TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurements of Na+-occluded intermediates during the catalytic cycle of the Na+/K+-ATPase provide novel insights into the mechanism of Na+ transport
AU - Faraj, S.E.
AU - Valsecchi, W.M.
AU - Ferreira-Gomes, Mariela
AU - Centeno, Mercedes
AU - Saint Martin, Elina Malén Saint
AU - Fedosova, Natalya
AU - Rossi, Juan Pablo F.C.
AU - Montes, Monica
AU - Rossi, Rolando C.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Albers–Post model
KW - Na /K -ATPase
KW - cation transport intermediates
KW - enzyme kinetics
KW - enzyme mechanism
KW - epigallocatechin-3-gallate
KW - membrane transport
KW - sodium occlusion
KW - sodium transport
KW - Phosphorylation
KW - Biocatalysis
KW - Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism
KW - Cations, Monovalent/metabolism
KW - Sodium/metabolism
KW - Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase/chemistry
KW - Potassium/metabolism
KW - Animals
KW - Cell Membrane/metabolism
KW - Ion Transport
KW - Kinetics
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102811
DO - 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102811
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36539036
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 299
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 2
M1 - 102811
ER -