Flavonoid inhibitors of Na+,K+-ATPase

Summary A comparative investigation of the inhibiting influence on transport Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase of four flavone aglycones and eight of their glycosides has been performed on the microsomal fraction of the cells of the cerebral cortex.It has been shown that in concentrations of 1·10^–4 to 5·10^–6 M M myricetin, quercetin, luteolin, and myricetin 3-glucoside possess an appreciable inhibiting effect. For kaempferol and its glycosides, as for the glycosides of quercetin and luteolin, the inhibiting effect is extremely feeble.Institute of Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. V. I. Lenin Tashkent State University. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 44–46, January–February, 1977.     

Membrane-bound Na+,K+-ATPase as the cardiac glycoside receptor

DSC studies are carried out to characterize Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase isolated from pig kidney in its natural membrane environment as well as in its purified state upon detergent treatment. The transition temperatures of the investigated thermal protein unfolding process, observed between 43 and 64.5° C, depend on the local membrane environment as well as onpH. In addition, the transition temperature is significantly increased upon binding of different cations and ligands which are known to interact with the enzyme. Evidence for a lipid phase transition around 23 °C in the original biological membrane is reported.The application of a calorimeter equipped with removable cells appears to be more suitable for the investigation of this type of membrane sample than an instrument with fixed capillary cells. Filling the sample capillary cell with an usual syringe, consisting of a long and thin needle, can influence the experimental results.Na⁺, K⁺ -ATPase acts as the receptor for cardiac glycoside binding. The thermodynamic parameters of this binding process are determined by titration calorimetry. The binding of ouabain, as a typical example, is unusually slow and is enthalpy driven. The enthalpy change upon binding enthalpy is –75 kJ mol^–1 at 25 °C. The surprisingly low stoichiometric coefficient, resulting from an evaluation based on a simple one step binding model, is interpreted in terms of a dimeric receptor unit.The authors are grateful to E. Lewitzki, H. Ruf, E. Schick and F. Thommen for stimulating discussions, to A. Schacht for skilfull enzyme preparations and to the German Research Foundation for financial support (SFB 169).     

模拟微重力效应引起大鼠脑氧化应激与Na+,K+-ATP酶表达下调

采用地基模拟微重力效应的大鼠吊尾模型重现了微重力环境导致的氧化应激现象。对脑组织中OH自由基及丙二醛含量测定结果表明,吊尾组大鼠脑纹状体及海马均较其对照组显著性升高,反映了脑中发生了明显的氧化应激。通过比较蛋白质组学方法测定了纹状体突触蛋白的差异表达情况,发现鉴定到的所有ATP酶的表达均发生下调。这些结果表明,微重力效应的影响与氧化应激增强、Na+,K+-ATP酶表达或活性下降密切相关,为进一步探究微重力环境的作用机制及其对于生理系统造成的其它损伤研究提供了依据。     

Photochemical behavior and Na+,K+-ATPase sensitivity of voltage-sensitive styrylpyridinium fluorescent membrane probes

RH421 is a widely used voltage-sensitive fluorescent membrane probe. Its exposure to continuous illumination with 577 nm light from an Hg lamp leads, however, to an increase in its steady-state fluorescence level when bound to lipid membranes. The increase occurs on the second time scale at typical light intensities and was found to be due to a single-photon excited-state isomerization. Modifications to the dye structure are, therefore, necessary to increase photochemical stability and allow wider application of such dyes in kinetic studies of ion-transporting membrane proteins. The related probe ANNINE 5, which has a rigid polycyclic structure, shows no observable photochemical reaction when bound to DMPC vesicles on irradiation with 436 nm light. The voltage sensitivity of ANNINE 5 was tested with the use of Na+,K+-ATPase membrane fragments. As long as ANNINE 5 is excited on the far red edge of its visible absorption band, it shows a similar sensitivity to RH421 in detecting charge-translocating reactions triggered by ATP phosphorylation. Unfortunately the wavelengths necessary for ANNINE 5 excitation are in a region where the Hg lamps routinely used in stopped-flow apparatus have no significant lines available for excitation.     

Chlorpromazine binding to Na+, K+-ATPase and photolabeling: involvement of the ouabain site monitored by fluorescence

This work reports the results of ultraviolet irradiation on the interaction of the phototoxic antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine (CPZ) with the sodium pump Na+, K+-ATPase. The study was performed by monitoring the fluorescence modifications of CPZ itself and of the specific probe anthroylouabain (AO). CPZ association with Na+, K+-ATPase was found to modify the kinetics of CPZ-photodegradation. It was demonstrated that UV irradiation produces a stable fluorescent photoproduct of CPZ covalently bound to Na+, K+-ATPase. The fluorescent probe AO, which specifically binds to the extracellular ouabain site of the pump, was used to localize the CPZ binding site. UV-irradiation of AO-labeled Na+, K+-ATPase treated with CPZ at concentration about 20 microM produced dose-dependent modifications of the AO fluorescence, e.g. increased quantum yield and blue shift. The results demonstrated that CPZ binds near the ouabain site. The photo-induced reaction of CPZ with AO-labeled Na+, K+-ATPase protected the ouabain site from the aqueous environment. It was also found that UV irradiation of CPZ-treated enzyme obstructs the binding of AO, which suggested occlusion of the ouabain site. This effect can be evaluated for a potential use of CPZ in photochemotherapy.     

计算机模拟冠醚和穴醚对钠钾离子的选择

通过计算机模拟,先用分子力学MM2方法对不同类型的冠醚和穴醚进行能量优化,获得其优势构象,在此基础上运用分子力学MM 方法,考察它们与金属离子Na 和K 所形成配合物的稳定性。结果显示,使用两种分子力学方法,可以比较准确快速地推测冠醚与穴醚对Na 和K 的选择及其选择性规律。对运用分子力学方法进行计算机模拟的局限性也进行了讨论。     

CTAB-promoted prussian blue-modified electrode and its cation transport characteristics for K+, Na+, Li+, and NH4+ ions

A Prussian blue (PB) film was deposited on a glassy carbon (GC) electrode by cyclic voltammetry in the presence of the cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). The electrode thus formed showed 4-fold enhancements in redox current and charge values in pure KCl electrolyte as well as greater stability than an electrode prepared in the absence of CTAB. This improved performance of a PB+CTAB electrode versus a PB electrode was further demonstrated using SEM, XRD, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) measurements. A comparative study was undertaken on the cation transport characteristics of PB and PB+CTAB electrodes for Na+, Li+, and NH4+ ions. We obtained a CV pattern for a CTAB-promoted PB film, which showed ideal Nernstian behavior at all scan rates from 5 to 140 mV s(-1). Conditions for the formation and preservation of these ideal and stable PB films are discussed. Possible mechanisms for the beneficial effects of CTAB are proposed.     

Metabolites of the pathogenic fungusVerticillium dahliae VIII. Interaction of the phytotoxic metabolite PKZh-1 with Na+,K+-ATPase

Summary It has been established that the phototoxic metabolite PKZh-1 of the fungusV. dahliae and, to a smaller extent, its chromophoric moiety possess an inhibiting action on the Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase of the microsomal fraction of the cells of the root hairs of the cotton plant of variety 108-F.The absence of specificity in the action of the phytotoxin has been shown in experiments on the Na⁺,K⁺-ATPase of the microsomal fractions of the cells of the cerebral cortexes of the ox, rat, and frog, bovine kidney, and tarantula ganglion.V. I. Lenin Tashkent State University. Institute of Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek SSR, Tashkent. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 59–62, January–February, 1979.     

Chemistry of covalent inhibition of the gastric (H+, K+)-ATPase by proton pump inhibitors

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), drugs that are widely used for treatment of acid related diseases, are either substituted pyridylmethylsulfinyl benzimidazole or imidazopyridine derivatives. They are all prodrugs that inhibit the acid-secreting gastric (H(+), K(+))-ATPase by acid activation to reactive thiophiles that form disulfide bonds with one or more cysteines accessible from the exoplasmic surface of the enzyme. This unique acid-catalysis mechanism had been ascribed to the nucleophilicity of the pyridine ring. However, the data obtained here show that their conversion to the reactive cationic thiophilic sulfenic acid or sulfenamide depends mainly not on pyridine protonation but on a second protonation of the imidazole component that increases the electrophilicity of the C-2 position on the imidazole. This protonation results in reaction of the C-2 with the unprotonated fraction of the pyridine ring to form the reactive derivatives. The relevant PPI pK(a)'s were determined by UV spectroscopy of the benzimidazole or imidazopyridine sulfinylmethyl moieties at different medium pH. Synthesis of a relatively acid stable analogue, N(1)-methyl lansoprazole, (6b), allowed direct determination of both pK(a) values of this intact PPI allowing calculation of the two pK(a) values for all the PPIs. These values predict their relative acid stability and thus the rate of reaction with cysteines of the active proton pump at the pH of the secreting parietal cell. The PPI accumulates in the secretory canaliculus of the parietal cell due to pyridine protonation then binds to the pump and is activated by the second protonation on the surface of the protein to allow disulfide formation.     

Inhibition of Na+, K+-ATPase in the presence of crown ethers: modulation of ionic composition or pharmacological effects

It is believed that the biological effects of chelating agents such as crown ethers are largely related to their ability to form complexes with ions and/or to facilitate ion transport across membranes. Specific influences are rarely related. Here we present the evidence that even one of the simplest representatives of the crown ether super-family, 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaoxacyclooctane (18-crown-6), is able to affect the activity of Na⁺, K⁺-ATPase directly. Using nonlinear regression fitting to kinetic data we have found that the crown ether diminishes the apparent Michaelis constant, K _m , and the maximal rate of ATP hydrolysis, V _m , acting as noncompetitive inhibitors. The apparent dissociation constants, K _i , for the crown interaction with the free ATPase and with the enzyme-substrate complex were established to be of 77 ± 3 mM and 21 ± 2 mM, respectively. So 18-crown-6 possesses weak but “direct” pharmacological activity on Na⁺, K⁺-ATPase hinders the formation of enzyme–substrate complex and detains the enzyme in this state.     

Ionophoric properties of atropine: complexation and transport of Na+, K+, Mg2+ and Ca2+ ions across a liquid membrane

The activity of atropine on the complexation and transport of Na(+), K(+), Mg(2+) and Ca(2+) ions across a liquid membrane was investigated using a spectrophotometric method. Atropine is a natural drug that blocks muscarinic receptors. It is a competitive antagonist of the action of acetylcholine and other muscarinic agonists. Atropine is shown to extract Na(+), K(+), Mg(2+) and Ca(2+) ions from an aqueous phase into an organic one with a preference for Ca(2+) ions. According to a kinetic study, divalent cations (Mg(2+) and Ca(2+)) are more rapidly transported than monovalent ones (Na(+) and K(+)). In both complexation and transport, the flux of the ions increases with the increase of atropine concentration. Atropine might act on the membrane permeability; its complexation and ionophoric properties shed new lights on its therapeutic properties.     

Synthesis of verongiaquinol and related compounds and study of their inhibiting action on rat brain Na+,K+-ATPase

Pacific Ocean Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 149–151, January–February, 1992.     

Transport of Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, Na+, K+ and Cs+ through hollow fiber supported liquid membrane

The transport of metal ions (Ca²⁺, Sr²⁺, Ba²⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Cs⁺) through hollow fiber supported dichlorobenzene liquid membrane has been studied. The transport of cations using 8-crown-6 ether as a carrier and picrate as co-counter ion as well as a pertraction device and capillary isotachophoresis (ITP) measurement of the cation concentration is described.     

啤酒酵母生理代谢过程中钠、钾、镁、钙离子含量变化的跟踪检测

采用空气-乙炔火焰原子吸收光谱法分别测定了啤酒酵母发酵液中的Na^ 、K^ 、Mg^2 、Ca^2 离子动态变化中的含量,用La^3 盐消除P对Ca^3 的干扰,以Sr^2 盐作为Na^ 、K^ 的消电离剂。本实验室采用配制培养基,通过对不同种类及不同发酵阶段培养的发酵液样品进行测定,以研究在啤酒酵母生长代谢过程中Na^ 、K^ 、Mg^2 、Ca^2 离子代谢动态变化。方法的Na^ 、K^ 、Mg^2 、Ca^2 相对标准偏差(RSD)分别为0．31％,0．73％。1．78％,0．28％;样品加标回收率为98％-107％;检出限：Na^ 为0．159mg／L,K^ 为0．789nag／L,Mg^2 为0．039mg／L,Ca^2 为0．029mg／L。该方法简便快速,具有很好的精密度。     

Decreased Activity of Ca++-ATPase and Na+/K+-ATPase during Aging in Humans

Aging is a biological process characterized by a progressive functional impairment which is associated with increased susceptibility to a variety of diseases. The main purpose of this study is to understand the gender-based relationship between human aging and activities of two erythrocyte membranes bound enzymes, Ca⁺⁺-ATPase and Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase. Ca⁺⁺-ATPase and Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase activities were determined as per the previous reports. Statistical differences were analyzed with Student’s t test. Our results show a significant (p?<?0.0001) decrease in the Ca⁺⁺-ATPase and Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase activities in males and females as a function of age. We also correlate the activities of ATPases with total antioxidant capacity of the plasma in term of ferric reducing ability of plasma values. The Ca⁺⁺-ATPase and Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase activities positively correlated with ferric reducing ability of plasma value. No significant differences in the ATPase activity between males and females were observed. Decreased activity of Ca⁺⁺-ATPase and Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase during human aging may be due to increased free radical generation which leads to oxidative stress and alter the erythrocyte membrane transport function and other activities. Our results emphasize the need to establish age-dependent reference values for membrane bound enzymes in studies involving its role in different disease conditions.