title: [HPLC method for measuring (Na(+)-K(+)) ATPase and (Ca(++)-Mg(++)) ATPase in erythrocytes from different species of mammals].
abstract: (Na(+)-K+)ATPase and (Ca(++)-Mg++)ATPase are enzymes located in erythrocyte plasma membranes, driving back ions against the electrochemical gradient; (Na(+)-K+)ATPase transports 3 Na+ ions out of the cell, and 2 K+ ions into it for each hydrolyzed ATP molecule, whereas the Ca(2+)-pump transports Ca2+ ions out of the cells, by utilizing still the ATP hydrolysis. The method used to test the activity of the above mentioned enzymes is based on the measuring of the ADP quantity released during the reaction by HPLC, that is High Performance Liquid Chromatography; the chromatographic type is a Ion-Pair Reversed-Phase. This method presents the following important advantages for the assay of the enzymes we analysed: 1) It is reproducible through time; 2) It is perfectly linear; 3) It is extremely sensitive. This method allowed us to carry out a comparative study of (Na(+)-K+)ATPase and (Ca(++)-Mg++)ATPase in erythrocyte plasma membranes of several species of mammalia: man, horse, rabbit, lamb, rat. We recovered different values in ATPase activity; (Ca(++)-Mg++)ATPase shows a higher activity than Na(+)-K+)ATPase; moreover, some differences exist in the various Mammalia considered, with relation to each pump: the lamb shows the lowest activity for both pumps, whereas the rabbit shows the highest one. At present, the different values obtained are being interpreted and analysed. This method is also very versatile, since it allowed us to assess the Km value for Ca++ of the (Ca(++)-Mg++)ATPase in erythrocyte plasma membranes of rabbit. The value resulted to be 100 microMs, thus 10 times higher than the human Km value for the Ca++.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chimica Biologica, G. Fornaini, Università degli Studi di Urbino.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ligi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soverchia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fioritti
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000097:blood; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D008322:Mammals / Q000097:blood*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase
vernacular_title: Metodo HPLC per il dosaggio della (Na(+)-K(+) ATPase e della (Ca(++)-Mg(++)) ATPase in eritrociti di diverse specie di mammiferi.