Effects of ouabain on the rotational dynamics of renal sodium-potassium ATPase studied by saturation-transfer EPR
- 1 February 1992
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 31 (7), 2025-2034
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00122a019
Abstract
The interaction of a nitroxide spin-labeled derivative of ouabain with sheep kidney Na,K-ATPase and the motional behavior of the ouabain spin label-Na,K-ATPase complex have been studied by means of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and saturation-transfer EPR (ST-EPR). Spin-labeled ouabain binds with high affinity to the Na,K-ATPase with concurrent inhibition of ATPase activity. Enzyme preparations retain 0.61 +/- 0.1 mol of bound ouabain spin label per mole of ATP-dependent phosphorylation sites, even after repeated centrifugation and resuspension of the purified ATPase-containing membrane fragments. The conventional EPR spectrum of the ouabain spin label bound to the ATPase consists almost entirely (greater than 99%) of a broad resonance at 0 degrees C, characteristic of a tightly bound spin label which is strongly immobilized by the protein backbone. Saturation-transfer EPR measurements of the spin-labeled ATPase preparations yield effective correlation times for the bound labels significantly longer than 100 microseconds at 0 degrees C. Since the conventional EPR measurements of the ouabain spin-labeled Na,K-ATPase indicated the label was strongly immobilized, these rotational correlation times most likely represent the motion of the protein itself rather than the independent motion of mobile spin probes relative to a slower moving protein. Additional ST-EPR measurements of ouabain spin-labeled Na,K-ATPase (a) cross-linked with glutaraldehyde and (b) crystallized in two-dimensional arrays indicated that the observed rotational correlation times predominantly represented the motion of large Na,K-ATPase-containing membrane fragments, as opposed to the motion of individual monomeric or dimeric polypeptides within the membrane fragment. The results suggest that the binding of spin-labeled ouabain to the ATPase induces the protein to form large aggregates, implying that cardiac glycoside induced enzyme aggregation may play a role in the mechanism of action of the cardiac glycosides in inhibiting the Na,K-ATPase.Keywords
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