Change in the molecular properties of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca-ATPase during modification of the membranes with cholesterol
Stoĭda, L.V.
Biulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny 96(10): 38-40
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9615 PMID: 6226328 Document Number: 214344
The thiol reagent NBD-chloride (4-chloro-7-nitro-benzo-2-oxo-1,3-diazole) was used to determine the amount and reactivity of SH-groups of Ca-ATPase of rat skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum during hypercholesterolemia. Modification of membranes with cholesterol brought about a decrease in the total amount and reactivity of SH-groups at the cost of reduction of rapid SH-groups and decrease of the modification constant of these SH-groups. The masking effect of high concentrations of ATP on the reactivity of SH-groups in hypercholesterolemia was noticed. It is inferred that the reduced efficacy of Ca-pump work found under the same experimental conditions before is a consequence of the modification of sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes with cholesterol and change in the molecular conformation of Ca-ATPase.