Ion permeation through the Na+,K+-ATPase

P-type ATPase pumps generate concentration gradients of cations across membranes in nearly all cells. They provide a polar transmembrane pathway, to which access is strictly controlled by coupled gates that are constrained to open alternately, thereby enabling thermodynamically uphill ion transport (for example, see ref. 1). Here we examine the ion pathway through the Na+,K+-ATPase, a representative P-type pump, after uncoupling its extra- and intracellular gates with the marine toxin palytoxin. We use small hydrophilic thiol-specific reagents as extracellular probes and we monitor their reactions, and the consequences, with cysteine residues introduced along the anticipated cation pathway through the pump. The distinct effects of differently charged reagents indicate that a wide outer vestibule penetrates deep into the Na+,K+-ATPase, where the pathway narrows and leads to a charge-selectivity filter. Acidic residues in this region, which are conserved to coordinate pumped ions, allow the approach of cations but exclude anions. Reversing the charge at just one of those positions converts the pathway from cation selective to anion selective. Close structural homology among the catalytic subunits of Ca2+-, Na+,K+- and H+,K+-ATPases argues that their extracytosolic cation exchange pathways all share these physical characteristics.     

Intracellular Ca indicator Quin-2 inhibits Ca2+ inflow via Na/Ca exchange in squid axon

Until recently, intracellular free calcium has been amenable to measurement and investigation only in cells large enough to permit either microinjection of a suitable Ca sensor such as a aequorin or arsenazo III or insertion of a Ca-sensitive microelectrode. This constraint on cell size was removed by the development of the fluorescent Ca2+ -sensitive dye Quin-2 and its acetoxymethyl ester, which can be introduced into a wide range of cell types. A major requirement of any intracellular Ca2+ indicator is that it should not disturb intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis and Quin-2 is generally considered to be satisfactory in this respect. We now report that injection of Quin-2 into squid (Loligo forbesi) axons can almost completely abolish one component of Ca2+ entry--intracellular Na+ (Nai)-dependent Ca2+ inflow, which occurs via Na/Ca exchange. Mixtures of Ca and Quin-2 that buffer an ionized Ca2+ at close to physiological concentrations also block Nai-dependent Ca2+ influx but these same mixtures fail to block the extracellular Na+ (Na0)-dependent extrusion of Ca2+, showing that Quin-2 acts specifically on Ca2+ inflow.     

CaT1 manifests the pore properties of the calcium-release-activated calcium channel

The calcium-release-activated Ca2+channel, ICRAC, is a highly Ca2+-selective ion channel that is activated on depletion of either intracellular Ca2+ levels or intracellular Ca2+ stores. The unique gating of ICRAC has made it a favourite target of investigation for new signal transduction mechanisms; however, without molecular identification of the channel protein, such studies have been inconclusive. Here we show that the protein CaT1 (ref. 4), which has six membrane-spanning domains, exhibits the unique biophysical properties of ICRAC when expressed in mammalian cells. Like ICRAC, expressed CaT1 protein is Ca2+ selective, activated by a reduction in intracellular Ca2+ concentration, and inactivated by higher intracellular concentrations of Ca2+. The channel is indistinguishable from ICRAC in the following features: sequence of selectivity to divalent cations; an anomalous mole fraction effect; whole-cell current kinetics; block by lanthanum; loss of selectivity in the absence of divalent cations; and single-channel conductance to Na+ in divalent-ion-free conditions. CaT1 is activated by both passive and active depletion of calcium stores. We propose that CaT1 comprises all or part of the ICRAC pore.     

Multiple transport modes of the cardiac Na+/Ca2+ exchanger

The cardiac Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX1; ref. 2) is a bi-directional Ca2+ transporter that contributes to the electrical activity of the heart. When, and if, Ca2+ is exported or imported depends on the Na+/Ca2+ exchange ratio. Whereas a ratio of 3:1 (Na+:Ca2+) has been indicated by Ca2+ flux equilibrium studies, a ratio closer to 4:1 has been indicated by exchange current reversal potentials. Here we show, using an ion-selective electrode technique to quantify ion fluxes in giant patches, that ion flux ratios are approximately 3.2 for maximal transport in either direction. With Na+ and Ca2+ on both sides of the membrane, net current and Ca2+ flux can reverse at different membrane potentials, and inward current can be generated in the absence of cytoplasmic Ca2+, but not Na+. We propose that NCX1 can transport not only 1 Ca2+ or 3 Na+ ions, but also 1 Ca2+ with 1 Na+ ion at a low rate. Therefore, in addition to the major 3:1 transport mode, import of 1 Na+ with 1 Ca2+ defines a Na+-conducting mode that exports 1 Ca2+, and an electroneutral Ca2+ influx mode that exports 3 Na+. The two minor transport modes can potentially determine resting free Ca2+ and background inward current in heart.     

Extrusion of calcium from rod outer segments is driven by both sodium and potassium gradients

Calcium is transported across the surface membrane of both nerve and muscle by a Na+-dependent mechanism, usually termed the Na:Ca exchange. It is well established from experiments on rod outer segments that one net positive charge enters the cell for every Ca2+ ion extruded by the exchange, which is generally interpreted to imply an exchange stoichiometry of 3 Na+:1 Ca2+. We have measured the currents associated with the operation of the exchange in both forward and reversed modes in isolated rod outer segments and we find that the reversed mode, in which Ca2+ enters the cell in exchange for Na+, depends strongly on the presence of external K+. The ability of changes in external K+ concentration ([K+]o) to perturb the equilibrium level of [Ca2+]i indicates that K+ is co-transported with calcium. From an examination of the relative changes of [Ca2+]o, [Na+]o, [K+]o and membrane potential required to maintain the exchange at equilibrium, we conclude that the exchange stoichiometry is 4 Na+:1 Ca2+, 1 K+ and we propose that the exchange should be renamed the Na:Ca, K exchange. Harnessing the outward K+ gradient should allow the exchange to maintain a Ca2+ efflux down to levels of internal [Ca2+] that are considerably lower than would be possible with a 3 Na+:1 Ca2+ exchange.     

青海黄鼠湾—何家庄河谷区地下水水化学特征

随着黄鼠湾-何家庄的工业园区发展,周边生态环境受到了影响。地下水作为生态重要组成部分,研究地下水水化学特征对该地区地下水保护和生态建设具有重要意义。因此,本文2019年在黄鼠湾-何家庄河谷区采集29组水样进行检测分析,运用经典统计学、Piper三线图、Gibbs图、主要离子浓度关系图等方法,对地下水特征及成因进行分析。结果表明：(1)优势阳离子为钙(Ca2+)、镁(Mg2+)、钠(Na+)。优势阴离子为碳酸氢(HCO3-)、硫酸根(SO42-)、氯(Cl-)。(2)研究区水化学类型分为三类。HCO3?Cl-Ca?Na?Mg类、HCO3-Mg?Na?Ca类均分布在研究区上游。HCO3?SO4-Mg?Na?Ca类分布于研究区中游与下游。(3)阳离子受蒸发浓缩、岩石风化与离子交换作用影响。阴离子受岩石风化作用影响。研究区Na+、K+、Cl-主要来源于岩盐与硅酸盐的溶解, Ca2+、Mg2+、HCO-3、SO2-4主要来源于碳酸盐、硅酸盐和蒸发岩的溶解。Ca2+、Na+受到阳离子交换作用影响。过高的K+、Na+、SO42-与人类工业活动有关。     

Electrogenic Na-Ca exchange in retinal rod outer segment

Previous work has suggested that a Na-Ca exchanger may have a key role in visual transduction in retinal rods. This exchanger is thought to maintain a low internal free Ca2+ concentration in darkness and to contribute to the rod's recovery after light by removing any internally released Ca2+. Little else is known about this transport mechanism in rods. We describe here an inward membrane current recorded from single isolated rods which appears to be associated with such external Na+-dependent Ca2+ efflux activity. External Na+, but not Li+, could generate this current; high external K+ inhibited it while small amounts of La3+ (10 microM) completely abolished it. The exchanger can also transport Sr2+, but not Ba2+ or other divalent cations. The exchange ratio was estimated to be 3Na+:1Ca2+. As well as demonstrating clearly the Na-Ca exchanger in the rod outer segment, our experiments also cast serious doubt on the commonly held view that light simply releases internal Ca2+ to bind to and block the light-sensitive conductance.     

Depletion of intracellular calcium stores activates a calcium current in mast cells.

In many cell types, receptor-mediated Ca2+ release from internal stores is followed by Ca2+ influx across the plasma membrane. The sustained entry of Ca2+ is thought to result partly from the depletion of intracellular Ca2+ pools. Most investigations have characterized Ca2+ influx indirectly by measuring Ca(2+)-activated currents or using Fura-2 quenching by Mn2+, which in some cells enters the cells by the same influx pathway. But only a few studies have investigated this Ca2+ entry pathway more directly. We have combined patch-clamp and Fura-2 measurements to monitor membrane currents in mast cells under conditions where intracellular Ca2+ stores were emptied by either inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate, ionomycin, or excess of the Ca2+ chelator EGTA. The depletion of Ca2+ pools by these independent mechanisms commonly induced activation of a sustained calcium inward current that was highly selective for Ca2+ ions over Ba2+, Sr2+ and Mn2+. This Ca2+ current, which we term ICRAC (calcium release-activated calcium), is not voltage-activated and shows a characteristic inward rectification. It may be the mechanism by which electrically nonexcitable cells maintain raised intracellular Ca2+ concentrations and replenish their empty Ca2+ stores after receptor stimulation.     

Vanadate inhibits uncoupled Ca efflux but not Na--Ca exchange in squid axons.

Nerve cells can maintain a very low intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) against large Ca2+ electrochemical gradients (see ref. 1 for review). The properties of the calcium efflux from these cells depend on [Ca2+]i (ref. 2), and within the physiological range, most Ca efflux depends on ATP (which stimulates with high affinity) and is insensitive to Na1, Na0 and Ca0 (uncoupled Ca efflux). When the [Ca2+]i is well above the physiological range, Ca efflux becomes only partially dependent on ATP (acting now with low affinity), is inhibited by Nai and is stimulated by Na0 and Ca0 (Na--Ca exchange). Orthovanadate, a powerful inhibitor of the (Na+ + K+)ATPase and the Na pump, also inhibits the Ca-stimulated ATPase activity, which is the enzymatic basis for the uncoupled Ca pump, in human red cells. The experiments reported here show that in squid axons the ATP-dependent uncoupled Ca efflux can be fully and reversibly inhibited by vanadate, whereas concentrations of vanadate 10 times higher have no effect on the Na--Ca exchange. This is another indication that the uncoupled Ca efflux represents an ATP-driven Ca pump, and supports the suggestion that the uncoupled Ca efflux and Na--Ca exchange are mediated by different mechanisms.     

采出污水配制聚合物溶液的影响因素研究

研究了聚合物驱采出污水中Na+、K+、Ca2+、Mg2+、Fe2+、Fe3+六种离子对聚合物溶液初始黏度的影响和溶解氧、阳离子、粘土矿物以及细菌对其稳定性的影响程度,提出了采出污水配注聚合物的参考控制指标和限度。研究结果表明,高价金属阳离子是影响聚合物水溶液初始黏度的主要因素,其由大到小的顺序为Fe2+＞Fe3+＞Mg2+＞Ca2+＞Na+＞K+。配制用水的基本要求是不含铁离子,Ca2+离子含量控制在200mg/L以下,最好控制在50mg/L以下;Mg2+离子含量控制在100mg/L以下,最好控制在30mg/L以下;Na+、K+离子含量应该控制在2000mg/L以下,最好控制在500mg/L以下。高价金属离子和溶解氧是影响聚合物溶液黏度稳定性的主要因素,其由大到小的顺序为：Fe2+>Mg2+(Ca2+)>Fe3+>Na+(K+),一价阳离子和悬浮物对聚合物溶液黏度稳定性也有一定影响,细菌对其影响相对较小。     

Role of intracellular Ca2+ sequestration in beta-adrenergic relaxation of a smooth muscle.

Various mechanisms have been proposed for beta-adrenergically mediated relaxation of smooth muscle. All theories suggest the involvement of cyclic AMP as a second messenger: beta-agonists stimulate adenylate cyclase which converts ATP to cyclic AMP and protein kinase, activated by cyclic AMP, is then thought to catalyse a protein phosphorylation that leads to a reduction in free Ca2+, thus effecting relaxation. How this last step is accomplished is much debated, but the following possibilities are currently considered as the mechanisms responsible for cyclic AMP-induced reduction of cytoplasmic Ca2+: activation of a Ca2+-ATPase in the plasma and/or sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes which lowers cytoplasmic [Ca2+] in a direct manner or stimulation of (Na+-K+)ATPase in the cell membrane which may indirectly effect Ca2+ extrusion. Among the hypotheses suggested, those of Ca2+ sequestration by the sarcoplasmic reticulum and of Ca2+ extrusion across the cell membrane are consistent with each other if it is assumed that both processes are effected by a cyclic AMP-sensitive Ca2+-ATPase. However, quite a different mechanism is implied by involving the Na+-K+ pump and Na+-Ca2+ exchange carrier. In this report, we present evidence that suggests intracellular Ca2+ sequestration is the mechanism involved.     

NMDA-receptor activation increases cytoplasmic calcium concentration in cultured spinal cord neurones

Excitatory amino acids act via receptor subtypes in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). The receptor selectively activated by N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) has been best characterized using voltage-clamp and single-channel recording; the results suggest that NMDA receptors gate channels that are permeable to Na+, K+ and other monovalent cations. Various experiments suggest that Ca2+ flux is also associated with the activation of excitatory amino-acid receptors on vertebrate neurones. Whether Ca2+ enters through voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels or through excitatory amino-acid-activated channels of one or more subtype is unclear. Mg2+ can be used to distinguish NMDA-receptor-activated channels from voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels, because at micromolar concentrations Mg2+ has little effect on voltage-dependent Ca2+ channels while it enters and blocks NMDA receptor channels. Marked differences in the potency of other divalent cations acting as Ca2+ channel blockers compared with their action as NMDA antagonists also distinguish the NMDA channel from voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels. However, we now directly demonstrate that excitatory amino acids acting at NMDA receptors on spinal cord neurones increase the intracellular Ca2+ activity, measured using the indicator dye arsenazo III, and that this is the result of Ca2+ influx through NMDA receptor channels. Kainic acid (KA), which acts at another subtype of excitatory amino-acid receptor, was much less effective in triggering increases in intracellular free Ca2+.     

碱胁迫对宁夏枸杞叶中Na＋，K＋，Ca2＋动态变化的影响

摘要：为探讨宁夏枸杞叶中离子平衡与盐碱胁迫的关系,研究不同浓度的NaHCO3溶液胁迫下,枸杞叶中Na^＋,K^＋,Ca^2＋的浓度变化,同时采用非损伤微测技术研究了枸杞叶中Na^＋,K^＋,Ca^2＋的流速变化．结果表明,在同一时间内（7,14,21d）,Na^＋的浓度随NaHCO。浓度的升高总体呈升高趋势,K^＋和Ca^2＋的浓度总体呈下降趋势,c（Na^＋）／c（Ca^2＋）随NaHCO3浓度的升高而升高;随着时间的变化,各个处理下枸杞叶中Na^＋的浓度总体呈现先降后升的趋势,K^＋的浓度总体呈现下降趋势,Ca^2＋的浓度总体呈现先升后降的趋势,c（Na^＋）／c（K^＋）总体呈现升高趋势,c（Na^2＋）／c（Ca^2＋）总体呈现先降后升的趋势;NaHCO。溶液胁迫7d时,诱导了枸杞叶肉细胞中净Na^＋,K^＋,Ca^2＋外排的增加．碱胁迫下造成c（Na^＋）／c（K^＋）和f（Na^＋）／c（Ca^2＋）升高的原因为,叶片中K^＋和Ca^2＋外排和Na^＋大量积累,这也是枸杞不耐碱的原因之一．可为种植枸杞改良盐碱地提供参考．     

新型螯合树脂的合成及其吸附性能研究

采用新型大孔政治协商会议状聚氯乙烯为骨架的多乙烯多胺树脂在盐酸存在下与亚磷酸、甲醛反应，合成了氨基酸型螯合树脂，研究了该螯合树脂对Ｃｕ＾２＋、Ｚｎ＾２＋、Ｃａ＾２＋、Ｍｇ＾２＋、Ｎａ＾２＋等离子的吸附率分别达９６．２％和９３．４％，对Ｃａ＾２＋、Ｍｇ＾２＋、Ｎａ＾＋等的吸附容量较低，对Ｃｕ＾２＋Ｚｎ＾２＋具有较好的吸附选择性，能分别从Ｃｕ＾２＋、Ｍｇ＾２＋、Ｃａ＾２＋、Ｎａ＾＋的混合离子中定量地吸     

Gating pore current in an inherited ion channelopathy

Ion channelopathies are inherited diseases in which alterations in control of ion conductance through the central pore of ion channels impair cell function, leading to periodic paralysis, cardiac arrhythmia, renal failure, epilepsy, migraine and ataxia. Here we show that, in contrast with this well-established paradigm, three mutations in gating-charge-carrying arginine residues in an S4 segment that cause hypokalaemic periodic paralysis induce a hyperpolarization-activated cationic leak through the voltage sensor of the skeletal muscle Na(V)1.4 channel. This 'gating pore current' is active at the resting membrane potential and closed by depolarizations that activate the voltage sensor. It has similar permeability to Na+, K+ and Cs+, but the organic monovalent cations tetraethylammonium and N-methyl-D-glucamine are much less permeant. The inorganic divalent cations Ba2+, Ca2+ and Zn2+ are not detectably permeant and block the gating pore at millimolar concentrations. Our results reveal gating pore current in naturally occurring disease mutations of an ion channel and show a clear correlation between mutations that cause gating pore current and hypokalaemic periodic paralysis. This gain-of-function gating pore current would contribute in an important way to the dominantly inherited membrane depolarization, action potential failure, flaccid paralysis and cytopathology that are characteristic of hypokalaemic periodic paralysis. A survey of other ion channelopathies reveals numerous examples of mutations that would be expected to cause gating pore current, raising the possibility of a broader impact of gating pore current in ion channelopathies.     

Crystal structure of the sodium-potassium pump

The Na+,K+-ATPase generates electrochemical gradients for sodium and potassium that are vital to animal cells, exchanging three sodium ions for two potassium ions across the plasma membrane during each cycle of ATP hydrolysis. Here we present the X-ray crystal structure at 3.5 A resolution of the pig renal Na+,K+-ATPase with two rubidium ions bound (as potassium congeners) in an occluded state in the transmembrane part of the alpha-subunit. Several of the residues forming the cavity for rubidium/potassium occlusion in the Na+,K+-ATPase are homologous to those binding calcium in the Ca2+-ATPase of sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum. The beta- and gamma-subunits specific to the Na+,K+-ATPase are associated with transmembrane helices alphaM7/alphaM10 and alphaM9, respectively. The gamma-subunit corresponds to a fragment of the V-type ATPase c subunit. The carboxy terminus of the alpha-subunit is contained within a pocket between transmembrane helices and seems to be a novel regulatory element controlling sodium affinity, possibly influenced by the membrane potential.     

Ebselen 抑制 ONOO~- 对神经元[Ca~(2+)]_i 的影响

Ｆｕｒａ－２显微荧光测钙技术研究发现,过氧亚硝基阴离子（ＯＮＯＯ－）作用于ＭＮ９Ｄ细胞,数ｓ内即可导致其胞内游离钙离子浓度（［Ｃａ２＋］ｉ）的急剧升高．胞外液换为无钙液或向胞外液中加入硝苯吡啶（Ｎｉｆｅｄｉｐ－ｉｎｅ）、二硫苏糖醇（ＤＴＴ）均可抑制ＯＮＯＯ－对［Ｃａ２＋］ｉ的影响,提示Ｌ－型钙通道的激活是ＯＮＯＯ－引起［Ｃａ２＋］ｉ升高的主要原因,ＯＮＯＯ－的这种作用可能与其氧化特性有关．Ｅｂｓｅｌｅｎ（２－苯基－１,２－苯并异硒唑－３（２Ｈ）酮）明显抑制ＯＮＯＯ－对［Ｃａ２＋］ｉ的影响,并且存在一定的剂量效应关系．     

The spread of Na+ spikes determines the pattern of dendritic Ca2+ entry into hippocampal neurons.

The dendrites of many types of neurons contain voltage-dependent Na+ and Ca2+ conductances that generate action potentials (see ref. 1 for review). The function of these spikes is not well understood, but the Ca2+ entry stimulated by spikes probably affects Ca(2+)-dependent processes in dendrites. These include synaptic plasticity, cytotoxicity and exocytosis. Several lines of evidence suggest that dendritic spikes occur within subregions of the dendrites. To study the mechanism that govern the spread of spikes in the dendrites of hippocampal pyramidal cells, we imaged Ca2+ entry with Fura-2 (ref. 9) and Na+ entry with a newly developed Na(+)-sensitive dye. Our results indicate that Ca2+ entry into dendrites is triggered by Na+ spikes that actively invade the dendrites. The restricted spatial distribution of Ca2+ entry seems to depend on the spread of Na+ spikes in the dendrites, rather than on a limited distribution of Ca2+ channels. In addition, we have observed an activity-dependent process that modulates the invasion of spikes into the dendrites and progressively restricts Ca2+ entry to more proximal dendritic regions.     

Membrane depolarization evokes neurotransmitter release in the absence of calcium entry

The discovery that Ca2+ is necessary for the release of neurotransmitter, the primary means by which nerve cells communicate, led to the calcium hypothesis of neutransmitter release, in which release is initiated after an action potential only by an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration near the release sites and is terminated (1-2 ms) by the rapid removal of Ca2+. Since then, the calcium-voltage hypothesis has been proposed, in which the depolarization of the presynaptic terminals has two functions. First, in common with the calcium hypothesis, the Ca2+ conductance is increased, thereby permitting Ca2+ entry. Second, a conformational change is induced in a membrane molecule that renders it sensitive to Ca2+, and then binding of Ca2+ to this active form triggers release of neurotransmitter. When the membrane is repolarized, the molecule is inactivated and release is terminated, regardless of the local Ca2+ concentration at that moment. This hypothesis, in contrast to the calcium hypothesis, accounts for the insensitivity of the time course of release to experimental manipulations of intracellular Ca2+ concentration. Furthermore, it explains rapid termination of release after depolarization, even though Ca2+ concentration may still be high. Here we describe experiments that distinguish between these two hypotheses and find that our results support the calcium voltage hypothesis.     

Effects of ATP and vanadate on calcium efflux from barnacle muscle fibres

Calcium ions carry the inward current during depolarization of barnacle muscle fibres and are involved in the contraction process. Intracellular ionized calcium ([Ca2+]i) in barnacle muscle, as in other cells, is kept at a very low concentration, against a large electrochemical gradient. This large gradient is maintained by Ca2+ extrusion mechanisms. When [Ca2+]i is below the contraction threshold, Ca2+ efflux from giant barnacle muscle fibres is, largely, both ATP dependent and external Na+ (Na+0) dependent (see also refs 5,6). When [Ca2+]i is raised to the level expected during muscle contraction (2-5 muM), most of the Ca2+ efflux from perfused fibres is Na0 dependent; as in squid axons, this Na+0-dependent Ca2+ efflux is ATP independent. Orthovanadate is an inhibitor of (Na+ + K+) ATPase and the red cell Ca2+-ATpase. We report here that vanadate inhibits ATP-promoted, Na+0-dependent Ca2+ efflux from barnacle muscle fibres perfused with low [Ca2+]i (0.2-0.5 microM), but has little effect on the Na+0-dependent, ATP-independent Ca2+ efflux from fibres with a high [Ca]i (2-5 microM). Nevertheless, ATP depletion or vanadate treatment of high [Ca2+]i fibres causes an approximately 50-fold increase of Ca2+ efflux into Ca2+-containing lithium seawater. These results demonstrate that both vanadate and ATP affect Ca2+ extrusion, including the Na+0-dependent Ca2+ efflux (Na-Ca exchange), in barnacle muscle.