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Uncoupling effect of fatty acids on heart muscle mitochondria and submitochondrial particles.

The effect of ATP/ADP-antiporter inhibitors on palmitate-induced uncoupling was studied in heart muscle mitochondria and inside-out submitochondrial particles. In both systems palmitate is found to decrease the respiration-generated membrane potential. In mitochondria, this effect is specifically abolished by carboxyatractylate (CAtr) a non-penetrating inhibitor of antiporter. In submitochondrial particles, CAtr does not abolish the palmitate-induced potential decrease. At the same time, bongkrekic acid, a penetrating inhibitor of the antiporter, suppresses the palmitate effect on the potential both in mitochondria and particles. Palmitoyl-CoA which is known to inhibit the antiporter in mitochondria as well as in particles decreases the palmitate uncoupling efficiency in both these systems. These data are in agreement with the hypothesis that the ATP/ADP-antiporter is involved in the action of free fatty acids as natural uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation.

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Thyroid hormone action: effect of triiodothyronine on mitochondrial adenine nucleotide translocase in vivo and in vitro.

Adenine nucleotide translocase (AdNT) levels were measured as the exchange of extramitochondrial against intramitochondrial adenosine diphosphate (ADP) in liver, spleen, and testes mitochondria isolated from normal and hypothyroid rats using the "back-exchange" and atractyloside-stop method of Pfaff and Klingenberg. The results provide confirmation of previous reports that mitochondria from hypothyroid rats show a markedly diminished AdNT activity, which is restored to normal levels within 72 hours by intraperitoneal injection of 10 to 20 micrograms triiodothyronine (T3)/100 g body weight. The latter dose was found in dose-response studies to result in maximal stimulation of AdNT in liver mitochondria. Qualitatively similar results on AdNT activity were obtained in liver mitochondria within 30 to 60 minutes following intravenous injection into hypothyroid rats of a more physiological dose of T3 (40 ng/100 g body weight). AdNT in mitochondria isolated from spleen and testes (organs that do not exhibit a calorigenic response after administration of thyroid hormone to the whole animal) failed to respond to thyroidectomy and to administration of T3. More recently, we have observed that in vitro replacement of T3 also stimulates AdNT activity in hypothyroid liver mitochondria. The enzyme adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthase was examined as another possible candidate for direct hormonal stimulation of mitochondria. Simultaneous determinations on the same rats after intraperitoneal injection of T3 (20 micrograms/100 g body weight) showed little or no effect on ATP synthase until after 37 to 85 hours, whereas enhanced activity of the translocator was regularly observed at 17 hours.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

Effect of calcium on mitochondria from human term placenta.

We describe here the effects of free Ca2+ on several functions of mitochondria from human term placenta. In the presence of 0.1 microM free Ca2+, an inhibitory effect on both ADP-induced respiration and succinate-DCPIP reductase activity was observed. At the same Ca2+ concentration, ATPase activity as well as various segments of the respiratory chain were stimulated. However, a higher free Ca2+ concentration (0.3 microM) was needed to stimulate progesterone synthesis. Our results suggest that Ca2+ plays an important role in the metabolic functions of mitochondria from human term placenta.

Adenosine Triphosphatases↗

Microcalorimetric investigations on human leukemia cells--Molt 4.

Heat production by leukemia cells Molt 4, growing in suspensions with 1 and 3 x 10(5) cells/ml for 4 days, was studied by microcalorimetry. Heat production rates were related to cell growth, glucose consumption, lactate production and cellular ATP-content. The results show that the time course of heat dissipation is dependent on initial cell number. However, observed thermal power maxima were fairly identical in all experiments. Heat production rates per cell were similar during the initial phase of the study independently of initial cell number, while higher cell densities resulted in significantly lower rate of heat production. Glycolytic conversion of glucose into lactate is nearly stoichiometric. Our results indicate a relationship between heat production and amounts of glucose and lactate in the medium. ATP concentration in cells decreased after 24 hours of culture.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗

The cytotoxic action of Bax on yeast cells does not require mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier but may be related to its import to the mitochondria.

The effect of the expression of murine Bax protein on growth and vitality was examined in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and compared with the effect of Bax in mutant cells lacking functional mitochondria. The cytotoxic effect of Bax on yeast does not require functional oxidative phosphorylation, respiration, or mitochondrial proteins (ADP/ATP carriers) implicated in the formation of the permeability transition pore in mammalian mitochondria. In the wild type S. cerevisiae the expression of Bax does not result in a severe effect on mitochondrial membrane potential and respiration. On the basis of Bax induced differences in the fluorescence of green fluorescent protein fused to mitochondrial proteins, it is proposed that Bax may interfere with one essential cellular process in yeast: the mitochondrial protein import pathway that is specific for the proteins of the mitochondrial carrier family.

Biological Transport↗

The pH-dependent reciprocal changes in contributions of ADP/ATP antiporter and aspartate/glutamate antiporter to the fatty acid-induced uncoupling.

The pH effect on carboxyatractylate-, glutamate- and aspartate-induced recoupling of palmitate-uncoupled rat liver mitochondria has been studied. Stimulation of respiration by low palmitate concentrations (5-20 microM) in the presence of 3 mM MgCl2 is shown to be pH-independent within the 7.0-7.8 range. The recoupling effect of glutamate (or aspartate) decreases and that of carboxyatractylate increases with increase in pH. The recoupling effect of a combination of carboxyatractylate and glutamate (aspartate) appears to be constant at these pH values, being as high as about 80%. It is concluded that uncoupling by low palmitate in liver mitochondria is mediated mainly by ATP/ADP and aspartate/glutamate antiporter.

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Comparison of the effects of bax-expression in yeast under fermentative and respiratory conditions: investigation of the role of adenine nucleotides carrier and cytochrome c.

A new system for bax-expression in yeast has been devised to investigate bax's effect under fermentative and respiro-fermentative conditions. This has allowed us to show unambiguously that the ability of bax to kill yeast is higher under respiratory conditions than under purely fermentative conditions. The extent of killing under respiro-fermentative conditions (non-repressive sugars) is intermediate. It has been proposed that the two proteins adenine nucleotides carrier (ANC) and cytochrome c play a crucial role in bax-induced cell death. We have investigated the effects of deletion of the genes encoding the two proteins on the toxicity induced by bax, using this new system. The absence of ANC did not modify bax-induced lethality in any way. Moreover, the absence of cytochrome c also did not prevent bax-induced death. Only the kinetics of lethality were altered. All these effects are prevented by co-expression of bcl-xL.

Apoptosis↗

Myocardial ischemia: correlation of mitochondrial adenine nucleotide and respiratory function.

State 3 respiration of rat heart mitochondria decreased approximately 60% after 20 min normothermic in vitro ischemia. After 20 min ischemia, the levels of intramitochondrial adenine nucleotides (ATP + ADP + AMP) decreased to approximately 20% of control values, with a rapid loss between 10 and 20 min. Also, the exchangeable adenine pool of the mitochondria decreased 60% after 20 min ischemia. State 4 respiration was not affected by the ischemic insult. The adenine nucleotide translocase activities of mitochondria from control and ischemic hearts were too high to measure accurately. Therefore, the effects of ischemia on adenine nucleotide translocase activity could not be established. However, 1 microM carboxyatractyloside did not impair state 3 respiration of control mitochondria, but did inhibit the adenine translocase activity by at least 80%. Moreover, titration of state 3 respiration with carboxyatractyloside produced sigmoidal curves for mitochondria from control and ischemic tissue. State 3 respiration correlated well with the total mitochondrial adenine nucleotides and the exchangeable adenine pool (r = 0.63 and 0.78, respectively). Data collected from isolated perfused rat hearts also showed a good correlation between state 3 respiration and the exchangeable adenine nucleotides (r = 0.92). In this study, mitochondria were isolated from hearts that were either perfused, made ischemic for 30 min by aortic cross-clamp, or reperfused for 10 min after the aortic cross-clamp. The slopes and y-intercepts of the regression lines were similar for the in vitro ischemic and the perfusion studies. There was no significant difference between the effects of ischemia on the state 3 and uncoupled respiratory rates.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Adenine Nucleotides↗

Diazoxide and pinacidil uncouple pyruvate-malate-induced mitochondrial respiration.

We investigated the effects of K(ATP) channel openers diazoxide and pinacidil on the respiration rate and membrane potential (deltapsi) of rat heart mitochondria, oxidizing pyruvate and malate. Diazoxide and pinacidil (58.8-1348.3 microM) increased the V2 (-ADP) respiration rate accordingly by 13-208% and 30-273% and decreased the deltapsi by 2-17% and 6-55%. These effects were also similar in the respiration medium without K+. Moreover, carboxyatractyloside completely abolished diazoxide- and pinacidil-induced uncoupling, indicating a role for the mitochondrial adenine nucleotide translocase in this process.

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Effect of insulin on protein synthesis in skeletal muscle of an isolated perfused preparation of rat hemicorpus.

A method for perfusion in vitro of a preparation of rat hemicorpus was developed for study of the metabolism of skeletal muscle. The preparation was stable during perfusion, as indicated by maintenance of ATP concentration, perfusion pressure, and oxygen consumption for up to 90 min. The perfused hemicorpus provided the following advantages for study of protein synthesis in skeletal muscle: (a) hormones and substrates reached the muscle cells through an intact capillary bed, and (b) the preparation included the psoas muscle, which was sufficiently large to allow measurements of intermediates in the pathway of protein synthesis and was readily homogenized for preparation of ribosomes and ribosomal subunits. Perfusion of psoas muscle from fasted rats with buffer containing glucose and insulin reduced the concentration of ribosomal subunits and increased phenylalanine incorporation as compared to perfusion with buffer containing glucose alone. In addition, the hormone increased glucose uptake from the perfusate and inhibited release of free fatty acids from the preparation. When the muscle was perfused with buffer that contained glucose and palmitate, the concentration of ribosomal subunits and phenylalanine incorporation were unchanged. Since fatty acid is known to stimulate protein synthesis in heart muscle, these results indicated that rates of protein synthesis in heart, but not in skeletal, muscle would be maintained during fasting or in diabetic animals by increased plasma concentration of fatty acid.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗

Energy metabolism in mouse pancreas in response to different dosages of a CCK analogue.

Stimulation of the exocrine pancreas with cholecystokinin analogues leads to a variety of intraacinar processes, many coupled to energy consumption. It was hypothesized that extensive ATP depletion could play a role in the pathophysiology of acute pancreatitis, especially in the hyperstimulation (cerulein) model. Mice received seven intraperitoneal injections of cerulein at hourly intervals, at doses ranging from physiological (0.1 micrograms/kg) to pharmacological (50 micrograms/kg). A single dose of cerulein induced a 28-33% decrease in ATP, whereas a complete course of injections led to a nadir as low as 45% of the control value. The overall pattern of ATP tissue content during the observed time course was surprisingly similar in all four groups and statistically not different at any time point. Until 12 h, ATP levels in all groups remained below the control value. In contrast, serum amylase and light microscopy reflected a degree of pancreatitis in a close dose-response pattern to the administered cerulein dose. These findings suggest that ATP depletion--although probably facilitating acinar damage--does not seem to play a causal or primary role in the pathophysiology of acute pancreatitis.

Acute Disease↗

Photomodification of mitochondrial proteins by azido fatty acids and its effect on mitochondrial energetics. Further evidence for the role of the ADP/ATP carrier in fatty-acid-mediated uncoupling.

Azido derivatives of long-chain fatty acids, 12-(4-azido-2-nitrophenylamino)dodecanoic acid (N3-NpNH-Lau) and 16-(4-azido-2-nitrophenylamino)hexadecanoic acid (N3-NpNH-Pam), were used to study the mechanism of the protonophoric function of long-chain fatty acids in mitochondrial membranes. N3-NpNH-Lau was found to increase resting-state respiration and decrease the membrane potential in a dose-dependent way in a manner similar to that of the natural fatty acid, myristate. Both effects of N3-NpNH-Lau as well as of the myristate were reversed or prevented by the inhibitor of the mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier (AAC), carboxyatractyloside. This protective effect of carboxyatractyloside was well expressed in rat heart mitochondria and less so in mitochondria within digitonin-permeabilized Ehrlich ascites tumour cells. Photomodification of Ehrlich ascites tumour mitochondria by ultraviolet irradiation in the presence of N3-NpNH-Lau made them more resistant to the uncoupling effect of myristate, and photomodification of rat heart mitochondria resulted in a strong inhibition of AAC which could not be reversed by serum albumin. Photolabelling of rat heart mitochondria with tritiated N3-NpNH-Pam revealed around 10 labelled bands on SDS/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Based on immunodetection with a specific antibody, one of them, corresponding to 30 kDa, was identified as AAC. Specific interaction of AAC with azido fatty acids was confirmed by a high radiolabelling of this band. The role of fatty acids in fine control of the efficiency of oxidative phosphorylation is discussed.

Adenosine Diphosphate↗

AMP-activated protein kinase: Role in metabolism and therapeutic implications.

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is an enzyme that works as a fuel gauge which becomes activated in situations of energy consumption. AMPK functions to restore cellular ATP levels by modifying diverse metabolic and cellular pathways. In the skeletal muscle, AMPK is activated during exercise and is involved in contraction-stimulated glucose transport and fatty acid oxidation. In the heart, AMPK activity increases during ischaemia and functions to sustain ATP, cardiac function and myocardial viability. In the liver, AMPK inhibits the production of glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides and stimulates fatty acid oxidation. Recent studies have shown that AMPK is involved in the mechanism of action of metformin and thiazolidinediones, and the adipocytokines leptin and adiponectin. These data, along with evidence that pharmacological activation of AMPK in vivo improves blood glucose homeostasis, cholesterol concentrations and blood pressure in insulin-resistant rodents, make this enzyme an attractive pharmacological target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, ischaemic heart disease and other metabolic diseases.

AMP-Activated Protein Kinases↗

Phenformin and 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-beta-D-ribofuranoside (AICAR) activation of AMP-activated protein kinase inhibits transepithelial Na+ transport across H441 lung cells.

Active re-absorption of Na+ across the alveolar epithelium is essential to maintain lung fluid balance. Na+ entry at the luminal membrane is predominantly via the amiloride-sensitive Na+ channel (ENaC) down its electrochemical gradient. This gradient is generated and maintained by basolateral Na+ extrusion via Na+,K+-ATPase an energy-dependent process. Several kinases and factors that activate them are known to regulate these processes; however, the role of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in the lung is unknown. AMPK is an ultra-sensitive cellular energy sensor that monitors energy consumption and down-regulates ATP-consuming processes when activated. The biguanide phenformin has been shown to independently decrease ion transport processes, influence cellular metabolism and activate AMPK. The AMP mimetic drug 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-beta-D-ribofuranoside (AICAR) also activates AMPK in intact cells. Western blotting revealed that both the alpha1 and alpha2 catalytic subunits of AMPK are present in Na+ transporting H441 human lung epithelial cells. Phenformin and AICAR increased AMPK activity in H441 cells in a dose-dependent fashion, stimulating the kinase maximally at 5-10 mm (P = 0.001, n = 3) and 2 mm (P < 0.005, n = 3), respectively. Both agents significantly decreased basal ion transport (measured as short circuit current) across H441 monolayers by approximately 50% compared with that of controls (P < 0.05, n = 4). Neither treatment altered the resistance of the monolayers. Phenformin and AICAR significantly reduced amiloride-sensitive transepithelial Na+ transport compared with controls (P < 0.05, n = 4). This was a result of both decreased Na+,K+-ATPase activity and amiloride-sensitive apical Na+ conductance. Transepithelial Na+ transport decreased with increasing concentrations of phenformin (0.1-10 mm) and showed a significant correlation with AMPK activity. Taken together, these results show that phenformin and AICAR suppress amiloride-sensitive Na+ transport across H441 cells via a pathway that includes activation of AMPK and inhibition of both apical Na+ entry through ENaC and basolateral Na+ extrusion via the Na+,K+-ATPase. These are the first studies to provide a cellular signalling mechanism for the action of phenformin on ion transport processes, and also the first studies showing AMPK as a regulator of Na+ absorption in the lung.

AMP-Activated Protein Kinases↗

Lack of manifestations of diazoxide/5-hydroxydecanoate-sensitive KATP channel in rat brain nonsynaptosomal mitochondria.

Pharmacological modulation of the mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K+ channel (mitoKATP) sensitive to diazoxide and 5-hydroxydecanoate (5-HD) represents an attractive strategy to protect cells against ischaemia/reperfusion- and stroke-related injury. To re-evaluate a functional role for the mitoKATP in brain, we used Percoll-gradient-purified brain nonsynaptosomal mitochondria in a light absorbance assay, in radioisotope measurements of matrix volume, and in measurements of respiration, membrane potential (DeltaPsi) and depolarization-induced K+ efflux. The changes in mitochondrial morphology were evaluated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Polyclonal antibodies raised against certain fragments of known sulphonylurea receptor subunits, SUR1 and SUR2, and against different epitopes of K+ inward rectifier subunits Kir 6.1 and Kir 6.2 of the ATP-sensitive K+ channel of the plasma membrane (cellKATP), were employed to detect similar subunits in brain mitochondria. A variety of plausible blockers (ATP, 5-hydroxydecanoate, glibenclamide, tetraphenylphosphonium cation) and openers (diazoxide, pinacidil, chromakalim, minoxidil, testosterone) of the putative mitoKATP were applied to show the role of the channel in regulating matrix volume, respiration, and DeltaPsi and K+ fluxes across the inner mitochondrial membrane. None of the pharmacological agents applied to brain mitochondria in the various assays pinpointed processes that could be unequivocally associated with mitoKATP activity. In addition, immunoblotting analysis did not provide explicit evidence for the presence of the mitoKATP, similar to the cellKATP, in brain mitochondria. On the other hand, the depolarization-evoked release of K+ suppressed by ATP could be re-activated by carboxyatractyloside, an inhibitor of the adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT). Moreover, bongkrekic acid, another inhibitor of the ANT, inhibited K+ efflux similarly to ATP. These observations implicate the ANT in ATP-sensitive K+ transport in brain mitochondria.

ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters↗

Membrane permeabilization of Listeria monocytogenes and mitochondria by the bacteriocin mesentericin Y105.

Mesentericin Y105, a bacteriocin produced by a Leuconostoc mesenteroides strain, dissipates the plasma membrane potential of Listeria monocytogenes and inhibits the transport of leucine and glutamic acid. It also induces an efflux of preaccumulated amino acids from cells. In addition, the bacteriocin uncouples mitochondria by increasing state 4 respiration and decreasing state 3 respiration. The bacteriocin inhibits ATP synthase and adenine nucleotide translocase of the organelle while the affinity of ADP for its carrier is not modified. The results suggest that mesentericin Y105 acts by inducing, directly or indirectly, pore formation in the energy-transducing membranes, especially those of its natural target.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗