ATPase activity and calcium uptake of microsomes isolated from stomach smooth muscle after exposure to phospholipase C.

ATPase activity and Ca2+ uptake were examined in microsomal membrane fractions isolated from guinea pig stomach smooth muscle which had been exposed to phospholipase C (PLC). Basal Mg2+-ATPase, Na+, K+-ATPase and Ca2+, Mg2+-ATP activities were inhibited in a time dependent manner by PLC treatment. There was positive correlations between each of these ATPase activities and total phospholipid content of the microsomal fraction. Phosphotidylcholine restored Ca2+, Mg2+-ATPase activity of the microsomal fraction isolated from the tissue which had been treated with PLC for 30 min but not after 60 min. Ca2+ uptake in the presence of ATP by microsomal fraction from tissue treated with PLC for 60 min was significantly decreased. The results provide a cellular basis for the inhibitory effect of PLC on contractility of stomach smooth muscle.