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Ca²⁺ Uptake by Endoplasmic Reticulum from Zucchini Hypocotyls ¹

The Use of Chlorotetracycline as a Probe for Ca²⁺ Uptake

United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Utah State University, UMC 63, Logan, Utah 84322, Crops Research Laboratory, Utah State University, UMC 63, Logan, Utah 84322

Ca²⁺ uptake into microsomal vesicles was measured using the fluorescent probe chlorotetracycline. The Ca²⁺ uptake was ATP-dependent and did not occur in the presence of the calcium ionophore A23187. There was a linear relationship between the rate of ATP-dependent fluorescence increase using chlorotetracycline and ATP-dependent ⁴⁵Ca²⁺ uptake, indicating that chlorotetracycline can be used as a quantitative probe for Ca²⁺ uptake. The fluorescent probe allows measurements to be made in real time, and avoids the use of radioisotopes. Ca²⁺ transport was associated with endoplasmic reticulum on linear gradients when the endoplasmic reticulum was in either rough or smooth form. The Ca²⁺ uptake had a pH optimum of 7.5, a K_m for ATP of 0.1 millimolar, a K_m for Ca²⁺ of about 70 nanomolar, and was stimulated 2-fold by calmodulin. Vanadate inhibited uptake completely at a concentration of 50 micromolar, half-maximally at 5 micromolar. Carbonyl cyanide 4-(trifluoromethoxy)-phenyl-hydrazone, oligomycin, azide, and nitrate caused only slight inhibition. Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD) stimulated slightly at concentrations as high as 400 micromolar. The hormones gibberellic acid, indoleacetic acid, and abscisic acid at 10 micromolar had no significant effect. Myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate did not cause release of Ca²⁺ after uptake. The properties of the enzyme suggest that it has a functional role in regulating cytosolic Ca²⁺ levels. Based on the lack of an effect by hormones, it may not act as a mediator of second messenger roles of Ca²⁺. The inhibition by vanadate and slight stimulation by DCCD may be useful as a `signature' for this endoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺ uptake system.

³ Present address: Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois, 1102 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801.

⁴ Present address: New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, Cook College, Martin Hall, New Brunswick NJ 08903.

¹ Cooperative research of the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service and the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Published as Utah Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Article No. 3147.