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A comparative study between a brain Na+,K(+)-ATPase inhibitor (endobain E) and ascorbic acid.

G Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz·T Herbin·C Peña
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In the search of Na+,K(+)-ATPase modulators, we have reported the isolation by gel filtration and HPLC of a brain fraction, termed endobain E, which highly inhibits Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity. In the present study we compared some properties of endobain E with those of ascorbic acid. Kinetic experiments assaying synaptosomal membrane K(+)-p-nitrophenylphosphatase (K(+)-p-NPPase) activity in the presence of endobain E or ascorbic acid showed that in neither case did enzyme inhibition prove competitive in nature versus K+ or p-NPP concentration. At pH 5.0, endobain E and ascorbic acid maximal UV absorbance was 266 and 258 nm, respectively; alkalinization to pH 14.0 led to absorption drop and shift for endobain E but to absorbance disappearance for ascorbic acid. After cysteine treatment, endobain E absorbance decreased, whereas that of ascorbic acid remained unaltered; iodine treatment led to absorbance drop and shift for endobain E but to absorbance disappearance for ascorbic acid. HPLC analysis of endobain E disclosed the presence of two components: one eluting with retention time and UV spectrum indistinguishable from those of ascorbic acid and a second, as yet unidentified, both exerting Na+,K(+)-ATPase inhibition.

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4-NitrophenylphosphataseAnimalsAntioxidantsAscorbic AcidBrainCysteineIodineKineticsMaleOuabainRatsRats, WistarSodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPaseSpectrophotometry, UltravioletComparative StudyJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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G Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz, T Herbin, C Peña. 2003. A comparative study between a brain Na+,K(+)-ATPase inhibitor (endobain E) and ascorbic acid.. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1023227510707

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