title: Kinetic analysis of a model of the sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca-ATPase, with variable stoichiometry, which enhances the amount and the rate of Ca transport.
abstract: The sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca-dependent adenosinetriphosphatase (Ca-ATPase) actively transports Ca2+ from the myoplasm to the SR lumen. Under optimal conditions a 2:1 stoichiometry of Ca transport/ATP hydrolysis has been observed, but lower stoichiometries have been reported under several circumstances. A lower stoichiometry under conditions of high Ca2+ load, although thermodynamically less efficient, could in theory increase the rate and the maximal amount of Ca uptake. We analysed, by computing simulation, the transient kinetics of a model of the SR Ca-ATPase with variable stoichiometry. The model is based on current experimental reports and includes the most relevant properties of the system. The results show an acceleration in the rate of Ca uptake, an increase in the net Ca transport, and an increase in the rate of [Ca2+] reduction in the medium, which might be physiologically useful to increase the rate of Ca pumping at high Ca load of the sarcoplasmic reticulum.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Odontología, Cátedra de Biofísica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, M.T. de Alvear 2142, 1122 Buenos Aires, Argentina. alonso@biofis.odon.uba.ar
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Takara
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ostuni
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008954:Models, Biological; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium