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  • Title: Expression of beta subunit isoforms of the Na+,K(+)-ATPase is muscle type-specific.
    Author: Hundal HS, Marette A, Ramlal T, Liu Z, Klip A.
    Journal: FEBS Lett; 1993 Aug 16; 328(3):253-8. PubMed ID: 8394248.
    Abstract:
    Hindlimb skeletal muscles of the rat express two isoforms of the alpha (alpha 1 and alpha 2) and two isoforms of the beta (beta 1 and beta 2) subunits of the Na+,K(+)-ATPase. Because several muscles constitute the hindlimb, we investigated if specific isoforms are expressed in particular muscles. Northern blot analysis using isoform-specific cDNA probes demonstrated that soleus muscle expressed only the beta 1 transcript, whereas EDL or white gastrocnemius muscles expressed only the beta 2 transcript, and red gastrocnemius muscle expressed both mRNAs. All muscles tested expressed both alpha 1 and alpha 2 transcripts, albeit to various degrees: alpha 1 transcripts were present to about the same extent in all muscles but alpha 2 mRNA was 4-fold more abundant in soleus than in EDL for the same amount of total RNA. Beta subunit protein levels were investigated in purified plasma membrane fractions of pooled red (soleus + red gastrocnemius + red quadriceps) or white (white gastrocnemius + white quadriceps) muscles using isoform-specific antibodies. Red muscles expressed mostly the beta 1 protein while white muscles expressed mostly the beta 2 subunit. Both muscle groups had similar levels of alpha 1 or alpha 2 subunits, and crude membranes isolated from red muscles had 30% higher Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity than white muscle membranes. We conclude that oxidative muscles (slow and fast twitch) express beta 1 subunits, whereas glycolytic, fast twitch muscles express beta 2 subunits, and that both beta isoforms support the Na+,K(+)-ATPase activity of the alpha subunits.
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