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Spectroscopic and magnetic properties of a Ni(II) complex with citric acid.

The complex compound K2[Ni(cit)(H2O)2]2 x 4H2O (cit = triionized citrate ion) seems to be a good model for the investigation of Ni(II)/citrate interactions that are of interest in relation to nickel metabolism and bioaccumulation. Its infrared and Raman spectra were recorded and analyzed on the basis of its structural peculiarities. The magnetic susceptibility, investigated in the temperature range between 1.9 and 300 K, shows the absence of magnetic interactions between the two metal centers present in this structure.

Chemical Phenomena↗

Sepharose derivatives containing citric acid as affinity ligand. Purification of fumarase.

Six Sepharose derivatives, in which citrate was immobilized via methylene carbons, were prepared by coupling of the alpha- and beta-isomers of citrylpolymethylenediamine to Sepharose. The purification of fumarase from pig heart was dependent on the length of the spacer arm, but not on the isomeric configuration of the immobilized citrate. Gels having six methylene carbons had the largest adsorption capacity for the enzyme and therefore were the most suitable for use in affinity columns for its purification. Affinity chromatography with these gels was followed by hydrophobic interaction chromatography on an octamethylenediamine-Sepharose column.

Animals↗

Inhibition of citric acid accumulation by manganese ions in Aspergillus niger mutants with reduced citrate control of phosphofructokinase.

Mutant strains of Aspergillus niger with reduced citrate control of carbohydrate catabolism (cic mutants) grow faster than the parent strain on media containing 5% (wt/vol) citrate. The mutants tolerated a higher intracellular citrate concentration than the parent strain. One mutant (cic-7/3) contained phosphofructokinase activity significantly less sensitive towards citrate than the enzyme from the parent strain. When this mutant was grown under citrate-accumulating conditions, acidogenesis was far less sensitive to inhibition by Mn2+ than in the parent strain. Some of the cic mutants also showed altered citrate inhibition of NADP-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase.

Aspergillus niger↗

Separation of citric acid cycle intermediates by high-performance liquid chromatography with ion pairing.

A method to separate underivatized tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates within 20 min using the commonly available C15 high-performance liquid chromatography column has been developed. Ion pairing using tetrabutylammonium cations and isocratic conditions is used to separate the intermediates which are then detected at 210 nm. Separation was optimized by altering pH, the concentration of sodium sulfate and the pairing ion. This technique permits the detection of as little as 120 nmol of citrate to 0.5 nmol of fumarate. Physiological samples of rat liver mitochondria, human urine, and orange juice were analyzed.

Animals↗

NMR indirect detection of glutamate to measure citric acid cycle flux in the isolated perfused mouse heart.

(13)C-edited proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to follow enrichment of glutamate C3 and C4 with a temporal resolution of approximately 20 s in mouse hearts perfused with (13)C-enriched substrates. A fit of the NMR data to a kinetic model of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and related exchange reactions yielded TCA cycle (V(tca)) and exchange (V(x)) fluxes between alpha-ketoglutarate and glutamate. These fluxes were substrate-dependent and decreased in the order acetate (V(tca)=14.1 micromol g(-1) min(-1); V(x)=26.5 micromol g(-1) min(-1))>octanoate (V(tca)=6.0 micromol g(-1) min(-1); V(x)=16.1 micromol g(-1) min(-1))>lactate (V(tca)=4.2 micromol g(-1) min(-1); V(x)=6.3 micromol g(-1) min(-1)).

Animals↗

[Citric acid as a siderophore of enterococci?].

In the pool of 70 enterococcal strains of the genus Enterococcus 61.4% released citrate into the medium. This metabolite has occurred more frequently in E. faecium strains. There was no correlation between hydroxamate siderophores production and citrate releasing. Only nine (10, 3%) of 70 strains have used Fe3+-dicitrate complex as iron sources. Iron restricted condition causing moderate inhibition of growth have not increased citrate releasing. When iron deficiency has caused stronger growth inhibition, E. faecalis strains did not release citrate and E. faecium strains its smaller amounts. The resting cells grown in iron-restricted condition have incorporated 59Fe3+ complexed by citrate more active than cells grown in the medium with excess of iron. So, citrate has not been a siderophore in enterococci.

Citric Acid↗

Correlation of the effects of citric acid cycle metabolites on succinate oxidation by rat liver mitochondria and submitochondrial particles.

1. Succinate dehydrogenase is inhibited by citrate and beta-hydroxy-butyrate in a complex manner, both in mitochondria and submitochondrial particles. Kinetics of inhibition in the particles points to a competitive component in the mechanism involved. 2. Pyruvate, alpha-ketoglutarate, malate, and glutamate stimulate oxidation of succinate by mitochondria. 3. Stimulation by alpha-ketoglutarate and glutamate is not influenced by the presence of rotenone. 4. Stimulation by pyruvate is higher in the absence of rotenone and increases significantly in the presence of K+ and valinomycin. Pyruvate supplies in mitochondria reducing equivalents for malate dehydrogenase operating in the reverse direction-reduction of oxaloacetate to malate. 5. Stimulation by malate is higher in the presence of rotenone.

Animals↗

Further evidence for direct interaction of pyruvate dehydrogenase multienzyme complex with citric acid cycle based on nonlinearity of hill plots in presence of C2 and C4 substrate analogues.

1. Mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase multienzyme complex (PDC) is measured with two different optical assays: (i) formation of p-nitro-acetanilid with arylamine-acetyltransferase and (ii) NAD reduction. 2. It is found that in contrast to the NAD assay system (ii) the coupled system (i) exhibits cooperativity with a Hill coefficient n = 3 over the whole range of substrate concentration. 3. The cooperative behaviour can be modified by presence of dichloroacetate (n = 2) and acetoin (n = 1----3). From additional measurements of PDC activity with toluene permeabilized mitochondria of fed and starved rats it is concluded that PDC activity in vivo is modified by changes in enzyme enzyme aggregation and interaction beside the known phosphorylation dephosphorylation mechanism.

Animals↗

Determination of citric acid based on inhibition of the crystal growth of calcium fluoride.

Inhibition of the growth of calcium fluoride crystals in the presence of citrate was followed using a kinetic-potentiometric technique and a calcium ion-selective electrode, and as a consequence, a method for the determination of citrate in the range 0.5-2.4 micrograms ml-1 has been developed. The method was successfully applied to the determination of citrate contained in pharmaceutical products and urine. Urine analysis requires prior separation of phosphate, sulphate and magnesium(II). Elimination of these interferences was studied and accomplished using precipitation processes. Magnesium and phosphate were jointly eliminated in basic media by the addition of ammonium ions. Phosphate and sulphate were eliminated with barium(II). Phosphate was also eliminated as a lithium salt.

Calcium Fluoride↗

Contribution of various substrates to total citric acid cycle flux and anaplerosis as determined by 13C isotopomer analysis and O2 consumption in the heart.

A simple relationship between parameters derived from a 13C NMR isotopomer analysis and O2 consumption is presented that allows measurement of the absolute rate of acetyl-CoA oxidation and anaplerotic flux in tissues oxidizing a mixture of four substrates. The method was first applied in a study of the effects of work state and beta-adrenergic stimulation on net acetate oxidation and anaplerosis in the isolated working rat heart. The results demonstrate that the anticipated ratio of 2 between O2 consumption and TCA cycle flux for hearts oxidizing only acetate holds at low workload when anaplerosis is low, but deviates toward a factor of 3 under high workload conditions when anaplerosis is increased. This analysis was also extended to hearts that oxidize a more physiological mixture of substrates including long-chain fatty acids, acetoacetate, lactate, pyruvate, and glucose. We show that the contribution each substrate makes to total TCA cycle flux can be determined by combined 13C NMR and O2 consumption measurements. The present study also demonstrates that stimulation of anaplerosis (by addition of propionate) can significantly alter the relative contribution each substrate makes to total TCA cycle flux. We conclude if 13C labeling patterns are selected appropriately, a comprehensive picture of flux through all major metabolic pathways feeding the cycle can be determined in a single experiment even when complex physiological mixtures of substrates are provided.

Acetates↗

Suppressive effect of the SOS-inducing activity of chemical mutagen by citric acid esters from Prunus mume Sieb. Et Zucc. using the Salmonella typhimurium TA1535/pSK1002 umu test.

A methanol extract from Prunus mume Sieb. Et Zucc. showed a suppressive effect of the SOS-inducing activity on the mutagen 3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-SH-pyrido[4,3-b]indole(Trp-P-1) in the Salmonella typhimurium TA1535/pSK1002 umu test. The methanol extract was re-extracted with hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, butanol and water. The dichloromethane and ethyl acetate fractions showed suppressive effect. Suppressive compounds were isolated by silica gel column chromatography and identified as trimethyl citrate (1) and dimethyl citrate (2) by GC-MS, IR and 1H and 13C-NMR spectroscopy. Compounds 1 and 2 suppressed 51 and 39% of the SOS-inducing activity at a concentration of 2.0 micromol/mL.

Antimutagenic Agents↗

A new method for assembling metabolic networks, with application to the Krebs citric acid cycle.

To understand why a molecular network has a particular connectivity one can generate an ensemble of alternative networks, all of which meet the same performance criteria as the real network. We have generated alternatives to the Krebs cycle, allowing group transfers and B(12)-mediated shifts that were excluded in previous work. Our algorithm does not use a reaction list, but determines the reactants and products in generic reactions. It generates networks in order of increasing number of reaction steps. We find that alternatives to the Krebs cycle are very likely to be cycles. Many of the alternatives produce toxic or unstable compounds and use group transfer reactions, which have unfavorable consequences. Although alternatives are better than the Krebs cycle in some respects, the Krebs cycle has the most favorable combination of traits.

Algorithms↗

Carbon flux through citric acid cycle pathways in perfused heart by 13C NMR spectroscopy.

Mathematical models of the TCA cycle derived previously for 14C tracer studies have been extended to 13C NMR to measure the 13C fractional enrichment of [2-13C]acetyl-CoA entering the cycle and the relative activities of the oxidative versus anaplerotic pathways. The analysis is based upon the steady-state enrichment of 13C into the glutamate carbons. Hearts perfused with [2-13C]acetate show low but significant activity of the anaplerotic pathways. Activation of two different anaplerotic pathways is demonstrated by addition of unlabeled propionate or pyruvate to hearts perfused with [2-13C]acetate. In each case, the amount of [2-13C]acetate being oxidized and the relative carbon flux through anaplerotic versus oxidative pathways are evaluated.

Acetates↗

[Metabolic characteristics of the Yarrowia lipolytica strain producing alpha-ketoglutaric and citric acids from ethanol and the effect of [NH4+] and [O2] on yeast respiration and biosynthesis].

The comparative studies performed in this work showed that overproduction of alpha-ketoglutaric acid (KGA) from ethanol by the mutant Yarrowia lipolytica strain I requires both a deficiency of thiamine and a relatively high concentration of ammonium ions in the medium, whereas CA overproduction requires an almost zero concentration of ammonium ions. The threshold value of the dissolved oxygen concentration in the medium, pO2, for CA overproduction is considerably higher than for KGA overproduction. The respiration rate of CA-overproducing cells was 2-3.5 times higher than that of KGA-overproducing cells. The main terminal electron carrier functioning in the KGA-overproducing cells was cytochrome oxidase. In the CA-overproducing cells, the main terminal oxidase was presumably o-type cytochrome.

Citric Acid↗

Induction of citric acid cycle enzymes during initiation of sporulation by guanine nucleotide deprivation.

In Bacillus subtilis, conditions causing partial deprivation of guanine nucleotides initiated sporulation and caused the synthesis of citrate synthase, aconitase, and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase could also be induced by acetate, and the specific activity of this enzyme was elevated in mutants that had high intracellular acetyl coenzyme A concentrations because they lacked citrate synthase activity. After deprivation of guanine nucleotides, the intracellular concentration of acetyl coenzyme A also increased, which explained the induction of alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. Furthermore, the decreases in alpha-ketoglutarate and L-malate concentrations observed during this deprivation accounted for the observed increases in citrate synthase activity (which was repressed by alpha-ketoglutarate and malate) and aconitase activity (which was repressed by alpha-ketoglutarate).

Acetates↗

Increase of free cysteine and citric acid in plant cells exposed to cobalt ions.

Cobalt complexation was investigated in a suspension cell culture of the cobalt hyperaccumulator Crotalaria cobalticola. C. cobalticola cells were more tolerant towards cobalt ions than the suspension cells of the non-accumulators Rauvolfia serpentina and Silene cucubalus. While the concentration of various compounds increased in cells of C. cobalticola challenged with cobalt ions, phytochelatin biosynthesis was not induced. Instead, the exposure to cobalt ions resulted in the increase of citrate and cysteine in cells. Size exclusion chromatography demonstrated the co-elution of cobalt and cysteine in C. cobalticola cell extracts. A significant increase in cysteine was observed also in cells of R. serpentina and S. cucubalus when they were exposed to cobalt ions. These results suggest that free cysteine is involved in cobalt ion complexation in plant cells.

Biological Transport↗

Light and electron microscopic studies of rat kidney after administration of inhibitors of the citric acid cycle in vivo. II. Effects of sodium malonate on proximal convoluted tubule.

The morphologic changes that occurred in the proximal convoluted tubule of the rat after sodium malonate at 888 mg and 1776 mg kg of body weight was injected have been studied by light and electron microscopy. Mitochondrial matrix swelling and loss of matrix granules and an increase in the smoothsurfaced endoplasmic reticulum were early changes. Varying degrees of cytoplasmic rarefaction occurred during the first 3 hours. Marked cytoplasmic swelling occurred only in female rats. Intracristal dilatation accompanied cytoplasmic rarefaction but there was no evidence that the mitochondrial matrix was condensed as judged by its electron density. During the early stages, dilatation of the rough endoplasmic reticulum was not necessarily associated with cytoplasmic rarefaction but varying degrees of dilatation occurred at later time intervals in the swollen cells. The changes appeared for the most part to be reversible. Focal areas of tubular necrosis occurred in a few rats.

Animals↗

Multivariate analysis of the influence of pectin, white syrup, and citric acid on aroma concentration in the headspace above pectin gels.

Pectin gels consist of polysaccharide networks surrounded by water. The gel networks can prevent release of aroma molecules from the gel to the gas phase above. In this study static headspace measurements were performed to correlate aroma concentration in the gas phase above pectin gels to different amounts of the gel ingredients. As a consequence, aroma concentration in the headspace in relation to gel texture, as characterized by rheology measurements, was also studied. Aroma concentration in the headspace above strong gels was low, due to entrapment of aroma molecules within the gel structure. Viscous solutions generally gave a high aroma concentration in the headspace, but owing to a complex matrix, this was lowered when large amounts of the gel ingredients were added. However, a high correlation between interaction terms and square terms of design variables and rheology parameters with aroma compounds indicated nonlinear and complex relationships.

Analysis of Variance↗