title: Activation of Na,K-ATPase by an endogenous peptide, PEC-60.
abstract: Several peptidic and non-peptidic factors can modulate Na,K-ATPase activity, among them mainly inhibitors of this enzyme, ouabain being the most effective. In a very few cases only, activation of Na,K-ATPase by endogenous factors has been recorded. We have investigated the effect on Na,K-ATPase of a novel regulatory peptide, PEC-60, recently isolated from porcine intestine. Various biological effects have been described for PEC-60 in different tissues, including brain. We have found that PEC-60 caused a dose-dependent activation of Na,K-ATPase from rat brain frontal cortex, whereas the carboxymethylated form of PEC-60 or other hormonal peptides had no effect. The maximal value of activity reaches up to 125% at close to micromolar concentrations of PEC-60 and the dependence can be described with a bell-shaped curve, indicating a complex mechanism for the interaction. The activation of the enzyme by PEC-60 is apparently related to Na(+)-dependent steps of the Na,K-ATPase system. The kinetic parameters for K(+)-phosphatase were unaffected. Moreover, the activating effect was enhanced by preincubation at low concentrations of ATP that transform the enzyme into the Na(+)-form. Due to the crucial physiological role of Na,K-ATPase, its activity has to be finely controlled and thus PEC-60 may be one of the endogenous factors that regulate this enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, Tartu University, Estonia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kairane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zilmer
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mutt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sillard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000201:enzymology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013552:Swine; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: C069343:PEC-60 polypeptide; D010455:Peptides; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase