title: CV-1 cell recipients of the mouse ouabain resistance gene express a ouabain-insensitive Na,K-ATPase after growth in cardioactive steroids.
abstract: The cation-transporting activity and Na,K-ATPase activity of CV-1 cell recipients of the mouse ouabain resistance gene (ouaR6, or OR6 cells; see Levenson, R., Racaniello, V., Albritton, L., and Housman, D. (1984) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 81, 1489-1493) have been further characterized. OR6 cells grown in strophanthidin (a cardiac aglycon which may be removed rapidly from the Na,K-ATPase) possess both ouabain-sensitive and -insensitive 86Rb+ uptake activities. The ouabain-sensitive 86Rb+ uptake activity of these cells (OR6-S cells) exhibits the same Ki for ouabain as that of the CV-1 parent cells (Ki(app) = 3 x 10(-7) M ouabain), but accounts for only approximately 30% of total 86Rb+ uptake into Na+-loaded OR6-S cells, compared to 80% for CV-1 cells. Most of the ouabain-resistant 86Rb+ uptake in OR6-S cells is dependent on internal Na+ and is insensitive to furosemide, suggesting that it is due to an ouabain-resistant Na,K pump. In OR6-S cell lysates, 50% of Na+-dependent ATPase activity is insensitive to 1 mM ouabain, compared to less than 5% in CV-1 cell lysates. In addition, purified plasma membranes from OR6-S cells contain a 100-kDa protein which is transiently phosphorylated by ATP in an Na+-dependent, K+-sensitive manner, like the alpha subunit of the CV-1 Na,K-ATPase and the canine renal Na,K-ATPase, but which is unaffected by preincubation in 1 mM ouabain. All of these data suggest that OR6-S cells possess a ouabain-insensitive Na,K pump with characteristics similar to the ouabain-sensitive pump of CV-1 parent cells. Since the mouse ouabain resistance gene does not encode either subunit of the Na,K-ATPase, these results suggest that the ouabain resistance gene product may modify the ouabain sensitivity of the endogenous CV-1 Na,K pump.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Cantley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004351:Drug Resistance / Q000235:genetics; D005665:Furosemide / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D012413:Rubidium / Q000378:metabolism; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*; D013327:Strophanthidin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D010042:Ouabain; D013327:Strophanthidin; D005665:Furosemide; D012964:Sodium; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D012413:Rubidium; D011188:Potassium