Kinetic analysis of Na,K-activated adenosine triphosphatase induced by low external K+ in a rat liver cell line

F. Ismail-Beigi, T. A. Pressley, R. S. Haber, G. G. Gick, J. N. Loeb, I. S. Edelman

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Abstract

Exposure of ARL 15 cells to medium containing reduced concentrations of K+ (0.65 mM) elicited a 50-100% increase in Na,K-ATPase activity. The inhibition by ouabain of both the basal and the induced enzyme conformed to a single-site model (K(I) = 1 x 10-4 M). The low K+-induced increment in Na,K-ATPase activity was accompanied by an equivalent increase in the abundance of Na,K-pump sites estimated by ouabain-stabilized ('back-door') phosphorylation, such that the calculated catalytic turnover number of ~8000/min was minimally changed. Comparison of the dependence of ouabain-inhibitable K+ uptake on intracellular Na+ and on extracellular K+ concentrations in control and low K+-treated cells revealed no change in the respective half-maximal stimulatory concentrations for these cations, whereas the maximal rate of active K+ uptake in cells exposed to low external K+ increased by nearly 100%. The derived Hill coefficients for active K+ transport rate were also unchanged by the low K+ treatment (i.e. ~1.4 for extracellular K+ and 2.6 for intracellular Na+). Na,K-ATPase activity of basal and low K+-induced cells calculated from the measured maximal Na,K transport rate closely approximated the Na,K-ATPase activity measured enzymatically in unfractionated cell lysates under V(max) conditions, suggesting that all or most of the Na,K-ATPase enzymatic units present in both nasal and stimulated states are functionally active. Northern blot analysis of RNA isolated from control cells indicated the presence of the Na,K-ATPase α-I isoform of the enzyme which increased by nearly 200% following incubation of the cells in low-K+ medium. By contrast, the α-II and α-III mRNAs were undetectable in either the basal or low K+-stimulated state. These results indicate that the Na,K-ATPase induced by incubation of ARL 15 cells in low-K+ medium is kinetically and functionally indistinguishable from the basal enzyme, and that only the α-I isoform is expressed under control and low-K+ conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8162-8167
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume263
Issue number17
StatePublished - 1988
Externally publishedYes

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