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The function of methyl-menaquinone-6 and polysulfide reductase membrane anchor (PsrC) in polysulfide respiration of Wolinella succinogenes.

Wolinella succinogenes grows by oxidative phosphorylation with polysulfide as terminal electron acceptor and either H2 or formate as electron donor (polysulfide respiration). The function of the respiratory chains catalyzing these reactions was investigated. Proteoliposomes containing polysulfide reductase (Psr) and either hydrogenase or formate dehydrogenase isolated from the membrane fraction of Wolinella succinogenes catalyzed polysulfide respiration, provided that methyl-menaquinone-6 isolated from W. succinogenes was also present. The specific activities of electron transport were commensurate with those of the bacterial membrane fraction. Using site-directed mutagenesis, certain residues were substituted in PsrC, the membrane anchor of polysulfide reductase. Replacement of Y23, D76, Y159, D218, E225 or R305 caused nearly full inhibition of polysulfide respiration without affecting the activity of Psr, which was still bound to the membrane. These residues are predicted to be located in hydrophobic helices of PsrC, or next to them. Substitution of 13 other residues of PsrC either caused partial inhibition ofblankpolysulfide respiration or had no effect. The function of methyl-menaquinone-6, which is thought to be bound to PsrC, is discussed.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Biphasic effects of substance P on respiratory activity and respiration-related neurones in ventrolateral medulla in the neonatal rat brainstem in vitro.

The effects of substance P (SP) on respiratory activity in the brainstem-spinal cord preparation from neonatal rats (0-4 days old) were investigated. The respiratory activity was recorded from C4 ventral roots and intracellularly from three types of respiration-related neurones, i.e. pre-inspiratory (or biphasic E), three subtypes of inspiratory; expiratory and tonic neurones in the ventrolateral medulla (VLM). After the onset of SP bath application (10 nM-1 microM) a dose-dependent decline of burst rate (by 48%) occurred, followed by a weaker dose-dependent increase (by 17.5%) in burst rate. The biphasic effect of SP on inspiratory burst rate was associated with sustained membrane depolarization (in a range of 0.5-13 mV) of respiration-related and tonic neurones. There were no significant changes in membrane resistance in any type of neurones when SP was applied alone or when synaptic transmission was blocked with tetrodotoxin (TTX). The initial depolarization was associated with an increase in inspiratory drive potential (by 25%) as well as in bursting time (by 65%) and membrane excitability in inspiratory and pre-inspiratory neurones, which corresponded to the decrease in burst rate (C4 activity). The spiking frequency of expiratory and tonic neurones was also increased (by 36 and 48%). This activation was followed by restoration of the synaptic drive potential and bursting time in inspiratory and to a less extent in pre-inspiratory neurones, which corresponded to the increase in burst rate. The discharge frequency of expiratory and tonic neurones also decreased to control values. This phase followed the peak membrane depolarization. At the peak depolarization, SP reduced the amplitude of the action potential by 4-8% in all types of neurones. Our results suggest that SP exerts a general excitatory effect on respiration-related neurones and synaptic coupling within the respiratory network in the VLM. The transient changes in neuronal activity in the VLM may underlie the biphasic effect of SP in the brainstem respiration activity recorded in C4 roots. However, the biphasic effect of SP on inspiratory burst rate seems to be also defined by the balance in activity of other SP-sensitive systems and neurones in the respiratory network in the brainstem and spinal cord, which can modify the activity of medullary respiratory rhythm generator.

Animals↗

CcpA regulation of aerobic and respiration growth in Lactococcus lactis.

The catabolic control protein CcpA is the highly conserved regulator of carbon metabolism in Gram-positive bacteria. We recently showed that Lactococcus lactis, a fermenting bacterium in the family of Streptococcaceae, is capable of respiration late in growth when haem is added to aerated cultures. As the start of respiration coincides with glucose depletion from the medium, we hypothesized that CcpA is involved in this metabolic switch and investigated its role in lactococcal growth under aeration and respiration conditions. Compared with modest changes observed in fermentation growth, inactivation of ccpA shifts metabolism to mixed acid fermentation under aeration conditions. This shift is due to a modification of the redox balance via derepression of NADH oxidase, which eliminates oxygen and decreases the NADH pool. CcpA also plays a decisive role in respiration metabolism. Haem addition to lag phase ccpA cells results in growth arrest and cell mortality. Toxicity is due to oxidative stress provoked by precocious haem uptake. We identify the repressor of the haem transport system and show that it is a target of CcpA activation. We propose that CcpA-mediated repression of haem uptake is a means of preventing oxidative damage at the start of exponential growth. CcpA thus appears to govern a regulatory network that coordinates oxygen, iron and carbon metabolism.

Aerobiosis↗

Monoamine oxidase and mitochondrial respiration.

Mitochondrial defects encompassing complexes I-IV of the electron transport chain characterize a relatively large number of neurodegenerative diseases. The relationships between mitochondrial lesions and recently described genetic alterations have not yet been defined. We describe a general mechanism whereby the enzymatic metabolism of neurotransmitters by monoamine oxidase (MAO) damages mitochondria, altering their protein thiol status and suppressing respiration. In these experiments, incubation of rat brain mitochondria with tyramine (a mixed MAO-A/MAO-B substrate) for 15 min at 27 degrees C suppressed state 3 respiration by 32.8% and state 5 respiration by 40.1%. These changes were accompanied by a 10-fold rise in protein-glutathione mixed disulfides. Direct comparison of effects on respiration and MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] dye reduction during electron flow gave similar results. It is suggested that certain mitochondrial lesions may derive from the natural turnover of monoamine neurotransmitters in susceptible individuals.

Animals↗

Effect of thyroid status in the perinatal period on oxidative capacities and mitochondrial respiration in porcine liver and skeletal muscle.

Regulatory thermogenesis is reduced in newborn piglets which have been made hypothyroid during late gestation by giving the sow a high glucosinolate rapeseed diet (test animals). Thereafter, the progressive increase in thermogenic capacity parallels the development of a marked postnatal hyperthyroid state. To explain these effects of thyroid hormones at the tissue and mitochondrial levels, we have examined both liver and skeletal muscle to determine possible underlying changes in (i) tissue oxidative capacities (cytochrome oxidase (CO) activity), between 80 d of gestation and 48 h after birth, and (ii) mitochondrial content and respiratory capacities at 24 h of life. In control piglets, CO activity increased sharply during late gestation and the first 2 d of life in liver and rhomboideus (RH) muscle (P < 0.01), whereas only a prenatal increase was observed in longissimus dorsi (LD) muscle. Test fetuses were hypothyroid and had lower CO activities than controls during late gestation in RH muscle (P < 0.06, at 110 d of gestation; P < 0.08, at birth) and in liver (P < 0.001, at birth). The postnatal increase in CO activity in RH muscle and liver was higher (P < 0.05) in test than in control piglets, and as a result the difference between the 2 groups was not significant by 24-48 h of life. There was no effect of treatment on LD muscle. At 24 h, hyperthyroid test piglets had lower amounts of mitochondrial proteins than controls (P < 0.05) in all three tissues, possibly reflecting reduced mitochondrial protein synthesis during fetal life and suggesting that high postnatal T3 levels did not bring about major increases in protein synthesis within 24 h. However, test piglets exhibited higher rates of mitochondrial respiration than controls in liver and RH muscle, as shown by increases in State III and FCCP-stimulated respirations (P < 0.05), and mitochondrial CO and creatine kinase activities (P < 0.05). In RH muscle, both subsarcolemmal and intermyofibrillar mitochondria showed the same trends. No changes were observed in LD muscle. Our results describe for the first time the effect of thyroid hormones on perinatal oxidative capacities and neonatal mitochondrial respiration in liver and skeletal muscle of the pig, through both the short-term regulation of mitochondrial respiration and the long-term control of mitochondrial biogenesis. The differential sensitivity of LD and RH muscles to thyroid hormones is discussed.

Animals↗

Zinc metallothionein imported into liver mitochondria modulates respiration.

Metallothionein (MT) localizes in the intermembrane space of liver mitochondria as well as in the cytosol and nucleus. Incubation of intact liver mitochondria with physiological, micromolar concentrations of MT leads to the import of MT into the mitochondria where it inhibits respiration. This activity is caused by the N-terminal beta-domain of MT; in this system, the isolated C-terminal alpha-domain is inactive. Free zinc inhibits respiration at concentrations commensurate with the zinc content of either MT or the isolated beta-domain, indicating that MT inhibition involves zinc delivery to mitochondria. Respiratory inhibition of uncoupled mitochondria identifies the electron transfer chain as the primary site of inhibition. The apoform of MT, thionein, is an endogenous chelating agent and activates zinc-inhibited respiration with a 1:1 stoichiometry ([zinc binding sites]/[zinc]). Carbamoylation of the lysines of MT significantly attenuates the inhibitory effect, suggesting that these residues are critical for the passage of MT through the outer mitochondrial membrane. Such an import pathway has been proposed for other proteins that also lack a mitochondrial targeting sequence, e.g., apocytochrome c, and possibly Cox17, a mitochondrial copper chaperone that is the only protein known so far to exhibit significant primary sequence homology to MT. The presence and respiratory inhibition of MT in liver, but not heart, mitochondria suggest a hitherto unknown biological modulating activity of MT in cellular respiration and energy metabolism in a tissue-specific manner.

Animals↗

Dynamic regulation of metabolism and respiration by endogenously produced nitric oxide protects against oxidative stress.

One of the many biological functions of nitric oxide is the ability to protect cells from oxidative stress. To investigate the potential contribution of low steady state levels of nitric oxide generated by endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and the mechanisms of protection against H(2)O(2), spontaneously transformed human ECV304 cells, which normally do not express eNOS, were stably transfected with a green fluorescent-tagged eNOS cDNA. The eNOS-transfected cells were found to be resistant to injury and delayed death following a 2-h exposure to H(2)O(2) (50-150 microM). Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis abolished the protective effect against H(2)O(2) exposure. The ability of nitric oxide to protect cells depended on the presence of respiring mitochondria as ECV304+eNOS cells with diminished mitochondria respiration (rho(-)) are injured to the same extent as nontransfected ECV304 cells and recovery of mitochondrial respiration restores the ability of nitric oxide to protect against H(2)O(2)-induced death. Nitric oxide also found to have a profound effect in cell metabolism, because ECV304+eNOS cells had lower steady state levels of ATP and higher utilization of glucose via the glycolytic pathway than ECV304 cells. However, the protective effect of nitric oxide against H(2)O(2) exposure is not reproduced in ECV304 cells after treatment with azide and oligomycin suggesting that the dynamic regulation of respiration by nitric oxide represent a critical and unrecognized primary line of defense against oxidative stress.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗

Large enrichments in fatty acid 2H/1H ratios distinguish respiration from aerobic fermentation in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Shifts in the hydrogen stable isotopic composition (2H/1H ratio) of lipids relative to water (lipid/water 2H-fractionation) at natural abundances reflect different sources of the central cellular reductant, NADPH, in bacteria. Here, we demonstrate that lipid/water 2H-fractionation (2&#x3b5;fattyacid/water) can also constrain the relative importance of key NADPH pathways in eukaryotes. We used the metabolically flexible yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a microbial model for respiratory and fermentative metabolism in industry and medicine, to investigate 2&#x3b5;fattyacid/water. In chemostats, fatty acids from glycerol-respiring cells were >550&#x2030; 2H-enriched compared to those from cells aerobically fermenting sugars via overflow metabolism, a hallmark feature in cancer. Faster growth decreased 2H/1H ratios, particularly in glycerol-respiring cells by 200&#x2030;. Variations in the activities and kinetic isotope effects among NADP+-reducing enzymes indicate cytosolic NADPH supply as the primary control on 2&#x3b5;fattyacid/water. Contributions of cytosolic isocitrate dehydrogenase (cIDH) to NAPDH production drive large 2H-enrichments with substrate metabolism (cIDH is absent during fermentation but contributes up to 20 percent NAPDH during respiration) and slower growth on glycerol (11 percent more NADPH from cIDH). Shifts in NADPH demand associated with cellular lipid abundance explain smaller 2&#x3b5;fattyacid/water variations (<30&#x2030;) with growth rate during fermentation. Consistent with these results, tests of murine liver cells had 2H-enriched lipids from slower-growing, healthy respiring cells relative to fast-growing, fermenting hepatocellular carcinoma. Our findings point to the broad potential of lipid 2H/1H ratios as a passive natural tracker of eukaryotic metabolism with applications to distinguish health and disease, complementing studies that rely on complex isotope-tracer addition methods.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae↗

Identification of lumichrome as a sinorhizobium enhancer of alfalfa root respiration and shoot growth.

Sinorhizobium meliloti bacteria produce a signal molecule that enhances root respiration in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and also triggers a compensatory increase in whole-plant net carbon assimilation. Nuclear magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, and ultraviolet-visible absorption identify the enhancer as lumichrome, a common breakdown product of riboflavin. Treating alfalfa roots with 3 nM lumichrome increased root respiration 21% (P < 0.05) within 48 h. A closely linked increase in net carbon assimilation by the shoot compensated for the enhanced root respiration. For example, applying 5 nM lumichrome to young alfalfa roots increased plant growth by 8% (P < 0.05) after 12 days. Soaking alfalfa seeds in 5 nM lumichrome before germination increased growth by 18% (P < 0.01) over the same period. In both cases, significant growth enhancement (P < 0.05) was evident only in the shoot. S. meliloti requires exogenous CO2 for growth and may benefit directly from the enhanced root respiration that is triggered by lumichrome. Thus Sinorhizobium-alfalfa associations, which ultimately form symbiotic N2-reducing root nodules, may be favored at an early developmental stage by lumichrome, a previously unrecognized mutualistic signal. The rapid degradation of riboflavin to lumichrome under many physiological conditions and the prevalence of riboflavin release by rhizosphere bacteria suggest that events demonstrated here in the S. meliloti-alfalfa association may be widely important across many plant-microbe interactions.

Journal Article↗

Down-regulation of tumor necrosis factor receptors by blockade of mitochondrial respiration.

We have studied the effect of blockade of mitochondrial respiration on the binding of human 125I-TNF alpha to L929 cell receptors. Specific TNF alpha binding was decreased to about 20-40% of controls by blocking mitochondrial respiration. This effect was dose- and time-related and was observed independently of the level at which the respiration was blocked (respiratory chain, proton backflow, ATPase, anaerobiosis). This blockade had no effect on the half-life of the specific TNF alpha binding, the internalization or degradation of TNF alpha-receptor complexes, or the number of TNF alpha-binding sites. Scatchard analysis of TNF alpha binding data indicated a 2-4-fold decrease in the affinity of these binding sites. These effects did not appear to be related to the protein kinase C activity or to reactive oxygen radicals, since they were not antagonized by pretreatment of cells with oxygen radical scavengers, deferoxamine, or inhibitors of protein kinase C. Decrease in TNF alpha binding capacity correlated significantly with cellular ATP content (r = 0.94; p < 0.01) and with the cytocidal activity of TNF alpha against L929 cells. These findings suggest that blockade of mitochondrial respiration down-regulates the binding of TNF alpha to cells, most likely by changing the affinity of receptors for this cytokine. This down-regulation may increase the resistance of cells to TNF alpha cytotoxicity.

2,4-Dinitrophenol↗

Mitochondrial respiration is uniquely associated with the prooxidant and apoptotic effects of N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide.

The synthetic retinoid N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide (4HPR) is being examined in both chemoprevention and therapy clinical trials. Yet, its mechanism(s) of action is still not fully elucidated. In previous studies, an increase in mitochondrial reactive oxygen species has been proposed as one mechanism through which 4HPR could exert its proapoptotic effects. This study explored whether mitochondrial respiration is required for 4HPR action using human cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma cells and respiration-deficient clones. In parental cells, 4HPR rapidly promoted hydroperoxide production followed by mitochondrial permeability transition, caspase activity, and DNA fragmentation. Short term exposure to 4HPR also inhibited oxygen consumption in parental cells. This activity was reversed by the antioxidant vitamin C indicating the prooxidant effect of 4HPR directly impaired mitochondrial function. In respiration-deficient clones, the proapoptotic qualities of 4HPR were conspicuously diminished illustrating a central role for mitochondrial respiration in 4HPR-induced cell death. In parental cells, various mitochondrial inhibitors were examined to determine potential sites associated with the prooxidant activity of 4HPR. Inhibitors of Complex II as well as center i inhibitors of Complex III enhanced 4HPR-induced hydroperoxide production. Complex I inhibitors, center o inhibitors of Complex III, cyanide, oligomycin A, and coenzyme Q analogues decreased 4HPR-induced hydroperoxide production. The coenzyme Q analogues were very effective in this respect, and they also blocked the enhanced hydroperoxide production obtained when center i inhibitors were combined with 4HPR. These results suggest the prooxidant property of 4HPR is associated with redox metabolism via an enzymatic process occurring at a quinone-binding site in Complex I and/or center o of Complex III.

Apoptosis↗

Reduced flavins promote oxidative DNA damage in non-respiring Escherichia coli by delivering electrons to intracellular free iron.

When cells are exposed to external H(2)O(2), the H(2)O(2) rapidly diffuses inside and oxidizes ferrous iron, thereby forming hydroxyl radicals that damage DNA. Thus the process of oxidative DNA damage requires only H(2)O(2), free iron, and an as-yet unidentified electron donor that reduces ferric iron to the ferrous state. Previous work showed that H(2)O(2) kills Escherichia coli especially rapidly when respiration is inhibited either by cyanide or by genetic defects in respiratory enzymes. In this study we established that these respiratory blocks accelerate the rate of DNA damage. The respiratory blocks did not substantially affect the amounts of intracellular free iron or H(2)O(2), indicating that that they accelerated damage because they increased the availability of the electron donor. The goal of this work was to identify that donor. As expected, the respiratory inhibitors caused a large increase in the amount of intracellular NADH. However, NADH itself was a poor reductant of free iron in vitro. This suggests that in non-respiring cells electrons are transferred from NADH to another carrier that directly reduces the iron. Genetic manipulations of the amounts of intracellular glutathione, NADPH, alpha-ketoacids, ferredoxin, and thioredoxin indicated that none of these was the direct electron donor. However, cells were protected from cyanide-stimulated DNA damage if they lacked flavin reductase, an enzyme that transfers electrons from NADH to free FAD. The K(m) value of this enzyme for NADH is much higher than the usual intracellular NADH concentration, which explains why its flux increased when NADH levels rose during respiratory inhibition. Flavins that were reduced by purified flavin reductase rapidly transferred electrons to free iron and drove a DNA-damaging Fenton system in vitro. Thus the rate of oxidative DNA damage can be limited by the rate at which electron donors reduce free iron, and reduced flavins become the predominant donors in E. coli when respiration is blocked. It remains unclear whether flavins or other reductants drive Fenton chemistry in respiring cells.

Cyanides↗

Respirator compensation of a portable air monitor.

A respirator-compensated, portable air-monitor has been devised by modifying a commercially available personal air sampling pump. A switching circuit box, integrated into the sampling pump electrical system and activated by a micro switch mounted within the respirator mask, turns the pump off and a timer on whenever the respirator is worn. Thus, valid measurements of an individual worker's environmental exposures can be made even though that worker uses a respirator at his own discretion.

Air Pollutants, Occupational↗

Measurement of protection factors of chemical cartridge, half-mask respirators under working conditions in a copper smelter.

The performance of three commonly used chemical cartridge respirators for SO2 was measured under working conditions in a copper smelter. An effective SO2 protection factor for each man-respirator trial was calculated as the ratio between average SO2 concentrations sampled outside the respirator mask and that simultaneously sampled from inside the mask. The in-use SO2 protection afforded by the three respirators proved to be highly variable with mean protection factors of 22, 18, and 13. The distributions of the protection factors and the effects of mask type, facial size, and mask comfort are discussed.

Air Pollutants, Occupational↗

Optimization of formulation components and characterization of large respirable powders containing high therapeutic payload.

The aim of the study was to optimize and characterize high therapeutic payload large respirable powders prepared by spray-drying technique for maximum fine particle fraction with minimum quantities of excipients. Influence of formulation components was optimized by a three-factor, five-level central composite design having different proportions of L-leucine (X1), tobramycin sulfate (X2), and poloxamer-188 (X3) as the independent variables and fine particle fraction as a response variable (Y). Large respirable powders were characterized for particle size, size distribution, moisture, crystallinity, and morphology. In vitro aerosol performance of powders was determined by an eight-stage Andersen cascade impactor using the Rotahaler. Mathematical model elucidated for Y was Y = 56.2068 + 5.7481 X1 - 3.0531 X2 + 0.8468 X3 + 1.1737 X1 X2 - 0.5012 X1 X3 - 0.7412 X2 X3 - 0.7149 X1(2) - 1.9212 X2(2) - 1.6187X3(2). The component of greatest influence on product performance (response variable) was found to be L-leucine. Lack of fit was not significant (p = 0.08), and regression equation predicted response for Y was in reasonably good agreement with experimental values (p = 0.01; R2 = 0.92). The optimal model predicted with a fine particle fraction of 62.8 +/- 2.6% with X1, X2, X3 levels of 20, 45.71, and 5.51 respectively. Large respirable powders with TB load of 45.7% w/w were prepared; they had smooth surface texture, dimpled spherical shape, roundness value close to 1(1.048 +/- 0.032) and were found to possess bulk tap densities of 0.04 g/cc, geometric particle sizes of 6-7 micro m, and emitted dose of 92%. The results of the studies suggest that in vitro aerosol performance was affected significantly by small and deliberate change of specific formulation components and its proportions. It may be concluded that appropriate type and proportion of excipients is necessary to obtain maximum fine particle fraction of large respirable powders containing high therapeutic payloads.

Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic↗

Calibration testing of the jet filter as a respirable sampler.

This work was done to determine whether the jet filter can satisfactorily serve as a respirable sampler. Monodisperse polystyrene latex (PSL) spheres, crushed quartz particles, and hot-mix asphalt plant dust were used to calibrate the jet filter. The deposition characteristics for the sampler matched those specified by standards quite well for the PSL and the crushed quartz particles, i.e., those particles with optical and equivalent aerodynamic diameters near the same. The jet filter can meet its original design purpose - respirable sampling of radioactive aerosols. The sampler can also be used in gravimetric determinations by cutting the filter into two parts for weighing - the center portion with the non-respirable and the outer annulus with the respirable fraction.

Calibration↗

Inhalation exposure of lead in brass foundry workers: the evaluation of the effectiveness of a powered air-purifying respirator and engineering controls.

The protection that a powered air-purifying respirator afforded to ladle and furnace attendants who were exposed to lead, copper and zinc fumes in a brass foundry was found by measuring metal levels at the lapel and at nose level inside the respirator. Respirator fit was evaluated by use of a hot-wire anemometer at the face/Tyvek seal interfaces, and at the exit of the respirator. Effective protection factors for lead ranged from 1.05 to 67. Ergonomic factors and engineering controls are also discussed.

Air Pollutants, Occupational↗

Workplace protection factor measurements on powered air-purifying respirators at a secondary lead smelter--test protocol.

A study was conducted at a secondary smelter to evaluate the workplace performance of the 3M Model W-344 and Racal Model AH3 powered air-purifying respirators ( PAPR ) equipped with helmets and high efficiency filters. The research protocol developed for obtaining leakage measurements in the field provides for proper respirator fitting, use, wear, maintenance and worker supervision, all of which are problems commonly associated with data acquisition when field testing respirators. The protocol proved to be very workable, even though it required extensive worker and equipment monitoring. Based upon the successful implementation of this protocol, the performance of these PAPRs should be indicative of their best performance under the workplace conditions experienced in this study. This research protocol is proposed as a model for conducting field studies on other types of respirators as well as the basis on which to develop new and improved field test procedures. The results of one such study are presented in a comparison paper.

Air Pollutants, Occupational↗