Electrogenic ATP-dependent Cl- transport by plasma membrane vesicles from Aplysia intestine

1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (1) ◽  
pp. R127-R133 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Gerencser
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Transport Process ◽  
Transport Mechanism ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Sucrose Density Gradient ◽  
Differential Centrifugation ◽  
Plasma Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Cl Transport ◽  
Vesicular Membrane

A Cl--stimulated adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) activity and an ATP-dependent Cl- transport process were found in Aplysia enterocyte plasma membranes. In an attempt to further elucidate this transport process plasma membrane vesicles from Aplysia enterocytes were prepared utilizing differential centrifugation and sucrose density gradient techniques. Electrogenicity of the ATP-dependent Cl- transport was confirmed in three ways. First, an inwardly directed valinomycin-induced K+ diffusion potential, making the vesicle interior electrically positive, enhanced ATP-driven Cl- uptake compared with vesicles lacking the ionophore. Second, ATP plus Cl- increased intravesicular negativity measured by lipophilic triphenylmethylphosphonium distribution across the vesicular membrane. Third, both vanadate and thiocyanate inhibited the ATP plus Cl--dependent intravesicular negativity. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the active electrogenic Cl- transport mechanism in Aplysia intestine could be a Cl--stimulated ATPase found in the enterocyte plasma membrane.

p-Chloromercurobenzene sulfonate inhibition of active Cl- transport in plasma membrane vesicles from Aplysia gut

1990 ◽  
Vol 259 (6) ◽  
pp. R1111-R1116
Author(s):  
G. A. Gerencser
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Transport Process ◽  
Transport Mechanism ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Sucrose Density Gradient ◽  
Absorptive Cell ◽  
Plasma Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Cl Transport ◽  
Cell Plasma

Both a Cl(+)-stimulated adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) activity and an ATP-dependent Cl- transport process were found in Aplysia foregut absorptive cell plasma membranes. In an attempt to further characterize this transport process, plasma membrane vesicles from Aplysia foregut absorptive cells were prepared utilizing differential centrifugation and sucrose density-gradient techniques. Sulfhydryl ligand participation in ATP-dependent Cl- transport was confirmed in three ways. First, 1,4-dithiothreitol partially restored a p-chloromercurobenzene sulfonate (PCMBS)-inhibited ATP-dependent Cl- transport. Second, 1,4-dithiothreitol restored intravesicular negativity inhibited by PCMBS. Third, 1,4-dithiothreitol had no effect on either ATP-dependent Cl- transport or ATP-dependent intravesicular negativity inhibited by N-ethylmaleimide. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that surface sulfhydryl groups participate in the functioning of the active electrogenic Cl- transport mechanism in Aplysia gut.

scholarly journals myo-Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate mobilizes Ca2+ from isolated adipocyte endoplasmic reticulum but not from plasma membranes

1986 ◽  
Vol 236 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
D M Delfert ◽  
S Hill ◽  
H A Pershadsingh ◽  
W R Sherman ◽  
J M McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Initial Rate ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Heavy Fraction ◽  
Differential Centrifugation ◽  
Plasma Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Inositol 1,4,5 Trisphosphate ◽  
Uptake And Release

The effects of myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) on Ca2+ uptake and release from isolated adipocyte endoplasmic reticulum and plasma membrane vesicles were investigated. Effects of IP3 were initially characterized using an endoplasmic reticulum preparation with cytosol present (S1-ER). Maximal and half-maximal effects of IP3 on Ca2+ release from S1-ER vesicles occurred at 20 microM- and 7 microM-IP3, respectively, in the presence of vanadate which prevents the re-uptake of released Ca2+ via the endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ pump. At saturating IP3 concentrations, Ca2+ release in the presence of vanadate was 20% of the exchangeable Ca2+ pool. IP3-induced release of Ca2+ from S1-ER was dependent on extravesicular free Ca2+ concentration with maximal release occurring at 0.13 microM free Ca2+. At 20 microM-IP3 there was no effect on the initial rate of Ca2+ uptake by S1-ER. IP3 promoted Ca2+ release from isolated endoplasmic reticulum vesicles (cytosol not present) to a similar level as compared with S1-ER. Addition of cytosol to isolated endoplasmic reticulum vesicles did not affect IP3-induced Ca2+ release. The endoplasmic reticulum preparation was further fractionated into heavy and light vesicles by differential centrifugation. Interestingly, the heavy fraction, but not the light fraction, released Ca2+ when challenged with IP3. IP3 (20 microM) did not promote Ca2+ release from plasma membrane vesicles and had no effect on the (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase activity or on the initial rate of ATP-dependent Ca2+ uptake by these vesicles. These results support the concept that IP3 acts exclusively at the endoplasmic reticulum to promote Ca2+ release.

scholarly journals Neutrophil plasma membranes. I. High-yield purification of human neutrophil plasma membrane vesicles by nitrogen cavitation and differential centrifugation.

1980 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
M S Klempner ◽  
R B Mikkelsen ◽  
D H Corfman ◽  
J André-Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Human Neutrophil ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Hydrolytic Enzymes ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Galactose Oxidase ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Differential Centrifugation ◽  
Plasma Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Equilibrium Ultracentrifugation

Neutrophil chemotaxis, phagocytosis, and oxygen-dependent microbicidal activity are initiated by interactions of stimuli with the plasma membrane. However, difficulties in neutrophil plasma membrane isolation have precluded studies on the precise structure or function of this cellular component. In this paper, a method is described for the isolation of representative human neutrophil plasma membrane vesicles, using nitrogen cavitation for cell disruption and a combination of differential centrifugation and equilibrium ultracentrifugation in Dextran gradients for membrane fractionation. Multiple biochemical markers and galactose oxidase-tritiated sodium borohydride surface labeling were employed to follow the yield, purity, and distribution of plasma membranes, nuclei, lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, and cytosol. According to these markers, neutrophil plasma membranes were exposed to minimal lysosomal hydrolytic enzymes and could be isolated free of other subcellular organelles. In contrast, disruption of neutrophils by mechanical homogenization resulted in > 20% lysosomal rupture and significant plasma membrane proteolysis. Electron microscopy demonstrated that plasma membranes isolated after nitrogen cavitation appeared to be sealed vesicles with striking homogeneity.

Cl- -HCO3- -stimulated ATPase in intestinal mucosa of Aplysia

1985 ◽  
Vol 248 (2) ◽  
pp. R241-R248 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Gerencser ◽  
S. H. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Atpase Activity ◽  
Intestinal Mucosa ◽  
Membrane Fraction ◽  
Transport Mechanism ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Sucrose Density Gradient ◽  
Disulfonic Acid ◽  
Differential Centrifugation ◽  
Optimum Ph

The serosa negative transepithelial potential difference across Aplysia intestine is generated by a Na+-independent, active electrogenic Cl- absorptive mechanism. In an attempt to clarify the Cl- absorptive mechanism an anion-stimulated ATPase was prepared from plasma membranes from Aplysia enterocytes utilizing differential centrifugation and sucrose density gradient techniques. ATPase activity, which could be activated by either Cl- or HCO3-, was found in the plasma membrane fraction. Maximal anion-ATPase activity was achieved with either 25 mM Cl- or 25 mM HCO3-. The apparent Km for Cl- activation of the ATPase was 10.3 mM, whereas apparent Km for HCO3- was 9.7 mM. ATP was the most effective nucleotide substrate for both HCO3- and Cl- -ATPase activities, whereas optimum pH for both activities was 7.8. These enzyme activities were inhibited more than 30% by thioacyanate (10 mM). Acetazolamide and vanadate were also found to strongly inhibit both Cl- and HCO3- -ATPase activities, whereas 10 microM 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid, 1 mM furosemide, or 1 mM ouabain had little or no effect. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the active Cl- transport mechanism in Aplysia intestine could be a Cl- -HCO3- -stimulated ATPase found in the enterocyte plasma membrane.

Pore-Spanning Plasma Membranes Derived from Giant Plasma Membrane Vesicles

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolas K. Teiwes ◽  
Ingo Mey ◽  
Phila C. Baumann ◽  
Lena Strieker ◽  
Ulla Unkelbach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Plasma Membrane Vesicles

scholarly journals Development of an aqueous-space mixing assay for fusion of granules and plasma membranes from human neutrophils

1996 ◽  
Vol 314 (2) ◽  
pp. 469-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Alexander BLACKWOOD ◽  
James E. SMOLEN ◽  
Ronald J. HESSLER ◽  
Donna M. HARSH ◽  
Amy TRANSUE
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Phospholipid Vesicle ◽  
Human Neutrophils ◽  
Plasma Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Fluorescent Marker ◽  
Whole Cells ◽  
Specific Granules ◽  
Neutrophil Degranulation

Several models have been developed to study neutrophil degranulation. At the most basic level, phospholipid vesicles have been used to investigate the lipid interactions occurring during membrane fusion. The two major forms of assays used to measure phospholipid vesicle fusion are based either on the dilution of tagged phospholipids within the membrane of the two fusing partners or the mixing of the aqueous contents of the vesicles. Although problems exist with both methods, the latter is considered to be more accurate and representative of true fusion. Using 8-aminonaphthalene-1,3,6-trisulphonic acid (ANTS) as a fluorescent marker, we have taken advantage of the quenching properties of p-xylenebispyridinium bromide (‘DPX’) to develop a simple aqueous-space mixing assay that can be used with any sealed vesicle. We compared our new assay with more conventional assays using liposomes composed of phosphatidic acid (PA) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), obtaining comparable results with respect to Ca2+-dependent fusion. We extended our studies to measure the fusion of neutrophil plasma-membrane vesicles as well as azurophil and specific granules with PA/PE (1:3) liposomes. Both specific granules and plasma-membrane vesicles fused with PA/PE liposomes at [Ca2+] as low as 500 μM, while azurophil granules showed no fusion at [Ca2+] as high as 12 mM. These differences in the ability of Ca2+ to induce fusion may be related to differences observed in whole cells with respect to secretion.

Characterization of two Mg2+transporters in sealed plasma membrane vesicles from rat liver

1998 ◽  
Vol 275 (4) ◽  
pp. C995-C1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christie Cefaratti ◽  
Andrea Romani ◽  
Antonio Scarpa
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Intracellular Signaling ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Channel Blockers ◽  
Transport Mechanisms ◽  
Plasma Membrane Vesicles ◽  
New Information

The plasma membrane of mammalian cells possesses rapid Mg2+ transport mechanisms. The identity of Mg2+ transporters is unknown, and so are their properties. In this study, Mg2+ transporters were characterized using a biochemically and morphologically standardized preparation of sealed rat liver plasma membranes (LPM) whose intravesicular content could be set and controlled. The system has the advantages that it is not regulated by intracellular signaling machinery and that the intravesicular ion milieu can be designed. The results indicate that 1) LPM retain trapped intravesicular total Mg2+with negligible leak; 2) the addition of Na+ or Ca2+ induces a concentration- and temperature-dependent efflux corresponding to 30–50% of the intravesicular Mg2+; 3) the rate of flux is very rapid (137.6 and 86.8 nmol total Mg2+ ⋅ μm−2 ⋅ min−1after Na+ and Ca2+ addition, respectively); 4) coaddition of maximal concentrations of Na+ and Ca2+ induces an additive Mg2+ efflux; 5) both Na+- and Ca2+-stimulated Mg2+ effluxes are inhibited by amiloride, imipramine, or quinidine but not by vanadate or Ca2+ channel blockers; 6) extracellular Na+ or Ca2+ can stimulate Mg2+ efflux in the absence of Mg2+ gradients; and 7) Mg2+ uptake occurs in LPM loaded with Na+ but not with Ca2+, thus indicating that Na+/Mg2+but not Ca2+/Mg2+exchange is reversible. These data are consistent with the operation of two distinct Mg2+ transport mechanisms and provide new information on rates of Mg2+ transport, specificity of the cotransported ions, and reversibility of the transport.

Two Phases Of Ferricyanide Reductase Activity In Ehrlich Cell Plasma Membranes

1992 ◽  
Vol 47 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 929-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio del Castillo-Olivares ◽  
Javier Márquez ◽  
Ignacio Núñez de Castro ◽  
Miguel Angel Medina
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Reductase Activity ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Plasma Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Cell Plasma Membrane ◽  
Ferricyanide Reductase ◽  
Ehrlich Cell ◽  
Cell Plasma ◽  
Two Phases

Ehrlich cell plasma membrane vesicles have a ferricyanide reductase activity that shows two phases. These two phases were kinetically characterized. Evidence is presented for a differential effect of trypsin on both phases

cAMP increases liver Na+-taurocholate cotransport by translocating transporter to plasma membranes

1997 ◽  
Vol 273 (4) ◽  
pp. G842-G848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunil Mukhopadhayay ◽  
M. Ananthanarayanan ◽  
Bruno Stieger ◽  
Peter J. Meier ◽  
Frederick J. Suchy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Fusion Protein ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Plasma Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Kinase A

Adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP), acting via protein kinase A, increases transport maximum of Na+-taurocholate cotransport within 15 min in hepatocytes (S. Grüne, L. R. Engelking, and M. S. Anwer. J. Biol. Chem. 268: 17734–17741, 1993); the mechanism of this short-term stimulation was investigated. Cycloheximide inhibited neither basal nor cAMP-induced increases in taurocholate uptake in rat hepatocytes, indicating that cAMP does not stimulate transporter synthesis. Studies in plasma membrane vesicles showed that taurocholate uptake was not stimulated by the catalytic subunit of protein kinase A but was higher when hepatocytes were pretreated with cAMP. Immunoblot studies with anti-fusion protein antibodies to the cloned Na+-taurocholate cotransport polypeptide (Ntcp) showed that pretreatment of hepatocytes with cAMP increased Ntcp content in plasma membranes but not in homogenates. Ntcp was detected in microsomes, endosomes, and Golgi fractions, and cAMP pretreatment resulted in a decrease only in endosomal Ntcp content. It is proposed that cAMP increases transport maximum of Na+-taurocholate cotransport, at least in part, by translocating Ntcp from endosomes to plasma membranes.

scholarly journals Mechanism of glucose and maltose transport in plasma-membrane vesicles from the yeast Candida utilis

1997 ◽  
Vol 321 (2) ◽  
pp. 487-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. A. van den BROEK ◽  
Angeline E. van GOMPEL ◽  
Marijke A. H. LUTTIK ◽  
Jack T. PRONK ◽  
Carla C. M. van LEEUWEN
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Candida Utilis ◽  
Plasma Membranes ◽  
Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Proton Motive Force ◽  
Motive Force ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Sugar Accumulation ◽  
Plasma Membrane Vesicles ◽  
Maltose Transport

Transport of glucose and maltose was studied in plasma-membrane vesicles from Candida utilis. The yeast was grown on a mixture of glucose and maltose in aerobic carbon-limited continuous cultures which enabled transport to be studied for both sugars with the same vesicles. Vesicles were prepared by fusion of isolated plasma membranes with proteoliposomes containing bovine heart cytochrome coxidase as a proton-motive-force-generating system. Addition of reduced cytochrome cgenerated a proton-motive force, consisting of a membrane potential, negative inside, and a pH gradient, alkaline inside. Energization led to accumulation of glucose and maltose in these vesicles, reaching accumulation ratios of about 40Ő50. Accumulation also occurred in the presence of valinomycin or nigericin, but was prevented by a combination of the two ionophores or by uncoupler, showing that glucose and maltose transport are dependent on the proton-motive force. Comparison of sugar accumulation with quantitative data on the proton-motive force indicated a 1:1 H+/sugar stoichiometry for both transport systems. Efflux of accumulated glucose was observed on dissipation of the proton-motive force. Exchange and counterflow experiments confirmed the reversible character of the H+Őglucose symporter. In contrast, uncoupler or a mixture of valinomycin plus nigericin induced only a slow efflux of accumulated maltose. Moreover under counterflow conditions, the expected transient accumulation was small. Thus the H+Őmaltose symporter has some characteristics of a carrier that is not readily reversible. It is concluded that in C. utilisthe transport systems for glucose and maltose are both driven by the proton-motive force, but the mechanisms are different.

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