Immunochemical comparison of cardiac glycoside-sensitive (lamb) and -insensitive (rat) kidney (Na++K+)-ATPase

• Published in: Biochimica et biophysica acta Vol. 873; no. 1; pp. 79 - 87
• Main Authors: BALL, W. J. JR, LANE, L. K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier 05.09.1986; North-Holland
• Subjects: Analytical, structural and metabolic biochemistry; Animals; Antibodies, Monoclonal - immunology; Biological and medical sciences; Cross Reactions; Enzymes and enzyme inhibitors; Epitopes - immunology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hydrolases; Kidney - enzymology; Ouabain - pharmacology; Protein Conformation; Rats; Sheep; Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase - antagonists & inhibitors; Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase - immunology; Cardiotonic agent; Rat; Gel electrophoresis; Enzyme; Rodentia; Monoclonal antibody; Immunochemistry; Subunit; Kidney; Vertebrata; Regulation(control); Mammalia; Na,K-ATPase; Sheep; Artiodactyla; Ungulata
• ISSN: 0006-3002; 1878-2434

The immunological cross-reactivity of the ouabain-sensitive lamb kidney and the ouabain-insensitive rat kidney (Na+ + K+)-ATPase (EC 3.6.1.37) was examined using polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies. Studies using rabbit antisera prepared against both the lamb kidney and rat kidney holoenzymes showed the existence of substantial antigenic differences as well as similarities between the holoenzymes and the respective denatured alpha and beta subunits of these two enzymes. Quantitation of the extent of cross-reactivity using holoenzyme-directed antibodies showed a 40-60% cross-reactivity. In addition, rabbit antisera monospecific to the purified, denatured alpha and beta subunits of the lamb kidney enzyme showed about a 50% cross-reactivity towards the respective subunit of the rat enzyme. In contrast to the cross-reactivity observed using the polyclonal antibodies, six monoclonal antibodies specific for the alpha subunit of the lamb holoenzyme exhibited no cross-reactivity with the rat holoenzyme. Four of these monoclonal antibodies, however, showed substantial cross-reactivity with rat alpha subunit as resolved by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A fifth antibody did not bind to the denatured alpha subunit of either the lamb or the rat enzyme. Another monoclonal antibody (M7-PB-E9), which is specific for an epitope previously implicated in the regulation of both ATP and ouabain binding to (Na+ + K+)-ATPase (Ball, W.J., Jr. (1984) Biochemistry 2275-2281) was found to bind to the denatured lamb alpha but not to the rat alpha. This antibody has identified a region of the lamb alpha that has an altered amino acid sequence in the ouabain-insensitive rat enzyme. These immunological studies indicate that there are substantial antigenic differences between the lamb and rat kidney (Na+ + K+)-ATPases. The majority of these antigenic differences appear to be due to variations in the tertiary structures rather than to variations in the primary structures of the alpha subunits.