Purified dinitrophenyl
S-glutathione(DNP-SG) ATPase was reconstituted into artificialliposomes prepared from soybean asolectin. Electron micrographyconfirmed the formation of unilamellarvesicles with an average radius of 0.25
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m. Intravesicularvolume estimated by incorporation of radiolabledinulin into the vesicles was found to be 19.7 ± 1.3
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L/mLreconstitution solution. Accumulation of theglutathione-conjugate of CDNB, DNP-SG, and of doxorubicin (DOX) in theproteoliposomes was increasedin the presence of ATP as compared to equimolar ADP or adenosine5'-[
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-methylene]triphosphatetetralithium. ATP-dependent transmembrane movement of DOX andDNP-SG into DNP-SG ATPase-reconstituted vesicles was saturable with respect to time, sensitive tothe osmolarity of the assay medium,and temperature dependent. The energy of activation was found tobe 12 and 15 kcal/mol for DNP-SGand DOX, respectively. Optimal temperature for transport was 37
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C. Saturable transport was demonstratedfor DNP-SG (
Vmax of 433 ± 20 nmol/min/mg ofprotein,
KmATP = 2.4 ± 0.3 mM and
KmDNP-SG = 36 ±5
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M) as well as DOX (
Vmax = 194 ± 19nmol/min/mg of protein,
KmATP = 2.5 ± 0.6 mMand
KmDOX= 2.4 ± 0.7
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M). The kinetic data for both DNP-SG and DOXtransport were consistent with a randombi-bi sequential reaction mechanism. DOX was found to be acompetitive inhibitor of DNP-SG transportwith
Kis of 1.2 ± 0.2
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M and DNP-SG wasfound to be a competitive inhibitor of DOX transport with
Kis of 13.3 ± 2.6
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M.