumol/L of cells per hour versus 4.61 +/- 0.39 mumol/L of cells per hour (p less than 0.025). RBCs of patients revealed a high incidence of spherocytosis and echynocytosis, which correlated with a high cell calcium level (r = 0.894, p less than 0.01). These results indicate that RBC calcium level is elevated in patients with ESRD and suggest that a dialyzable uremic factor inhibits RBC CaATPase activity and thereby calcium efflux, which may account for the elevated cell calcium level. The increased calcium influx further increases cellular calcium level. These abnormalities are associated with spherocytosis and echynocytosis and may contribute to the shortened survival of RBCs in uremia.
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PMID:Red blood cell calcium homeostasis in patients with end-stage renal disease. 252 34

The morphology and function of actin in cultured bovine retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells were studied. Filamentous actin was identified with a fluorescent mushroom toxin, nitrobenzoxadiazole (NBD)-phallacidin, specific for actin. Dark-field microscopy of cultured RPE cells revealed numerous pigment granules; fluorescent microscopy identified scattered lipofuscin granules. One-dimensional SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of urea-soluble proteins extracted from RPE cells showed a 46,000-dalton protein band which comigrated with authentic muscle actin. Densitometric scanning showed that this protein band comprised 7.6% of the total urea-soluble proteins. An actin-activated skeletal-muscle myosin Mg-ATPase assay, using skeletal-muscle heavy meromyosin as enzyme and [gamma-32P]-ATP as substrate, demonstrated functional actin in RPE cell extracts after DEAE-cellulose anion exchange chromatography. The actin-containing protein fractions were eluted at ionic strengths between 0.19 and 0.36 M KCl. The activation of myosin ATPase by actin in RPE cells provides a molecular basis for the phagocytic activity which is important in maintaining the integrity of retinal photoreceptor cells.
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PMID:Activation of Mg-ATPase of skeletal-muscle myosin by bovine retinal pigment epithelial actin. 253 75


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