scholarly journals Effects of polycations on Ca2+ binding to the Ca2+-ATPase

1995 ◽  
Vol 308 (2) ◽  
pp. 493-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Hughes ◽  
Y M Khan ◽  
J M East ◽  
A G Lee

Spermine and polyarginine have been shown to increase the rate of dissociation of Ca2+ from the Ca(2+)-ATPase of skeletal-muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum. They also decrease the affinity of the ATPase for Mg2+ as detected by changes in the fluorescence intensity of the ATPase labelled with 4-(bromomethyl)-6,7-dimethoxycoumarin (DMC). Polyarginine itself also decreases the fluorescence intensity of DMC-labelled ATPase. These results are consistent with binding of spermine and polyarginine to a gating site controlling the rate of access of Ca2+ to its binding sites on the ATPase. A basic peptide PLN-(1-25) corresponding to residues 1-25 of phospholamban had no effect on the rate of dissociation of Ca2+ or on the fluorescence of DMC-labelled ATPase. Spermine, polyarginine and PLN-(1-25) all increased the equilibrium constant E1/E2, and spermine and polyarginine increased the rate of Ca2+ binding to the ATPase, consistent with an increase in the rate of the E2-->E1 transition. Spermine displaced Tb3+ and Ruthenium Red from the ATPase, consistent with binding in the stalk region of the ATPase. Polyarginine and PLN-(1-25), however, had no effect on Tb3+ or Ruthenium Red binding, suggesting a greater specificity in binding basic peptides to the ATPase than spermine.

1997 ◽  
Vol 321 (3) ◽  
pp. 671-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yamin M. KHAN ◽  
J. Malcolm EAST ◽  
Anthony G. LEE

The fluorescence intensity of the Ca2+-ATPase of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) labelled with 4-(bromomethyl)-6,7-dimethoxycoumarin has been shown to decrease on phosphorylation of the ATPase with Pi, this providing a convenient measure of the level of phosphorylation. Comparison of the fluorescence decrease observed with ATP and with high concentrations of Pi fix the value of the equilibrium constant for the phosphorylation reaction E2PMg ⇌ E2PiMg at pH 6.0 at about 2. Studies of the pH-dependence of phosphorylation show that H2PO4- and HPO42- bind to the ATPase with equal affinity, but that only binding of H2PO4- leads to phosphorylation, described by an equilibrium constant of 2.3. Luminal Ca2+ can bind to a pair of sites on the ATPase, with affinities of 1.3ȕ103 and 1.7ȕ103 M-1 for the unphosphorylated and phosphorylated forms of the ATPase respectively, with stronger binding of Ca2+ to the phosphorylated form resulting in an increase in the effective equilibrium constant for phosphorylation.


Author(s):  
Joachim R. Sommer ◽  
Nancy R. Wallace

After Howell (1) had shown that ruthenium red treatment of fixed frog skeletal muscle caused collapse of the intermediate cisternae of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), forming a pentalaminate structure by obi iterating the SR lumen, we demonstrated that the phenomenon involves the entire SR including the nuclear envelope and that it also occurs after treatment with other cations, including calcium (2,3,4).From these observations we have formulated a hypothesis which states that intracellular calcium taken up by the SR at the end of contraction causes the M rete to collapse at a certain threshold concentration as the first step in a subsequent centrifugal zippering of the free SR toward the junctional SR (JSR). This would cause a) bulk transport of SR contents, such as calcium and granular material (4) into the JSR and, b) electrical isolation of the free SR from the JSR.


Author(s):  
A. V. Somlyo ◽  
H. Shuman ◽  
A. P. Somlyo

Electron probe analysis of frozen dried cryosections of frog skeletal muscle, rabbit vascular smooth muscle and of isolated, hyperpermeab1 e rabbit cardiac myocytes has been used to determine the composition of the cytoplasm and organelles in the resting state as well as during contraction. The concentration of elements within the organelles reflects the permeabilities of the organelle membranes to the cytoplasmic ions as well as binding sites. The measurements of [Ca] in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and mitochondria at rest and during contraction, have direct bearing on their role as release and/or storage sites for Ca in situ.


1986 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Volpe ◽  
G Salviati ◽  
A Chu

The action of ruthenium red (RR) on Ca2+ loading by and Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) of chemically skinned skeletal muscle fibers of the rabbit was investigated. Ca2+ loading, in the presence of the precipitating anion pyrophosphate, was monitored by a light-scattering method. Ca2+ release was indirectly measured by following tension development evoked by caffeine. Stimulation of the Ca2+ loading rate by 5 microM RR was dependent on free Ca2+, being maximal at pCa 5.56. Isometric force development induced by 5 mM caffeine was reversibly antagonized by RR. IC50 for the rate of tension rise was 0.5 microM; that for the extent of tension was 4 microM. RR slightly shifted the steady state isometric force/pCa curve toward lower pCa values. At 5 microM RR, the pCa required for half-maximal force was 0.2 log units lower than that of the control, and maximal force was depressed by approximately 16%. These results suggest that RR inhibited Ca2+ release from the SR and stimulated Ca2+ loading into the SR by closing Ca2+-gated Ca2+ channels. Previous studies on isolated SR have indicated the selective presence of such channels in junctional terminal cisternae.


1967 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 1327-1352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arselio P. Carvalho ◽  
Barbara Leo

Fragmented sarcoplasmic reticulum isolated from skeletal muscle of the rabbit has a cation-binding capacity of about 350 µeq/g of protein at neutral pH. The same binding sites bind Ca, Mg, K, and H ions and, consequently, the selective binding of Ca induced by ATP releases an amount of the other cations equivalent to the Ca taken up. At pH values below 6.2, an increasing number of binding sites are associated with H+, and ATP induces exchange of Ca mostly for H+. At pH values above 6.2, the binding sites exist in the form of Mg and K, and Ca is bound in exchange for these cations. The total bound Ca + Mg + K, expressed in microequivalents of cations bound per gram of protein, is approximately constant at various pCa values, which indicates a stoichiometric exchange of Ca for the other cations. To accomplish the same degree of exchange of Ca for other cations bound, in the absence of ATP, concentrations of free Ca++ of about 1000-fold higher than those needed in the presence of ATP are required in the medium. We cannot distinguish between a mechanism whereby Ca actively transported into a compartment of the microsomal vesicles containing also the binding sites is bound passively to these sites in exchange for Mg, K, and H and another in which ATP selectively increases the affinity of surface-binding sites for Ca. Irrespective of the mechanism of accumulation, the Ca retained does not contribute to the activity of the cation in the membrane fraction. Caffeine (10 mM) has no effect on the binding of Ca, but releases a more labile fraction of Ca, which presumably accumulates in excess of the bound Ca. Procaine (5 mM) antagonizes the effect of caffeine. Acetylcholine and epinephrine have no effect on the binding of Ca.


1988 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
J S Smith ◽  
T Imagawa ◽  
J Ma ◽  
M Fill ◽  
K P Campbell ◽  
...  

The ryanodine receptor of rabbit skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum was purified as a single 450,000-dalton polypeptide from CHAPS-solubilized triads using immunoaffinity chromatography. The purified receptor had a [3H]ryanodine-binding capacity (Bmax) of 490 pmol/mg and a binding affinity (Kd) of 7.0 nM. Using planar bilayer recording techniques, we show that the purified receptor forms cationic channels selective for divalent ions. Ryanodine receptor channels were identical to the Ca-release channels described in native sarcoplasmic reticulum using the same techniques. In the present work, four criteria were used to establish this identity: (a) activation of channels by micromolar Ca and millimolar ATP and inhibition by micromolar ruthenium red, (b) a main channel conductance of 110 +/- 10 pS in 54 mM trans Ca, (c) a long-term open state of lower unitary conductance induced by ryanodine concentrations as low as 20 nM, and (d) a permeability ratio PCa/PTris approximately equal to 14. In addition, we show that the purified ryanodine receptor channel displays a saturable conductance in both monovalent and divalent cation solutions (gamma max for K and Ca = 1 nS and 172 pS, respectively). In the absence of Ca, channels had a broad selectivity for monovalent cations, but in the presence of Ca, they were selectively permeable to Ca against K by a permeability ratio PCa/PK approximately equal to 6. Receptor channels displayed several equivalent conductance levels, which suggest an oligomeric pore structure. We conclude that the 450,000-dalton polypeptide ryanodine receptor is the Ca-release channel of the sarcoplasmic reticulum and is the target site of ruthenium red and ryanodine.


1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (14) ◽  
pp. 8387-8393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Ping Wang ◽  
Dolores H. Needleman ◽  
Alexander B. Seryshev ◽  
Bahman Aghdasi ◽  
Kenneth J. Slavik ◽  
...  

1987 ◽  
Vol 245 (3) ◽  
pp. 713-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
J M McWhirter ◽  
G W Gould ◽  
J M East ◽  
A G Lee

We present a model for Ca2+ efflux from vesicles of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). It is proposed that efflux is mediated by the Ca2+ + Mg2+-activated ATPase that is responsible for Ca2+ uptake in this system. In the normal ATPase cycle of the ATPase, phosphorylation of the ATPase is followed by a conformational change in which the Ca2+-binding sites change from being outward-facing and of high affinity to being inward-facing and of low affinity. To mediate Ca2+ efflux, it is proposed that the ATPase can adopt a conformation in which the Ca2+-binding sites are of low affinity but still outward-facing. It is shown that experimental data on the rates of Ca2+ efflux can be simulated in terms of this model, with Ca2+-binding-site affinities previously proposed to explain ATPase activity [Gould, East, Froud, McWhirter, Stefanova & Lee (1986) Biochem. J. 237, 217-227]. Effects of Mg2+ and adenine nucleotides on efflux rates are explained. It is suggested that Ca2+ efflux from SR mediated by the ATPase could be important in excitation-contraction coupling in skeletal muscle.


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