Measurements of Na+-occluded intermediates during the catalytic cycle of the Na+/K+-ATPase provide novel insights into the mechanism of Na+ transport

S.E. Faraj, W.M. Valsecchi, Mariela Ferreira-Gomes, Mercedes Centeno, Elina Malén Saint Saint Martin, Natalya Fedosova, Juan Pablo F.C. Rossi, Monica Montes, Rolando C. Rossi*

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Abstract

The Na +/K +-ATPase is an integral plasma membrane glycoprotein of all animal cells that couples the exchange of intracellular Na + for extracellular K + to the hydrolysis of ATP. The asymmetric distribution of Na + and K + is essential for cellular life and constitutes the physical basis of a series of fundamental biological phenomena. The pumping mechanism is explained by the Albers–Post model. It involves the presence of gates alternatively exposing Na +/K +-ATPase transport sites to the intracellular and extracellular sides and includes occluded states in which both gates are simultaneously closed. Unlike for K +, information is lacking about Na +-occluded intermediates, as occluded Na + was only detected in states incapable of performing a catalytic cycle, including two Na +-containing crystallographic structures. The current knowledge is that intracellular Na + must bind to the transport sites and become occluded upon phosphorylation by ATP to be transported to the extracellular medium. Here, taking advantage of epigallocatechin-3-gallate to instantaneously stabilize native Na +-occluded intermediates, we isolated species with tightly bound Na + in an enzyme able to perform a catalytic cycle, consistent with a genuine occluded state. We found that Na + becomes spontaneously occluded in the E1 dephosphorylated form of the Na +/K +-ATPase, exhibiting positive interactions between binding sites. In fact, the addition of ATP does not produce an increase in Na + occlusion as it would have been expected; on the contrary, occluded Na + transiently decreases, whereas ATP lasts. These results reveal new properties of E1 intermediates of the Albers–Post model for explaining the Na + transport pathway.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer102811
TidsskriftJournal of Biological Chemistry
Vol/bind299
Nummer2
Antal sider12
ISSN0021-9258
DOI
StatusUdgivet - feb. 2023

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