Author: Xu A. Narayanan N.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0006-291X
Source: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol.258, Iss.1, 1999-04, pp. : 66-72
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Abstract
Recent studies have demonstrated phosphorylation of the cardiac and slow-twitch muscle isoform (SERCA2a) of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+-ATPase (at Ser38) by a membrane-associated Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaM kinase). Analysis of the functional consequence of Ca2+-ATPase phosphorylation in the native SR membranes, however, is complicated by the concurrent phosphorylation of the SR proteins phospholamban (PLN) which stimulates Ca2+ sequestration by the Ca2+-ATPase, and the ryanodine receptor-Ca2+ release channel (RYR-CRC) which likely augments Ca2+ release from the SR. In the present study, we achieved selective phosphorylation of the Ca2+-ATPase by endogenous CaM kinase in isolated rabbit cardiac SR vesicles utilizing a PLN monoclonal antibody (PLN AB) which inhibits PLN phosphorylation, and the RYR-CRC blocking drug, ruthenium red, which inhibits phosphorylation of RYR-CRC. Analysis of the Ca2+ concentration-dependence of ATP-energized Ca2+ uptake by SR showed that endogenous CaM kinase mediated phosphorylation of the Ca2+-ATPase, in the absence of PLN and/or RYR-CRC phosphorylation, results in a significant increase (∼50-70%) in the Vmax of Ca2+ sequestration without any change in the k0.5 for Ca2+ activation of the Ca2+ transport rate. On the other hand, treatment of SR with PLN AB (which mimics the effect of PLN phosphorylation by uncoupling Ca2+-ATPase from PLN) resulted in ∼2-fold decrease in k0.5 for Ca2+ without any change in Vmax of Ca2+ sequestration. These findings suggest that, besides PLN phosphorylation, direct phosphorylation of the Ca2+-ATPase by SR-associated CaM kinase serves to enhance the speed of cardiac muscle relaxation.
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