title: Kinetics and ion specificity of Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange mediated by the reconstituted beef heart mitochondrial Na(+)/Ca(2+) antiporter.
abstract: The Na(+)/Ca(2+) antiporter was purified from beef heart mitochondria and reconstituted into liposomes containing fluorescent probes selective for Na(+) or Ca(2+). Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange was strongly inhibited at alkaline pH, a property that is relevant to rapid Ca(2+) oscillations in mitochondria. The effect of pH was mediated entirely via an effect on the K(m) for Ca(2+). When present on the same side as Ca(2+), K(+) activated exchange by lowering the K(m) for Ca(2+) from 2 to 0.9 microM. The K(m) for Na(+) was 8 mM. In the absence of Ca(2+), the exchanger catalyzed high rates of Na(+)/Li(+) and Na(+)/K(+) exchange. Diltiazem and tetraphenylphosphonium cation inhibited both Na(+)/Ca(2+) and Na(+)/K(+) exchange with IC(50) values of 10 and 0.6 microM, respectively. The V(max) for Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange was increased about fourfold by bovine serum albumin, an effect that may reflect unmasking of an autoregulatory domain in the carrier protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon 97207, USA. paucek@pdx.edu
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paucek
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jabůrek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry*; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D002417:Cattle; D007700:Kinetics; D008081:Liposomes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000378:metabolism*; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000737:chemistry; D012964:Sodium / Q000737:chemistry*; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008081:Liposomes; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D019831:Sodium-Calcium Exchanger; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D012964:Sodium; D002118:Calcium