title: Glucose 6-phosphate and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate can be used as ATP-regenerating systems by cerebellum Ca2+-transport ATPase.
abstract: In this work, it is shown that the Ca2+-transport ATPase found in the microsomal fraction of the cerebellum can use both glucose 6-phosphate/hexokinase and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate/phosphofructokinase as ATP-regenerating systems. The vesicles derived from the cerebellum were able to accumulate Ca2+ in a medium containing ADP when either glucose 6-phosphate and hexokinase or fructose 1,6-bisphosphate and phosphofructokinase were added to the medium. There was no Ca2+ uptake if one of these components was omitted from the medium. The transport of Ca2+ was associated with the cleavage of sugar phosphate. The maximal amount of Ca2+ accumulated by the vesicles with the fructose 1,6-bisphosphate system was larger than that measured either with glucose 6-phosphate or with a low ATP concentration and phosphoenolpyruvate/pyruvate kinase. The Ca2+ uptake supported by glucose 6-phosphate was inhibited by glucose, but not by fructose 6-phosphate. In contrast, the Ca2+ uptake supported by fructose 1,6-bisphosphate was inhibited by fructose 6-phosphate, but not by glucose. Thapsigargin, a specific SERCA inhibitor, impaired the transport of Ca2+ sustained by either glucose 6-phosphate or fructose 1,6-bisphosphate. It is proposed that the use of glucose 6-phosphate and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate as an ATP-regenerating system by the cerebellum Ca2+-ATPase may represent a salvage route used at early stages of ischemia; this could be used to energize the Ca2+ transport, avoiding the deleterious effects derived from the cellular acidosis promoted by lactic acid.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Departamento de Bioquímica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária, Brazil.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Meis
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000201:enzymology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005635:Fructosediphosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005952:Glucose-6-Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D019298:Glucose-6-Phosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D008861:Microsomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D010728:Phosphoenolpyruvate / Q000494:pharmacology; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005635:Fructosediphosphates; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D019298:Glucose-6-Phosphate; D019284:Thapsigargin; D010728:Phosphoenolpyruvate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005952:Glucose-6-Phosphatase; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D005947:Glucose; C029063:fructose-1,6-diphosphate; D002118:Calcium