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Lin W, Liu H, Zhang Y, Chen Y, Qin Y. Fe(Ⅱ) improving sulfurized Anammox coupled with autotrophic denitrification performance: Based on interspecies and intracellular electron transfer. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 364:128051. [PMID: 36191753 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Insufficient nitrite supply and slow metabolism of Anammox bacteria (AnAOB) impeded the application of Anammox process in low level ammonia (LLA) (≤50 mg/L) wastewater. At the initial concentration of 50 mg/L NH4+-N and 75 mg/L NO3--N, Fe(Ⅱ) (10 mg/L) promoted the total nitrogen removal efficiency from 80.79 to 94.92 % by core-shell sulfurized AnAOB coupled with sulfur oxidizing bacteria (S0@AnAOB + SOB). AnAOB outcompeted SOB for nitrite, because the addition of Fe(Ⅱ) not only increased the nitrate reductase activity (37.54 %), but also enhanced the metabolism and electron capture ability of AnAOB, which was highly related with energy metabolic process: hydrazine dehydrogenase activity increased to 139.00 %. Particularly, Fe(Ⅱ) accelerated the interspecies electron transfer (INET) (from SOB to AnAOB) by stimulating the secretion of redox species and electron hopping in EPS. This study shed light on the mechanism of Fe(Ⅱ) promoting electron transfer in S0@AnAOB + SOB system, and provided basis for engineering practice.
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- Wenmin Lin
- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P. R. China
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P. R. China.
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- School of Environment and Energy, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Wastes Pollution Control and Recycling, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, P. R. China
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Li E, Bolser DG, Kroll KJ, Brockmeier EK, Falciani F, Denslow ND. Comparative toxicity of three phenolic compounds on the embryo of fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2018; 201:66-72. [PMID: 29879596 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Phenols are classified as polar narcotics, which are thought to cause toxicity by non-specific mechanisms, possibly by disrupting membrane structure and function. Here we test three phenolic chemicals, phenol, 2,4-dichlorphenol and pentachlorophenol on embryo development, heartbeat rate and mitochondrial respiration in fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). While these chemicals have been used on isolated mitochondria, they have not yet been used to verify respiration in intact embryos. Mitochondrial respiration in intact embryos was measured after optimizing the Seahorse XFe24 Extracellular Flux Analyzer. Heartbeat rate and mitochondrial respiration patterns of fathead minnow embryos at different developmental stages were also characterized. Exposures of embryos at developmental stage 20 occurred for 24 h with five concentrations of each phenolic compound ranging from 0.85 to 255 μM for phenol, 0.49 to 147 μM for 2,4-dichlorophenol and 0.3 to 90 μM for pentachlorophenol. Exposure to phenol at the concentrations tested had no effects on development, heartbeat or mitochondrial respiration. However, both 2,4-dichlorophenol and pentachlorophenol showed dose-dependent effects on development, heartbeat rate, and mitochondrial respiration, with the effects occurring at lower concentrations of pentachlorophenol, compared to 2,4-dichlorophenol, highlighting the higher toxicity of the more chlorinated phenols. Both 2,4-dichlorophenol and pentachlorophenol decreased basal mitochondrial respiration of embryos and ATP production. These results indicate that higher chlorinated phenolic chemicals cause developmental toxicity in fathead minnow embryos by decreasing mitochondrial respiration and heartbeat rate.
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- Erchao Li
- Department of Physiological Sciences and Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; College of Marine Sciences, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan 570228, China
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- Department of Physiological Sciences and Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences and Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiological Sciences and Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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Childress ES, Alexopoulos SJ, Hoehn KL, Santos WL. Small Molecule Mitochondrial Uncouplers and Their Therapeutic Potential. J Med Chem 2017; 61:4641-4655. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Elizabeth S. Childress
- Department of Chemistry and Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia
- Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Center, and Emily Couric Clinical Cancer Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Virginia Tech Center for Drug Discovery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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A dual-targeting approach to inhibit Brucella abortus replication in human cells. Sci Rep 2016; 6:35835. [PMID: 27767061 PMCID: PMC5073326 DOI: 10.1038/srep35835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Brucella abortus is an intracellular bacterial pathogen and an etiological agent of the zoonotic disease known as brucellosis. Brucellosis can be challenging to treat with conventional antibiotic therapies and, in some cases, may develop into a debilitating and life-threatening chronic illness. We used multiple independent assays of in vitro metabolism and intracellular replication to screen a library of 480 known bioactive compounds for novel B. abortus anti-infectives. Eighteen non-cytotoxic compounds specifically inhibited B. abortus replication in the intracellular niche, which suggests these molecules function by targeting host cell processes. Twenty-six compounds inhibited B. abortus metabolism in axenic culture, thirteen of which are non-cytotoxic to human host cells and attenuate B. abortus replication in the intracellular niche. The most potent non-cytotoxic inhibitors of intracellular replication reduce B. abortus metabolism in axenic culture and perturb features of mammalian cellular biology including mitochondrial function and receptor tyrosine kinase signaling. The efficacy of these molecules as inhibitors of B. abortus replication in the intracellular niche suggests “dual-target” compounds that coordinately perturb host and pathogen are promising candidates for development of improved therapeutics for intracellular infections.
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Peters BJ, Groninger AS, Fontes FL, Crick DC, Crans DC. Differences in Interactions of Benzoic Acid and Benzoate with Interfaces. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:9451-9. [PMID: 27482911 PMCID: PMC6168200 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The interaction of benzoic acid and benzoate with model membrane systems was characterized to understand the molecular interactions of the two forms of a simple aromatic acid with the components of the membrane. The microemulsion system based on bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) allowed determination of the molecular positioning using 1D NMR and 2D NMR spectroscopic methods. Benzoic acid and benzoate were both found to penetrate the membrane/water interfaces; however, the benzoic acid was able to penetrate much deeper and thus is more readily able to traverse a membrane. The Langmuir monolayer model system, using dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, was used as a generic membrane lipid for a cell. Compression isotherms of monolayers demonstrated a pH dependent interaction with a lipid monolayer and confirming the pH dependent observations shown in the reverse micellar model system. These studies provide an explanation for the antimicrobial activity of benzoic acid while benzoate is inactive. Furthermore, these studies form the framework upon which we are investigating the mode of bacterial uptake of pyrazinoic acid, the active form of pyrazinamide, a front line drug used to combat tuberculosis.
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- Benjamin J Peters
- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Biochemistry, §Cell and Molecular Biology Program, and ∥Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Biochemistry, §Cell and Molecular Biology Program, and ∥Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Biochemistry, §Cell and Molecular Biology Program, and ∥Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Biochemistry, §Cell and Molecular Biology Program, and ∥Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, ‡Department of Biochemistry, §Cell and Molecular Biology Program, and ∥Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, United States
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Xie MZ, Shoulkamy MI, Salem AMH, Oba S, Goda M, Nakano T, Ide H. Aldehydes with high and low toxicities inactivate cells by damaging distinct cellular targets. Mutat Res 2016; 786:41-51. [PMID: 26917342 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2016.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Revised: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Aldehydes are genotoxic and cytotoxic molecules and have received considerable attention for their associations with the pathogenesis of various human diseases. In addition, exposure to anthropogenic aldehydes increases human health risks. The general mechanism of aldehyde toxicity involves adduct formation with biomolecules such as DNA and proteins. Although the genotoxic effects of aldehydes such as mutations and chromosomal aberrations are directly related to DNA damage, the role of DNA damage in the cytotoxic effects of aldehydes is poorly understood because concurrent protein damage by aldehydes has similar effects. In this study, we have analysed how saturated and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes exert cytotoxic effects through DNA and protein damage. Interestingly, DNA repair is essential for alleviating the cytotoxic effect of weakly toxic aldehydes such as saturated aldehydes but not highly toxic aldehydes such as long α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. Thus, highly toxic aldehydes inactivate cells exclusively by protein damage. Our data suggest that DNA interstrand crosslinks, but not DNA-protein crosslinks and DNA double-strand breaks, are the critical cytotoxic DNA damage induced by aldehydes. Further, we show that the depletion of intracellular glutathione and the oxidation of thioredoxin 1 partially account for the DNA damage-independent cytotoxicity of aldehydes. On the basis of these findings, we have proposed a mechanistic model of aldehyde cytotoxicity mediated by DNA and protein damage.
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- Ming-Zhang Xie
- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan; Department of Zoology, Biological Science Building, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt
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- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan; Department of Pathology, Medical Research Division, National Research Centre, El-Bohouth St., Dokki, Giza 12311, Egypt
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- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan.
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Stock U, Matter H, Diekert K, Dörner W, Dröse S, Licher T. Measuring interference of drug-like molecules with the respiratory chain: toward the early identification of mitochondrial uncouplers in lead finding. Assay Drug Dev Technol 2013; 11:408-22. [PMID: 23992120 PMCID: PMC3777647 DOI: 10.1089/adt.2012.463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The electron transport chain (ETC) couples electron transfer between donors and acceptors with proton transport across the inner mitochondrial membrane. The resulting electrochemical proton gradient is used to generate chemical energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Proton transfer is based on the activity of complex I-V proteins in the ETC. The overall electrical activity of these proteins can be measured by proton transfer using Solid Supported Membrane technology. We tested the activity of complexes I, III, and V in a combined assay, called oxidative phosphorylation assay (oxphos assay), by activating each complex with the corresponding substrate. The oxphos assay was used to test in-house substances from different projects and several drugs currently available on the market that have reported effects on mitochondrial functions. The resulting data were compared to the influence of the respective compounds on mitochondria as determined by oxygen consumption and to data generated with an ATP depletion assay. The comparison shows that the oxidative phosphorylation assay provides both a rapid approach for detecting interaction of compounds with respiratory chain proteins and information on their mode of interaction. Therefore, the oxphos assay is a useful tool to support structure activity relationship studies by allowing early identification of mitotoxicity and for analyzing the outcome of phenotypic screens that are susceptible to the generation of mitotoxicity-related artifacts.
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- Ursula Stock
- R&D LGCR, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
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- R&D LGCR, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
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- ZBC-Molekulare Bioenergetik, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
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- R&D LGCR, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
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Chimerel C, Murray AJ, Oldewurtel ER, Summers DK, Keyser UF. The effect of bacterial signal indole on the electrical properties of lipid membranes. Chemphyschem 2013; 14:417-23. [PMID: 23303560 PMCID: PMC3790958 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201200793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2012] [Revised: 11/12/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Indole is an important biological signalling molecule produced by many Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial species, including Escherichia coli. Here we study the effect of indole on the electrical properties of lipid membranes. Using electrophysiology, we show that two indole molecules act cooperatively to transport charge across the hydrophobic core of the lipid membrane. To enhance charge transport, induced by indole across the lipid membrane, we use an indole derivative, 4 fluoro-indole. We demonstrate parallels between charge transport through artificial lipid membranes and the function of complex eukaryotic membrane systems by showing that physiological indole concentrations increase the rate of mitochondrial oxygen consumption. Our data provide a biophysical explanation for how indole may link the metabolism of bacterial and eukaryotic cells.
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- Catalin Chimerel
- Cavendish Laboratory, Department of PhysicsUniversity of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE (United Kingdom), Fax: (+44) (0)1223 337000
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- Department of Physiology, Development & NeuroscienceUniversity of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EG (United Kingdom)
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- Cavendish Laboratory, Department of PhysicsUniversity of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE (United Kingdom), Fax: (+44) (0)1223 337000
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- Department of GeneticsUniversity of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EH (United Kingdom)
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- Cavendish Laboratory, Department of PhysicsUniversity of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE (United Kingdom), Fax: (+44) (0)1223 337000
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Halecky M, Karlova P, Paca J, Stiborova M, Kozliak EI, Bajpai R, Sedlacek I. Biodegradation of a mixture of mononitrophenols in a packed-bed aerobic reactor. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART A, TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2013; 48:989-999. [PMID: 23573919 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2013.773195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Aerobic biodegradation of individual mononitrophenols (4-, 3- and 2-NPs) and their mixture in simulated wastewater was investigated in a packed-bed bench scale bioreactor continuously operated in a flow mode, with a mixed microbial culture adsorbed on expanded slate. Under a low, suboptimal hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 30 min the reactor removed more than 3 g.L(-1).day(-1) of the NP mixture while maintaining a > 85-90% removal efficiency (RE). Under higher HRT values, starting at 45 min, more than 2 g.L(-1).day(-1) of the NP mixture were removed with an RE > 98%. Significant substrate interactions were observed; the addition of other NPs caused the saturation of 2-NP catabolic capacity whereas the addition of 2-NP caused the de-saturation of the 4- and 3-NP catabolic capacity. 3- and 4-NPs appeared to be removed independently, i.e., by different enzyme systems. After ten months of operation, the biofilm composition was significantly altered to become predominantly bacterial. Only one originally inoculated strain remained indicating microbial contamination followed by a genetic material exchange.
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- Martin Halecky
- Institute of Chemical Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Prague, Czech Republic
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Serviddio G, Bellanti F, Vendemiale G, Altomare E. Mitochondrial dysfunction in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2011; 5:233-44. [PMID: 21476918 DOI: 10.1586/egh.11.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is poorly understood and the mechanisms are still being elucidated. Mitochondrial dysfunction participates at different levels in NASH pathogenesis since it impairs fatty liver homeostasis and induces overproduction of free radicals that in turn trigger lipid peroxidation and cell death. In this article, we review the role of mitochondria in fat metabolism, energy homeostasis and reactive oxygen species production, with a focus on the role of mitochondrial impairment and uncoupling proteins in the pathophysiology of NASH progression. The potential effects of some molecules targeted to mitochondria are also discussed.
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- Gaetano Serviddio
- CURE (Centre for Liver Disease Research and Treatment), Department of Medical and Occupational Sciences, University of Foggia, 70124 Foggia, Italy.
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Serviddio G, Sastre J, Bellanti F, Viña J, Vendemiale G, Altomare E. Mitochondrial involvement in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Mol Aspects Med 2008; 29:22-35. [PMID: 18061659 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2007.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2007] [Accepted: 09/28/2007] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an increasing recognized condition that may progress to end-stage liver disease. There are consistent evidences that mitochondrial dysfunction plays a central role in NASH whatever its origin. Mitochondria are the key controller of fatty acids removal and this is part of an intensive gene program that modifies hepatocytes to counteract the excessive fat storage. Mitochondrial dysfunction participates at different levels in NASH pathogenesis since it impairs fatty liver homeostasis and induces overproduction of ROS that in turn trigger lipid peroxidation, cytokines release and cell death. In this review we briefly recall the role of mitochondria in fat metabolism and energy homeostasis and focus on the role of mitochondrial impairment and uncoupling proteins in the pathophysiology of NASH progression. We suggest that mitochondrial respiratory chain, UCP2 and redox balance cooperate in a common pathway that permits to set down the mitochondrial redox pressure, limits the risk of oxidative damage, and allows the maximal rate of fat removal. When the environmental conditions change and high energy supply occurs, hepatocytes are unable to replace their ATP store and steatosis progress to NASH and cirrhosis. The beneficial effects of some drugs on mitochondrial function are also discussed.
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- Gaetano Serviddio
- Department of Medical and Occupational Sciences, University of Foggia, v.le Pinto 1, 71100 Foggia, Italy.
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Danko P, Flury T, Hall RG, Karrer F, Kienast H, Kriz M, Leuenberger K, Pascual A, Steiger A, Trah S. Substituted alpha-(phenylhydrazono)phenylacetonitrile derivatives. Part 1: A new class of uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2006; 62:229-35. [PMID: 16475241 DOI: 10.1002/ps.1151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Substituted alpha-(phenylhydrazono)phenylacetonitrile derivatives have been discovered which constitute a series of potent uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation. Systematic variation of substituents on both benzene rings has clearly demonstrated the importance of steric congestion around the ionisation site and delocalisation of negative charge in the anionic form. Replacement of the cyano group by other electron-withdrawing groups leads to a dramatic decrease in uncoupling activity. The sub-nanomolar levels of uncoupling activity found in certain members indicate that these compounds are the most potent uncouplers yet reported.
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- Peter Danko
- Synkola Consortium, Mlynska Dolina, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Tan MGK, Ooi LLPJ, Aw SE, Hui KM. Cloning and identification of hepatocellular carcinoma down-regulated mitochondrial carrier protein, a novel liver-specific uncoupling protein. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:45235-44. [PMID: 15322095 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403683200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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We report the identification of a novel cDNA fragment that shows significantly reduced expression in cancerous tissue compared with paired non-cancerous liver tissue in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The full-length transcript of 1733 bp encodes a protein of 308 amino acids that has all the hallmark features of mitochondrial carrier proteins. We designate the novel protein as HDMCP (HCC-down-regulated mitochondrial carrier protein). The HDMCP orthologs in human, mouse, and rat are found to exhibit close similarity in protein sequence and gene organization, as well as exclusive expression in the liver. Moreover, conserved syntenic regions have been demonstrated at the HDMCP gene locus in the human, mouse, and rat genome. Taken together, we suggest that HDMCP might have a conserved and unique biological function in the liver. Overexpression of HDMCP in transiently transfected cancer cells results in the loss of staining by MitoTracker dye, indicating that HDMCP could induce the dissipation of mitochondrial membrane potential (DeltaPsim). However, HDMCP-mediated disruption of DeltaPsim is not related to mitochondrial permeability transition or apoptosis. In addition, we further demonstrate that the dissipation of DeltaPsim is accompanied by significant reduction of cellular ATP in 293T cells overexpressing HDMCP or uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2). Our present findings suggest that HDMCP might be one of the long postulated uncoupling proteins that catalyze the physiological "proton leak" in the liver. The down-regulation of HDMCP in HCC cancer cells might result in the elevation of DeltaPsim, a common phenomenon found in cancer cells.
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- Michelle G K Tan
- Department of Clinical Research, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
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Selak MA, Storey BT, Peterside I, Simmons RA. Impaired oxidative phosphorylation in skeletal muscle of intrauterine growth-retarded rats. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2003; 285:E130-7. [PMID: 12637257 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00322.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) has been linked to the development of type 2 diabetes in later life. We have developed a model of uteroplacental insufficiency, a common cause of intrauterine growth retardation, in the rat. Early in life, the animals are insulin resistant and by 6 mo of age they develop diabetes. Glycogen content and insulin-stimulated 2-deoxyglucose uptake were significantly decreased in muscle from IUGR rats. IUGR muscle mitochondria exhibited significantly decreased rates of state 3 oxygen consumption with pyruvate, glutamate, alpha-ketoglutarate, and succinate. Decreased pyruvate oxidation in IUGR mitochondria was associated with decreased ATP production, decreased pyruvate dehydrogenase activity, and increased expression of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4. Such a defect in IUGR mitochondria leads to a chronic reduction in the supply of ATP available from oxidative phosphorylation. Impaired ATP synthesis in muscle compromises energy-dependent GLUT4 recruitment to the cell surface, glucose transport, and glycogen synthesis, which contribute to insulin resistance and hyperglycemia of type 2 diabetes.
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- Mary A Selak
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, 19104, USA
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Kadenbach B. Intrinsic and extrinsic uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1604:77-94. [PMID: 12765765 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(03)00027-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 362] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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This article reviews parameters of extrinsic uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) in mitochondria, based on induction of a proton leak across the inner membrane. The effects of classical uncouplers, fatty acids, uncoupling proteins (UCP1-UCP5) and thyroid hormones on the efficiency of OxPhos are described. Furthermore, the present knowledge on intrinsic uncoupling of cytochrome c oxidase (decrease of H(+)/e(-) stoichiometry=slip) is reviewed. Among the three proton pumps of the respiratory chain of mitochondria and bacteria, only cytochrome c oxidase is known to exhibit a slip of proton pumping. Intrinsic uncoupling was shown after chemical modification, by site-directed mutagenesis of the bacterial enzyme, at high membrane potential DeltaPsi, and in a tissue-specific manner to increase thermogenesis in heart and skeletal muscle by high ATP/ADP ratios, and in non-skeletal muscle tissues by palmitate. In addition, two mechanisms of respiratory control are described. The first occurs through the membrane potential DeltaPsi and maintains high DeltaPsi values (150-200 mV). The second occurs only in mitochondria, is suggested to keep DeltaPsi at low levels (100-150 mV) through the potential dependence of the ATP synthase and the allosteric ATP inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase at high ATP/ADP ratios, and is reversibly switched on by cAMP-dependent phosphorylation. Finally, the regulation of DeltaPsi and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in mitochondria at high DeltaPsi values (150-200 mV) are discussed.
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- Bernhard Kadenbach
- Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, D-35032 Marburg, Germany.
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Hiraishi A, Kawagishi T. Effects of Chemical Uncouplers on Microbial Biomass Production, Metabolic Activity, and Community Structure in an Activated Sludge System. Microbes Environ 2002. [DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.17.197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Akira Hiraishi
- Department of Ecological Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology
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- Department of Ecological Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology
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Bahar S, Fayuk D, Somjen GG, Aitken PG, Turner DA. Mitochondrial and intrinsic optical signals imaged during hypoxia and spreading depression in rat hippocampal slices. J Neurophysiol 2000; 84:311-24. [PMID: 10899206 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.84.1.311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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During hypoxia in the CA1 region of the rat hippocampus, spreading-depression-like depolarization (hypoxic spreading depression or HSD) is accompanied by both a negative shift of the extracellular DC potential (DeltaV(o)), and a sharp decrease in light transmittance (intrinsic optical signal or IOS). To investigate alterations in mitochondrial function during HSD and normoxic spreading depression (SD), we simultaneously imaged mitochondrial depolarization, using rhodamine-123 (R123) fluorescence, and IOS while monitoring extracellular voltage. Three major phases of the R123 signal were observed during hypoxia: a gradual, diffuse fluorescence increase, a sharp increase in fluorescence coincident with the HSD-related DeltaV(o), primarily in the CA1 region, and a plateau-like phase if reoxygenation is delayed after HSD onset, persisting until reoxygenation occurs. Two phases occurred following re-oxygenation: an abrupt and then slow decrease in fluorescence to near baseline and a slow secondary increase to slightly above baseline and a late recovery. Parallel phases of the IOS response during hypoxia were also observed though delayed compared with the R123 responses: an initial increase, a large decrease coincident with the HSD-related DeltaV(o), and a trough following HSD. After reoxygenation, there occurred a delayed increase in transmittance and then a slow decrease, returning to near baseline. When Ca(2+) was removed from the external medium, resulting in complete synaptic blockade, the mitochondrial response to hypoxia did not significantly differ from control (normal Ca(2+)) conditions. In slices maintained in low-chloride (2.4 mM) medium, a dramatic reversal in the direction of the IOS signal associated with HSD occurred, and the R123 signal during HSD was severely attenuated. Normoxic SD induced by micro-injection of KCl was also associated with a decrease in light transmittance and a sharp increase in R123 fluorescence but both responses were less pronounced than during HSD. Our results show two mitochondrial responses to hypoxia: an initial depolarization that appears to be caused by depressed electron transport due to lack of oxygen and a later, sudden, sharp depolarization linked to HSD. The depression of the second, sharp depolarization and the inversion of the IOS in low-chloride media suggest a role of Cl(-)-dependent mitochondrial swelling. Lack of effect of Ca(2+)-free medium on the R123 and IOS responses suggests that the protection against hypoxic damage by low Ca(2+) is not due to the prevention of mitochondrial depolarization.
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- S Bahar
- Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Masubuchi Y, Yamada S, Horie T. Diphenylamine as an important structure of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to uncouple mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Biochem Pharmacol 1999; 58:861-5. [PMID: 10449197 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(99)00163-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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A marked difference has been observed in the inhibitory effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) on oxidative phosphorylation of rat liver mitochondria. It should be noted that some of the potent inhibitors, N-phenylanthranilic acids and diclofenac, have a similar "skeleton" structure, diphenylamine. Diphenylamine itself was found to inhibit oxidative phosphorylation significantly, although its inhibition potency was weaker than that of NSAIDs with a diphenylamine structure. In addition to decreases in the respiration control index (ratio of state 3 to state 4 respiration), these compounds released oligomycin-inhibited state 3 respiration. These results demonstrated that diphenylamine, as well as N-phenylanthranilic acids and diclofenac, was an uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation of rat liver mitochondria. Thus, diphenylamine was suggested to play an important role in the uncoupling effects of NSAIDs with a diphenylamine skeleton.
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- Y Masubuchi
- Laboratory of Biopharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Japan
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Weinbach EC, Levenbook L, Alling DW. Binding of tricyclic antidepressant drugs to trophozoites of giardia lamblia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992; 102:391-6. [PMID: 1360349 DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(92)90131-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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1. Parameters affecting the binding of the tricyclic drugs imipramine and 3-chloroimipramine to Giardia lamblia trophozoites were studied. 2. Two to three times more chlorimipramine than imipramine was bound, consistent with a similar difference in suppressing parasite growth (Weinbach et al., 1985). 3. Kinetic analysis and the ease with which bound drugs can be washed out of the parasites indicate that noncovalent forces are involved in the drug-parasite interaction. 4. Evidence is presented that such drugs probably bind to parasite protein at common binding sites. 5. The data relate to our earlier observation that chlorimipramine is about ten times more effective than metronidazole (Crouch et al., 1986) in suppressing G. lamblia growth in vitro. Tricyclic drugs, therefore, merit serious consideration as novel therapeutic agents against giardiasis.
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- E C Weinbach
- Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Schnellmann RG, Manning RO. Perfluorooctane sulfonamide: a structurally novel uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1016:344-8. [PMID: 2331477 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(90)90167-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The effects of sulfluramide (N-ethylperfluorooctane sulfonamide) and perfluorooctane sulfonamide (DESFA) on isolated rabbit renal cortical mitochondria (RCM) were examined. Sulfluramid (1-100 microM) and DESFA (0.5-50 microM) increased state 4 respiration of RCM respiring on pyruvate/malate or succinate in a concentration dependent manner in the absence of a phosphate acceptor. In addition, both sulfluramid and DESFA increased state 4 respiration in the presence of oligomycin, an inhibitor of F0F1-ATPase. The effects of sulfluramid (200 microM), DESFA (100 microM), and the known protonophore and uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation, carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP) (1 microM), on RCM proton movement were examined directly by monitoring extramitochondrial pH and indirectly by monitoring passive mitochondrial swelling. Immediately upon addition, DESFA and FCCP, but not sulfluramid, dissipated the RCM proton gradient and caused RCM to swell in solutions of NaCl or NH4Cl. These results show that DESFA uncouples oxidative phosphorylation by acting as a protonophore. RCM were shown to metabolize sulfluramid to DESFA which suggests that the increase in state 4 respiration observed with sulfluramid is due to DESFA. DESFA is unique in that it is one of two uncouplers that does not contain a ring structure and thus may be a useful model in the study of oxidative phosphorylation.
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- R G Schnellmann
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602
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Porumb H, Petrescu I. Interaction with mitochondria of the anthracycline cytostatics adriamycin and daunomycin. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1986; 48:103-25. [PMID: 3029807 DOI: 10.1016/0079-6107(86)90002-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Kramer RS, Pearlstein RD. Reversible uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation at low oxygen tension. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1983; 80:5807-11. [PMID: 6577456 PMCID: PMC390164 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.80.19.5807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The stoichiometry of oxidative phosphorylation at low oxygen tension (less than 3 torr; O2 less than 5 microM) has been measured in rat liver mitochondria. In a steady-state model in which respiration rate was experimentally controlled by either oxygen or substrate (succinate) limitation, flux-dependent variation in the phosphorylation efficiency (P/O ratio) of stimulated mitochondrial respiration was evaluated. P/O ratio remained constant over a wide range of respiration rates in mitochondria limited only by substrate availability. In contrast, oxygen-limited mitochondria demonstrated a continuous decline in P/O ratio as respiration was increasingly restricted. Significant differences in the two test conditions were demonstrated throughout the range of analysis. The effect of oxygen limitation on phosphorylation efficiency was shown to be completely reversed by restoring zero-order kinetics associated with high oxygen tension. These findings are discussed in regard to a proposed uncoupling of mitochondrial coupling site II at low oxygen tension arising as a consequence of energy-dissipating electron flux through the ubiquinone-cytochrome b-c1 region of the respiratory chain (complex III).
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Isenberg G, Vereecke J, van der Heyden G, Carmeliet E. The shortening of the action potential by DNP in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes is mediated by an increase of a time-independent K conductance. Pflugers Arch 1983; 397:251-9. [PMID: 6889093 DOI: 10.1007/bf00580257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Weinbach EC, Costa JL, Claggett CE, Fay DD, Hundal T. Reserpine as an uncoupler of oxidative phosphorylation and the relevance to its psychoactive properties. Biochem Pharmacol 1983; 32:1371-7. [PMID: 6222736 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(83)90449-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Many drugs differing widely in chemical structure uncouple mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in vitro. This observation has led to the hypothesis that in vivo uncoupling is the basis of their pharmacological activity. Serpasil, a parenteral preparation of reserpine, recently has been shown to uncouple oxidative phosphorylation in vervet monkey kidney mitochondria. Although the drug exhibits some properties of a "classical" uncoupler, our studies show that it has a dual effect on energy conservation. Reserpine released respiratory control in rat liver mitochondria only when dissolved in organic solvents (as in Serpasil) or when deprotonated. Reserpine also released the oligomycin-induced respiratory control in beef heart submitochondrial particles, and inhibited energized uptake of Ca2- by rat liver mitochondria. Reserpine had a dual effect on mitochondrial ATPase: It (a) enhanced ATP hydrolysis by intact liver mitochondria, and (b) inhibited ATP hydrolysis by submitochondrial particles of beef heart. On a molar basis, reserpine was less effective than carbonyl cyanide 3-chlorophenylhydrazone in all bioenergetic reactions examined. Homogenates and mitochondria isolated from brain and liver of rats stuporous from intraperitoneally injections of Serpasil exhibited no detectable abnormalities in respiratory states and responded to known uncouplers in the expected manner. There was no evidence of in vivo uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation as a basis of the pharmacological activity of reserpine, although interference with energy transfer may be involved in toxic manifestations of the drug. The results indicate the need for caution in interpreting the action of drugs formulated in complex pharmaceutical preparations and based solely on in vitro experiments.
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Wardman P, Anderson RF, Hodgkiss RJ, Parrick J, Smithen CE, Wallace RG, Watts ME. Radiosensitization by non-nitro compounds. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1982; 8:399-401. [PMID: 7050038 DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(82)90647-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The effects of 23 non-nitro compounds on the radiosensitivity of hypoxic Chinese hamster V79-379A or E. coli AB 1157 cells in vitro are outlined. Imidazole derivatives substituted with several alternative electron-withdrawing groups are described; the dicyanovinyl function conferred considerable radiosensitizing activity. 2,4,5-Tribromoimidazole and 2,4-dinitrophenol may show unusual radiosensitizing activity because of interference with oxidative phosphorylation. Attempts to influence radiosensitivity by compounds potentially capable of depleting intracellular sulphydryls are also described.
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A Ca2+-binding lipoprotein from submitochondrial particles of rat skeletal muscle or bovine heart. J Biol Chem 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)68149-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Yamada E, Huzel N, Dickison J. Reversal by uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation and by Ca2+ of the inhibition of mitochondrial ATPase activity by the ATPase inhibitor protein of rat skeletal muscle. J Biol Chem 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)68764-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Raymond Y, Shore G. Processing of the precursor for the mitochondrial enzyme, carbamyl phosphate synthetase. Inhibition by rho-aminobenzamidine leads to very rapid degradation (clearing) of the precursor. J Biol Chem 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)69738-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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