Na+,K+-activated adenosine triphosphatase (Na,K-ATPase, Na/K- pump) is a ubiquitous plasma membrane enzyme of central importance in animal cell physiology. Through its continuous function, Na+ and K+ ions are actively transported across the plasma membrane, and the transmembrane gradients for these ions are maintained. The Na+ electrochemical gradient is in turn utilized by a variety of carrier-mediated symport and antiport processes in the transport of ions, nutrients and other products across the plasma membrane. The determinants of the number and activity of Na,K-ATPase molecules, however, and the quantitative relationship between the tissue abundance of Na,K- ATPase subunit mRNA's (mRNA alpha and mRNA beta) and the activity of Na,K-ATPase under physiological conditions have not yet been elucidated. Equally unknown are the rates of synthesis and degradation of Na,K-ATPase mRNA's under steady-state conditions and the potential effects of modulators of the enzyme activity on the turnover of these mRNA's. In the past two years the applicant has characterized two rat liver cell lines that respond to thyroid hormone (T3) and other physiological pertubations in vitro, and has additionally employed newly available specific cDNA probes to determine the cellular abundance of mRNA alpha and mRNA beta encoding the Na, K- ATPase molecule. In the proposed project, the applicant will employ these specific cDNA probes in order to examine rates of transcription of nascent mRNA alpha and mRNA beta as well as rates of synthesis and degradation of the fully processed mRNA's in intact cells under basal physiological conditions. The availability of these T3-responsive cell lines will additionally make possible the elucidation of mechanisms underlying the well known induction of Na,K-ATPase enzymatic pump sites by T3 as well as the accompanying T3-induced increments in the steady- state levels of the corresponding mRNA's which we have recently described. The specific effects of T3 in stimulating the transcription rates of Na,K-ATPase mRNA's and in retarding their degradation (""""""""mRNA stabilization"""""""") will be evaluated. The resulting detailed information should provide not only a molecular basis for the physiological regulation of Na,K-ATPase under basal state and in response to thyroid hormone, but in addition a mechanistic foundation for future investigation of other physiologically altered metabolic states.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
1R01GM039835-01
Application #
3297075
Study Section
Physiology Study Section (PHY)
Project Start
1988-04-01
Project End
1993-03-31
Budget Start
1988-04-01
Budget End
1989-03-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
1988
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Columbia University (N.Y.)
Department
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
064931884
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10027
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Hakimian, J; Ismail-Beigi, F (1991) Enhancement of glucose transport in clone 9 cells by exposure to alkaline pH: studies on potential mechanisms. J Membr Biol 120:29-39
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Bhutada, A; Ismail-Beigi, F (1991) Serum and growth factor induction of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase subunit mRNAs in Clone 9 cells: role of protein kinase C. Am J Physiol 261:C699-707
Bhutada, A; Wassynger, W W; Ismail-Beigi, F (1991) Dexamethasone markedly induces Na,K-ATPase mRNA beta 1 in a rat liver cell line. J Biol Chem 266:10859-66
Gick, G G; Ismail-Beigi, F (1990) Thyroid hormone induction of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase and its mRNAs in a rat liver cell line. Am J Physiol 258:C544-51

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