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  • Title: The rat distal colon P-ATPase alpha subunit encodes a ouabain-sensitive H+, K+-ATPase.
    Author: Cougnon M, Planelles G, Crowson MS, Shull GE, Rossier BC, Jaisser F.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1996 Mar 29; 271(13):7277-80. PubMed ID: 8631741.
    Abstract:
    The functional properties and the pharmacological profile of the recently cloned cDNA colonic P-ATPase alpha subunit (Crowson, M.S., and Shull, G.E. (1992) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 13740-13748) were investigated by using the Xenopus oocyte expression system. Xenopus oocytes were injected with alpha subunit cRNAs from Bufo marinus bladder or rat distal colon and/or with beta subunit cRNA from B. marinus bladder. Two days after injection, K+ uptake was measured by using 86 Rb+ as a K+ surrogate, and pH measurements were performed by means of ion-selective microelectrodes. Co-injection of alpha and beta subunit cRNAs led to a large increase in 86Rb+ uptake, an intracellular alkalinization, and an extracellular medium acidification, as compared to alpha or beta injection alone. These results indicate that the colonic P-ATPase alpha subunit, like the bladder alpha subunit, acts as a functional H+,K+-ATPase, and that co-expression of alpha and beta subunits is required for the function. External K+ activation of the 86Rb+ uptake had a K1/2 of approximately 440 microM for the bladder isoform (consistent with the previously reported value (Jaisser, F., Horisberger, J.D., Geering, K., and Rossier, B.C. (1993) J. Cell. Biol. 123, 1421-1431) and a K1/2 of approximately 730 microM for the colonic isoform. Sch28080 was ineffective to reduce 86Rb+ uptake whereas ouabain inhibited the activity expressed from rat colon alpha subunit with a Ki of 970 microM when measured at the Vmax of the enzyme. We conclude that, when expressed in Xenopus oocytes, the rat colon P-ATPase alpha subunit encodes a ouabain-sensitive H+,K+-ATPase.
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