Difference between two isozymes of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase in the interaction with omeprazole

The difference in functional SH groups between two isozymes (alpha(+) and alpha forms) of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase was examined using omeprazole, a hydrophobic drug which was reported to modify SH groups of gastric (H+ + K+)-ATPase. Omeprazole inhibited rat brain and kidney (Na+ + K+)-ATPase activities in a time- and dose-dependent manner, and it inhibited incorporation of [3H]NEM into the catalytic subunit of the enzymes. The inhibition was greater in the brain enzyme than in the kidney enzyme. The inhibition of the brain enzyme showed a lag time, whereas the kidney enzyme was inhibited according to pseudo-first order kinetics. The inhibition by omeprazole of Na+-dependent phosphorylation and K+-stimulated phosphatase activity in the brain enzyme preparation was parallel with that of the overall (Na+ + K+)-ATPase reaction, while the partial reactions of the kidney enzyme showed different sensitivities to inhibition by omeprazole. Furthermore, the inhibition by omeprazole of [3H]NEM reactivity in the brain alpha(+) form was greater in the presence of SDS than in the absence, whereas the inhibition in the brain and kidney alpha forms was less in the presence of SDS than in the absence. These findings suggest that the isozymes of (Na+ + K+)-ATPase differ in hydrophobicity of SH groups of their catalytic subunits.