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Query: EC:3.6.1.3 (
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Calmodulin
is a protein with calcium-dependent binding sites. Binding of calcium ions induces changes in the conformation and activation of many enzymes such as adenylate cyclase, guanylate cyclase,
ATPase
. Neuroleptic drugs bind
calmodulin
. Trifluoperazine has a very high affinity for
calmodulin
. Tricyclic antidepressants and benzodiazepines also bind
calmodulin
. Binding of neuroleptics inhibits many biological phenomena such as lymphocyte endocytosis, platelets aggregation. When neuroleptics are administrated chronically,
calmodulin
could act in regulation of the receptors specially in the drug induced supersensitivity of striatum dopamine receptors. These experiments about the regulation of the receptors mediated by
calmodulin
have been performed ten years ago and their results were not confirmed later. Moreover, binding of
calmodulin
is not specific of neuroleptic drugs. The effects of neuroleptics on
calmodulin
, only observed in vitro or with animals, seem to be mainly related to structural properties of the drugs.
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PMID:Could the interaction of neuroleptics with calmodulin be an "explanation" of the psychotropic effects? 168 72
We will demonstrate the compound 48/80 and ruthenium red inhibit the smooth-muscle plasma-membrane Ca2+ pump by counteracting the stimulant effect of negatively charged phospholipids. Both substances did not affect the purified enzyme re-activated by pure phosphatidylcholine or phosphatidylinositol and measured in the absence of
calmodulin
, indicating that under these conditions they did not have a direct effect on the
ATPase
protein. Ruthenium red and compound 48/80 however inhibited the (Ca2(+) + Mg2+)-
ATPase
in the presence of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate and especially phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. The K0.5 for inhibition was 25 microM ruthenium red and 9 micrograms/ml of compound 48/80. The inhibition by ruthenium red developed slowly with half maximal inhibition occurring after about 75 s while that by compound 48/80 developed immediately within the time required for mixing. The efficacy of ruthenium red increased as the concentration of the acidic phospholipid increased, while no such cooperativity was observed for compound 48/80. Ruthenium red reduced the Vmax for Ca2+ without affecting the affinity for Ca2+, while compound 48/80 decreased both parameters. In conclusion, although ruthenium red and compound 48/80 affect the
ATPase
differently, both substances most likely inhibit the plasma-membrane Ca2+ pumping by counteracting the stimulation by negatively charged phospholipids.
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PMID:Ruthenium red and compound 48/80 inhibit the smooth-muscle plasma-membrane Ca2+ pump via interaction with associated polyphosphoinositides. 169 44
The interaction of ruthenium red, [(NH3)5Ru-O-Ru(NH3)4-O-Ru(NH3)5]Cl6.4H2O, with various Ca2(+)-binding proteins was studied. Ruthenium red inhibited Ca2+ binding to the sarcoplasmic reticulum protein, calsequestrin, immobilized on Sepharose 4B. Furthermore, ruthenium red bound to calsequestrin with high affinity (Kd = 0.7 microM; Bmax = 218 nmol/mg protein). The dye stained calsequestrin in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels or on nitrocellulose paper and was displaced by Ca2+ (Ki = 1.4 mM). The specificity of ruthenium red staining of several Ca2(+)-binding proteins was investigated by comparison with two other detection methods, 45Ca2+ autoradiography and the Stains-all reaction. Ruthenium red bound to the same proteins detected by the 45Ca2+ overlay technique. Ruthenium red stained both the erythrocyte Band 3 anion transporter and the Ca2(+)-
ATPase
of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum. Ruthenium red also stained the EF hand conformation Ca2(+)-binding proteins,
calmodulin
, troponin C, and S-100. This inorganic dye provides a simple, rapid method for detecting various types of Ca2(+)-binding proteins following electrophoresis.
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PMID:Interaction of ruthenium red with Ca2(+)-binding proteins. 169 45
Previous studies from our laboratory have indicated that chlordecone (Kepone CD), an organochlorine insecticide, inhibited cardiac sodium pump activity and catecholamine uptake suggesting that CD may interfere with cardiac function. Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium pump has an important role in myocardial contraction and relaxation, besides Na+ transport. Since CD interferes with cardiac Na+ ion translocases, we have studied CD effects on cardiac SR calcium pump activity. Experiments were carried out both in vitro and in vivo. SR was isolated from heart ventricles of male Sprague-Dawley rats. Cardiac SR Ca2(+)-
ATPase
. 45Ca-uptake and cAMP as well as
calmodulin
(
CaM
) dependent protein phosphorylation were measured. Ca2(+)-
ATPase
was differentiated into low affinity and high affinity forms by measuring the activity using 50 and 0.7 microM free Ca2(+)-respectively. CD in vitro inhibited 45Ca-uptake by SR in a concentration dependent manner with an IC50 value of 7 microM and SR 45Ca-uptake was totally inhibited at 20-30 microM CD. In agreement with this, both high affinity and low affinity Ca2(+)-ATPases, which are involved in Ca2+ transport across membranes, were also inhibited by CD in a concentration dependent manner with IC50 values of 0.7 and 3.2 microM respectively. Both Ca2(+)-
ATPase
and 45Ca-uptake by cardiac SR were significantly lower in rats treated with CD (25, 50 or 75 mg/kg) when compared to control rats. cAMP as well as
CaM
significantly elevated the 32P-binding to SR proteins in vitro to about 70-80%. In the presence of CD, this 32P-binding was reduced, however, not concentration dependent.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Effect of chlordecone (Kepone) on calcium transport mechanisms in rat heart sarcoplasmic reticulum. 170 52
Treatment of a human salivary epithelial cell line, HSG-PA, with the
calmodulin
antagonist N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulfonamide (W7; 20-70 microM) increased 86Rb (K+) influx and efflux in a manner similar to that resulting from muscarinic (carbachol; Cch) or calcium ionophore (A23187) stimulation. Unlike the Cch or A23187 responses, the W7 responses were not blocked by 0.1 mM atropine (muscarinic antagonist) or phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (0.1 microM). Like Cch- or A23187-stimulated 86Rb fluxes, W7-stimulated 86Rb fluxes were substantially blocked by the K+ channel inhibitors quinine (0.25 mM) and scorpion venom-containing charybdotoxin (33 micrograms/mL), while 5 mM tetraethylammonium chloride (K+ channel blocker), furosemide (0.1 mM; Na+,K+,2Cl- co-transport inhibitor) and ouabain (10 microM; Na+,K(+)-
ATPase
inhibitor) were ineffective. Purified charybdotoxin (10 nM) also blocked W7-stimulated 86Rb influx, as well as 86Rb influx stimulated by Cch or A23187. Although Quin 2 fluorescence measurements indicated that W7 increased free intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i), the magnitude of the increase appeared to be insufficient to solely account for the W7-stimulated increases in 86Rb fluxes (i.e. K+ channel activity). Ca2+ was involved in the W7 response, however, as lack of Ca2+ in the incubation medium reduced the W7-stimulated increases in 86Rb influx and efflux. Taken together, our results suggest that W7 increased K+ fluxes in HSG-PA cells by interacting, directly or indirectly, with the K+ transport machinery (K+ channels) in a manner different from that observed during muscarinic stimulation, and also in a manner not accounted for solely by the formation of a typical muscarinic- or calcium ionophore-generated calcium signal.
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PMID:N-(6-aminohexyl)-5-chloro-1-naphthalenesulfonamide (W7) stimulation of K+ transport in a human salivary epithelial cell line. 171 31
The potentiation of carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) toxicity by chlordecone (CD) pretreatment in different animal models is well established. However, these studies have only dealt with hepatotoxicity. The present study was initiated to determine whether CD preexposure potentiates CCl4 neurotoxicity in gerbils. Gerbils were chosen for the reason that the metabolism of CD in gerbil is similar to that of humans. Gerbils (50-80 g), fed on diet without or with CD (10 ppm) for 15 d, were challenged with a single dose of CCl4 (15 microliters, ip). Ca(2+)-
ATPase
and
calmodulin
(
CaM
) activities were determined in gerbil brain P2 fraction and cytosol, respectively, at intervals of 0.5, 2, 6, 12, and 24 h after CCl4 administration. Ca(2+)-
ATPase
and
CaM
activities were decreased at 0.5 and 2 h in both CD-preexposed and CCl4-treated gerbils. However,
CaM
activity returned to normal levels after 6 h and Ca(2+)-
ATPase
activity showed 80% recovery after 2 h. In vitro experiments showed that CCl4 alone at 5 microM concentration inhibited Ca(2+)-
ATPase
activity up to 50%. Combination of CD (0.5 microM) and CCl4 (1 and 5 microM) on Ca(2+)-
ATPase
activity showed no additive effect in vitro. Interaction between CCl4 and
CaM
was studied in the presence and absence of CD by monitoring NPN fluorescence. The decrease in NPN fluorescence observed with CCl4 was not potentiated by CD preincubation. These data suggest that CD does not enhance CCl4-induced alterations of Ca(2+)-
ATPase
and
CaM
activities in gerbil brain.
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PMID:Combined effects of carbon tetrachloride and chlordecone on calmodulin activity in gerbil brain. 171
Thyroid hormone significantly affects molecular and neuroanatomical properties of the developing nervous system. Altered connectivity in hypothyroidism may reflect reductions in process growth, alterations in process maintenance, or changes in synaptogenesis or synaptic maintenance. These events are dependent on microtubules, neurofilaments, microfilaments, and associated molecular components. Reductions in delivery of microtubules and neurofilaments to the distal axon by slow component a (SCa) of axonal transport may contribute to the neuroanatomical abnormalities of hypothyroidism (Stein et al., J Neurosci Res 28:121-133, 1991). However, hypothyroidism might also affect the axon and synaptic connections by altering slow component b (SCb), which includes actin microfilaments and proteins that contribute to synaptic function, i.e., clathrin, HSC70 (clathrin uncoating
ATPase
), spectrin, and
calmodulin
. To determine the effect of hypothyroidism on SCb proteins, slow axonal transport was analyzed in optic nerves of hyt/hyt hypothyroid mice, which have severe primary hypothyroidism, and euthyroid control mice. Clathrin, spectrin, HSC70, and actin showed significant reductions in transport velocity in hyt/hyt optic nerves relative to euthyroid nerves, but the transport rate for
calmodulin
was less affected. However, the amount of
calmodulin
was significantly elevated in hyt/hyt nerve over euthyroid nerves. Hypothyroidism selectively reduces transport of SCb proteins, which are thought to play significant roles in synaptic function and in the growth cone. The effects of hypothyroidism on microtubules and neurofilaments combined with actions on SCb suggest that changes in neuronal function associated with reduced thyroid hormone during development and maturity (i.e., alterations in neuronal connectivity, nerve conduction, and synaptic function) may be mediated in part by effects on slow axonal transport.
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PMID:Hypothyroidism selectively reduces the rate and amount of transport for specific SCb proteins in the hyt/hyt mouse optic nerve. 172 71
It seems clear that a simple Ca2+ dependent switch (MLC phosphorylation) cannot completely explain all of the disparate mechanical and energetic results obtained under numerous experimental conditions in numerous laboratories. Some of the problems of the simple switch model are that: 1. Force can be developed in the complete absence of increases in MLC phosphorylation; 2. Crossbridge cycling rate, as measured by either shortening velocity or directly by
ATPase
activity, can be regulated independent of changes in MLC phosphorylation; and 3. Ca2+ can directly influence both force and crossbridge cycling rate. Thus, we believe that there are two distinct Ca2+ dependent regulatory systems which normally act in parallel to contract smooth muscle. One of these is the Ca2+ dependent MLC phosphorylation-dephosphorylation. system which is likely to be responsible for the rapid development of force. The other is the hypothesized Ca2+ dependent system which is probably responsible for the slow development of force as well as the maintenance of previously developed force, represented in Figure 5 as K8. This second system involves a
calmodulin
-like protein with a higher Ca2+ sensitivity than that for the Ca(2+)-
calmodulin
-MLC kinase system. Under most conditions, the total force attained by smooth muscle in response to stimulation is the result of the concerted activation of both of these regulatory systems. The available information is consistent with this hypothesis of two regulatory systems functioning in parallel. In addition to the information presented in this chapter, work from a number of laboratories (Moreland and Ford, 1982; Fujiwara et al., 1989; Kitazawa et al., 1989; Somlyo et al., 1989; Kubota et al., 1990; Kitazawa and Somlyo, this volume) have suggested the possibility that a regulated MLC phosphatase may functionally alter the Ca2+ sensitivity of the contractile filaments. There is evidence suggesting that the sensitivity of MLC kinase to activation by Ca2+ and
calmodulin
may be regulated (Stull et al., this volume). Protein kinase C has been postulated to play an important role in the regulation of myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity (Nishimura et al., this volume). MgADP has been suggested to affect the kinetics of latchbridge attachment and detachment (Kerrick and Hoar, 1987; Nishimura and van Breemen, 1989). Cooperativity between crossbridges as described by Somlyo et al. (1988) and Siegman et al. (this volume) might also be an important component in the regulation of smooth muscle contraction.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Regulation of a smooth muscle contraction: a hypothesis based on skinned fiber studies. 180 23
Dimerization (oligomerization) of the plasma membrane Ca2+ pump increases its activity (Kosk-Kosicka, D., Bzdega, T., and Wawrzynow, A. (1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 19495-19499). Fluorescence titration on preparations of the purified eosin-labeled human erythrocyte
ATPase
has been used to monitor the oligomerization process.
Calmodulin
inhibits oligomerization, although it can bind to the oligomerized enzyme. Synthetic peptides corresponding to the
calmodulin
-binding domain of the pump stimulate its
ATPase
activity, indicating the formation of heterooligomers of the peptides with the pump. The oligomerization is prevented by the preincubation of the
ATPase
with
calmodulin
. Polyclonal antibodies against the synthetic
calmodulin
-binding domain inhibit its basal and its
calmodulin
-stimulated
ATPase
activity and prevent the formation of the oligomers.
ATPase
preparations truncated at the COOH terminus with calpain to a fragment of 124 kDa which does not contain the
calmodulin
-binding domain fail to oligomerize with the intact
ATPase
. The results show that the
calmodulin
-binding domain mediates the oligomerization of the Ca2+ pump.
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PMID:The calmodulin-binding domain mediates the self-association of the plasma membrane Ca2+ pump. 182 94
Brush border myosin I from chicken intestinal microvilli is a membrane-associated, single-headed myosin composed of a 119-kDa heavy chain and several
calmodulin
light chains. We first describe in detail a new procedure for the rapid purification of brush border myosin I in greater than 99% purity with a yield of 40%, significantly higher than for previous methods. The subunit stoichiometry was determined to be 4
calmodulin
light chains/myosin I heavy chain by amino acid compositional analysis of the separated subunits. We have studied the effects of Ca2+ and temperature on dissociation of
calmodulin
from myosin I and on myosin I Mg2(+)-
ATPase
and contractile activities. At 30 degrees C the actin-activable
ATPase
activity is stimulated 2-fold at 10-700 microM Ca2+. Dissociation of 1
calmodulin
occurs at 25-50 microM Ca2+, but this has no effect on actin activation. The contractile activity of myosin I, expressed as superprecipitation, is greatly enhanced by Ca2+ under conditions in which 1
calmodulin
is dissociated. This
calmodulin
is thus not essential for actin activation or superprecipitation. Myosin I was found to be highly temperature-sensitive, with an increase to 37 degrees C resulting in dissociation of 1
calmodulin
at below 10(-7) M Ca2+ and an additional 1.5 calmodulins at 1-10 microM Ca2+. A complete loss of actin activation accompanies the Ca2(+)-induced
calmodulin
dissociation at 37 degrees C. Our conclusion is that physiological levels of Ca2+ can either stimulate or inhibit the mechanoenzyme activities of brush border myosin I in vitro, with the mode of regulation determined by the number of associated
calmodulin
light chains.
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PMID:Ca2+ stimulates the Mg2(+)-ATPase activity of brush border myosin I with three or four calmodulin light chains but inhibits with less than two bound. 182
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