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Mechanism of action of ruthenium red compounds on Ca/sup 2 +/ ionophore from sarcoplasmic reticulum (Ca/sup 2 +/ + Mg/sup 2 +/)-adenosine triphosphatase and lipid bilayer

Journal Article · · J. Biol. Chem.; (United States)
OSTI ID:7126203
Sarcoplasmic reticulum (Ca/sup 2 +/ + Mg/sup 2 +/)-ATPase was previously shown to have Ca/sup 2 +/-dependent and -selective ionophoric activity when tested in oxidized cholesterol lipid bilayer membranes (Shamoo, A. E., and MacLennan, D. H. (1974) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 71, 3522). Ruthenium red, a known inhibitor of (Ca/sup 2 +/ + Mg/sup 2 +/)-ATPase, is found to inhibit the Ca/sup 2 +/-ionophoric activity associated with (Ca/sup 2 +/ + Mg/sup 2 +/)-ATPase. Furthermore, ruthenium red alone acts as an anion-selective ionophore in lipid bilayers with the following selectivity sequence for anions: l/sup -/ > Cl/sup -/, Br/sup -/ > F/sup -/ > NO/sub 3//sup -/. The P/sub Cl/sup -///P/sub Na/sup +// ratio was approx.4/1. The presence of ruthenium red in excess of Ca/sup 2 +/ ionophore in lipid bilayer experiments converts the cation selectivity of the bilayer due to Ca/sup 2 +/ ionophore into anion selectivity.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Rochester, NY
OSTI ID:
7126203
Journal Information:
J. Biol. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Biol. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 250:20; ISSN JBCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English