Inhibition of sodium-calcium exchange in cardiac sarcolemmal membrane vesicles. 1. Mechanism of inhibition by amiloride analogs

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The mechanism by which terminal guanidino nitrogen substituted analogues of amiloride inhibit Na-Ca exchange in purified cardiac sarcolemmal membrane vesicles has been investigated. These inhibitors block both Nai-depedent Ca2+ uptake and Nao-dependent Ca2+ efflux. Inhibition of Na-Ca exchange monitored in K+ is noncompetitive vs Ca2+ but competitive vs Na2+. Substitution of sucrose for K+ results in mixed kinetics of inhibition vs Ca2+, suggesting a complex interaction between inhibitor and carrier under this condition. Amiloride derivaties also block two other modes of carrier action: Na-Na exchange is inhibited in a competitive fashion with Na+ and kinetics of Ca-Ca exchange inhibition are mixed vs Ca2+ in either sucrose or K+. However, Ca-Ca exchange inhibition can be alleviated by increasing K+ concentration. Dixon analyses of Na-Ca exchange block with mixtures of inhibitors suggest that these agents are interacting at more that one site. In addition, Hill plots of inhibition are biphasic with Hill coefficients of 1 and 2 at low and high inhibitor concentrations, respectively. These results indicate that amiloride derivatives are mechanism-based inhibitors that interact at two classes of substrate-binding sites on the carrier; at low concentration they bind preferentially to a site that is exclusive for Na+, while at higher concentration they also interact at a site that is common for Na+, Ca2+, and K+.