scholarly journals Transient state kinetic studies of Ca2+-dependent ATPase and calcium transport by cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum. Effect of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase-catalyzed phosphorylation of phospholamban.

1980 ◽  
Vol 255 (5) ◽  
pp. 1985-1992
Author(s):  
M. Tada ◽  
M. Yamada ◽  
F. Ohmori ◽  
T. Kuzuya ◽  
M. Inui ◽  
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1978 ◽  
Vol 234 (4) ◽  
pp. H426-H431
Author(s):  
C. J. Limas

Calcium transport by cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) was compared in hyperthyroid (HT) and euthyroid (ET) rats. Both Ca2+ uptake (97 +/- 3.1 nmol/mg per min in HT vs. 63 +/- 2.9 nmol/mg per min in ET, P less than 0.01) and CA2+ -stimulated ATPase activity (61 +/- 4.1 vs. 37 +/- 1.6 nmol Pi/mg per min, P less than 0.01) were higher in the thyroxine-treated animals. These changes were accompanied by enhanced cyclic AMP-dependent phosphorylation of cardiac SR in hyperthyroid rats (180 +/- 4.3 pmol Pi/mg per min vs. 117 +/- 4.2 pmol Pi/mg per min, P less than 0.01). SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of cardiac SR showed that phosphorylation of a 22,000-dalton protein (phospholamban) primarily accounted for the differences between the two groups. There was no difference in the rate of SR dephosphorylation by endogenous phosphoprotein phosphatase between HT and ET rats. Differences in cyclic AMP-dependent phosphorylation between the two groups were blunted in the presence of excess exogenous cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. These results suggest that increased levels or activity of endogenous cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinases may partially explain enhanced calcium transport by the cardiac SR of hyperthyroid animals.


1980 ◽  
Vol 192 (3) ◽  
pp. 867-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
C J Limas

Phosphorylation of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase results in enhanced Ca2+ transport even though Ca2+-dependent ATPase is not a substrate for the kinase. The mechanisms involved in this enhancement are not clear. In the present study, we used the reactivity of sulphydryl groups in the Ca2+-dependent ATPase as an index of conformational change during the Ca2+ transport cycle and examined the effects of protein kinase-catalysed phosphorylation. N-Ethylmaleimide alkylation allowed the distinction of several thiol groups with variable functional significance for the ATPase. A sulphydryl group involved in the formation of the phosphorylated intermediate (EP) of the Ca2+-dependent ATPase was protected by adenosine 5′-[beta, gamma-imido]triphosphate. Reactivity of an additional thiol group was related to EP dephosphorylation and was dependent on Ca2+. The Ca2+ concentration for change in the reactivity of this sulphydryl group and ATPase inhibition occurred within the range for Ca2+ binding to the high-affinity sites. Phosphorylation of cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum by cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase resulted in decreased N-ethyl[1-14C]-maleimide binding and the ATPase inhibition; the thiol groups involved in EP dephosphorylation were selectively protected. The results indicate that protein kinase-catalysed phosphorylation results in conformational changes of the ATPase, which renders certain thiol groups inaccessible to N-ethylmaleimide. This conformational change may facilitate functional movements involved in Ca2+ transport.


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