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PubMed1976

Intramitochondrial positions of ubiquinone and iron-sulphur centres determined by dipolar interactions with paramagnetic ions.

E.p.r. (electron-paramagnetic-resonance) spectra of ubisemiquinone (QH) organic radicals and all of the known iron-sulphur centres were studied in normal and 'nickle-plated' pigeon heart mitochondria, submitochondrial particles and submitochondrial particles from which succinate dehydrogenase had been removed. Incubation of pigeon heart mitochondria, submitochondrial particles or succinate dehydrogenase-depleted submitochondrial particles with substrate in the presence of pure O2 results in the accumulation of Q-H. In mitochondria, the e.p.r. spectrum of Q-H is characterized by in-homogeneous line broadening. A heterogeneous population of semiquinones appears to be partly responsible for these effects in mitochondria. Additon of Ni(II) to mitochondria renders saturation of the Q-H resonance more difficult. On the other hand, the resonance in either submitochondrial particles or succinate dehydrogenase-depleted particles is narrower than the same spectrum in mitochondria, and saturates like a homogeneous line. The presence of Ni(II) in either of these preparations, further, has no effect on either the A-H spectrum or the saturation curve. Therefore QH appears to be situated on the exterior surface of the mitochondrion. Likewise, the e.p.r. spectra and saturation curves of iron-sulphur centre N-2 exhibit characteristics of inhomogeneous line broadening, not only in intact mitochondria but also in both submitochondrial particles and succinate dehydrogenase-depleted particles. Because of the small pool size of centre N-2, this effect is likely to arise from a spin interaction with some other component in the membrane. Ni(II) has no effect on the saturation in centre N-2 in mitochondria or submitochondrial particles, and only a marginal effect in the succinate dehydrogenase-depleted preparation. These results are indeterminate with respect to the position of centre N-2 in the membrane; but suggest that its distance from the succinate dehydrogenase binding site is on the order of 1 nm. All of the other ferredoxin-type iron-sulphur centres in both preparations were not affected by paramagnetic ions. Homogeneous e.p.r. spectra and saturation curves are observed for both of the HiPIP-type (high-potential iron-sulphur protein-type) iron-sulphur centres in mitochondrial centres S-3 and bc-3. Addition of No(II) to intact mitochondria results in a dipolar interaction with centre bc-3. No effect was observed on centre S-3 in either preparation. A comprehensive model is presented for the structure of the respiratory electron-transport system in mitochondria, based on e.p.r. relaxation studies in the present and the preceding paper. There is no direct evidence for transmembrane electron flow through any of the known energy-coupling sites in mitochondria, so that direct hydrogen atom transfer across the membrane (as a combination of H+ translocation coupled to electron flow) does not occur...

Animals↗
PubMed1995

Energetics of ATP dissociation from the mitochondrial ATPase during oxidative phosphorylation.

The dissociation constant (KdATP) for ATP bound in the high affinity catalytic site of membrane-bound beef heart mitochondrial ATPase (F1) was calculated from the ratio of the rate constants for the reverse dissociation step (k-1) and the forward binding step (k+1). k-1 for ATP bound to submitochondrial particles or to submitochondrial particles washed with KCl so as to activate ATPase activity was accelerated by about five orders of magnitude during respiratory chain-linked oxidations of NADH. In the presence of NADH and 0.1 mM ADP, k-1 increased more than six orders of magnitude. These energy-dependent dissociations of ATP were sensitive to the uncoupler carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethyloxyphenylhydrazone. Only small changes in k+1 were observed in the presence of NADH or NADH and ADP. KdATP at 23 degrees C in the absence of NADH and ADP was 10(-12) M, in the presence of NADH, 3 microM, and in the presence of NADH and 0.1 mM ADP, 60 microM. Thus, the dissociation of ATP during the transition from non-energized to energized states was, under these conditions, accompanied by observed free energy changes of 8 and 9.7 kcal/mol, respectively.

Adenosine Diphosphate↗
PubMedDate not supplied

A contribution of the mitochondrial adenosinetriphosphatase inhibitor protein to the thermal stability of the F0F1-ATPase complex.

A complete inactivation is observed after a 3 min pre-incubation at 70 degrees C with mitochondrial F0F1-ATPase complex depleted of the ATPase natural inhibitor protein (ammonium-Sephadex submitochondrial particles) and activated MgATP-submitochondrial particles (particles that after a 4 h-pre-incubation at 42 degrees C released the endogenous inhibitor protein). However, latent MgATP-submitochondrial particles (particles containing the inhibitor protein) pre-incubated under the same conditions are totally inactivated only after 15 min of pre-incubation. When ammonium-Sephadex particles are reconstituted with 20 micrograms/ml of purified ATPase inhibitor protein there is an increase of 15-fold in the half-time for thermal inactivation (t0.5), showing that the inhibitor protein protects the mitochondrial F0F1-ATPase complex against thermal inactivation.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗
PubMed1981

Control of beef heart submitochondrial particle-catalyzed Pi goes to and comes from ATP exchange by nucleotides and the ATPase inhibitor protein.

F1I, the specific ATPase inhibitor protein, and the chromium(III) analogs of ATP and ADP, CrATP and CrADP, were used to study the inhibition of Pi goes to and comes from ATP exchange reaction catalyzed by beef heart submitochondrial particles. F1I was found to be an uncompetitive inhibitor of the exchange reaction. CrATP and CrADP, both competitive inhibitors of ATP hydrolysis in isolated F1 (Schuster, S. M., Ebel, R. E., and Lardy, H. A. (1975) ARch. Biochem. Biophys. 171, 656-661) were shown to be competitive and noncompetitive inhibitors of Pi goes to and comes from ATP exchange, respectively. Dual inhibitor studies were done using combinations of F1I and the chromium nucleotides, or the nucleotide analogs in combination. All cases show sets of intersecting Dixon plots indicative of interacting inhibitors. Upward curvature is also evident on some of the plots. This phenomenon was explained using the concept of multiple synergistic binding of the inhibitors. Binding mechanisms and their relevant kinetic equations were postulated to explain the results of the dual inhibitor studies. They support the notion that in addition to the catalytic site, there are two types of regulatory binding sites on F1, one specific for nucleotides and one specific for F1I. When one of these sites is occupied, other sites are either opened or other inhibitors become more potent.

Adenosine Diphosphate↗
PubMed1998

Effects of LPS, PLA(2) and OFR on proton translocation across inner mitochondrial membrane and H(+)-ATPase in the liver.

OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) and oxygen free radical (OFR) on proton transmembrane translocation and H(+)-ATPase. METHODS: The normal rats were sacrificed for preparetion liver mitochondria and submitochondrial particles for experiments in vitro. Submitochondrial particles were incubated with LPS (100 &mgr;g/mL), PLA(2) (10 u/mL) and FeSO(4)/Vit C (30/90 &mgr;mol/L) at 30 degrees C for 30 min. The proton translocation of submitochondrial particles (SMPs) were assayed with the fluorescent probe ACMA (9-amino-6-chloro-2 methoxya cridine). The mitochondria were incubated with different concentration of LPS, PLA(2) and FeSO(4)/Vit C. The H(+)-ATPase, PLA(2) and malondialdehyde (MDA) were assayed. RESULTS: The fluorescent quenching of ACMA and H(+)-ATPase activity in high dose was significantly decreased after treatment with LPS, PLA(2), FeSO(4)/Vit C (P<0.05). The mitochondrial PLA(2) activity and MDA content were significantly increased after treatment with LPS (P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: FeSO(4)/Vit C in low dose causes increases H(+)-ATPase activity. LPS, PLA(2), FeSO(4)/Vit C might be the important factors changing H(+)-ATPase and proton translocation across the membrane.

Journal Article↗
PubMed1981

Photoaffinity labeling of mitochondrial adenosine triphosphatase by an azido derivative of the natural adenosine triphosphate inhibitor.

The natural mitochondrial ATPase inhibitor (IF1) was modified with a radioactivity labeled heterobifunctional and photosensitive reagent, methyl 4-azido(14C)benzimidate ((14C)MABI). Titration experiments of IF1 by (14C)MABI and tryptic maps of (14C)MABI-IF1 indicated that specific lysine residues in IF1 are preferentially labeled by (14C)MABI. Under appropriate conditions of labeling (1 to 2 lysine residues modified per IF1), MABI-IF1 exhibited the same inhibitory potency as native IF1 on the hydrolytic activity of the coupling factor 1 of mitochondrial ATPase (F1). The same conditions were required for inhibition of F1 by MABI-IF1 and IF1 (slightly acidic pH and presence of ATP and MgCl2). In photolabeling experiments, (14C)MABI-IF1 was used to investigate the localization of IF1 binding sites on F1. Upon photoirradiation, MABI-IF1 bound selectively to the beta subunit of soluble or membrane-bound F1. Adenylyl imidodiphosphate and quercetin, two compounds which partially mimic the inhibitory effect of IF1 on ATPase activity of F1, markedly prevented the binding of (14C)MABI-IF1 to F1; on the other hand, aurovertin, a specific ligand of the beta subunit of F1, did not affect the interaction between (14C)MABI-IF1 and F1. In the absence of light, (14C)MABI-IF1 was used as a reversible radiolabeled ligand with respect to membrane bound F1 to investigate F1-IF1 interactions to inside-out submitochondrial particles as a function of the energy state of the particles. Oxidation of NADH by submitochondrial particles resulted in a decrease of bound (14C)MABI-IF1; the effect was counteracted by antimycin. The data suggested that added (14C)MABI-IF1 is capable of exchanging with IF1 bound to F1 in submitochondrial particles and that the rate and extent of (14C)MABI-IF1 release are triggered by the proton-motive force developed by the particles.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗
PubMed1981

[Properties of reconstituted transhydrogenase from mitochondria].

The membrane vesicles (proteoliposomes) have been reconstituted from soya bean phospholipids and mitochondrial transhydrogenase (EC 1.6.1.1) by a self-assembly procedure. Palmitoyl-CoA and Mg2+ inhibit the rate of NAD+ reduction by NADPH in these proteoliposomes as well as in these submitochondrial particles. After solubilization of transhydrogenase from submitochondrial particles membranes the specific activity of the enzyme decrease and then again increases (more than 4.5 times) after its incorporation into the proteoliposomal membranes. An addition of potassium cholate to the proteoliposomal suspension further increases the rate of the direct transhydrogenase reaction (by 35--40%) due to the function of the oppositely oriented molecules of transhydrogenase. The Michaelis constants for NAD+ and NADPH for transhydrogenase proteoliposomes are 27 microM and 30 microM, respectively. These data are practically coincident with the results obtained for submitochondrial particles (21 and 33 microM, respectively). Thus, the incorporation of transhydrogenase into proteoliposomal membranes results in reconstitution of both electrogenic and the most essential kinetic properties of the enzyme.

Animals↗
PubMed1984

Thermodynamic properties of the semiquinone and its binding site in the ubiquinol-cytochrome c (c2) oxidoreductase of respiratory and photosynthetic systems.

The antimycin-sensitive ubisemiquinone radical (QC) of the ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase of submitochondrial particles and chromatophores of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides Ga has been studied by a combination of redox potentiometry and EPR spectroscopy. This g = 2.005 radical signal appears at physiological pH values and increases in intensity with increasing pH up to pH 7.6 in submitochondrial particles and pH 9.0 in R. sphaeroides after which its intensity remains unchanged. The Em7 (ubiquinone/quinol) of the signal, estimated from redox titration data is 80 mV for submitochondrial particles, and 150 mV in chromatophores. Each of these values is higher than that of the quinone pool by 20 mV in submitochondrial particles and 60 mV in R. sphaeroides. This indicates that the quinone at the binding site is out of equilibrium with the pool, and that binding site preferentially binds quinol over quinone. Analysis of the shapes of the semiquinone titration curves, taken together with the midpoint elevation, indicates a quinone-binding site: cytochrome c1 stoichiometry of 1:1 in both submitochondrial particles and chromatophores. At its maximal intensity, the semiquinone concentration at the binding site is 0.26 in submitochondrial particles (greater than pH 7.6) and 0.4 in chromatophores (greater than pH 9.0). In both systems, the midpoint of the ubiquinone/ubisemiquinone couple is constant as the pH is raised up to the pH of maximal semiquinone formation whereafter it becomes more negative at the rate of -60 mV/pH unit. The midpoint of the ubisemiquinone/quinol couple, on the other hand, varies by -120 mV/pH unit at pH values up to the transition pH, after which it, too, changes by -60 mV/pH unit. This seemingly anomalous behavior may be explained by invoking a protonated group at or near the quinone-binding site whose pK corresponds to the pH transition point in the quinone/semiquinone/quinol redox chemistry when the site is free or when quinone or quinol occupies the site. This pK is elevated to at least pH 9.0 in submitochondrial particles and 10.5 in R. sphaeroides when semiquinone is bound to the site.

Animals↗
PubMed1983

Phloretin - an uncoupler and an inhibitor of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation.

The effect of phloretin on respiration by isolated mitochondria and submitochondrial particles was studied. In submitochondrial particles, both NADH- and succinate-dependent respiration was inhibited by phloretin. 50% maximum inhibition was reached at phloretin concentrations of 0.1 mM (NADH oxidation) and 0.7 mM (succinate oxidation). In isolated mitochondria, phloretin inhibited glutamate oxidation in both State 3 and State 4; 50% maximum inhibition occurred at about 30 microM. Succinate oxidation is inhibited in State 3 by phloretin, inhibition being half its maximum value at 0.5 mM, but in State 4 it is stimulated about 2-fold by phloretin at a concentration of 0.6 mM. Ascorbate oxidation is stimulated in both State 3 and State 4, maximum stimulation being equal to that obtained with an uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation. Under all circumstances, phloretin lowered the transmembrane electrical potential difference in isolated mitochondria. These results are discussed in terms of mosaic non-equilibrium thermodynamics. We conclude that phloretin is both an uncoupler and an inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation.

Animals↗
PubMed1975

Interaction of ubisemiquinone with a paramagnetic component in heart tissue.

The origin of most of the electron paramagnetic resonances obtained at low temperature and low microwave power from heart tissue and subcellular fractions derived therefrom is now understood. A signal that emerges on partial reduction with characteristic lines at 3227 G (0.3227 tesla) and 3309 G (0.3309 tesla) (at 9.2 GHz) and disappears again on full reduction has remained unidentified. According to its behavior on oxidation-reduction, the substance giving rise to this signal has the properties of a two-electron acceptor. The signal is strongly dependent on temperature and can only be well resolved at less than 20 degrees K. It is readily elicited in submitochondrial particles by partial reduction, but has not been observed in submitochondrial particles from which ubiquinone has been removed by pentane extraction. When ubiquinone is reincorporated into extracted submitochondrial particles, the signal is again easily produced by partial reduction. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra of partially reduced submitochondrial particles recorded at 34 GHz show lines centered about g approximately 2 with the same separation (approximately 82 G; approximately 0.0082 tesla) as do 9.2 GHz spectra, whereas no lines are detected with a separation of approximately 82 X 34/9.2 G (0.0082 X 34/9.2 tesla). We suggest, on the basis of these observations, that the unidentified signal arises from an interaction of ubisemiquinone and a second paramagnetic species. Three obvious choices exist concerning this second species: ubisemiquinone, flavin semiquinone, or an iorn-sulfur center. It is not possible without much additional information to decide between these possibilities. Since we have never observed the signal in the absence of the membrane-bound, high-potential type iron-sulfur protein, we have considered involvement of this species in the interaction. However, according to computer simulations of the observed electron paramagnetic resonance spectra, which yield best fits for semiquinone-semiquinone interaction, the possibility that ubi- or flavin semiquinone is the interaction partner appears more likely at this time. The interaction appears to be of the magnetic dipole-dipole type, but it is not certain whether there is also a contribution from spin exchange coupling. If it is assumed that the signal is due to magnetic dipole-dipole interaction, the distance of the partners is less than or equal to 7.7 A.

Animals↗
PubMed1988

Inhibition of mitochondrial F1 ATPase and sarcoplasmic reticulum ATPase by hydrophobic molecules.

The hydrophobic nature of the active site of two energy-transducing ATPases was explored by comparing interactions between Pi and each of three hydrophobic drugs in the absence and presence of organic solvents. The drugs tested were the Fe . bathophenanthroline complex and the anticalmodulin drugs, calmidazolium and trifluoperazine. All inhibit the Pi in equilibrium with ATP exchange reaction catalyzed by submitochondrial particles and the ATPase activity of both submitochondrial particles and soluble F1 ATPase. The inhibition by the three drugs is reversed by either raising the Pi concentration or by adding organic solvent (dimethylsulfoxide, ethyleneglycol or methanol) to the medium. The inhibition of the Pi in equilibrium with ATP exchange by trifluoperazine becomes more pronounced when the electrochemical proton gradient formed across the membrane of the submitochondrial particles is decreased by the addition to the medium of the proton ionophore carbonylcyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone. The ATPase activity and the Ca2+ uptake by sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles are inhibited by the Fe . bathophenanthroline complex, calmidazolium and trifluoperazine. Phosphorylation of the ATPases by Pi, synthesis of ATP from ADP and Pi and the fast efflux of Ca2+ observed during reversal of the Ca2+ pump are inhibited by the three drugs. The inhibition is reversed by raising the concentration of Pi or dimethylsulfoxide. The three drugs tested appear to compete with Pi for a common binding site on the Ca2+-ATPase. The data presented are interpreted according to the proposal that the catalytic site of an enzyme involved in energy transduction undergoes a hydrophobic-hydrophilic transition during the catalytic cycle.

Biological Transport, Active↗
PubMed1990

Characterization of the interaction of parathyroid hormone with the mitochondrial ATPase.

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) has been shown to bind specifically to the beta subunit of the mitochondrial ATPase on nitrocellulose blots. We have now examined this interaction further, using intact mitochondria, submitochondrial particles, and the purified F1 ATPase. With intact mitochondria, 1 microM concentrations of PTH and its biologically active 1-34 fragment activate the ATPase about 3-fold. This effect was reduced to a 1.4-fold activation with 3-34 and 7-34 fragments of the hormone, and oxidized PTH gave no detectable activity. Activation could only be observed below pH 7. PTH had no significant effect on the activity of the purified enzyme or on submitochondrial particles. However, specific binding of an iodinated PTH analog, [Nle 8,18-Tyr 34] bPTH (1-34) amide, was found with submitochondrial particles and the purified ATPase. Binding affinity with the purified enzyme was about 10(-3) that of the plasma membrane receptor, and the molar stoichiometry was close to 1:1 (PTH:intact enzyme). With submitochondrial particles the affinity was about 10-fold higher than with the purified enzyme. This binding was further examined with PTH derivatives and fragments, and compared to that seen in the plasma membrane receptor. Oxidation of methionine 18 in PTH reduced the affinity about 50%, oxidation of methionine 8 reduced the affinity 95%, and oxidation of both methionines further decreased affinity in both membranes and submitochondrial particles. However, when compared to the native hormone, the 3-34 and 7-34 PTH fragments had much higher affinity for the submitochondrial particles than for the plasma membranes. PTH also reduced chemical crosslinking of the ATP analog, p-fluorosulfonyl benzoyl 5'-adenosine, to the alpha subunit of this enzyme, but did not alter labeling of the enzyme with 3'-O-(4'-benzoyl) benzoyl ATP, suggesting that the hormone binds near a regulatory nucleotide binding site. Direct chemical crosslinking of PTH to the beta-subunit of the enzyme was attained with a cleavable, photoactivate crosslinker, sulfosuccinimidyl 2-(p-azidosalicylamido) ethyl-1,3-dithiopropionate. The crosslinked protein was cleaved with cyanogen bromide and the labeled fragments were sequenced. The labeled fragments were found to be segments of the protein which have previously been implicated as being close to the noncatalytic ATP binding sites.

Animals↗
PubMed1983

Interaction of F1-ATPase, from ox heart mitochondria with its naturally occurring inhibitor protein. Studies using radio-iodinated inhibitor protein.

The ox heart mitochondrial inhibitor protein may be iodinated with up to 0.8 mol 125I per mol inhibitor with no loss of inhibitory activity, with no change in binding affinity to submitochondrial particles, and without alteration in the response of membrane-bound inhibitor to energisation. Tryptic peptide maps reveal a single labelled peptide, consistent with modification of the single tyrosine residue of the protein. A single type of high-affinity binding site (Kd=96 . 10 (-9)M) for the inhibitor protein has been measured in submitochondrial particles. The concentration of this site is proportional to the amount of membrane-bound F1, and there appears to be one such site per F1 molecule. The ATp hydrolytic activity of submitochondrial particles is inversely proportional to the occupancy of the high-affinity binding site for the inhibitor protein. No evidence is found for a non-inhibitory binding site on the membrane or on other mitochondrial proteins. In intact mitochondria from bovine heart, the inhibitor protein is present in an approx. 1:1 ratio with F1. Submitochondrial particles prepared by sonication of these mitochondria with MgATP contain about 0.75 mol inhibitor protein per mol F1, and show about 25% of the ATPase activity of inhibitor-free submitochondrial particles. Additional inhibitor protein can be bound to these particles to a level of 0.2 mol/mol F1, with consequent loss of ATPase activity. If MgATP is omitted from the medium, or inhibitors of ATP hydrolysis are present, the rate of combination between F1 and its inhibitor protein is very much reduced. The equilibrium level of binding is, however, unaltered. These results suggest the presence of a single, high-affinity, inhibitory binding site for inhibitor protein on membrane-bound F1. The energisation of coupled submitochondrial particles by succinate oxidation or by ATP hydrolysis results in both the dissociation of inhibitor protein into solution, and the activation of ATP hydrolysis. At least 80% of the membrane-bound F1-inhibitor complex responds to this energisation by participating in a new equilibrium between bound and free inhibitor protein. This finding suggests that a delocalised energy pool is important in promoting inhibitor protein release from F1. Dissipation of the electrochemical gradient by uncouplers, or the binding of oligomycin or efrapetin effectively blocks energised release of the inhibitor protein. Conversely, the addition of aurovertin or adenosine 5'--[beta, lambda--imido]triphosphate enhances energy-driven release. The mode of action of various inhibitors on binding and energised release of the protein inhibitor is discussed.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗
PubMed1986

Immunochemical evidence for an inactive form of cytochrome oxidase in mitochondrial membranes of ethanol-fed rats.

Previous studies have established that rats fed ethanol chronically exhibit a 50% decrease in hepatic mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase compared to pair-fed controls, based on both heme aa3 content and specific activity. To determine whether the 'missing' 50% of cytochrome oxidase is present in the membrane but catalytically inactive, or entirely absent, we used immunochemical techniques to determine the content of cytochrome oxidase protein in hepatic submitochondrial particles. Rabbit antiserum against purified rat liver cytochrome oxidase precipitated cytochrome oxidase from detergent-solubilized submitochondrial particles. Immunoinhibition titrations of a fixed amount of anti-oxidase serum with increasing amounts of submitochondrial particle protein showed that similar percentages of added oxidase activity were recovered in supernatants after immunoprecipitation with preparations from both alcoholic and control rats. Similarly, titrations of a fixed amount of submitochondrial particle protein with increasing amounts of antiserum showed comparable decreases in oxidase activity. Equivalent amounts of protein were obtained in immunoprecipitates from both preparations. Immunoprecipitates demonstrated comparable oxidase subunit profiles by electrophoresis, except that one additional band, migrating in the region of oxidase subunit IV, was present in samples from alcoholic rats. The data indicate that cytochrome oxidase immunologic reactivity is quantitatively similar in both types of membranes. The results suggest that the 'missing' cytochrome oxidase is actually present within the membranes of alcoholic animals in an inactive form, apparently devoid of heme aa3.

Animals↗
PubMed1993

Kinetics of the mitochondrial NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase interaction with hexammineruthenium(III).

The steady-state kinetics of the NADH dehydrogenase activities of the mitochondrial NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase in the presence of one-electron acceptors, ferricyanide and hexammineruthenium(III), were studied. Similar to ferricyanide, hexammineruthenium was found to be an efficient electron acceptor for the enzyme in inside-out submitochondrial particles and isolated Complex I, but not in intact mitochondria. Qualitatively the same results were obtained using submitochondrial particles or isolated Complex I. Both hexammineruthenium(III) and ferricyanide reduction was rotenone-insensitive and showed no stimulation by the uncouplers in tightly coupled submitochondrial particles. In contrast to the NADH-ferricyanide oxidoreductase reaction which exhibits a double substrate inhibition behaviour, no inhibition of the reaction by either NADH or the electron acceptor was revealed in the NADH-hexammineruthenium(III) reductase reaction. The double-reciprocal plots 1/v vs. 1/[NADH] at various hexammineruthenium(III) concentrations gave a series of straight lines intercepting in the third quadrant, thus supporting the mechanism of the overall reaction in which the reduced enzyme-NAD+ complex is oxidized by the electron acceptor before NAD+ dissociation. The apparent KsNADH values equal to 1 x 10(-5) and 4 x 10(-5) M for submitochondrial particles and Complex I, respectively (27 degrees C, pH 8.0), were determined from the secondary KmNADH vs. V (at different acceptor concentrations) plot. The Ki values for the competitive inhibition of NADH oxidation by NAD+ were 1 x 10(-3) M and 2 x 10(-3) M for the respective enzyme preparations. The results obtained suggest that hexammineruthenium(III) interacts with the NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase at a single reaction site different from that for fericyanide.

Animals↗
PubMed1983

ADP-ribosylation in inner membrane of rat liver mitochondria.

NAD+ glycohydrolase activity is found at high levels in submitochondrial particles. It leads to the reaction products ADP-ribose, nicotinamide, and small amounts of 5'-AMP. Furthermore, submitochondrial particles catalyze the exchange reaction: [adenosine-14C]ADP-ribose + NAD+ in equilibrium [adenosine-14C]-NAD+ + ADP-ribose. When submitochondrial particles are incubated with NAD+, mono(ADP-ribosyl)ation of protein molecules migrating with an apparent molecular weight of 30,000 in sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis is demonstrable. Inhibitor studies suggest attachment of ADP-ribose to arginine residues. ADP-ribose bound to submitochondrial particles is rapidly turning over. The release of ADP-ribose from the protein is probably enzyme catalyzed. The rapid turnover, the specificity of the modification, and the inhibition of ADP-ribosylation by ATP and nicotinamide suggest a regulatory role of mono(ADP-ribosyl)ation of a protein in the inner mitochondrial membrane.

Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose↗
PubMed1989

Effect of polyamines on mitochondrial F1-ATPase catalyzed reactions.

The effect of polyamines on F1-ATPase catalyzed reactions has been studied through the use of submitochondrial particles and F1-ATPase. ATP degradation catalyzed by submitochondrial particles and F1-ATPase was inhibited by spermine and spermidine. Spermine's inhibition was much greater than spermidine's effect. In contrast, P1-ATP exchange and succinate dependent ATP synthesis catalyzed by submitochondrial particles were both stimulated by spermine. The inhibition of ATPase activity by polyamines probably occurs through polyamine's replacement of Mg2+ on ATP, for the following reasons. (a) The ATPase activity inhibited by spermine was partially recovered when Mg2+ was added. (b) Spermine bound to ATP and phospholipids but not to F1-ATPase; yet spermine inhibited the ATPase reaction catalyzed by F1-ATPase, a protein free of phospholipid. (c) The binding of spermine to ATP was inhibited by Mg2+. The ATP content in polyamine-deficient cells definitely was lower than that in normal cells. On the basis of these results, the possible role of spermine in keeping the ATP concentration at a high level is discussed.

Adenosine Diphosphate↗
PubMed1993

Functional and molecular changes in FoF1 ATP-synthase of cardiac muscle during aging.

We have studied the functional and molecular changes of mitochondrial FoF1 ATP synthase of cardiac muscle during aging. ATP hydrolase activity was lower in sonic submitochondrial particles prepared from hearts of senescent rats (24 months) than in those prepared from hearts of adult rats (12 months). Oligomycin-sensitive proton conduction of cardiac submitochondrial particles was greater in senescent rats than in adult rats. The beta subunit of F1, detected immunologically in submitochondrial particles, was less in senescent rats than in adult rats. Exposure of cardiac submitochondrial particles from adult rats to free radicals, generated by 60Co, resulted in inactivation of ATP hydrolase activity and a decreased content of F1. The structural and functional alterations of mitochondrial FoF1 ATP synthase during aging may be expected to affect energy metabolism, and our results suggest that they could originate from the action of free radicals generated in the inner mitochondrial membrane.

Aging↗