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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 259, Issue 15, 9496-9507, Aug, 1984

Delta pH, H+ diffusion potentials, and Mg2+ ATPase in neurosecretory vesicles isolated from bovine neurohypophyses

JT Russell

The proton gradient (delta pH) and electrical potential (delta psi) across the neurosecretory vesicles were measured using the optical probes 9-aminoacridine and Oxanol VI, respectively. The addition of neurosecretory vesicles to 9-aminoacridine resulted in a rapid quenching of the dye fluorescence which was reversed when the delta pH was collapsed with ammonium chloride or K+ in the presence of nigericin. From fluorescence quenching data and the intravesicular volume, delta pH across the membrane was calculated. Mg2+ ATP caused a marked carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone-sensitive change in the membrane potential measured using Oxanol VI (plus 100 mV inside positive), presumably due to H+ translocation across the neurosecretory vesicle membrane. Imposition of this membrane potential was responsible for the lysis of vesicles in the presence of permeant anions. The effectiveness of these anions to support lysis reflected the relative permeability of the anion which followed the order acetate greater than I- greater than Cl greater than F- greater than SO4- = isethionate = methyl sulfate. These data showed that the neurosecretory vesicles possess a membrane H+-translocating system and prompted the study of Mg2+-dependent ATPase activities in the vesicle fractions. In intact vesicles a Mg2+ ATPase appeared to be coupled to electrogenic proton translocation, since the enzyme activity was enhanced by uncoupling the electrical potential, using proton ionophores. Inhibition of this enzyme with dicyclohexylcarbodiimide also inhibited the carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone-sensitive delta psi across the vesicle membrane caused by H+ translocation. A second Mg2+ ATPase was also found on the vesicle membranes which is sensitive to vanadate. Complete inhibition of this enzyme with vanadate had little effect on the proton ionophore-uncoupled ATPase activity or on the Mg2+ ATP-induced membrane potential change.
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