title: Characterization of (Na+, K+)-ATPase in gill microsomes of the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium olfersii.
abstract: To better understand the adaptive strategies that led to freshwater invasion by hyper-regulating Crustacea, we prepared a microsomal (Na+, K+)-ATPase by differential centrifugation of a gill homogenate from the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium olfersii. Sucrose gradient centrifugation revealed a light fraction containing most of the (Na+, K+)-ATPase activity, contaminated with other ATPases, and a heavy fraction containing negligible (Na+, K+)-ATPase activity. Western blotting showed that M. olfersii gill contains a single alpha-subunit isoform of about 110 kDa. The (Na+, K+)-ATPase hydrolyzed ATP with Michaelis Menten kinetics with K5, = 165+/-5 microM and Vmax = 686.1+/-24.7 U mg(-1). Stimulation by potassium (K0.5 = 2.4+/-0.1 mM) and magnesium ions (K0.5 = 0.76+/-0.03 mM) also obeyed Michaelis-Menten kinetics, while that by sodium ions (K0.5 = 6.0+/-0.2 mM) exhibited site site interactions (n = 1.6). Ouabain (K0.5 = 61.6+/-2.8 microM) and vanadate (K0.5 = 3.2+/-0.1 microM) inhibited up to 70% of the total ATPase activity, while thapsigargin and ethacrynic acid did not affect activity. The remaining 30% activity was inhibited by oligomycin, sodium azide and bafilomycin A. These data suggest that the (Na+, K+)-ATPase corresponds to about 70% of the total ATPase activity; the remaining 30%, i.e. the ouabain-insensitive ATPase activity, apparently correspond to F0F1- and V-ATPases, but not Ca-stimulated and Na- or K-stimulated ATPases. The data confirm the recent invasion of the freshwater biotope by M. olfersii and suggest that (Na+, K+)-ATPase activity may be regulated by the Na+ concentration of the external medium.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Furriel
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: McNamara
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Leone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005880:Gills / Q000201:enzymology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008861:Microsomes / Q000201:enzymology; D033541:Palaemonidae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase