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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 109, Issue 2 489-497, Copyright © 1996 by Company of Biologists

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Antisense RNA inhibition of the putative vacuolar H(+)-ATPase proteolipid of Dictyostelium reduces intracellular Ca2+ transport and cell viability

Y Xie, MB Coukell and Z Gombos
Department of Biology, York University, North York, Ontario, Canada.

Transport of Ca2+ via a P-type pump into the contractile vacuole of Dictyostelium discoideum appears to be facilitated by vacuolar proton (V-H+) ATPase activity. To investigate the involvement of the V-H(+)-ATPase in this process using molecular techniques, we cloned a cDNA (vatP) encoding the putative proteolipid subunit of this enzyme. The deduced protein product of this cDNA is composed of 196 amino acids with a calculated M(r) of 20,148 and the primary structure exhibits high amino acid sequence identity with V-H(+)-ATPase proteolipids from other organisms. vatP is a single-copy gene and it produces one approximately 900 nt transcript at relatively constant levels during growth and development. Attempts to disrupt the endogenous gene using vatP cDNA were unsuccessful. But, expression of vatP antisense RNA reduced the levels of vatP message and V-H(+)-ATPase activity by 50% or more. These antisense strains grew and developed slowly, especially under acidic conditions, and the cells seemed to have difficulty forming acidic vesicles. During prolonged cultivation, all of the antisense strains either reverted to a wild-type phenotype or died. Thus in Dictyostelium, unlike yeast, the V-H(+)-ATPase seems to be indispensable for cell viability. When different antisense strains were analyzed for Ca2+ uptake by the contractile vacuole, they all accumulated less Ca2+ than control transformants. These results are consistent with earlier pharmacological studies which suggested that the V-H(+)-ATPase functions in intracellular Ca2+ transport in this organism.


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