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M Forgac

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PubMed1987

Inhibition of the coated vesicle proton pump and labeling of a 17,000-dalton polypeptide by N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide.

N,N'-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD) inhibits 100% of proton transport and 80-85% of (Mg2+)-ATPase activity in clathrin-coated vesicles. Half-maximum inhibition of proton transport is observed at 10 microM DCCD after 30 min. Although treatment of the coated vesicle (H+)-ATPase with DCCD has no effect on ATP hydrolysis in the detergent-solubilized state, sensitivity of proton transport and ATPase activity to DCCD is restored following reconstitution into phospholipid vesicles. In addition, treatment of the detergent-solubilized enzyme with DCCD followed by reconstitution gives a preparation that is blocked in both proton transport and ATP hydrolysis. These results suggest that although the coated vesicle (H+)-ATPase can react with DCCD in either a membrane-bound or detergent-solubilized state, inhibition of ATPase activity is only manifested when the pump is present in sealed membrane vesicles. To identify the subunit responsible for inhibition of the coated vesicle (H+)-ATPase by DCCD, we have labeled the partially purified enzyme with [14C]DCCD. A single polypeptide of molecular weight 17,000 is labeled. The extremely hydrophobic nature of this polypeptide is indicated by its extraction with chloroform:methanol. The 17,000-dalton protein can be labeled to a maximum stoichiometry of 0.99 mol of DCCD/mol of protein with 100% inhibition of proton transport occurring at a stoichiometry of 0.15-0.20 mol of DCCD/mol of protein. Amino acid analysis of the chloroform:methanol extracted 17,000-dalton polypeptide reveals a high percentage of nonpolar amino acids. The similarity in properties of this protein and the DCCD-binding subunit of the coupling factor (H+)-ATPases suggests that the 17,000-dalton polypeptide may function as part of a proton channel in the coated vesicle proton pump.

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PubMed1986

Structural characterization of the ATP-hydrolyzing portion of the coated vesicle proton pump.

The ATP-hydrolyzing portion of the proton pump from clathrin-coated vesicles (isolated from calf brain) was solubilized with three nondenaturing detergents (cholate, octyl glucoside, and Triton X-100). The hydrodynamic properties of the solubilized (Mg2+)-ATPase were then determined by sedimentation analysis in H2O and D2O and gel filtration on Sepharose 4B. The coated vesicle (Mg2+)-ATPase migrated under all conditions as a single peak of activity. In cholate, the sedimentation coefficient (S20,w), Stokes radius (a), and partial specific volume (vc) were 8.25 (+/- 0.20) S, 68 (+/- 2) A, and 0.71 (+/- 0.03) cm3/g, respectively. In octyl glucoside and Triton X-100 these values were respectively 7.90 (+/- 0.20) and 7.45 (+/- 0.20) S, 68 (+/- 3) and 101 (+/- 5) A, and 0.74 (+/- 0.03) and 0.75 (+/- 0.03) cm3/g. Application of the Svedberg equation to these data gave a molecular weight for the protein-detergent complex of 217,000 +/- 21,000 (cholate), 234,000 +/- 26,000 (octyl glucoside), and 337,000 +/- 40,000 (Triton X-100). Assuming the protein binds one micelle of detergent, these values correspond to a protein molecular weight of 215,000 +/- 21,000 (cholate), 226,000 +/- 26,000 (octyl glucoside), and 247,000 +/- 40,000 (Triton X-100). The cholate-solubilized, gradient-purified (Mg2+)-ATPase, when combined with a 100,000 g pellet fraction, could be reconstituted by dialysis into phospholipid vesicles which displayed ATP-dependent proton uptake.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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PubMed1984

Characterization of the ATP-dependent proton pump of clathrin-coated vesicles.

The ATP-dependent proton pump which was previously identified in clathrin-coated vesicles isolated from calf brain (Forgac, M., Cantley, L., Wiedenmann, B., Altstiel, L., and Branton, D. (1983) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80, 1300-1303) is further characterized. 7-Chloro-4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole (NBD-Cl) was identified as a potent inhibitor of both ATP-dependent proton uptake and Mg2+-ATPase activity of coated vesicles. Thus, incubation with 10 microM NBD-Cl for 10 min at 23 degrees caused the loss of 80% of the Mg2+-ATPase activity and 95% of the proton pumping activity. The observed protection from NBD-Cl inhibition by ATP suggests that NBD-Cl may react at the catalytic site, and reversal of NBD-Cl inhibition by 2-mercaptoethanol is consistent with reaction at either a tyrosine or cysteine residue. In addition, no stable phosphorylated intermediate was observed during turnover of the coated vesicle proton pump and neither Na+ nor K+ was countertransported by the pump during ATP-dependent proton uptake.

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PubMed1984

The sinusoidal domain of the plasma membrane of rat hepatocytes contains an amiloride-sensitive Na+/H+ antiport.

ATP-dependent trapping of [14C]methylamine was demonstrated in vesicles selectively derived from the sinusoidal plasma membrane of rat hepatocytes; activity was lacking in vesicles prepared from the canalicular domain of the plasma membrane of rat hepatocytes. The proton movement was inhibited by carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone, strophanthidin, vanadate, amiloride, and absence of sodium. 22Na efflux from sinusoidal membrane vesicles increased inversely to extravesicular pH. The results indicate that the sinusoidal plasma membrane of rat hepatocytes contains a Na+/H+ antiport.

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PubMed1984

Purification and proteolysis of vesicles containing inside-out and right-side-out oriented reconstituted (Na+, K+)-ATPase.

The (Na+,K+)-ATPase from dog kidney has been reconstituted into egg lecithin vesicles (Goldin, S. M. (1977) J. Biol. Chem. 252, 5630-5642). Using sucrose density gradient centrifugation, we have isolated sealed vesicle populations in which the protein molecules have defined orientations. Sealed vesicles sedimented at higher density than unsealed vesicles after equilibration with CsCl. Vesicles containing inside-out oriented enzyme sedimented at lower density than vesicles containing right-side-out oriented enzyme after the internally trapped Cs+ had been pumped out during an incubation with Mg2+ and ATP. Pools of gradient fractions representing unsealed vesicles and sealed vesicles containing inside-out and right-side-out oriented protein were characterized with respect to orientation and degree of sealing by determination of the ATPase activity, the rate of ATP-dependent Na+ uptake, and the inhibition of ATPase activity by ouabain. The accessibilities of sialic acid and of a tryptic site in the vesicle populations were in agreement with the proposed orientations of the protein. The structure of the reconstituted (Na+,K+)-ATPase was examined by proteolysis with trypsin and chymotrypsin over a range of reconstitution protocols. The fragmentation patterns demonstrate that the cholate-reconstituted enzyme, although functionally competent, differs in structure from the native purified enzyme.

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PubMed1984

The plasma membrane (Mg2+)-dependent adenosine triphosphatase from the human erythrocyte is not an ion pump.

The plasma membrane (Mg2+)-dependent adenosine triphosphatase [Mg2+)-ATPase) from human erythrocytes has been tested for its ability to transport ions. Using a preparation of inside-out vesicles loaded with the pH-sensitive fluorescence probe 1-hydroxypyrene-3,6,8-trisulfonic acid (HPTS), we have demonstrated the absence of proton movement during (Mg2+)-ATPase activity. From the rate of ATP hydrolysis and the passive proton permeability of these vesicles, an upper limit of 0.03 H+ transported per ATP hydrolyzed was calculated. To verify that proton pumping could be detected in this system, the intravesicular pH was monitored during (Ca2+)-dependent adenosine triphosphatase [Ca2+)-ATPase) activity. Proton efflux associated with (Ca2+)-ATPase activity was observed (in agreement with a recent report of proton pumping by a reconstituted erythrocyte (Ca2+)-ATPase (Niggli, V., Sigel, E., Carafoli, E. (1982) J. Biol. Chem. 257:2350-2356] and was shown to be stimulated by calmodulin. The ability of the (Mg2+)-ATPase to pump 28Mg2+, 35SO2-4 and 86Rb+ was also tested, with the results leading to the conclusion that the human erythrocyte enzyme does not function as an ion transport system.

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PubMed1983

Topological localization of proteolytic sites of sodium and potassium ion stimulated adenosinetriphosphatase.

The (Na+ and K+)-stimulated adenosinetriphosphatase [(Na+,K+)-ATPase] consists of two different polypeptides, alpha and beta, both of which are embedded in the plasma membrane. The alpha chain from dog kidney (Na+,K+)-ATPase can be hydrolyzed at specific sites by trypsin and chymotrypsin [Castro, J., & Farley, R. A. (1979) J. Biol. Chem. 254, 2221-2228]. In order to position these sites with respect to the lipid bilayer, we have treated sealed, inside out vesicles from human red cells and unsealed kidney enzyme membranes with trypsin and chymotrypsin and have used ouabain-stimulated phosphorylation to identify the (Na+,K+)-ATPase and its fragments. All of the proteolytic sites observed in the kidney membranes are accessible in the inside out vesicles. The ouabain-inhibitable uptake of 86Rb+ in human red blood cells is resistant to externally added chymotrypsin. These results indicate that the proteolytic sites of the (Na+,K+)-ATPase are exposed on the cytoplasmic side of the membrane.

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PubMed1983

Clathrin-coated vesicles contain an ATP-dependent proton pump.

Clathrin-coated vesicles isolated from calf brain contain an ATP-dependent proton pump. Proton movement was monitored by measuring [14C]methylamine distribution. Addition of Mg2+ and ATP to coated vesicles equilibrated with [14C]methylamine resulted in the generation of a 4- to 5-fold concentration gradient, corresponding to a delta pH of 0.6-0.7 units between the medium and the acidic inside of the coated vesicles. ATP-dependent [14C]methylamine uptake was abolished by the proton ionophore carbonylcyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP) and partially inhibited by the carboxyl reagent N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide but was unaffected by the Na+, K+-ATPase inhibitors strophanthidin (100 microM) and vanadate (10 microM) and the mitochondrial ATPase inhibitors oligomycin (10 microgram/ml) and aurovertin (1 microgram/ml). GTP, but not the nonhydrolyzable analog 5'-adenylyl imidodiphosphate, could support [14C]methylamine uptake. Dissipation of the membrane potential with K+ and valinomycin resulted in stimulation of [14C]methylamine uptake, whereas both FCCP and valinomycin stimulated the strophanthidin-resistant ATPase activity. These results are consistent with the existence of an electrogenic, ATP-dependent proton pump in clathrin-coated vesicles. This proton pump may play a role in the acidification events that are essential in receptor-mediated endocytosis.

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PubMed1982

Na+ transport by the (Na+)-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase.

We have previously shown that the (Na+ and K+)-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase from canine kidney reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles is capable of K+-independent transport of Na+ against a concentration gradient (Forgac, M., and Chin, G. (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 3645-3646). The Na+ dependence of the stoichiometry of this process has been investigated and suggests that Na+ ions can be bound and transported by the sites normally occupied by K+. Measurement of the membrane potential generated during active Na+ uptake by [3H]triphenylmethylphosphonium ion distribution gave a value of 50 mV (positive inside). The electrogenicity of Na+ transport is sufficient to explain the observed uptake of an approximately equivalent amount of Cl-. We have also measured Na+ transport into reconstituted vesicles containing neither Na+ nor K+. Na+ uptake was half-maximal at an external Na+ concentration of 1 mM and was accompanied by a less than equivalent amount of Cl- uptake. In order to determine whether protons might also be moving in this system, the intravesicular pH was measured with the pH-sensitive fluorescent probe 1-hydroxypyrene-3,6,8-trisulfonic acid. Active Na+ uptake was accompanied by proton efflux, the amount of proton movement depending on the counterion present.

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PubMed1981

K+-independent active transport of Na+ by the (Na+ and K+)-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase.

The (Na+ and K+)-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase (Na+,K+)-ATPase) from canine kidney reconstituted into phospholipid vesicles showed an ATP-dependent, ouabain-inhibited uptake of 22Na+ in the absence of added K+. This transport occurred against a Na+ concentration gradient, was not affected by increasing the K+ concentration to 10 microM (four times the endogenous level), and could not be explained in terms of Na+in in equilibrium Na+out exchange. K+-independent transport occurred with a stoichiometry of 0.5 mol of Na+ per mol of ATP hydrolyzed as compared with 2.9 mol of Na+ per mol of ATP for K+-dependent transport.

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