[Comparative study of calixarene effect on Na+, K+ -ATPase activity in plasma membrane of contractile and mobile
Abstract:
The paper is devoted to comparative analysis of the influence of a new class of macrocyclic compounds - calixarens on enzymatic activity of two ATP-hydrolase systems localized in the plasmatic membrane of contractile (myocytes of the uterus) and mobile (spermatozoids) cells--Na+, K+ -ATPase and basal Mg2+ -ATPase. The experiments performed on plasmatic membrane suspensions of myometrium and spermatozoids treated with detergent the authors studied the influence of calixarens C-97, C-99, C-107 (identified by the codes), functionalized with fragments of alpha-hydroxyphosphonic, alpha-aminophosphonic and methylenbisphosphonic acids accordingly, on enzymatic activity. The results have shown that C-97 and C-107 calixarenphosphonic acids in 100 microM concentration (97-99%) inhibit Na+, K+ -ATPase activity in both cases almost completely. C-99 (100 microM) calixaren appeared to be less effective with regard of its influence on the enzymatic systems under study: in the case of plasmatic membranes of myometrium suspension the activity of Na+, K+ -ATPase was decreased by 84-88%, and in the case of spermatozoids suspension--just by 15-20% of the control. All the studied calixarens (for both objects) in the maximal concentration (100 microM) practically did not influence the activity of basal Mg2+ -ATP-ase. The calixarens inhibited the enzymatic activity of Na+, K+ -ATPase more effectively than ouabain: in the first case the value of apparent inhibition constant I(0,5) was 25-100 nM, and in the second case--20-100 microM. The inhibition influence of calixarens on Na+, K+ -ATPase activity is characterized by the phenomenon of negative cooperativity (Hill's coefficient nH <1); the influence of ouabain in the case of plasmatic membranes of myometrium suspension is also characterized by negative cooperativity (nH < 1), and in case of spermatozoids suspension--by positive cooperativity (nH >1). The above results show that the studied calixarens are effective inhibitors of Na+, K+ -ATPase plasmatic membrane of contractive and mobile cells (C-97, C-99, C-107 calixarens in case of myocytes of uterus, and C-97, C-107 calixarens in case of spermatozoids).
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