title: Tellurite effect on ATPase activity of contractile membrane protein.
abstract: The effect of tellurite on ATPase activity of the contractile membrane protein in human erythrocytes was studied. Tellurite, even at a concentration of 0.01 mM, inhibited 25 per cent of the saponin-stimulated ATPase activity of the contractile membrane protein; the inhibition increased with increasing tellurite concentration, and was reversible. On the other hand, in erythrocytes preincubated with tellurite, the ATPase activity of the membrane contractile protein, non-stimulated by saponin, increased, and the increase was further enhanced by washing the erythrocytes. The behaviour is analogous to the tellurite effect on erythrocyte morphology: incubation of erythrocytes with tellurite caused morphological changes which were more pronounced after removing the tellurite by washing. The complex effect of tellurite is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mircevová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kodícek
mesh_terms: D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D012503:Saponins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013691:Tellurium / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D012503:Saponins; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D013691:Tellurium