Kinetics of ouabain binding and changes in cellular sodium content, 42K+ transport and contractile state during ouabain exposure in cultured chick heart cells

D Kim, WH Barry and TW Smith

To define further the mechanism of positive inotropic action of cardiac glycosides, the temporal relationships among ouabain binding, sodium pump inhibition and positive inotropy were examined using cultured chick embryo ventricular cells. In K+-free medium, specific [3H]ouabain binding to intact cells followed pseudo first-order kinetics with saturation of binding sites occurring at 1 microM ouabain. The KD values calculated from the association and dissociation rate constants were 1.4 and 4.9 X 10(-7) M, respectively, in K+-free and 4 mM K+ medium. The Scatchard plot of binding in K+-free medium was linear, consistent with the presence of a single class of binding sites (KD = 1.3 X 10(-7) M). In 4 mM K+, 0.1 microM ouabain occupied 10% of the total binding sites and failed to produce an inotropic effect, inhibit 42K+ uptake or alter [Na+]i. Exposure of cells to 1 microM ouabain caused a significant increase in contractile state after 30 sec, reaching a plateau after 7 min with 50 +/- 6% augmentation of the amplitude of cell motion; the 42K+ uptake rate was concurrently inhibited by 36% accompanied by a 35% increase in [Na+]i and occupation of 38% of total ouabain binding sites. The initial rate of 42K+ uptake in cells loaded with Na+ by incubation in K+-free medium was 4 times greater than that observed without Na+ loading. These results indicate that more than 10% of sodium pump sites must be inhibited to produce an appreciable change in the rate of monovalent cation transport, [Na+]i or contractile state, due to the reserve capacity of uninhibited sodium pumps.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Volume 231, Issue 2, pp. 326-333, 11/01/1984
Copyright © 1984 by American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

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