title: Divalent cation-activated ecto-ATPase activity of rat glomerular mesangial cells.
abstract: Evidence is presented of a Mg2+ and Ca(2+)-activated ATPase at the surface of cultured rat glomerular mesangial cells. Substrate specificity was very low when different nucleoside-5'-triphosphates were examined. The apparent Km values were 0.46 and 0.32 mM for Mg(2+)-ATPase and Ca(2+)-ATPase, respectively. Inhibition studies have revealed that this enzyme is different from the (Na+ + K+)-ATPase and from the divalent cation activated mitochondrial ATPases. Culture in the serum-free medium markedly decreased ecto-ATPase activity. Con A treatment reduced at 50 micrograms/ml by 15% the Ca(2+)-ATPase activity. Endocytosis of serum-treated zymosan (STZ) did not significantly affect ecto-ATPase activity. In contrast, endocytosis of STZ by macrophages was accompanied by a biphasic response, an increase in Mg(2+)-ATPase and Ca(2+)-ATPase activities after ingestion of smaller amounts of STZ and a marked decrease after loading doses of STZ.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nephrology and Hemodialysis, Faculty of Medicine, Nis, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stefanović
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vlahović
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001769:Blood; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D003470:Culture Media; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000201:enzymology*; D007293:Inosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D003470:Culture Media; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D003208:Concanavalin A; D007293:Inosine Triphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D017301:Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases