scholarly journals Effects of semi-starvation and potassium deficiency on the concentration of [3H]ouabain-binding sites and sodium and potassium contents in rat skeletal muscle

1986 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 519-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keld Kjeldsen ◽  
Maria Elisabeth Everts ◽  
Torben Clausen

1. Using vanadate-facilitated [3H]ouabain binding, the effect of semi-starvation on the total concentration of [3H]ouabain-binding sites was determined in samples of rat skeletal muscle. When 12-week-old rats were semi-starved for 1, 2 or 3 weeks on one-third to half the normal daily energy intake, the [3H]ouabain-binding site concentration in soleus muscle was reduced by 19, 24 and 25% respectively. In extensor digitorum longus, diaphragm and gastrocnemius muscles the decrease after 2 weeks of semi-starvation was 15, 18 and 17% respectively. The decrease was fully reversible within 3 d of free access to the diet. Complete deprivation of food for 5 d caused a reduction of 25% in soleus muscle [3H]ouabain-binding-siteconcentration. It was excluded that the reduction in [3H]ouabain binding was due to a reduced affinity of the binding site for [3H]ouabain.2. Semi-starvation of 12-week-old rats for 3 weeks caused a reduction of 45 and 53% in 3, 5, 3'-triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) levels respectively. As reduced thyroid hormone levels have previously been found to decrease [3H]ouabain-binding-siteconcentration in skeletal muscle, this points to the importance of T3 and T4 in the down-regulation of the [3H]ouabain-binding-siteconcentration in skeletal muscle with semi-starvation. Whereas potassium depletion caused a decrease in K content as well as in [3H]ouabain-binding-siteconcentration in skeletal muscles, semi-starvation caused only a tendency to a decrease in K content. Thus, K depletion is not a major cause of the reduction in [3H]ouabain-binding-siteconcentration with semi-starvation.3. Due to its high concentration of Na, K pumps, skeletal muscle has a considerable capacity for clearing K from the plasma as well as for the binding of digitalis glycosides. Semi-starvation causes a severe reduction in the total skeletal muscle pool of Na, K pumps and may therefore be associated with impairment of K tolerance and increased digitalis toxicity.

1988 ◽  
Vol 249 (2) ◽  
pp. 481-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Kjeldsen

Homogeneity or heterogeneity of rat soleus-muscle Na,K-ATPase (Na+ + K+-dependent ATPase) with respect to affinity for [3H]ouabain was evaluated. Since the standard method for measuring specific [3H]ouabain binding to rat skeletal-muscle samples includes subtraction of a value for non-specific [3H]ouabain uptake and retention, and a wash-out in the cold to remove [3H]ouabain from the extracellular phase, it was possible that these procedures could hide a class of [3H]ouabain-binding sites either with low affinity or with a rapid dissociation of [3H]ouabain. However, measurements of [3H]ouabain uptake and retention over the range 0.1-5 mM, as well as the omission of wash-out, gave no evidence for heterogeneity of [3H]ouabain-binding sites in rat soleus muscle. Furthermore, the observation of agreement between the uptake and retention of non-specific [3H]ouabain and of [14C]sucrose gave no evidence for the existence of a major pool of [3H]ouabain-binding sites with low affinity for [3H]ouabain. Assuming homogeneity, the total concentration of [3H]ouabain binding sites in soleus-muscle samples from 12-week-old rats is 278-359 pmol/g wet wt.


1997 ◽  
Vol 152 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Dørup ◽  
T Clausen

Abstract Since adrenal steroids have been shown to upregulate the concentration of Na+–K+-ATPase in cardiac muscle, similar effects could be expected in skeletal muscle. Following infusion of dexamethasone (0·02–0·1 mg/kg per day) for 7 days in 10-week-old rats, the total concentration of [3H]ouabain-binding sites rose by up to 22–42% in soleus, extensor digitorum longus, gastrocnemius and diaphragm muscle. Dexamethasone produced no or minute changes in the Na+–K+ contents of skeletal muscle. In contrast, infusion with aldosterone (0·02–0·5 mg/kg per day) for 7 days produced hypokalemia and a graded reduction in the K+ content of skeletal muscle, which was closely correlated to a downregulation of the [3 H]ouabain-binding site concentration (r= 0·65–0·70; P<0·001). The results indicate that in skeletal muscle high doses of glucocorticoids upregulate the concentration of Na+–K+ pumps whereas mineralocorticoids induce a downregulation, which is secondary to the concomitant K+ deficiency. Since adrenalectomy produced no significant change in [3 H]ouabain-binding site concentration, basal levels of endogenous adrenal steroids seem to be of minor importance for the regulation of Na+–K+ pump concentration in skeletal muscle. Journal of Endocrinology (1997) 152, 49–57


1986 ◽  
Vol 240 (3) ◽  
pp. 725-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Kjeldsen

In the standard [3H]ouabain-binding assay for quantification of the Na,K-ATPase (Na+ + K+-dependent ATPase) concentration in rat skeletal muscles, samples are incubated for 2 × 60 min in 1 microM-[3H]ouabain at 37 degrees C followed by a wash-out for 4 × 30 min at 0 degree C. To obtain accurate determinations, values determined by this standard assay should be corrected for non-specific uptake and retention of [3H]ouabain (11% overestimation), loss of specifically bound [3H]ouabain during wash-out (21% underestimation), evaporation from muscle samples during weighing (4% overestimation), impurity of [3H]ouabain (5% underestimation) and incomplete saturation of [3H]ouabain binding sites (6% underestimation). Thus corrected the standard [3H]ouabain-binding assay determines the total Na,K-ATPase concentration. Hence, in the soleus muscle of 12-week-old rats the total [3H]ouabain-binding-site concentration is 278 +/- 20 pmol/g wet wt. This is at variance with the evaluation of the Na,K-ATPase concentration from Na,K-ATPase activity measurements in muscle membrane fractions, where the recovery of Na,K-ATPase is only 2-18%. Quantification of the total Na,K-ATPase concentration is of particular importance since it is a prerequisite for the discussion of quantitative aspects of the Na,K-ATPase.


1986 ◽  
Vol 860 (3) ◽  
pp. 708-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keld Kjeldsen ◽  
Erik A. Richter ◽  
Henrik Galbo ◽  
Gilles Lortie ◽  
Torben Clausen

1999 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 1132-1140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiwu Sun ◽  
Murali Nagarajan ◽  
Philip W. Beesley ◽  
Yuk-Chow Ng

Skeletal muscle expresses multiple isoforms of the Na+-K+-ATPase. Their expression has been shown to be differentially regulated under pathophysiological conditions. In addition, previous studies suggest possible age-dependent alterations in Na+-K+pump function. The present study tests the hypothesis that advancing age is associated with altered Na+-K+-ATPase enzyme activity and isoform-specific changes in expression of the enzyme subunits. Red and white gastrocnemius (Gast) as well as soleus muscles of male Fischer 344/Brown Norway (F-344/BN) rats at 6, 18, and 30 mo of age were examined. Na+-K+-ATPase activity, measured by K+-stimulated 3- O-methylfluorescein phosphatase activity, increased by ∼50% in a mixed Gast homogenate from 30-mo-old compared with 6- and 18-mo-old rats. Advancing age was associated with markedly increased α1- and β1-subunit, and decreased α2- and β2-subunit in red and white Gast. In soleus, there were similar changes in expression of α1- and α2-subunits, but levels of β1-subunit were unchanged. Functional Na+-K+-ATPase units, measured by [3H]ouabain binding, undergo muscle-type specific changes. In red Gast, high-affinity ouabain-binding sites, which are a measure of α2-isozyme, increased in 30-mo-old rats despite decreased levels of α2-subunit. In white Gast, by contrast, decreased levels of α2-subunit were accompanied by decreased high-affinity ouabain-binding sites. Finally, patterns of expression of the four myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms (type I, IIA, IIX, and IIB) in these muscles were similar in the three age groups examined. We conclude that, in the skeletal muscles of F-344/BN rats, advancing age is associated with muscle type-specific alterations in Na+-K+-ATPase activity and patterns of expression of α- and β-subunit isoforms. These changes apparently occurred without obvious shift in muscle fiber types, since expression of MHC isoforms remained unchanged. Some of the alterations occurred between middle-age (18 mo) and senescence (30 mo), and, therefore, may be attributed to aging of skeletal muscle.


1993 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. J. McKenna ◽  
T. A. Schmidt ◽  
M. Hargreaves ◽  
L. Cameron ◽  
S. L. Skinner ◽  
...  

This study investigated the effects of sprint training on muscle Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) concentration, plasma [K+] regulation, muscle performance, and fatigue during severe intermittent exercise. Six untrained male subjects underwent intensive cycle-sprint training for 7 wk. Muscle biopsies were taken at rest from the vastus lateralis muscle before and after 7 wk of training and were assayed for Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase concentration using vanadate-facilitated [3H]ouabain binding to intact samples. Before and after the training period, subjects performed four maximal 30-s exercise bouts (EB) on a cycle ergometer, each separated by a 4-min recovery. Arterialized venous blood samples were drawn immediately before and after each sprint bout and were analyzed for plasma [K+]. The work output was significantly elevated (11%) across all four EBs after training. The muscle [3H]ouabain binding site concentration was significantly increased (16%) from 333 +/- 19 to 387 +/- 15 (SE) pmol/g wet wt after training but was unchanged in muscle obtained from three control subjects. Plasma [K+] rose by 1–2 mmol/l with each EB and declined rapidly by the end of each recovery period. The increases in plasma [K+] resulting from each EB were significantly lower (19%) after training. The ratios of rise in plasma [K+] relative to work output during each EB were also significantly lower (27%) after training. The increased muscle [3H]ouabain binding site concentration and the reduced ratio of rise in [K+] relative to work output with exercise are both consistent with improved plasma and skeletal muscle K+ regulation after sprint training.


2020 ◽  
Vol 128 (3) ◽  
pp. 501-513
Author(s):  
Muath M. Altarawneh ◽  
Erik D. Hanson ◽  
Andrew C. Betik ◽  
Aaron C. Petersen ◽  
Alan Hayes ◽  
...  

We investigated the effects of testosterone suppression, hindlimb immobilization, and recovery on skeletal muscle Na+,K+-ATPase (NKA), measured via [3H]ouabain binding site content (OB) and NKA isoform abundances (α1–3, β1–2). Male rats underwent castration or sham surgery plus 7 days of rest, 10 days of unilateral immobilization (cast), and 14 days of recovery, with soleus muscles obtained at each time from cast and noncast legs. Testosterone reduction did not modify OB or NKA isoforms in nonimmobilized control muscles. With sham surgery, OB was lower after immobilization in the cast leg than in both the noncast leg (−26%, P = 0.023) and the nonimmobilized control (−34%, P  = 0.001), but OB subsequently recovered. With castration, OB was lower after immobilization in the cast leg than in the nonimmobilized control (−34%, P  = 0.001), and remained depressed at recovery (−34%, P = 0.001). NKA isoforms did not differ after immobilization or recovery in the sham group. After castration, α2 in the cast leg was ~60% lower than in the noncast leg ( P = 0.004) and nonimmobilized control ( P = 0.004) and after recovery remained lower than the nonimmobilized control (−42%, P = 0.039). After immobilization, β1 was lower in the cast than the noncast leg (−26%, P = 0.018), with β2 lower in the cast leg than in the noncast leg (−71%, P = 0.004) and nonimmobilized control (−65%, P = 0.012). No differences existed for α1 or α3. Thus, both OB and α2 decreased after immobilization and recovery in the castration group, with α2, β1, and β2 isoform abundances decreased with immobilization compared with the sham group. Therefore, testosterone suppression in rats impaired restoration of immobilization-induced lowered number of functional NKA and α2 isoforms in soleus muscle. NEW & NOTEWORTHY: The Na+,K+-ATPase (NKA) is vital in muscle excitability and function. In rats, immobilization depressed soleus muscle NKA, with declines in [3H]ouabain binding, which was restored after 14 days recovery. After testosterone suppression by castration, immobilization depressed [3H]ouabain binding, depressed α2, β1, and β2 isoforms, and abolished subsequent recovery in [3H]ouabain binding and α2 isoforms. This may have implications for functional recovery for inactive men with lowered testosterone levels, such as in prostate cancer or aging.


1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (2) ◽  
pp. R559-R565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claude H. Côté ◽  
Fabrisia Ambrosio ◽  
Guylaine Perreault

Carbonic anhydrase (CA) III is very abundant in type I skeletal muscle, but its function is still debated. Our aims were to examine CA III expression during growth and determine whether the effects of CA inhibition previously observed in adult muscles could be seen in younger rats in which CA III levels are lower. CA III content and activity were measured in soleus muscles from 10- to 100-day-old rats, and the influence of CA inhibitor on fatigue and hexosemonophosphate content was quantified in vitro. CA III activity and content increased fivefold between 10 and 100 days of age. Data analysis revealed that the influence of CA inhibitor on fatigue was to some extent positively and linearly related to the level of CA III activity. Hexosemonophosphate accumulation with CA inhibition also became more significant with age. In conclusion, CA III level in soleus muscle does not stabilize before 3 mo after birth; data also confirm that the effects of CA inhibitors are due to inhibition of the CA III isoform.


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