Characterization of cardiac Na+/Ca(2+)-exchange by site-directed polyclonal antibodies.
Cardiac Na+/Ca(2+)-exchange is an integral membrane protein consisting of approx. 970 amino acids with as many as 12 membrane-spanning and 11 extramembranal regions (Nicoll, D.A., Lognoni, S. and Philipson, K.D. (1985) Science 250, 562-565). Based upon primary sequence information, 3 amino-acid sequences located in either extramembranal segment a or f, consisting largely of acidic amino-acids, were selected for the production of synthetic peptides. The peptides were cross-linked to carrier ovalbumin and used to generate site-directed polyclonal antibodies (sd-Ab). Western blot analysis of bovine cardiac sarcolemmal (SL) proteins demonstrated that sd-Ab against segment a and 1 against loop f recognized a 70 kDa protein and a lower molecular mass band at 55 kDa under reducing conditions. A different loop f sd-Ab failed to recognize the 70 kDa protein but did associate with a 120, 65 and 55 kDa protein under the same conditions. Under non-reducing conditions, antibodies to all three peptides recognized the 65 kDa protein. All sd-Ab were blocked by addition of their respective peptides and were not inhibited by either of the other peptides. A sd-Ab against loop f was immobilized to an affinity support matrix and used to immunoprecipitate detergent solubilized cardiac SL vesicle protein. Immunoprecipitated protein was reconstituted into proteoliposomes which demonstrated Na+/Ca(2+)-exchange activity. Immunoprecipitated protein cross-reacted with sd-Ab against all three peptides with bands at 120, 70 and 55 kDa on Western blots. Tryptic digests of native SL vesicles abolished recognition of segment a sd-Ab for SL proteins while having little or no affect on reactivity to the protein by both sd-Ab against loop f. Digestion of the SL vesicle protein with endoproteinase Arg C did not alter sd-Ab recognition. The results suggest that specific domains of the cardiac Na+/Ca(2+)-exchanger depending upon the conformation of the protein, may not be available for antibody binding. The 70 kDa polypeptide appears to include the N-terminal region of the protein and what is believed to be a large cytoplasmic extramembranal loop. Limited proteolysis by trypsin and endoproteinase Arg C yielded results consistent with the model which places the N-terminus of the protein on the extracellular surface and a large extramembranal segment (loop f) on the cytoplasmic side of the SL membrane.
Hale
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Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211.
Kleiboeker
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Ochoa
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D002417:Cattle; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009206:Myocardium / Q000737:chemistry*; D010455:Peptides / Q000276:immunology; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D012508:Sarcolemma / Q000737:chemistry; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger; D014357:Trypsin
D000906:Antibodies; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger; C044499:submandibular proteinase A; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D014357:Trypsin