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Calcium uptake by sarcoplasmic reticulum of rat muscle: inhibition by DDT.

Sarcoplasmic reticulum fragments capable of accumulating calcium were isolated from rat skeletal muscle by differential and sucrose gradient centrifugation. The ability of these fragments to accumulate calcium was impaired by adding 2,2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane (DDT) to the assay medium at concentrations of 0.06 to 6 muM. DDT (6 muM) caused a sharp lag in calcium uptake, with an 82% reduction in reaction rate 30 sec after calcium was added and a 62% reduction after one min. Basal ATPase activity of the microsomal fraction was inhibited by DDT but the calcium-stimulated increment of ATP hydrolysis was not. The findings show that DDT hinders calcium uptake by sarcoplasmic reticulum, but by some means other than inhibition of the calcium-stimulated ATPase. An apparent antagonism between DDT and ouabain or oligomycin was indicated. We propose that the presence of the lipid-soluble DDT molecule within the membrane of the sarcoplasmic reticulum interferes with the normal rapid uptake of calcium ions required for muscle relaxation, and that this interference may contribute to loss of muscle control in organisms poisoned by DDT.

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Substrate regulation of the sarcoplasmic reticulum ATPase. Transient kinetic studies.

The rate of phosphorylation of the Ca2+-dependent ATPase of sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles by ITP and ATP was studied using a millisecond mixing and quenching device. The rate of phosphorylation was slower when the vesicles were preincubated in a Ca2+-free medium than when preincubated with Ca2+, regardless of the substrate used and of the pH of the medium. When the vesicles were preincubated with Ca2+ at pH 7.4 an overshoot of phosphorylation was observed in the presence of ITP. The overshoot was abolished when the pH of the medium was decreased to 6.0 or when the vesicles were preincubated in a Ca2+-free medium. Using vesicles preincubated with Ca2+ the apparent Km for ITP found was 2.5 mM at pH 6.0 and 1.0 mM at pH 7.4. The Vmax observed (77 mumol g-1 s-1) did not change with the pH of the medium. Both at pH 6.0 and 7.4 the apparent Km for ATP was 3 microM when preincubated in a Ca2+-free medium. At pH 6.0 the Vmax for ATP varied from 96 to 33 mumol g-1 s-1 depending on whether the vesicles were preincubated in the presence or absence of Ca2+. At pH 7.4 the Vmax for ATP was 90 mumol g-1 s-1 in both conditions. The rate of phosphorylation of the vesicles was dependent on the relative Ca2+ and Mg2+ concentrations of the reaction medium regardless of the substrate used.

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Diamide inhibited (Ca++ + Mg++) and (Mg++) dependent ATPase in erythrocyte membranes: activity at different temperatures.

After inhibition of the monovalent cation dependent ATPase, a (Ca++ + Mg++) and a (Mg++) dependent ATPase activity can be detected. The inhibition due to diamide on the (Mg++) ATPase, assayed in the 12.5 degrees C - 30 degrees C temperature range, is almost complete. On the contrary the diamide induced inhibition of (Ca++ + Mg++) ATPase, in the same temperature range, is not complete and the residual activity increases with temperature. The reported data indicate that the ATPase activity induced by calcium is much less diamide-sensitive and -SH-dependent than that elicited by Mg++ alone.

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[Effect of thermostable protein kinase modulator on Mg, Ca-ATPase from nervous tissue].

Isoelectric focusing of a purified fraction of thermostable modulator of 3',5'-AMP-dependent protein kinase revealed five individual proteins, the main protein having an isoelectric point of 4,05. The molecular weight of this protein as determined by gel filtration is 8000--9000. The protein with a pI of 4,05 binds Ca2+ and in contrast to the original modulator inhibits the endogenous 3',5'-AMP-dependent phosphorylation of synaptic membranes. An addition of the original modulator fraction to the microsomes isolated from nervous tissue increases the Mg, Ca-ATPase activity and absorption of 45Ca. Neither the protein with a pI of 4,05 nor other individual proteins affect the activity of transport ATPase. The activating effect is partly restored after mixing of all the five subfractions. It is assumed that these proteins are aggregated by Ca2+ and change the activity of ATPase or membrane 3',5'-AMP-dependent protein kinase depending on the concentration of calcium ions.

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[Participation of Mg2+ and Ca2+ ions and the corresponding ATPases in the mechanism of the presynaptic action of amisyl and arecoline].

Amisyle and arecoline were found to be antagonistic drugs in the effect on content of Mg2+ and Ca2+ and on activity of corresponding ATPases in synaptosomes isolated from rat brain. Amisyle promoted the incorporation of 45Ca into synaptosomes but arecoline inhibited the reaction. The appear to be responsible for liberation and maintaining of neurotransmitters in presinaptic stores.

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Subcellular calcium localization and AT0-dependent Ca2+-uptake by smooth endoplasmic reticulum in an invertebrate photoreceptor cell. An ultrastrucutral, cytochemical and X-ray microanalytical study.

In Hirudo medicinalis an extensive and highly elaborate three dimensional network of smooth endoplasmic reticulum cisternae is found in very close structural relationship to the receptive (microvillar) membrane, as reported for many other invertebrates. A variant of the potassium pyroantimonate technique showed that these submicrovillar endoplasmic reticulum cisternae (SMC) and mitochondria are major intracellular calcium stores. Furthermore, using saponine-skinned photoreceptors for an in situ accumulation experiment, calcium oxalate precipitates in SMC demonstrate that this organelle is able to accumulate Ca2+ from a concentration of 2 x 10(-5) M, when ATP, Mg2+, and oxalate ions are present in the accumulation medium. This result provides direct evidence for the hypothesis that SMC may play a particularly important role in the regulation of intracellular ionized calcium in invertebrate photoreceptor cells. Morphological evidence supports this view.

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Histoenzymatic changes in the dog kidney in an experimentally induced crushing injury of the thorax.

The experiments were carried out on dogs. Experimental animals were subjected to the trauma of the thorax during operation. The localization and activity of succinic dehydrogenase, NADH2-tetrazole reductase, adenosine triphosphatase, alkaline and acid phosphates in the kidneys were examined. An increase of the activity of all the investigated enzymes takes place under the influence of the stress. On the basis of the investigations it can be supposed that the processes of oxygen phosphorylation and active transport are intensified. An increase of the activity of acid phosphates gives evidence of the intensity of phagocytosis and pinocytosis processes in the kidney.

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Calcium handling by cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum.

Over the past ten years knowledge of the biochemistry of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles has been considerably extended. In almost all respects the Ca2+ pump of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum shows striking similarities to the Ca2+ pump of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum. On the other hand, Ca2+ release mechanisms seem to be more complex in cardiac than in skeletal sarcoplasmic reticulum. Future research undoubtedly will involve characterizing the function of the many additional proteins present in cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum, and determining possible roles for these proteins in regulating Ca2+ uptake and Ca2+ release by these membranes.

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Ca2+-activated ATPase of rat liver plasma membrane.

Rat liver plasma membranes hydrolyze ATP in the presence of Ca2+. The rate of hydrolysis is different when Mg2+ions are present in the incubation system. Several parameters differentiate Ca2+-ATPase from Mg2+-ATPase: a) the Km of ATP hydrolysis for Ca2+ (2.25 x 10(-4) M) is lower than for Mg2+ (2.14 x 10(-3) M); b) the shape of the activation curve is hyperbolic in the presence of Ca2+ and sigmoid in the presence of Mg2+; c) Mg2+-ATPase shows two different values of activation energy while Ca2+-ATPase presents only a single value; d) Ca2+-ATPase is inhibited, while Mg2+-ATPase is unaffected by cyclic AMP. Ca2+-ATPase is localized on the plasma membrane and is not inhibited by cysteine. It does not hydrolyze substrates different from nucleotides triphosphate, such as glucose-1-phosphate or alpha-glycero-phosphate. The enzyme is probably related to a mechanism of calcium transport.

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Studies on adenosine triphosphatase activity of rat cardiac myosin in isoproterenol-induced cardiac hypertrophy.

Ca2+- and K+ -activated ATPase activity of cardiac myosin from normal and hypertrophied rat hearts was investigated. Cardiac hypertrophy was induced by isoproterenol treatment. A nearly 40% increase in heart mass was seen after seven consecutive days of isoproterenol injection (5 mg/kg) as determined by either heart weight expressed as per cent of body weight or by dry heart weight and total protein content. The measurement of ATP hydrolysis revealed that cardiac myosin from isoproterenol-treated rats had a significant decrease (P less than 0.01) in Ca2+-activated ATPase activity at low ionic strength (0.05 M KCl) in the presence of 5 and 10 mM Ca2+. In contrast, in a high ionic strength medium (0.50 M KCl) the K+- and Ca2+-activated ATPase activity of myosin prepared from hypertrophied myocardium remained unchanged. Comparative analysis of protein present in the light chains of myosin showed no alteration in the proportion of LC1 to LC2 in the myosin from hypertrophied hearts, however, a decrease in the absorption of myosin in the u.v. region was observed. On the basis of our results one can hypothesize that there may be some conformational change in the myosin molecule from hypertrophied myocardium, thereby modifying both Ca2+-sensitivity and ATPase activity at a low KCl concentration.

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[Biochemical mechanisms for the effect of alcohol on the brain].

This paper reviews and discusses basic knowledge of biochemical mechanisms of action of ethanol upon the central nervous system, the emphasis being on effects upon cerebral membrane structures and processes as well as mechanisms of chemical synaptic transmission. Results of detailed studies into material and steric changes in membranes, ion-dependent adenosine triphosphatases, variations in ion balance, effects upon cyclic nucleotides, influences on special transmitter systems, and mechanisms of formation of morphine-analogous condensation products are presented. In addition, open questions are derived and formulated in problem complexes.

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