title: Na,K-ATPase as a signal transducer.
abstract: Recent studies have indicated that Na,K-ATPase may, in addition to being the key regulator of intracellular Na(+) and K(+) concentration, act as a signal transducer. Despite extensive research, the biological role for ouabain, a natural ligand of Na,K-ATPase, is not well understood. We have reported that exposure of rat proximal tubular cells (RPTC) to doses of ouabain that inhibit the Na,K-ATPase activity by less than 50% (10 nM - 500 micro M), will induce intracellular [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations and that this calcium signal leads to activation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB. The ouabain-induced calcium oscillations were blocked by an inhibitor of the IP(3) receptors but not by phospholipase C inhibitors nor by cellular depletion of IP(3), suggesting that the calcium signal is not due to phospholipase C-mediated IP(3) release. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) studies suggested a close proximity between the Na,K-ATPase and IP(3) receptor. Our findings demonstrate a novel principle for calcium signaling via Na,K-ATPase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska Institutet, Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aizman
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aperia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007687:Kidney Tubules, Proximal / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010042:Ouabain; D012964:Sodium; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium