title: The complex of actin and deoxyribonuclease I as a model system to study the interactions of nucleotides, cations and cytochalasin D with monomeric actin.
abstract: The stoichiometric actin--DNase-I complex was used to study the actin--nucleotide and actin--divalent-cation interactions and its ATPase activity in the presence of MgCl2 and cytochalasin D. Treatment of actin--DNase-I complex with 1 mM EDTA results in almost complete restoration of its otherwise inhibited DNase I activity, although the complex does not dissociate, as verified by size-exclusion chromatography. This effect is due to a loss of actin-bound nucleotide but is prevented by the presence of 0.1-0.5 mM ATP, ADP and certain ATP analogues. In this case no increase in DNase I activity occurs, even in the presence of EDTA. At high salt concentrations and in the presence of Mg2+ ('physiological conditions') the association rate constants for ATP, ADP and epsilon ATP (1,N6-ethenoadenosine 5'-triphosphate) and the dissociation rate constant for epsilon ATP were determined. Both the on and off rates were found to be reduced by a factor of about 10 when compared to uncomplexed actin. Thus the binding constant of epsilon ATP to actin is almost unaltered after complexing to DNase I (2.16 x 10(8) M-1). Titrating the increase in DNase I activity of the actin--DNase I complex against nucleotide concentration in the presence of EDTA, the association constant of ATP to the cation-free form of actin--DNase I complex was found to be 5 x 10(3) M-1, which is many orders of magnitude lower than in the presence of divalent metal ions. The binding constant of Ca2+ to the high-affinity metal-binding site of actin was found not to be altered when complexed to DNase I, although the rate of Ca2+ release decreases by a factor of 8 after actin binding to DNase I. The rate of denaturation of nucleotide-free and metal-ion-free actin--DNase I complex was found to be reduced by a factor of about 15. The ATPase activity of the complex is stimulated by addition of Mg2+ and even more effectively by cytochalasin D, proving that this drug is able to interact with monomeric actin.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Zellbiologie, Philips-Universität, Marburg, FRG.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Polzar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Goody
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Mannherz
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002845:Chromatography / Q000379:methods; D015638:Cytochalasin D; D003572:Cytochalasins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004492:Edetic Acid; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D003572:Cytochalasins; D009711:Nucleotides; D015638:Cytochalasin D; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D004492:Edetic Acid; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I; D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium