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Reconstitution of calyculin-inhibited K-Cl cotransport in dog erythrocyte ghosts by exogenous PP-1

T. Krarup and P. B. Dunham
Department of Biology, Syracuse University, New York,13244-1220, USA.

Osmotic swelling of dog and other mammalian erythrocytes activates Cl-dependent K transport, K-Cl cotransport. This activation can be abolished by nanomolar concentrations of calyculin, a potent inhibitor of serine-threonine protein phosphatases. Therefore, K-Cl cotransport is probably activated by dephosphorylation by a type 1 and/or type 2A protein phosphatase (PP-1 and PP-2A, respectively). This was tested directly by incorporating exogenous protein phosphatases into resealed ghosts made from dog erythrocytes previously exposed to calyculin. K-Cl cotransport was nearly completely inhibited in the ghosts. Incorporation of PP-1 reconstituted K-Cl cotransport. Maximal reconstitution was up to 90% of the control flux in the ghosts and 0.1 U PP-1/ml lysate gave half-maximal reconstitution of cotransport. In contrast, PP-2A had no effect. This result with PP-1 provides direct evidence that K-Cl cotransport is activated by PP-1 in dog erythrocytes. Half-maximal activation of K-Cl cotransport required approximately 180 molecules of PP-1 per ghost.

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