Cholera toxin facilitates calcium transport in jejunal brush border vesicles

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 568-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
David D. Maenz ◽  
G. W. Forsyth
Keyword(s):  
Cholera Toxin ◽  
Brush Border ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Equilibrium Dialysis ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Second Messenger ◽  
Brush Border Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Ionophore A23187

Cholera toxin is very well characterized in terms of the activation of adenylate cyclase. In some systems, however, this cyclase activation does not seem to account for all of the physiological responses to the toxin. On the premise that cholera toxin may also exert effects through other second messenger compounds we have studied the effect of cholera toxin on the rate of Ca2+ movement across the membrane of intestinal brush border vesicles. Increasing concentrations of cholera toxin progressively accelerated the passive uptake of Ca2+ into, and the efflux of Ca2+ from, an osmotically active space in brush border membrane vesicles. This effect of cholera toxin was saturable by excess Ca2+ and was relatively specific, as the toxin did not affect vesicle permeability to an uncharged polar solute. The toxin had two high affinity Ca2+ binding sites on the A subunit as measured by equilibrium dialysis. Ca2+ transport facilitated by cholera toxin was temperature dependent, required the holotoxin, and could be inhibited by preincubation of the toxin with excess free ganglioside GM1.This increased rate of Ca2+ influx caused by the in vitro addition of cholera toxin to brush border membrane vesicles may have physiological significance as it was comparable to rates observed with the Ca ionophore A23187. Similar effects occurring in vivo could permit cholera toxin to increase cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentrations and to produce accompanying second messenger effects.

Potential differences influence amino acid/Na+ symport rates in larval Manduca sexta midgut brush-border membrane vesicles.

1994 ◽  
Vol 189 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-67
Author(s):  
R Parthasarathy ◽  
W R Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Manduca Sexta ◽  
Brush Border ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Brush Border Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Rate Determining Step ◽  
Half Saturation Constant

The time-dependent fluorescence intensity of an intravesicular potential-sensitive dye was used to probe the real-time kinetics of potential difference (PD)-dependent amino acid/Na+ symport at pH9 into brush-border membrane vesicles obtained from larval Manduca sexta midgut. Neutral amino acids (alanine, proline) are symported at higher rates as the vesicles are hyperpolarized. The symport rates of acidic (glutamate) and basic (arginine) amino acids are almost PD-independent. The half-saturation constant of alanine is PD-independent between -108 and -78 mV, although the maximal symport velocity increases by half as the voltage is increased. Amino acid throughput is evidently enhanced as the relatively high transmembrane PDs (> 150 mV, lumen positive) measured in vivo are approached. The half-saturation concentrations of Na+ were in the range 15-40 mmol l-1 for most of the amino acids examined and increased with voltage for alanine. The Vmax observed as a function of cation or amino acid concentration increased as the vesicle was hyperpolarized in the case of leucine and alanine. The data support the hypothesis that carrier and substrates are at equilibrium inasmuch as substrate translocation seems to be the rate-determining step of symport.

Indirect coupling of urate and p-aminohippurate transport to sodium in human brush-border membrane vesicles

1996 ◽  
Vol 270 (1) ◽  
pp. F61-F68 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Roch-Ramel ◽  
B. Guisan ◽  
L. Schild
Keyword(s):  
Brush Border ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Brush Border Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Indirect Coupling ◽  
Sodium Gradient ◽  
Beta Hydroxybutyrate ◽  
Sodium Cotransport ◽  
Stimulation Of

[14C]urate and p-[14C]aminohippurate (PAH) uptake by human brush-border membrane vesicles (BBMV) were measured in the presence of an inwardly oriented sodium gradient. No direct sodium cotransport was observed. Indirect [14C]urate coupling to sodium transport was demonstrated by cis-stimulation of [14C]urate with nicotinate or pyrazinoate (PZA) in the extravesicular medium but not by adding lactate, alpha-ketoglutarate, or beta-hydroxybutyrate. Indirect sodium coupling of [14C]PAH uptake was observed only when alpha-ketoglutarate was added to the extravesicular medium, a mechanism similar to that of basolateral membranes. The ability for PZA (and nicotinate) to cis-stimulate urate uptake was correlated with a high apparent affinity for the urate/anion exchanger. In urate-loaded vesicles, for identical medium concentrations, [14C]PZA uptake via the urateanion exchanger was 10 times higher than [14C]lactate uptake. Such high PZA affinity for the urate exchanger, working in parallel with PZA sodium cotransport can account for the stimulation of urate reabsorption by PZA in vivo.

scholarly journals Toxicity, Binding, and Permeability Analyses of FourBacillus thuringiensis Cry1 δ-Endotoxins Using Brush Border Membrane Vesicles of Spodoptera exigua and Spodoptera frugiperda

1999 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 457-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Luo ◽  
David Banks ◽  
Michael J. Adang
Keyword(s):  
Binding Site ◽  
Spodoptera Frugiperda ◽  
Brush Border ◽  
Spodoptera Exigua ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Brush Border Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Binding Assays ◽  
Competition Binding

ABSTRACT The binding and pore formation properties of four Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1 toxins were analyzed by using brush border membrane vesicles from Spodoptera exigua andSpodoptera frugiperda, and the results were compared to the results of toxicity bioassays. Cry1Fa was highly toxic and Cry1Ac was nontoxic to S. exigua and S. frugiperda larvae, while Cry1Ca was highly toxic to S. exigua and weakly toxic to S. frugiperda. In contrast, Cry1Bb was active against S. frugiperda but only marginally active against S. exigua. Bioassays performed with iodinated Cry1Bb, Cry1Fa, and Cry1Ca showed that the effects of iodination on toxin activity were different. The toxicities of I-labeled Cry1Bb and Cry1Fa against Spodoptera species were significantly less than the toxicities of the unlabeled toxins, while Cry1Ca retained its insecticidal activity when it was labeled with 125I. Binding assays showed that iodination prevented Cry1Fa from binding to Spodoptera brush border membrane vesicles. 125I-labeled Cry1Ac, Cry1Bb, and Cry1Ca bound with high-affinities to brush border membrane vesicles fromS. exigua and S. frugiperda. Competition binding experiments performed with heterologous toxins revealed two major binding sites. Cry1Ac and Cry1Fa have a common binding site, and Cry1Bb, Cry1C, and Cry1Fa have a second common binding site. No obvious relationship between dissociation of bound toxins from brush border membrane vesicles and toxicity was detected. Cry1 toxins were also tested for the ability to alter the permeability of membrane vesicles, as measured by a light scattering assay. Cry1 proteins toxic to Spodoptera larvae permeabilized brush border membrane vesicles, but the extent of permeabilization did not necessarily correlate with in vivo toxicity.

Effect of Na+ on intestinal succinate transport and metabolism in vitro

1988 ◽  
Vol 255 (1) ◽  
pp. C95-C101 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Moe ◽  
R. T. Mallet ◽  
M. J. Jackson ◽  
J. A. Hollywood ◽  
J. K. Kelleher
Keyword(s):  
Brush Border ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Brush Border Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Co2 Production ◽  
Intestinal Brush Border Membrane ◽  
14Co2 Production ◽  
Rat Enterocytes

The effect of Na+ on 14CO2 production from [14C]succinate was studied in isolated rat enterocytes, and Na+-dependent succinate transport was characterized in pig intestinal brush-border membrane vesicles. The production of 14CO2 from [14C]succinate by enterocytes was decreased 12-fold when Na+ was replaced by N-methyl-D-glucamine in the absence of glutamine and 20-fold in the presence of 0.2 or 0.5 mM glutamine. The ratio of 14CO2 produced from [1,4-14C]succinate to that produced by [2,3-14C]succinate was not affected by Na+ replacement, indicating that the pattern of tricarboxylic acid cycle metabolism was not altered. The uptake of [14C]succinate by brush-border membrane vesicles was stimulated 10-fold in the presence of 100 mM NaCl compared with 100 mM KCl. When succinate uptake was corrected to transport into an osmotically sensitive space, the magnitude of the Na+ stimulation was 20-fold. Succinate transport into brush-border membrane vesicles was Na+ dependent, electroneutral, nonconcentrative, with an apparent Na+-succinate coupling ratio of 2:1. Results of this study indicate that Na+-stimulated CO2 production by enterocytes can be explained by the effect of Na+ on succinate transport across the brush-border membrane.

Critical domains in the specific binding of radiolabelled Vip3Af insecticidal protein to brush border membrane vesicles from Spodoptera spp. and cultured insect cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yudong Quan ◽  
Maria Lázaro-Berenguer ◽  
Patricia Hernández-Martínez ◽  
Juan Ferré
Keyword(s):  
Brush Border ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Ex Vivo ◽  
Specific Binding ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Brush Border Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Cry Proteins ◽  
Competition Binding

Vegetative insecticidal proteins (Vip3) from Bacillus thuringiensis have been used, in combination with Cry proteins, to better control insect pests and as a strategy to delay the evolution of resistance to Cry proteins in Bt crops (crops protected from insect attack by the expression of proteins from B. thuringiensis ). In this study, we have set up the conditions to analyze the specific binding of 125 I-Vip3Af to Spodoptera frugiperda and Spodoptera exigua brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV). Heterologous competition binding experiments revealed that Vip3Aa shares the same binding sites with Vip3Af, but that Vip3Ca does not recognize all of them. As expected, Cry1Ac and Cry1F did not compete for Vip3Af binding sites. By trypsin treatment of selected alanine-mutants, we were able to generate truncated versions of Vip3Af. Their use as competitors with 125 I-Vip3Af indicated that only those molecules containing domains I to III (DI-III and DI-IV) were able to compete with the trypsin-activated Vip3Af protein for binding, and that molecules only containing either domain IV or domains IV and V (DIV and DIV-V) were unable to compete with Vip3Af. These results were further confirmed with competition binding experiments using 125 I-DI-III. In addition, the truncated protein 125 I-DI-III also bound specifically to Sf21 cells. Cell viability assays showed that the truncated proteins DI-III and DI-IV were as toxic to Sf21 cells as the activated Vip3Af, suggesting that domains IV and V are not necessary for the toxicity to Sf21 cells, in contrast to their requirement in vivo. IMPORTANCE This study shows that Vip3Af binding sites are fully shared with Vip3Aa, only partially shared with Vip3Ca, and not shared with Cry1Ac and Cry1F in two Spodoptera spp. Truncated versions of Vip3Af revealed that only domains I to III were necessary for the specific binding, most likely because they can form the functional tetrameric oligomer and because domain III is supposed to contain the binding epitopes. In contrast to results obtained in vivo (bioassays against larvae), domains IV and V are not necessary for the ex vivo toxicity to Sf21 cells.

scholarly journals The effects of dietary ligands on zinc uptake at the porcine intestinal brush-border membrane

1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 733-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Turnbull ◽  
P. Blakeborough ◽  
R. P. H. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Brush Border ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Intestinal Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Intestinal Brush Border ◽  
Zn Uptake ◽  
Zn Concentration ◽  
Vitro Model

Intestinal brush-border-membrane vesicles were prepared from the porcine small bowel by magnesium precipitation and differential centrifugation, and were functionally intact. The influence of dietary ligands on 65Zn uptake was determined using a 65Zn concentration of 5 μm, an incubation time of 1 min and a reaction temperature of 27°, with a rapid filtration technique. At this low Zn concentration the addition of an excess of folate, histidine or glucose had no effect on Zn uptake. Addition of picolinate, citrate and phytate to the incubation medium significantly reduced Zn uptake at all concentrations of ligand examined. Any inhibitory effects of folic acid in vivo may thuss be due to a mucosal rather than lumen interaction. Those ligands inhibiting absorption may have done so through the formation of Zn-ligand complexes, which are either insoluble, or which reduce the binding of Zn to its mucosal receptor. This in vitro model of Zn absorption is useful for comparing the effects of potential Zn-binding ligands in the diet.

Ontogeny of DA1 receptor-mediated natriuresis in the rat: in vivo and in vitro correlations

1992 ◽  
Vol 263 (3) ◽  
pp. R631-R638 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kaneko ◽  
F. Albrecht ◽  
L. D. Asico ◽  
G. M. Eisner ◽  
J. E. Robillard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Brush Border ◽  
Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Receptor Subtypes ◽  
Renal Brush Border Membrane ◽  
Natriuretic Effect ◽  
Old Rats ◽  
22Na Uptake

The natriuretic and diuretic effects of dopamine are attenuated in the young. Because dopamine has actions on receptors (e.g., adrenergic, serotonin) other than dopamine, we studied a novel dopamine agonist, pramipexole, which has a selectivity to both DA1 and DA2-receptor subtypes. Intravenous administration of pramipexole resulted in a dose-related (1, 10, and 100 micrograms.kg-1.min-1) increase in urine flow and absolute and fractional sodium excretion and a decrease in mean arterial pressure (MAP) in three groups of rats studied. Pramipexole induced a greater decrease in MAP in 6- to 7- (n = 5) and 9- to 16- (n = 6) than in 3- to 4-wk-old (n = 8) rats; the natriuresis and diuresis were greatest in 12- to 16- and least in 3- to 4-wk-old rats. The renal effects of pramipexole were mainly due to actions at the DA1 receptor, since these effects were completely blocked by the coinfusion of a DA1 antagonist, SKF 83742. To explore further a cause of the attenuated natriuretic effect of pramipexole in the young, we studied the effect of a selective DA1-receptor agonist, fenoldopam, on amiloride-sensitive 22Na+ uptake in renal brush-border membrane vesicles. The 3-s amiloride-sensitive uptake was inhibited (45%) by fenoldopam (5 x 10(-5)M) in 9- to 16- (n = 6) but not in 3- to 4-wk-old (n = 5) rats. These studies suggest that the attenuated natriuretic effect of dopamine in the young is in part due to decreased DA1 action on the brush-border membrane Na(+)-H+ exchanger.

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