ATP-dependent calcium transport by a Golgi-enriched membrane fraction from mouse mammary gland

MC Neville, F Selker, K Semple, C Watters - The Journal of Membrane …, 1981 - Springer
MC Neville, F Selker, K Semple, C Watters
The Journal of Membrane Biology, 1981Springer
Crude particulate preparations from the mammary glands of lactating mice were shown to
transport calcium against a concentration gradient in the presence of ATP and mitochondrial
inhibitors. Density gradient centrifugation with both sucrose and Percoll gradients indicated
the presence of ATP-dependent transport in more than one membrane fraction. A Golgi-
enriched membrane fraction possessed the highest specific activity of calcium transport.
Digitonin, which increases the permeability of plasma membranes to calcium, did not affect …
Summary
Crude particulate preparations from the mammary glands of lactating mice were shown to transport calcium against a concentration gradient in the presence of ATP and mitochondrial inhibitors. Density gradient centrifugation with both sucrose and Percoll gradients indicated the presence of ATP-dependent transport in more than one membrane fraction. A Golgi-enriched membrane fraction possessed the highest specific activity of calcium transport. Digitonin, which increases the permeability of plasma membranes to calcium, did not affect this process. The Golgi fraction contained a 100,000 Dalton protein whose phosphorylation by γ-[32P]-ATP was enhanced by a micromolar concentrations of free calcium. The phosphorylation was acid-stable and hydroxylamine-sensitive. These properties suggest that Golgi membranes in an actively secreting mammary epithelium possess a calcium transport system which resembles the calcium ATPase present in the sarcoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscle.
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