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Zhou W, Leippe D, Duellman S, Sobol M, Vidugiriene J, O'Brien M, Shultz JW, Kimball JJ, DiBernardo C, Moothart L, Bernad L, Cali J, Klaubert DH, Meisenheimer P. Self-immolative bioluminogenic quinone luciferins for NAD(P)H assays and reducing capacity-based cell viability assays. Chembiochem 2014; 15:670-5. [PMID: 24591148 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201300744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Highly sensitive self-cleavable trimethyl lock quinone-luciferin substrates for diaphorase were designed and synthesized to measure NAD(P)H in biological samples and monitor viable cells via NAD(P)H-dependent cellular oxidoreductase enzymes and their NAD(P)H cofactors.
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- Wenhui Zhou
- Research and Development, Promega Biosciences, Inc. 277 Granada Drive, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (USA).
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Pfeifer L, Gruenwald I, Welker A, Stahn RM, Stein K, Rex A. Fluorimetric characterisation of metabolic activity of ex vivo perfused pig hearts. BIOMED ENG-BIOMED TE 2007; 52:193-9. [PMID: 17408379 DOI: 10.1515/bmt.2007.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Autofluorescence of tissues and organs is an indicator of the physiological state of cells. The aim of the study was to investigate whether fluorimetric determination of the redox state of the ex vivo perfused pig heart can provide fast online detection of progressive changes in heart muscle tissue. Measurements on six organs perfused in a four-chamber working heart model were performed using a spectroscopic method exploiting the specific and different fluorescence lifetimes of intrinsic fluorophores such as NADH and flavins and providing a means of internal signal referencing. It was shown that the redox potential of heart muscle tissue can be assessed by fluorescence measurement. In the steady-state phase of the beating heart, spectroscopic measurements revealed a change in redox state from an initial constant level to a continuous decrease, accompanied by a decrease in heart performance and indications of changes in electrolyte equilibrium (K(+) concentration). At the same time, troponin I levels in the perfusate increased. The results indicate that fluorimetric determination of heart muscle metabolic activity yields reliable information about the functional status of the ex vivo heart and may be advantageous for the optimisation of ex vivo organ models.
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- Lutz Pfeifer
- IOM Innovative Optische Messtechnik GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
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Qiu L, Zhao W, Sick T. Spectroscopic studies of mitochondrial NADH fluorescence signals in brain slices. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS : ... ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007; 2004:4986-9. [PMID: 17271434 DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2004.1404378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Dysfunction of mitochondria links a variety of central nervous system (CNS) disorders and other neurodegenerative diseases. The primary respiratory chain substrate reduced form nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) is an important regulator of respiratory chain function in mitochondria and, because of its fluorescent properties, has been used to assess mitochondrial pathophysiology in cells and tissues. However, assessment of changes in tissue NADH has been limited to qualitative analysis primarily because hemoglobin (Hb) interferes with NADH fluorescence measurements by absorbing both excitation and emission light. This study presents a computer-assisted approach to estimate brain tissue NADH and Hb concentrations quantitatively at the same time. The method is based on a two-dimensionally interpolated database model that is calibrated by fluorescence emission spectra with known-value standard chemical solutions. Quantitative concentrations for NADH and Hb can be determined by the corresponding known-value spectral data that have the minimum error to the sample spectrum obtained from an experiment. Repeatability and reliability tests are also presented in this report. Results demonstrate that this method can feasibly quantify the NADH content regardless of the Hb background in living hippocampal cells during hypoxia, suggesting that it has potential to be applied to in vivo experiments in the future.
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- Liqun Qiu
- Miami University, Coral Gables, FL, USA
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Bashir Z, Miller J, Miyan JA, Thorniley MS. A near infrared spectroscopy study investigating oxygen utilisation in hydrocephalic rats. Exp Brain Res 2006; 175:127-38. [PMID: 16733697 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0541-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2005] [Accepted: 04/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Determination of hydrocephalus and its severity is important for optimal management of the condition. We have used near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to assess changes in concentrations of oxygenated (O2Hb), deoxygenated (HHb), total haemoglobin (tHb) and cytochrome c oxidase (Caa3) in normal and hydrocephalic Texas (HTx) rats in response to a 5 min head down tilt and a sodium pentobarbitone (NaPB) challenge. The former was used to test vascular responses and the latter to test metabolic responses. The haemoglobin oxygenation index (HbD) was derived which provides information regarding oxygen utilisation ([HbD]=[O2Hb]-[HHb]). With the tilt challenge, a significant (P=0.001) difference was observed in [HbD] between normal (n=24) and hydrocephalic (n=14) rats (-3.50 (-6.00 to 0.00) microM cm(-1 )and 7.50 (0.75 to 14.25) microM cm(-1), respectively). In another experiment we tested the response of ten rats to NaPB administration and observed a significant difference (P=0.008) in [Caa3] between normal (n=5) and hydrocephalic (n=5) rats (-6.60 (-7.55 to -5.50) microM cm(-1 )and -2.20 (-5.60 to -1.05) microM cm(-1), respectively). Coronal sections of these ten rat brains were analysed and significant (P<0.05) relationships were found between some of the NIRS parameters and cortical thickness or lateral ventricle area measurements. Our studies demonstrate that a significant difference in cerebral oxygenation and haemodynamics can be observed between normal and hydrocephalic HTx rats using NIRS.
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- Zareen Bashir
- School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M60 1QD, UK.
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Weber W, Link N, Fussenegger M. A genetic redox sensor for mammalian cells. Metab Eng 2006; 8:273-80. [PMID: 16473537 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2005.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2005] [Revised: 12/06/2005] [Accepted: 12/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Nutrient and oxygen availability are key metabolic parameters for biopharmaceutical manufacturing. In order to enable mammalian cells to manifest their intracellular nutrient and oxygen levels we engineered a genetic sensor circuitry which converts signals impinging on the cellular redox balance into a robust reporter gene expression readout. Capitalizing on the Streptomyces coelicolor redox control system, consisting of REX modulating ROP-containing promoters in an NADH-dependent manner, we designed a mammalian dual sensor transcription control system by fusing REX to the generic VP16 transactivation domain of Herpes simplex, which reconstitutes an artificial transactivator (REDOX) able to bind and activate chimeric promoters assembled by placing a ROP operator module 5' of a minimal eukaryotic promoter (P(ROP)). When nutrient levels were low and resulted in depleted NADH pools REDOX-dependent P(ROP)-driven expression of secreted (human-secreted alkaline phosphatase; SEAP) or intracellular (Renilla reniformis luciferase; rLUC) reporter genes was high as a consequence of increased REDOX-P(ROP) affinity. Conversely, at hypoxic conditions leading to high intracellular NADH levels, strongly reduced REDOX-P(ROP) interaction mediated low-level transgene expression in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO-K1) cells. Other molecules (for example, 2,4-dinitrophenol, cyanide or hydrogen peroxide) which are known to imbalance the intracellular NADH/NAD+ poise could also be detected using the REDOX-P(ROP) sensor circuitry. REDOX's sensor capacity (nutrient and oxygen levels) operated seamlessly in transgenic CHO-K1 cell derivatives adapted for growth in serum-free suspension cultures and enabled precise monitoring of the population's metabolic state. As the first genetic metabolic sensor designed for mammalian cells, REDOX may foster advances in process development and biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
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- Wilfried Weber
- Institute for Chemical and Bio-Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, ETH Hoenggerberg HCI F115, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Qiu L, Zhao W, Sick T. Quantitative analysis of brain NADH in the presence of hemoglobin using microfiber spectrofluorometry: a pre-calibration approach. Comput Biol Med 2005; 35:583-601. [PMID: 15809097 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2004.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2004] [Accepted: 05/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Dysfunction of mitochondria links a variety of central nervous system disorders and other neurodegenerative diseases. The primary respiratory chain substrate reduced-form nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) is an important regulator of respiratory chain function in mitochondria and, because of its fluorescent properties, has been used to assess mitochondrial pathophysiology in cells and tissues. However, assessment of changes in tissue NADH has been limited to qualitative analysis primarily because hemoglobin (Hb) interferes with NADH fluorescence measurements by absorbing both excitation and emission light. This report presents a computer-assisted approach to estimate tissue NADH and Hb concentrations quantitatively at the same time. The method is based on a two-dimensionally interpolated database model that is calibrated by fluorescence emission spectra with known-value standard chemical solutions. Quantitative concentrations for NADH and Hb can be determined by the corresponding known-value spectral data that have the minimum error to the sample spectrum obtained from an experiment. Repeatability and reliability tests are also presented in this report. Results demonstrate that this method can feasibly quantify the NADH content regardless of the Hb background in living hippocampal cells during hypoxia, suggesting that it has the potential to be applied to in vivo experiments in the future.
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- Liqun Qiu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Neurology, University of Miami, PO Box 248294, Coral Gables, FL 33124-0621, USA
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Pfeifer L, Stein K, Fink U, Welker A, Wetzl B, Bastian P, Wolfbeis OS. Improved routine bio-medical and bio-analytical online fluorescence measurements using fluorescence lifetime resolution. J Fluoresc 2005; 15:423-32. [PMID: 15986161 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-005-2634-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2004] [Accepted: 01/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fluorescence techniques are widely used as sensitive detection methods in bio-analytics. The use of the bio-physical parameter fluorescence lifetime additional to the spectral characteristics of fluorescence has the potential to improve fluorescence-related detection methods in terms of selectivity in signal recognition, robustness against disturbing influences, and the accessibility of novel bio-chemical process parameters. This article describes the technical set up of a time-resolving instrument with either a fixed time-gated detection principle for improved evaluation of tissue metabolism by an online monitoring of the tissue autofluorescence or a direct fluorescence lifetime detection principle for lifetime-based fluorescent assays.
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- Lutz Pfeifer
- Innovative Optische Messtechnik (IOM) GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
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Hepp S, Gerich FJ, Müller M. Sulfhydryl oxidation reduces hippocampal susceptibility to hypoxia-induced spreading depression by activating BK channels. J Neurophysiol 2005; 94:1091-103. [PMID: 15872065 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00291.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The cytosolic redox status modulates ion channels and receptors by oxidizing/reducing their sulfhydryl (SH) groups. We therefore analyzed to what degree SH modulation affects hippocampal susceptibility to hypoxia. In rat hippocampal slices, severe hypoxia caused a massive depolarization of CA1 neurons and a negative shift of the extracellular DC potential, the characteristic sign of hypoxia-induced spreading depression (HSD). Oxidizing SH groups by 5,5'-dithiobis 2-nitrobenzoic acid (DTNB, 2 mM) postponed HSD by 30%, whereas their reduction by 1,4-dithio-dl-threitol (DTT, 2 mM) or alkylation by N-ethylmaleimide (500 microM) hastened HSD onset. The DTNB-induced postponement of HSD was not affected by tolbutamide (200 microM), dl-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (150 microM), or 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (25 microM). It was abolished, however, by Ni2+ (2 mM), withdrawal of extracellular Ca2+, charybdotoxin (25 nM), and iberiotoxin (50 nM). In CA1 neurons DTNB induced a moderate hyperpolarization, blocked spontaneous spike discharges and postponed the massive hypoxic depolarization. DTT induced burst firing, depolarized glial cells, and hastened the onset of the massive hypoxic depolarization. Schaffer-collateral/CA1 synapses were blocked by DTT but not by DTNB; axonal conduction remained intact. Mitochondria did not markedly respond to DTNB or DTT. While the targets of DTT are less clear, the postponement of HSD by DTNB indicates that sulfhydryl oxidation increases the tolerance of hippocampal tissue slices against hypoxia. We identified as the underlying mechanism the activation of BK channels in a Ca(2+)-sensitive manner. Accordingly, ionic disregulation and the loss of membrane potential occur later or might even be prevented during short-term insults. Therefore well-directed oxidation of SH groups could mediate neuroprotection.
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- Sebastian Hepp
- Zentrum für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, Abteilung Neuro- und Sinnesphysiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Huber R, Spiegel T, Büchner M, Riepe MW. Graded reoxygenation with chemical inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation improves posthypoxic recovery in murine hippocampal slices. J Neurosci Res 2004; 75:441-9. [PMID: 14743458 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Rapid and complete tissue reoxygenation is a prime goal of present stroke therapy. However, reoxygenation may trigger detrimental cascades that partially antagonize beneficial effects. It was our goal to investigate selective grading of reoxygenation with targeting of single mitochondrial complexes in murine hippocampal slices. Population spike amplitude (PSAP) and NADH were measured during hypoxic hypoxia (15 min) and recovery (45 min). With onset of reoxygenation, slices were treated for different times with amobarbital (1 mM), malonate (2 mM), or cyanide (1 mM), inhibitors of mitochondrial complex I, II, or IV, respectively. Other slices were treated with nicotinamide (1 mM). Posthypoxic recovery of PSAP increased from 32% +/- 43% of onset in control slices to 52% +/- 59% (P <.05) upon treatment with amobarbital for 1 min and to 62% +/- 37% (P <.05) upon treatment with malonate. With nicotinamide, posthypoxic recovery improved to 73% +/- 25% (P <.05). Oxidation of NADH was prolonged upon treatment with amobarbital, whereas no change in NADH oxidation was observed with malonate and nicotinamide. Thus, grading of reoxygenation with selective targeting of mitochondrial complex I or II but not of complex IV improves outcome upon reoxygenation in murine hippocampal slices.
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- Roman Huber
- Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Rex A, Pfeifer L, Fink H. Determination of NADH in frozen rat brain sections by laser-induced fluorescence. Biol Chem 2001; 382:1727-32. [PMID: 11843186 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2001.208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Methods to assess metabolism are important analytical tools in neuroscience. The fluorophore nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) is a parameter of cellular metabolism. NADH fluorescence was measured using a laser-based fluorescence detector with spectral and temporal filters. Distribution and intensity of NADH fluorescence were investigated in frozen brain sections. In sections containing hippocampus the intensity of NADH fluorescence was correlated to brain structures. In order to investigate the consequences of neurotoxic lesions, 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine was injected into the dorsal raphe nucleus 4 to 240 days prior to the measurement. NADH fluorescence decreased in the affected region by 50%, indicating that no recovery in metabolic activity had occurred.
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- A Rex
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Free University of Berlin, Germany
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Schuchmann S, Kovacs R, Kann O, Heinemann U, Buchheim K. Monitoring NAD(P)H autofluorescence to assess mitochondrial metabolic functions in rat hippocampal-entorhinal cortex slices. BRAIN RESEARCH. BRAIN RESEARCH PROTOCOLS 2001; 7:267-76. [PMID: 11431129 DOI: 10.1016/s1385-299x(01)00080-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Changes in neuronal energy metabolism, mitochondrial functions and homeostasis of reactive oxygen species are often supposed to induce alterations in neuronal activity in hippocampal slice models. In order to investigate the NAD(P)H autofluorescence signal in brain slice models, methods to monitor NAD(P)H signal in isolated mitochondria as described by Chance et al. [J. Biol. Chem. 254 (1979) 4764] and dissociated neurons as described by Duchen [Biochem. J. 283 (1992) 41] were adapted to recording conditions required for brain slices. Considering different experimental questions, we established an approach to monitor NAD(P)H autofluorescence signals from hippocampal slices of 400 microm thickness under either submerged or interface conditions. Therefore the procedure described here allows the measurement of NAD(P)H autofluorescence under conditions typically required in electrophysiological experiments. Depolarization of plasma membrane caused by electrical stimulation or application of glutamate (100 microM) resulted in a characteristic initial decrease followed by a long-lasting increase in the NAD(P)H autofluorescence signal. H(2)O(2) (100 microM) evoked a strong NAD(P)H signal decrease indicating direct oxidation to the nonfluorescencend NAD(P)(+). In contrast, the increase in NAD(P)H signal that followed a brief inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I using rotenone (1 microM) indicated an accumulation of NAD(P)H. However, in presence of rotenone (1 microM) electrically evoked long-lasting NAD(P)H signal overshoot decreased progressively, due to a negative feedback of accumulated NAD(P)H to the citrate cycle. A comparable reduction in NAD(P)H signal increase were observed during low-Mg(2+) induced epileptiform activity, indicating a relative energy failure. In conclusion, the method presented here allows to monitor NAD(P)H autofluorescence signals to gain insight into the coupling of neuronal activity, energy metabolism and mitochondrial function in brain slice models.
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- S Schuchmann
- Institut für Physiologie, Universitätsklinikum Charité, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Tucholskystrasse 2, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.
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Hirata T, Fukuse T, Ishikawa S, Hanaoka S, Chen Q, Shoji T, Wada H. "Chemical preconditioning" by 3-nitropropionate reduces ischemia-reperfusion injury in cardiac-arrested rat lungs. Transplantation 2001; 71:352-9. [PMID: 11233893 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200102150-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chemical preconditioning was defined as the induction of resistance to massive disruption of energy metabolism through prior chemical suppression of oxidative phosphorylation, by which phenomena similar to those resulting from increased ischemic tolerance as a result of ischemic preconditioning can be induced. It could be induced by the inhibitor of either mitochondrial complex I or II. We investigated whether or not chemical preconditioning by 3-nitropropionate (an inhibitor of the mitochondrial complex II) can suppress ischemia-reperfusion injury in cardiac-arrested lungs, which will be the major problem in lung transplants donated from non-heart-beating cadavers. METHODS AND RESULTS In an isolated rat lung perfusion model with fresh rat blood as perfusate, administration of 3-nitropropionate (20 mg/kg) immediately before the induction of cardiac arrest attenuated pulmonary dysfunction during reperfusion after 1 hr postmortem warm ischemia and 1 hr cold preservation. 3-Nitropropionate administration reduced the mitochondrial respiratory functions (state 3 and state 4 respiration, and the respiratory control ratio) before cardiac arrest and kept them at a lower level of activity than when decreased by ischemia alone. 3-Nitropropionate administration also reduced the ATP levels immediately after drug administration. However, 3-nitropropionate did not significantly reduce lipid peroxidation in the lung tissue and mitochondria. CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrated that chemical preconditioning by 3-nitropropionate administration immediately before cardiac arrest suppressed succinate-related oxidation during postmortem warm ischemia and reduced ischemia-reperfusion injury in cardiac arrested rat lungs.
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- T Hirata
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
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Huber R, Büchner M, Li H, Schlieter M, Sperfeld AD, Speerfeld AD, Riepe MW. Protein binding of NADH on chemical preconditioning. J Neurochem 2000; 75:329-35. [PMID: 10854278 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0750329.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Chemical preconditioning, an emerging neuroprotective strategy described in recent years, results in preserved energy metabolism during hypoxia via yet unknown mechanisms. The hypoxic increase of NADH content is attenuated by preconditioning. The goal of the present study was to investigate whether attenuation of the hypoxic NADH increase is due to a shift between free and protein-bound NADH. NADH in solution has a fluorescence maximum at 469.2 nm. In untreated mouse hippocampal slices, lambda(control onset) is 456.2 +/- 5.3 nm in CA1 (mean +/- SD; p < 0.01 vs. solution) and 454.6 +/- 6.1 nm in CA3 [p < 0.01 vs. solution, not significant (NS) to lambda(control onset) in CA1]. In slices prepared from animals pretreated in vivo with 20 mg/kg 3-nitropropionate, lambda(preconditioning onset) is 439.2 +/- 5.0 nm (p < 0.001 vs. control) in CA1 and 434.2 +/- 6.4 nm in CA3 (p < 0.001 vs. control; NS to lambda(preconditioning onset) in CA1). In controls, the fluorescence maximum shifts to lambda(control hypoxia) 458.2 +/- 1.3 nm in CA1 (NS vs. onset) and 456.0 +/- 3.6 nm in CA3 (NS vs. onset). On preconditioning with 3-nitropropionate, lambda(preconditioning hypoxia) shifts to 446.4 +/- 4.3 nm in CA1 (p < 0.03 vs. onset) and 438.6 +/- 6.9 nm in CA3 (p < 0.03 vs. onset). Posthypoxic decay of free and protein-bound NADH is diminished after preconditioning. We conclude that the free NADH level is reduced on an increase of hypoxic tolerance by chemical preconditioning. Reduction of free NADH content is maintained during hypoxia after preconditioning.
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- R Huber
- Department of Neurology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Storch A, Kaftan A, Burkhardt K, Schwarz J. 1-Methyl-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (salsolinol) is toxic to dopaminergic neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells via impairment of cellular energy metabolism. Brain Res 2000; 855:67-75. [PMID: 10650131 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)02272-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The endogenous neurotoxin 1-methyl-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3, 4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (salsolinol), which is structurally similar to 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), has been reported to inhibit mitochondrial complex I (NADH-Q reductase) activity as does the MPTP metabolite 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP(+)). However, the mechanism of salsolinol leading to neuronal cell death is still unknown. Thus, we correlated indices of cellular energy production and cell viability in human dopaminergic neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells after exposure to salsolinol and compared these results with data obtained with MPP(+). Both toxins induce time and dose-dependent decrease in cell survival with IC(50) values of 34 microM and 94 microM after 72 h for salsolinol and MPP(+), respectively. Furthermore, salsolinol and MPP(+) produce a decrease of intracellular net ATP content with IC(50) values of 62 microM and 66 microM after 48 h, respectively. In contrast to MPP(+), salsolinol does not induce an increase of intracellular net NADH content. In addition, enhancing glycolysis by adding D-glucose to the culture medium protects the cells against MPP(+) but not salsolinol induced cellular ATP depletion and cytotoxicity. These results suggest that cell death induced by salsolinol is due to impairment of cellular energy supply, caused in particular by inhibition of mitochondrial complex II (succinate-Q reductase), but not complex I.
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- A Storch
- Department of Neurology, University of Ulm Medical School, Oberer Eselsberg 45, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
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Kudin A, Vielhaber S, Beck H, Elger CE, Kunz WS. Quantitative investigation of mitochondrial function in single rat hippocampal slices: a novel application of high-resolution respirometry and laser-excited fluorescence spectroscopy. BRAIN RESEARCH. BRAIN RESEARCH PROTOCOLS 1999; 4:329-34. [PMID: 10592342 DOI: 10.1016/s1385-299x(99)00037-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Highly sensitive techniques are needed for the quantitative determination of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation function in single rat hippocampal slices or isolated hippocampal subfields. We determined the oxygen consumption of single hippocampal slices or subfields applying high-resolution respirometry adapted for slice measurements and measured the redox state of mitochondrial NAD(P)H in single hippocampal slices by laser-excited fluorimetry. These methods allow the sensitive detection of two parameters of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation which depend on supply of substrates and respiratory chain function.
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- A Kudin
- Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn Medical Center, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D-53105, Bonn, Germany
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Storch A, Ludolph AC, Schwarz J. HEK-293 cells expressing the human dopamine transporter are susceptible to low concentrations of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridine (MPP+) via impairment of energy metabolism. Neurochem Int 1999; 35:393-403. [PMID: 10517700 DOI: 10.1016/s0197-0186(99)00083-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Selective dopaminergic neurotoxicity induced by 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridine (MPP+) is believed to be due to the transmembrane uptake by the dopamine transporter and subsequent inhibition of mitochondrial complex I and/or production of free radicals. However, little is known about the molecular sequence of intracellular events leading to cell death induced by low concentrations of MPP+. Here we stably express the human dopamine transporter (hDAT) in human embryonic kidney HEK-293 cells to correlate cytotoxicity and indices of cellular energy metabolism after exposure to low concentrations of MPP+. The permanent ektopic expression of hDAT in HEK-293 cells confers time and dose-dependent cytotoxicity at nanomolar concentrations of MPP+ with an IC50 value of 740 nM after 48 h. MPP+ initially induces a fast increase of cellular NADH content within the first 6 h, followed by a slow reduction of intracellular ATP (IC50 value of 690 nM after 48 h) as well as reduction of intracellular ATP/ADP ratio. These changes of cellular energy metabolism precede reduction of cell viability. The toxic effects of MPP+ are blocked by the hDAT inhibitor GBR12909 with EC50 values of 110 and 60 nM for cytotoxicity and ATP depletion, respectively. Antioxidants such as D-alpha-tocopherol and ascorbic acid do not have significant protective effects against MPP+ toxicity. This study shows that HEK-293 cells expressing the hDAT gene are highly sensitive to MPP+ due to (i) transmembrane uptake of MPP+ by the dopamine transporter, (ii) cellular energy depletion, probably caused by inhibition of mitochondrial complex I activity and (iii) that the toxicity is independent from the presence of antioxidants. This cell system may serve as a screening system for endogenous and exogenous compounds with similar effects compared to MPP+ as well as protective agents.
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- A Storch
- Department of Neurology, University of Ulm Medical School, Germany.
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Rex A, Pfeifer L, Fink F, Fink H. Cortical NADH during pharmacological manipulations of the respiratory chain and spreading depression in vivo. J Neurosci Res 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4547(19990801)57:3<359::aid-jnr8>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Kasischke K, Huber R, Li H, Timmler M, Riepe MW. Primary hypoxic tolerance and chemical preconditioning during estrus cycle in mice. Stroke 1999; 30:1256-62. [PMID: 10356109 DOI: 10.1161/01.str.30.6.1256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Exogenous application of estrogens or progesterone ameliorates hypoxic/ischemic cell damage. This study investigates whether values of primary and induced hypoxic tolerance vary endogenously during the estrus cycle in female mice. METHODS Population spike amplitude (PSA) and NADH were measured during hypoxic hypoxia and recovery in hippocampal slices from untreated control animals (C slices) and slices prepared from animals pretreated in vivo with a single intraperitoneal injection of 3-nitropropionate (3NP) (3NP slices) or acetylsalicylate (ASA) (ASA slices). RESULTS Posthypoxic recovery of PSA was dose dependent in 3NP slices from males, with maximal recovery on pretreatment attained with 20 mg/kg 3NP (82+/-32% [mean+/-SD]; C slices, 38+/-29%; P<0.01). PSA recovered to 17+/-12% in C slices during proestrus, 43+/-23% during estrus, and 63+/-44% during diestrus. In 3NP slices, recovery of PSA increased to 57+/-36% (P<0. 05) during proestrus. Hypoxic tolerance was not increased in other stages of the estrus cycle. Hypoxic NADH increase during proestrus declined from 212+/-76% in C slices to 133+/-11% in 3NP slices (P<0. 05). Recovery of PSA in ASA slices was 75+/-36% (P<0.01 versus control) in males and 48+/-34% during proestrus (P<0.05 versus ASA slices from males). CONCLUSIONS Primary and induced hypoxic tolerance are endogenously modulated during the estrus cycle. Differences in hypoxic oxidative energy metabolism mediate part of the differential tolerance. Experimental and clinical therapeutic strategies against cerebral ischemia/hypoxia need to consider sex-related dependence.
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- K Kasischke
- Department of Neurology, University of Ulm (Germany)
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Kunz WS, Goussakov IV, Beck H, Elger CE. Altered mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in hippocampal slices of kainate-treated rats. Brain Res 1999; 826:236-42. [PMID: 10224301 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01279-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mitochondria provide the main neuronal energy supply and are important organelles for the sequestration of intracellular Ca2+. This indicates a possible important role for mitochondria in modulating neuronal excitability in normal function as well as in disease. Therefore, we have investigated mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in the kainate model of epilepsy. We measured the oxygen consumption of single 400-micron rat hippocampal slices applying high resolution respirometry and determined mitochondrial NAD(P)H autofluorescence signal changes in single slices by laser-excited fluorescence spectroscopy. We observed an about 2-fold higher (p<0.001) basal glucose oxidation rate in slices from kainate-treated animals. This increased endogenous energy consumption was found to be unrelated to spontaneous activity since it was not sensitive to the inhibitors of the sodium-potassium ATPase ouabain and of the mitochondrial adenine nucleotide translocator atractyloside. This finding suggested an increased mitochondrial energy turnover in kainate-induced epilepsy. Furthermore, the uncoupler-stimulated oxygen consumption of the slices was approximately 1.3-fold higher (p<0.01) in the kainate model. In accordance with the respirometric data, fluorescence spectroscopy showed decreased reduction levels of the mitochondrial NAD-system in glucose oxidizing slices from kainate-treated rats. The preincubation of epileptic hippocampal slices with either BAPTA AM, ruthenium red or TPP+ increased the atractyloside sensitivity of glucose oxidation to about 1.4-fold (p<0.01). These observations indicate that the increased mitochondrial energy turnover in hippocampal slices from kainate-treated rats is most possibly caused by futile Ca2+-cycling.
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- W S Kunz
- Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn Medical Center, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D-53105, Bonn, Germany.
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Fukuda A, Deshpande SB, Shimano Y, Nishino H. Astrocytes are more vulnerable than neurons to cellular Ca2+ overload induced by a mitochondrial toxin, 3-nitropropionic acid. Neuroscience 1998; 87:497-507. [PMID: 9740408 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(98)00139-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The differential effects of 3-nitropropionic acid on cultured neurons and astrocytes (of cortical and striatal origin) were examined by studying intracellular Ca2+ changes using imaging techniques with fura-2. The neurons and astrocytes whose intracellular Ca2+ concentration was recorded were identified later by immunocytochemical staining for microtubule-associated protein 2 and glial fibrillary acidic protein, respectively. 3-Nitropropionic acid (1.7 mM) irreversibly increased intracellular Ca2+ in astrocytes (27%) and, to a significantly smaller extent, in neurons (10%). The latency to onset of the intracellular Ca2+ increase was longer in neurons (45 min) than in astrocytes (29 min). Thus, a differential susceptibility of astrocytes and neurons was observed. The 3-nitropropionic acid-induced astrocytic and neuronal Ca2+ accumulations were both due to influx of Ca2+, as the increases were absent in Ca2+-free medium. An inhibitor of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger (2',4'-dichlorobenzamil), greatly reduced the intracellular Ca2+ increase in astrocytes, but not in neurons. This indicates that the intracellular Ca2+ increase in astrocytes is primarily mediated by a reverse operation of the Na+-Ca2+ exchange system, whereas in neurons it is mediated by a different mechanism. In addition, we noted that astrocytic cell death occurred in 9% of cells at 60 min or more after the start of a 40 min perfusion with 3-nitropropionic acid, while only 4% of neurons died. In astrocytes, cell death was preceded by blebbing of the cell membrane, and by a sustained increase in intracellular Ca2+ followed by an abrupt further elevation occurring just before cellular collapse. The present results indicate that astrocytes are more vulnerable than neurons to 3-nitropropionic acid-induced cellular Ca2+ overload and toxicity, and hence support the hypothesis that, in part, 3-nitropropionic acid-induced neurotoxicity could be secondary to astrocytic cell death caused by Ca2+ overload.
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- A Fukuda
- Department of Physiology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan
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Riepe MW, Esclaire F, Kasischke K, Schreiber S, Nakase H, Kempski O, Ludolph AC, Dirnagl U, Hugon J. Increased hypoxic tolerance by chemical inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation: "chemical preconditioning". J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1997; 17:257-64. [PMID: 9119898 DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199703000-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A short ischemic episode preceding sustained ischemia is known to increase tolerance against ischemic cell death. We report early-onset long-lasting neuroprotection against in vitro hypoxia by preceding selective chemical inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation: "chemical preconditioning." The amplitude of CA1 population spikes (psap) in hippocampal slices prepared from control animals (control slices) was 31 +/- 27% (mean +/- SD) upon 45-min recovery from 15-min in vitro hypoxia. In slices prepared from animals treated in vivo with 20 mg/kg 3-nitropropionate (3-np) 1-24 h prior to slice preparation (preconditioned slices), psap improved to 90 +/- 15% (p < 0.01). Posthypoxic oxygen free radicals were reduced to 65 +/- 10% (mean +/- SD) of control in preconditioned slices (p < 0.05). Posthypoxic neuronal density improved from 52 +/- 15% (mean +/- SD) in control slices to 97 +/- 23% in preconditioned slices (p < 0.001). Glibenclamide, an antagonist at KATP-channels, partly reversed increased hypoxic tolerance. We conclude that chemical preconditioning induces early-onset long-lasting tolerance against in vitro hypoxia. Ultimately, this strategy may be applicable as a neuroprotective strategy in humans.
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- M W Riepe
- Department of Neurology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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