title: Chelating properties of the Ca2+ transport site of the retinal rod Na-Ca+K exchanger: evidence for a common Ca2+ and Na+ binding site.
abstract: pH-dependent Ca2+ and Na+ transport via Na-Ca+K exchange was measured in isolated and purified bovine retinal rod outer segments (ROS). Ca2+ transport was measured (1) as 45Ca uptake via reverse Na-Ca+K exchange or via Ca-Ca exchange and (2) as a Ca(2+)-induced rise in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration via reverse Na-Ca+K exchange measured with the fluorescent Ca(2+)-indicating dye fluo-3. Na+ transport was inferred from a Na(+)-induced lowering of cytosolic free [Ca2+] measured with fluo-3. Both Na+ and Ca2+ influx into ROS mediated by the Na-Ca+K exchanger showed a steep (40-100-fold increase in influx rate when the pH was increased from 6.0 to 8.8) pH dependency when measured at low occupancy of the external transport site with Na+ or Ca2+, respectively. High occupancy of the transport site with either Na+ or Mg2+ caused a dramatic decrease in the pH dependence of either Ca2+ or Na+ influx. These observations corroborate the proposed presence of a common Na+ and Ca2+ transport site of the ROS Na-Ca+K exchanger.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Schnetkamp
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002614:Chelating Agents; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D017136:Ion Transport; D012374:Rod Cell Outer Segment / Q000378:metabolism*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002614:Chelating Agents; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger; C074530:potassium-dependent sodium-calcium exchanger; D012964:Sodium; D002118:Calcium