A stable and homogeneous adenosine-5'-triphosphatase (ATPase, EC 3.6.1.3) has been solubilized from Rhodospirillum rubrum (R. rubrum) chromatophores by chloroform extraction. Purification of the Ca2+-dependent ATPase activity was 200-fold. Ca2+ can be replaced by Mg2+, Cd2+, and Mn2+. The Km for Ca-ATP (0.17 mM) is increased about 5-fold during solubilization of the enzyme, whereas the Km value...

The mechanisms controlling the production of aqueous humor and the regulation of intraocular pressure are poorly understood. Here, we provide evidence that a vacuolar H+-ATPase (V-ATPase) in the ocular ciliary epithelium is a key component of this process. In intracellular pH (pHi) measurements of isolated ciliary epithelium performed with 2',7-biscarboxyethyl-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein (BCECF), t...

Background: An evaluation of the effect Moringa oleifera methanol leaves extracts on Sodium/Potassium ATPase xin streptozotocin-induced experimental diabetic albino male rats’ model.Methods: Q ualitative phytochemical analysis was carried out M. usingacceptable chemical methods. The LD50 plant extract conducted and non-lethal at 5000mg/kg. Thirty, rats weighing 120g – 180g were arranged into fi...

PURPOSE Na,K-ATPase activity increases in lens cells exposed to hypertonic stress. To test whether the increase in activity involves stimulation of Na,K-ATPase expression, dog lens epithelial cells were subjected to hypertonic stress, and the time course of Na,K-ATPase protein and mRNA response was measured. METHODS Primary cultures of dog lens epithelial cells were maintained in isotonic or ...

1. The dependence on ATP concentration of ATPase activity and light scattering decrease of acto-HMM could be described at very low ionic strength by one hyperbolic adsorption isotherm with a dissociation constant of 3 X 10(-6)M. Hence the increase of ATP ase activity was paralleled by a decrease in light scattering. At higher values of ionic strength ATPase activity stopped rising before HMM wa...

The ability of plasma from 3- and 9-week-old Milan hypertensive rats and their normotensive controls to inhibit Na+,K+-adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) was studied using cytochemical bioassay techniques in fresh tissue. With a validated cytochemical bioassay that measures the capacity of biological samples to stimulate glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in guinea pig proximal tubules a...

The protein composition of sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes has been extensively characterized by means of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in one [l] or two [2] dimensions. It is generally accepted that the protein of mol. wt 100 000 (i.e., Ca’+ATPase) is the principal protein of sarcoplasmic reticulum. However, monomer and dimer fractions of deoxycholate-solubilized Ca”-ATPase during isoele...

Local anesthetics used in dentistry have myotoxic effects. Articaine, also known as carticaine, is one of the local anesthetics most widely used in clinical dentistry. The aim of this work was to describe its effect on the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca-ATPase isolated from medial pterygoid muscle. Ca-ATPase enzymatic activity was determined by a colorimetric method and ATP-dependent calcium uptake ...

Costus spicatus, used in Brazilian traditional medicine to expel kidney stones, contains steroidal saponins with different chemical characteristics. In spite of its popular utilization as potent diuretic, no scientific reports correlate this activity with the chemical constituents of the extract. Therefore, two steroidal saponins (3 beta,22 alpha,25R)-26-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-2-methoxyfuro...