title: Modulation of Na,K-ATPase expression during early development of Xenopus laevis.
abstract: In amphibian and mammalian systems, regulation of Na+ transport via the Na,K-ATPase plays an important role in distinct developmental processes such as blastocoele formation and neurulation. In this study, we have followed the Na,K-ATPase activity, the biosynthesis, and the cellular accumulation of catalytic alpha-subunits after fertilization of Xenopus laevis eggs up to neurula formation. Our data show that Na,K-ATPase activity increases significantly between stages 4 and 6 and again between stages 13 and 24. The four-fold rise in Na,K-ATPase activity during blastocoele formation is not mediated by an increased cellular pool of alpha-subunits. On the other hand, a five-fold increase of the biosynthesis rate around midblastula precedes a progressive accumulation up to neurula stage mainly of alpha 1-subunits and to a lesser extent of a second alpha-immunoreactive species. In contrast, newly synthesized glycoproteinic beta 1-subunits of Na,K-ATPase cannot be detected up to late neurula. These data indicate that (1) upregulation of Na,K-ATPase activity during blastocoele and neurula formation are mediated by different regulation mechanisms and (2) alpha- and possibly beta-isoforms are expressed in a developmentally regulated fashion during early Xenopus development.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Pharmacologie et de Toxicologie de l'Université, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pralong-Zamofing
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ackermann
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Geering
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase / Q000378:metabolism; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology*
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase