title: Distribution of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor isoforms, SERCA isoforms and Ca2+ binding proteins in RBL-2H3 rat basophilic leukemia cells.
abstract: RBL-2H3 rat basophilic leukemia cells were homogenized and fractionated. A fraction F3 obtained by differential centrifugation was 6-fold enriched in [3H]-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) binding activity, while the NADH-cytochrome c oxidoreductase and sulphatase-C activities were only 3.8- and 2.9-fold enriched, respectively. Furthermore, the three InsP3 receptor (InsP3R) isoforms, two sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) isoforms (2b and 3) as well as four Ca2+ binding proteins (calreticulin, calnexin, protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and BiP), were present in this fraction. Fraction F3 was, therefore, further purified on a discontinuous sucrose density gradient, and the 3 resulting fractions were analyzed. The InsP3 binding sites were distributed over the gradient and did not co-migrate with the RNA. We examined the relative content of the three InsP3R isoforms, of both SERCA2b and 3, as well as that of the four Ca2+ binding proteins in fraction F3 and the sucrose density gradient fractions. InsP3R-1 and InsP3R-2 showed a similar distribution, with the highest level in the light and intermediate density fractions. InsP3R-3 distributed differently, with the highest level in the intermediate density fraction. Both SERCA isoforms distributed similarly to InsP3R-1 and InsP3R-2. SERCA3 was present at a very low level in the high density fraction. Calreticulin and BiP showed a pattern similar to that of InsP3R-1 and InsP3R-2 and the SERCAs. PDI was clearly enriched in the light density fraction while calnexin was broadly distributed. These results indicate a heterogeneous distribution of the three InsP3R isoforms, the two SERCA isoforms and the four Ca2+ binding proteins investigated. This heterogeneity may underlie specialization of the Ca2+ stores and the subsequent initiation of intracellular Ca2+ signals.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium voor Fysiologie, KU Leuven Campus Gasthuisberg O/N, Belgium. Sara.Vanlingen@med.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vanlingen
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Parys
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Missiaen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: De Smedt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wuytack
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Casteels
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001491:Basophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002462:Cell Membrane; D002498:Centrifugation; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D007938:Leukemia; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D013395:Sucrose; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D013395:Sucrose; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases