title: Regulatory effect of regucalcin on (Ca(2+)-Mg2+)-ATPase in rat liver plasma membranes: comparison with the activation by Mn2+ and Co2+.
abstract: The effect of various metals and regucalcin, a calcium-binding protein isolated from rat liver cytosol, on (Ca(2+)-Mg2+)-ATPase activity in the plasma membranes of rat liver was investigated. Of various metals (Zn2+, Cu2+, Ni2+, Mn2+, Co2+ and Al3+; 100 microM as a final concentration), Mn2+ and Co2+ increased markedly (Ca(2+)-Mg2+)-ATPase activity, while other metals had no effect. When Ca2+ was not added into enzyme reaction mixture, Mn2+ and Co2+ (25-100 microM) did not significantly increase the enzyme activity, indicating that heavy metals act on Ca(2+)-stimulated phosphorylation of the enzyme. Meanwhile, regucalcin (0.25-1.0 microM) caused a remarkable elevation of (Ca(2+)-Mg2+)-ATPase activity. This increase was not inhibited by the presence of 100 microM vanadate, although the effects of Mn2+ and Co2+ (100 microM) were inhibited by vanadate. Also, the inhibition of the Mn2+ and Co2+ effects by vanadate was not seen in the presence of regucalcin. Moreover, regucalcin (0.5 microM) increased significantly the enzyme activity in the absence of Ca2+. This effect of regulcalcin was not altered by increasing concentrations of Ca2+ added, indicating that the regucalcin effect does not depend on Ca2+. The present results suggest that regucalcin activates directly (Ca(2+)-Mg2+)-ATPase in liver plasma membranes, and that the activation is not involved in the Ca(2+)-dependent phosphorylation of the enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; D003035:Cobalt / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008345:Manganese / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015238:Sulfotransferases
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D003035:Cobalt; D008345:Manganese; D015238:Sulfotransferases; C028152:alcohol sulfotransferase; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C513325:Rgn protein, rat; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase