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W L Dean

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PubMed1982

Alteration of phospholipid composition of mouse liver microsomes in vivo and the effect on membrane properties.

Administration of the methylation inhibitor periodate-oxidized adenosine to male Swiss-Webster mice on a choline-deficient diet produced a decrease (17%) in phosphatidylcholine to phosphatidylethanolamine ratios compared to saline-injected controls in liver, and also in kidney (11%), but not in muscle microsome preparations. Both intact liver microsomes and reconstituted membranes from lipid extracts showed a higher fluorescence anisotropy of the hydrophobic probe 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene than control samples in the temperature range of 20-31 degrees C.

Adenosine↗
PubMed1982

Bioenergy metabolism of gastric mucosa during stress.

Previous studies have identified a cellular energy deficit in gastric mucosa after ischemia. We studied the processes of energy generation (mitochondrial function) and energy utilization (microsomal adenosine triphosphatase [ATPase] activity) in an experimental model of stress. Rabbits were divided into four groups: I, fed controls (n = 7); II, 24-hour fasted controls (n = 7); III, fasted, anesthetized, and cannulated controls (n = 7); and IV, fasted, anesthetized, cannulated, and bled rabbits. Bleeding consisted of 25 ml blood/kg into a reservoir for 60 minutes; the blood was then reinfused. Animals were killed 30 minutes after reinfusion; antral, corpus, and fundus mucosae were dissected; each region of mucosa was homogenized; and mitochondrial and microsomal fractions were isolated by differential centrifugation. No animals in group I or II had gastric ulcerations. Three of seven animals in group III and all group IV animals had corpus and fundus ulcers. No antral ulcers were seen in any group. The respiratory control index (RCI) of antral mitochondria was increased in groups II, III, and IV but was unchanged in all groups of corpus and fundus mitochondria. Studies of microsomal ATPase activity indicated increased activity of potassium-stimulated ATPase in the corpus mucosa. In the corpus mucosa, total ATPase activity was increased primarily as a consequence of increased potassium-stimulated ATPase. These data indicate that increased RCI is associated with gastric mucosal integrity in the antrum. Accelerated utilization of available adenosine triphosphate by corpus membrane ATPases may further compromise energy homeostasis during stress.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗
PubMed1981

Interactions between sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium adenosintriphosphatase and nonionic detergents.

The interaction of Triton X-100 and other nonionic detergents with a delipidated preparation of the Ca2+ ATPase from sarcoplasmic reticulum has been studied. Binding of radiolabeled Triton X-100 was determined by column chromatography at 6 degrees C, and two classes of binding sites were observed. Below the critical micelle concentration (cmc), binding of Triton occurred at 35-40 equivalent sites on the delipidated ATPase with a binding constant of 2.7 X 10(4) M-1. Near the cmc cooperative binding of an additional 70 molecules of the detergent was observed. The binding of monomeric Triton X-100 below the cmc was associated with a parallel activation of over half of the ATPase activity, and the remainder of the activity was recovered after the detergent concentration was increased to the cmc. The ability to reactivate ATPase activity was more dependent on the polar poly(oxyethylene) portion of nonionic detergents than on the hydrocarbon portion. Generalizing for all amphiphiles, these results suggest that there are discrete binding sites on the Ca2+ ATPase for phospholipid molecules in the native membrane and that the polar head groups of phospholipids interact more strongly with the protein than the hydrophobic acyl chains. Perturbations in micelle structure were observed for several nonionic detergents by measurement of cis-parinaric acid fluorescence and differential scanning calorimetry, and discontinuities in Arrhenius plots occurred at the transition temperature of the detergent used for reactivation of ATPase activity. It is concluded that both the physiol state of teh micelle and the intrinsic behavior of the ATPase polypeptide affect the temperature dependence of ATPase activity.

Calcium-Transporting ATPases↗
PubMed1980

Transient kinetics of a Ca2+-induced fluorescence change from membrane-associated and solubilized sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase.

The kinetics and extent of the fluorescence change induced by Ca2+ interaction with the Ca2+-ATPase from sarcoplasmic reticulum have been compared by stopped flow fluorimetry for three preparations: sarcoplasmic reticulum; purified ATPase in membrane vesicles; and solubilized, delipidated ATPase. The kinetics of Ca2+ release and binding for both purified preparations could be described by a single exponential as has been observed for sarcoplasmic reticulum. The rate and extent of the fluorescence change for the solubilized and membrane-associated preparations are shown to be quite similar to those of the sarcoplasmic reticulum. From these results, it is concluded that all of the Ca2+-induced fluoescence change in sarcoplasmic reticulum originates from the Ca2+-ATPase. In addition, since the change in fluorescence is probably result of a conformational change in the ATPase during the Ca2+ pumping cycle, the results provide additional evidence that monomeric Ca2+-ATPase may be capable of Ca2+ transport since the delipidated preparation is monomeric under the conditions used for these experiments. Finally, it is concluded that phospholipid bilayer is not essential for this conformational change.

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PubMed1977

Reactivation of lipid-depleted Ca2+-ATPase by a nonionic detergent.

The Ca2+-ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum can be reversibly delipidated by precipitation with polyethyleneglycol in the presence of deoxycholate and glycerol to as low as 4 mol of phospholipid/mol of enzyme polypeptide and can then be reactivated to 90% of its original ATPase activity by the addition of phosphatidylcholine. Furthermore, the preparation exhibits nearly the same activity if the nonionic detergent dodecyl octaoxyethyleneglycol monoether is substituted for the added phospholipid. The delipidated ATPase is soluble in the detergent and retains activity for several days. This is the first report of the Ca2+-ATPase retaining high activity with less than about 30 mol of phospholipid bound per mol of polypeptide.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗