title: Inhibition of brain cation pump enzyme by in vitro lead ion: effects of low level [Pb] and modulation by homogenate.
abstract: Rat brain homogenates were preincubated with lead chloride for 20 min at 0 degrees C. Inhibition of K-pnitrophenylphosphatase (K-pNPPase), which measures the dephosphorylation step of Na,K-ATPase, reached steady state within 10 min and was readily reversible. The activity in brain, homogenates prepared from 60-day-old rats, expressed (mean +/- SE) as a percentage of control (100.0 +/- 0.48%), fell to 89.4 +/- 0.52% at 0.25 microM [Pb] to 64.2 +/- 1.65% at 5 microM [Pb]. However, between 5 and 25 microM [Pb] K-pNPPase activity significantly increased (to 85.4 +/- 3.14% at 25 microM) before it again fell above 30 microM. Similar results were obtained with brain homogenates prepared from 10-day-old rats. The multiphasic nature of this dose-response curve did not change with changes in buffer, substrate, anion, test tube order, or test tube composition (glass vs plastic), and appeared to be intrinsic to homogenate-Pb interactions. Microsomal preparations also exhibited multiphasicity, but with a shift in the inflection points. However, there was no multiphasicity with commercial hog brain Na,K-ATPase, suggesting an interaction between a component in the rat brain preparations and lead ion. Addition of boiled rat brain homogenate to commercial Na,K-ATPase resulted in partial protection from lead inhibition but did not produce multiphasicity over the ranges tested. Bovine serum albumin provided less protection. We conclude that there is a complex interaction among K-pNPPase activity, some factor in the rat brain homogenate, and low levels of lead ion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bertoni
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Sprenkle
mesh_terms: D009597:4-Nitrophenylphosphatase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D007854:Lead / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007854:Lead; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases; D009597:4-Nitrophenylphosphatase; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase