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Bernardi P, Gerle C, Halestrap AP, Jonas EA, Karch J, Mnatsakanyan N, Pavlov E, Sheu SS, Soukas AA. Identity, structure, and function of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore: controversies, consensus, recent advances, and future directions. Cell Death Differ 2023; 30:1869-1885. [PMID: 37460667 PMCID: PMC10406888 DOI: 10.1038/s41418-023-01187-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 63.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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The mitochondrial permeability transition (mPT) describes a Ca2+-dependent and cyclophilin D (CypD)-facilitated increase of inner mitochondrial membrane permeability that allows diffusion of molecules up to 1.5 kDa in size. It is mediated by a non-selective channel, the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP). Sustained mPTP opening causes mitochondrial swelling, which ruptures the outer mitochondrial membrane leading to subsequent apoptotic and necrotic cell death, and is implicated in a range of pathologies. However, transient mPTP opening at various sub-conductance states may contribute several physiological roles such as alterations in mitochondrial bioenergetics and rapid Ca2+ efflux. Since its discovery decades ago, intensive efforts have been made to identify the exact pore-forming structure of the mPT. Both the adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) and, more recently, the mitochondrial F1FO (F)-ATP synthase dimers, monomers or c-subunit ring alone have been implicated. Here we share the insights of several key investigators with different perspectives who have pioneered mPT research. We critically assess proposed models for the molecular identity of the mPTP and the mechanisms underlying its opposing roles in the life and death of cells. We provide in-depth insights into current controversies, seeking to achieve a degree of consensus that will stimulate future innovative research into the nature and role of the mPTP.
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- Paolo Bernardi
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Protein Crystallography, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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- School of Biochemistry and Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Integrative Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, Penn State University, State College, PA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Translational Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Diabetes Unit and Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Qi X, Rusch NJ, Fan J, Mora CJ, Xie L, Mu S, Rabinovitch PS, Zhang H. Mitochondrial proton leak in cardiac aging. GeroScience 2023; 45:2135-2143. [PMID: 36856945 PMCID: PMC10651624 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-023-00757-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023] Open
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Age-associated diseases are becoming progressively more prevalent, reflecting the increased lifespan of the world's population. However, the fundamental mechanisms of physiologic aging are poorly understood, and in particular, the molecular pathways that mediate cardiac aging and its associated dysfunction are unclear. Here, we focus on certain ion flux abnormalities of the mitochondria that may contribute to cardiac aging and age-related heart failure. Using oxidative phosphorylation, mitochondria pump protons from the matrix to the intermembrane space to generate a proton gradient across the inner membrane. The protons are returned to the matrix by the ATPase complex within the membrane to generate ATP. However, a portion of protons leak back to the matrix and do not drive ATP production, and this event is called proton leak or uncoupling. Accumulating evidence suggests that mitochondrial proton leak is increased in the cardiac myocytes of aged hearts. In this mini-review, we discuss the measurement methods and major sites of mitochondrial proton leak with an emphasis on the adenine nucleotide transporter 1 (ANT1), and explore the possibility of inhibiting augmented mitochondrial proton leak as a therapeutic intervention to mitigate cardiac aging.
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- Xingyun Qi
- Department of Biology, Rutgers University, Camden, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA.
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Mitochondrial ATP synthase c-subunit leak channel triggers cell death upon loss of its F 1 subcomplex. Cell Death Differ 2022; 29:1874-1887. [PMID: 35322203 PMCID: PMC9433415 DOI: 10.1038/s41418-022-00972-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Mitochondrial ATP synthase is vital not only for cellular energy production but also for energy dissipation and cell death. ATP synthase c-ring was suggested to house the leak channel of mitochondrial permeability transition (mPT), which activates during excitotoxic ischemic insult. In this present study, we purified human c-ring from both eukaryotic and prokaryotic hosts to biophysically characterize its channel activity. We show that purified c-ring forms a large multi-conductance, voltage-gated ion channel that is inhibited by the addition of ATP synthase F1 subcomplex. In contrast, dissociation of F1 from FO occurs during excitotoxic neuronal death suggesting that the F1 constitutes the gate of the channel. mPT is known to dissipate the osmotic gradient across the inner membrane during cell death. We show that ATP synthase c-subunit knock down (KD) prevents the osmotic change in response to high calcium and eliminates large conductance, Ca2+ and CsA sensitive channel activity of mPT. These findings elucidate the gating mechanism of the ATP synthase c-subunit leak channel (ACLC) and suggest how ACLC opening is regulated by cell stress in a CypD-dependent manner.
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Endlicher R, Drahota Z, Kučera O, Červinková Z. Age-Dependent Changes in the Function of Mitochondrial Membrane Permeability Transition Pore in Rat Liver Mitochondria. Physiol Res 2021. [DOI: 10.33549//physiolres.934734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Mitochondria play an important role in the cell aging process. Changes in calcium homeostasis and/or increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production lead to the opening of mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP), depolarization of the inner mitochondrial membrane, and decrease of ATP production. Our work aimed to monitor age-related changes in the Ca2+ ion effect on MPTP and the ability of isolated rat liver mitochondria to accumulate calcium. The mitochondrial calcium retention capacity (CRC) was found to be significantly affected by the age of rats. Measurement of CRC values of the rat liver mitochondria showed two periods when 3 to17-week old rats were tested. 3-week and 17-week old rats showed lower CRC values than 7-week old animals. Similar changes were observed while testing calcium-induced swelling of rat liver mitochondria. These findings indicate that the mitochondrial energy production system is more resistant to calcium-induced MPTP opening accompanied by the damaging effect of ROS in adult rats than in young and aged animals.
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
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Mnatsakanyan N, Jonas EA. The new role of F 1F o ATP synthase in mitochondria-mediated neurodegeneration and neuroprotection. Exp Neurol 2020; 332:113400. [PMID: 32653453 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2020] [Revised: 05/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The mitochondrial F1Fo ATP synthase is one of the most abundant proteins of the mitochondrial inner membrane, which catalyzes the final step of oxidative phosphorylation to synthesize ATP from ADP and Pi. ATP synthase uses the electrochemical gradient of protons (ΔμH+) across the mitochondrial inner membrane to synthesize ATP. Under certain pathophysiological conditions, ATP synthase can run in reverse to hydrolyze ATP and build the necessary ΔμH+ across the mitochondrial inner membrane. Tight coupling between these two processes, proton translocation and ATP synthesis, is achieved by the unique rotational mechanism of ATP synthase and is necessary for efficient cellular metabolism and cell survival. The uncoupling of these processes, dissipation of mitochondrial inner membrane potential, elevated levels of ROS, low matrix content of ATP in combination with other cellular malfunction trigger the opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore in the mitochondrial inner membrane. In this review we will discuss the new role of ATP synthase beyond oxidative phosphorylation. We will highlight its function as a unique regulator of cell life and death and as a key target in mitochondria-mediated neurodegeneration and neuroprotection.
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- Nelli Mnatsakanyan
- Section of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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- Section of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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Mnatsakanyan N, Jonas EA. ATP synthase c-subunit ring as the channel of mitochondrial permeability transition: Regulator of metabolism in development and degeneration. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2020; 144:109-118. [PMID: 32461058 PMCID: PMC7877492 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2020.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 05/07/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) or mitochondrial megachannel is arguably one of the most mysterious phenomena in biology today. mPTP has been at the center of ongoing extensive scientific research for the last several decades. In this review we will discuss recent advances in the field that enhance our understanding of the molecular composition of mPTP, its regulatory mechanisms and its pathophysiological role. We will describe our recent findings on the role of ATP synthase c-subunit ring as a central player in mitochondrial permeability transition and as an important metabolic regulator during development and in degenerative diseases.
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- Nelli Mnatsakanyan
- Section of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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- Section of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Nesci S, Trombetti F, Ventrella V, Pagliarani A. From the Ca 2+-activated F 1F O-ATPase to the mitochondrial permeability transition pore: an overview. Biochimie 2018; 152:85-93. [PMID: 29964086 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2018.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Based on recent advances on the Ca2+-activated F1FO-ATPase features, a novel multistep mechanism involving the mitochondrial F1FO complex in the formation and opening of the still enigmatic mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPTP), is proposed. MPTP opening makes the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) permeable to ions and solutes and, through cascade events, addresses cell fate to death. Since MPTP forms when matrix Ca2+ concentration rises and ATP is hydrolyzed by the F1FO-ATPase, conformational changes, triggered by Ca2+ insertion in F1, may be transmitted to FO and locally modify the IMM curvature. These events would cause F1FO-ATPase dimer dissociation and MPTP opening.
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- Salvatore Nesci
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064, Ozzano Emilia, BO, Italy.
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Boudina S. Cardiac aging and insulin resistance: could insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling be used as a therapeutic target? Curr Pharm Des 2014; 19:5684-94. [PMID: 23448491 DOI: 10.2174/1381612811319320004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2013] [Accepted: 02/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Intrinsic cardiac aging is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is associated with structural and functional changes that impede cardiac responses to stress and to cardio-protective mechanisms. Although systemic insulin resistance and the associated risk factors exacerbate cardiac aging, cardiac-specific insulin resistance without confounding systemic alterations, could prevent cardiac aging. Thus, strategies aimed to reduce insulin/insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling in the heart prevent cardiac aging in lower organisms and in mammals but the mechanisms underlying this protection are not fully understood. In this review, we describe the impact of aging on the cardiovascular system and discuss the mounting evidence that reduced insulin/IGF signaling in the heart could alleviate age-associated alterations and preserve cardiac performance.
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- Sihem Boudina
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Program in Human Molecular Biology & Genetics, 15 N 2030 E Bldg # 533 Rm. 3410B, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
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Age-related changes in the mitochondrial proteome of the fungus Podospora anserina analyzed by 2D-DIGE and LC-MS/MS. J Proteomics 2013; 91:358-74. [PMID: 23872087 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Revised: 06/18/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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UNLABELLED Many questions concerning the molecular processes during biological aging remain unanswered. Since mitochondria are central players in aging, we applied quantitative two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) coupled to protein identification by mass spectrometry to study the age-dependent changes in the mitochondrial proteome of the fungus Podospora anserina - a well-established aging model. 67 gel spots exhibited significant, but remarkably moderate intensity changes. While typically the observed changes in protein abundance occurred progressively with age, for several proteins a pronounced change was observed at late age, sometimes inverting the trend observed at younger age. The identified proteins were assigned to a wide range of metabolic pathways including several implicated previously in biological aging. An overall decrease for subunits of complexes I and V of oxidative phosphorylation was confirmed by Western blot analysis and blue-native electrophoresis. Changes in several groups of proteins suggested a general increase in protein biosynthesis possibly reflecting a compensatory mechanism for increased quality control-related protein degradation at later age. Age-related augmentation in abundance of proteins involved in biosynthesis, folding, and protein degradation pathways sustain these observations. Furthermore, a significant decrease of two enzymes involved in the degradation of γ-aminobutyrate (GABA) supported its previously suggested involvement in biological aging. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE We have followed the time course of changes in protein abundance during aging of the fungus P. anserina. The observed moderate but significant changes provide insight into the molecular adaptations to biological aging and highlight the metabolic pathways involved, thereby offering new leads for future research.
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HYPOTHESIS Damage to heart mitochondrial structure and function occur with aging, and in heart failure (HF). However, the extent of mitochondrial dysfunction, the expression of mitochondrial and nuclear genes, and their cross-talk is not known. OBSERVATIONS Several observations have suggested that somatic mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS), appear to be the primary cause of energy decline, and that the generation of ROS is mainly the product of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. The free radical theory of aging, that could also be applied to HF, and in particular the targeting of mtDNA is supported by a plurality of observations from both animal and clinical studies showing decreased mitochondrial function, increased ROS levels and mtDNA mutations in the aging heart. DISCUSSION Aging and HF with their increased ROS-induced defects in mtDNA, including base modifications and frequency of mtDNA deletions, might be expected to cause increased errors or mutations in mtDNA-encoded enzyme subunits, resulting in impaired oxidative phosphorylation and defective electron transport chain (ETC) activity which in turn creates more ROS. These events in both the aging and failing heart involve substantial nuclear-mitochondrial interaction, which is further illustrated in the progression of myocardial apoptosis. In this review the cross-talk between the nucleus and the mitochondrial organelle will be examined based on a number of animal and clinical studies, including our own.
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- José Marín-García
- The Molecular Cardiology and Neuromuscular Institute, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
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Yarian CS, Rebrin I, Sohal RS. Aconitase and ATP synthase are targets of malondialdehyde modification and undergo an age-related decrease in activity in mouse heart mitochondria. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 330:151-6. [PMID: 15781244 PMCID: PMC2837075 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.02.135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The main purpose of this study was to identify mitochondrial proteins that exhibit post-translational oxidative modifications during the aging process and to determine the resulting functional alterations. Proteins forming adducts with malondialdehyde (MDA), a product of lipid peroxidation, were identified by immunodetection in mitochondria isolated from heart and hind leg skeletal muscle of 6-, 16-, and 24-month-old mice. Aconitase, very long chain acyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase, ATP synthase, and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase were detected as putative targets of oxidative modification by MDA. Aconitase and ATP synthase from heart exhibited significant decreases in activity with age. Very long chain acyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase activities were unaffected during aging in both heart and skeletal muscle. This suggests that the presence of a post-translational oxidative modification in a protein does not a priori reflect an alteration in activity. The biological consequences of an age-related decrease in aconitase and ATP synthase activities may contribute to the decline in mitochondrial bioenergetics evident during aging.
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Joyce OJP, Farmer MK, Tipton KF, Porter RK. Oxidative phosphorylation by in situ synaptosomal mitochondria from whole brain of young and old rats. J Neurochem 2003; 86:1032-41. [PMID: 12887700 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01915.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Synaptosomes, isolated from the whole brain of young (3 months) and old (24 months) rats were used to study the major bioenergetic systems of neuronal mitochondria in situ, within the synaptosome. Approximately 85% of the resting oxygen consumption of synaptosomes from both young and old rats was a result of proton leak (and possibly other ion cycling) across the mitochondrial inner membrane. There were no significant differences between synaptosomes from the young and old rats in the kinetic responses of the substrate oxidation system, the mitochondrial proton leak and the phosphorylation system to changes in the proton electrochemical gradient. Flux control coefficients of 0.71, 0.27 and 0.02 were calculated for substrate oxidation system, phosphorylation system and the proton leak, respectively, at maximal ATP producing capacity in synaptosomes from young animals. The corresponding values calculated for synaptosomes from old animals were 0.53, 0.43 and 0.05. Thus substrate oxidation had greatest control over oxygen consumption at maximal phosphorylating capacity for synaptosomes from whole brain, with proton leak, having little control under maximal ATP producing capacity. The uncoupled rate of oxygen consumption, in the presence of the mitochondrial uncoupler, carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP), was significantly lower (p = 0.0124) in synaptosomes from old rats (6.08 +/- 0.42, n = 11) when compared with those from the young rats (7.87 +/- 0.48, n = 8). Thus, there is an impaired flux through the substrate oxidation system is synaptosomes from old rats, as compared to synaptosomes from the young animals. These in situ results may have important implications for the interpretation of theories that age-dependent impairment of mitochondrial energy production may result in increased susceptibility to neurodegeneration.
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- O J P Joyce
- Department of Biochemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Barogi S, Baracca A, Cavazzoni M, Parenti Castelli G, Lenaz G. Effect of the oxidative stress induced by adriamycin on rat hepatocyte bioenergetics during ageing. Mech Ageing Dev 2000; 113:1-21. [PMID: 10708246 DOI: 10.1016/s0047-6374(99)00089-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We have investigated the effect of ageing and of adriamycin treatment on the bioenergetics of isolated rat hepatocytes. Ageing per se, whilst being associated with a striking increase of hydrogen peroxide in the cells, induces only minor changes on mitochondrial functions. The adriamycin treatment induces a decrease of the mitochondrial membrane potential in situ and a consistent increase of the superoxide anion cellular content independently of the donor's age, whilst the hydrogen peroxide is significantly higher in aged than in adult rat hepatocytes. Kinetic studies in isolated mitochondria show that the mitochondrial respiratory chain activity (NADH --> O2) of 50 microM adriamycin-treated hepatocytes is lowered both in adult and aged rats. The same adriamycin concentration induces a slight decrease of the maximal rate of ATP hydrolysis in both young and aged rats, without affecting the Km for the substrate. However, at drug concentrations lower than 50 microM, both ATPase and NADH oxidation activities decrease significantly in aged rats only. The results suggest that free radicals increase during ageing in rat hepatocytes but are unable to induce major modifications of mitochondrial bioenergetics. This contrasts with the damaging effect of adriamycin, suggesting that some effects of the drug may be due to other reasons besides oxidative stress.
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- S Barogi
- Dipartimento di Biochimica G. Moruzzi, Università di Bologna, Italy
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Polizio F, Lippe G, Di Pancrazio F, Desideri A, Mavelli I. EPR detection of protein-derived radicals in the reaction of H(2)O(2) with Fe bound in mitochondrial F(1)ATPase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 263:281-5. [PMID: 10491285 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A severe inactivation is obtained upon the addition of H(2)O(2) to bovine heart F(1)ATPase samples containing Fe(III) in the nucleotide-independent site, and Fe(II) in the ATP-dependent site. EPR spectra at 4.9 K of these samples indicate that H(2)O(2) produces the complete oxidation of Fe(II) to Fe(III) and the concomitant appearance of two protein-derived radical species. The two signals (g = 2.036 and g = 2.007) display a different temperature dependence and saturation behavior. The relaxation properties of the radical at g = 2.036 suggest magnetic interaction with one of the two iron centers. Such events are not observed when H(2)O(2) is added either to native F(1)ATPase containing a high amount of Fe(II) and low amount of Fe(III) or to F(1)ATPase deprived of endogenous Fe and subsequently loaded with only Fe(III) in both sites. It is hypothesized that in F(1)ATPase samples containing both Fe(III) and Fe(II), intramolecular long-range electron transfer may occur from Fe(II) to a high oxidation state species of Fe formed in the nucleotide-independent site upon oxidation of Fe(III) by H(2)O(2).
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- F Polizio
- INFM-Department of Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata,", Via della Ricerca Scientifica, Rome, Italy
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Aging is a complex physiological phenomenon and several different theories have been elaborated about its origin. Among such theories, the 'mitochondrial theory of aging', which has gained a large support, indicates the accumulation of somatic mutations of mitochondrial DNA leading to the decline of mitochondrial functionality as one of the driving forces for the process itself. In this review data on rat and man from our laboratory and from recent literature have been thoroughly examined and compared in order to provide the 'state-of-the-art' on the role of mitochondria in aging. Alterations of structure and expression of mitochondrial genome with aging, to find out the eventual relevant changes of mitochondrial biogenesis, have been studied in rat whereas the relationship between cytochrome c oxidase activity and 'common deletion' has been studied in man. Results on the effect of acetyl-L-carnitine on the mitochondrial functionality are also reported.
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- M N Gadaleta
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Italy
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Nicoletti VG, Tendi EA, Console A, Privitera A, Villa RF, Ragusa N, Giuffrida-Stella AM. Regulation of cytochrome c oxidase and FoF1-ATPase subunits expression in rat brain during aging. Neurochem Res 1998; 23:55-61. [PMID: 9482267 DOI: 10.1023/a:1022449403619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In the present study we analyzed the age-dependent changes of mRNA levels for cytochrome c oxidase and FoF1-ATP synthase subunits in rat cerebral cortex and cerebellum. To establish whether the regulation of expression is transcriptional or post-transcriptional, the results were compared to those related to protein subunits levels, of the same enzymatic complexes, previously observed. The different patterns of age-related changes of mRNA subunits, in particular the lower increments, compared with those related to protein subunits, indicate that post-transcriptional mechanisms of regulation might be involved in the coordinated expression of the various subunits of each complex. Northern blotting analyses of RNA from the cerebellum of rats at the various ages, showed also differences in age-dependent patterns of transcription between cerebral cortex and cerebellum. Moreover, the major age-dependent changes of mitochondrial-encoded subunits, compared with the nuclear-encoded ones, previously observed at proteins level, occur also during transcription.
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- V G Nicoletti
- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Catania, Italy
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Chapter 6 Contribution of Mitochondrial Alterations to Brain Aging. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s1566-3124(08)60056-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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- S Papa
- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy
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Papa S. Mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation changes in the life span. Molecular aspects and physiopathological implications. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1996; 1276:87-105. [PMID: 8816944 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(96)00077-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- S Papa
- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy.
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Nicoletti VG, Tendi EA, Lalicata C, Reale S, Costa A, Villa RF, Ragusa N, Giuffrida Stella AM. Changes of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase and FoF1 ATP synthase subunits in rat cerebral cortex during aging. Neurochem Res 1995; 20:1465-70. [PMID: 8789609 DOI: 10.1007/bf00970595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The contents of subunits I, II/III, and IV of cytochrome c oxidase and of subunits alpha, beta and gamma of FoF1 ATP synthase in inner mitochondrial membrane proteins purified from cerebral cortex of rat at 2, 6, 12, 18, 24, and 26 months of age were analyzed by western blot. Age-related changes in the content of subunits, either of mitochondrial or nuclear origin, were observed. All the cytochrome c oxidase (COX) subunits examined showed an age-related increase from 2-month-old rats up to 24 months with a decrease at the oldest age (26 months). The same pattern of age-dependent changes was observed for gamma ATP synthase, while the alpha and beta subunits increased progressively up to 26 months.
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- V G Nicoletti
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Catania, Italy
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Barogi S, Baracca A, Parenti Castelli G, Bovina C, Formiggini G, Marchetti M, Solaini G, Lenaz G. Lack of major changes in ATPase activity in mitochondria from liver, heart, and skeletal muscle of rats upon ageing. Mech Ageing Dev 1995; 84:139-50. [PMID: 8788241 DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(95)01640-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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ATP hydrolase activity has been investigated in mitochondria from liver, heart, and skeletal muscle from adult (6 months) and aged (24 months) rats. No significant changes in total ATPase activity were observed in the three tissues, but the oligomycin sensitivity was slightly decreased in heart mitochondria of aged rats. The bicarbonate-induced stimulation of hydrolytic activity was somewhat decreased in mitochondria from aged rats, particularly in liver. No significant change was observed in ATPase activity after release of the endogenous inhibitor protein, IF1. It is concluded that no activity changes to be directly ascribed to the catalytic sector F1 of the enzyme occur upon ageing, but it cannot be excluded that changes in the membrane sector F0 occur as a consequence of mtDNA mutations.
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MESH Headings
- Adenosine Triphosphatases/drug effects
- Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism
- Aging/metabolism
- Animals
- Male
- Mitochondria, Heart/drug effects
- Mitochondria, Heart/enzymology
- Mitochondria, Liver/drug effects
- Mitochondria, Liver/enzymology
- Mitochondria, Muscle/drug effects
- Mitochondria, Muscle/enzymology
- Muscle, Skeletal/drug effects
- Muscle, Skeletal/enzymology
- Muscle, Skeletal/ultrastructure
- Oligomycins/pharmacology
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
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- S Barogi
- Dipartimento di Biochimica G. Moruzzi, University of Bologna, Italy
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Castelluccio C, Baracca A, Fato R, Pallotti F, Maranesi M, Barzanti V, Gorini A, Villa RF, Parenti Castelli G, Marchetti M. Mitochondrial activities of rat heart during ageing. Mech Ageing Dev 1994; 76:73-88. [PMID: 7885068 DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(94)91583-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Some analytical and functional parameters of rat heart mitochondrial have been investigated at six different periods of ageing from 2 to 26 months. The fatty acid composition of the mitochondrial membranes reveals a percentage increase of polyunsaturated fatty acids (20:4 n-6, 22:6 n-3) up to 12 months, followed by a decrease; however, fluorescence polarization of the membrane probe diphenylhexatriene is not changed, revealing that membrane fluidity is not significantly affected. No major change in ubiquinone-9 and in cytochrome content is apparent, indicating that the relative ratio of the respiratory chain components is unmodified. Nevertheless, significant changes in enzyme specific activities are detected: NADH cytochrome c reductase and cytochrome oxidase activities increase up to 12 months, then decrease at 18-26 months; ubiquinol cytochrome c reductase exhibits a peak at 18 months, followed by a decrease. All these activities follow a similar trend during the whole life span of the rat, even though the 'maximum' is different. No significant changes have been found in ATP synthase. Succinate-cytochrome c reductase steadily increases over the whole life span. The results, showing activity decreases in the respiratory enzymes having subunits encoded by mitochondrial DNA, are compatible with the 'mitochondrial' theory of ageing.
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- C Castelluccio
- Dipartimento di Biochimica G. Moruzzi, University of Bologna, Italy
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Gadaleta MN, Petruzzella V, Daddabbo L, Olivieri C, Fracasso F, Loguercio Polosa P, Cantatore P. Mitochondrial DNA transcription and translation in aged rat. Effect of acetyl-L-carnitine. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1994; 717:150-60. [PMID: 7518198 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1994.tb12082.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- M N Gadaleta
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Italy
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A progressive dysfunction of the mitochondrion probably plays a decisive role in the aging process. In the present hypothesis it is suggested that the functional defect specifically concerns the catalytic subunit of the mitochondrial F1-ATPase. This proposal is based on observations concerning two classical models of the aging process. 1. The Werner syndrome of premature aging is autosomally recessive; meaning that this disorder--in analogy with other recessive inborn errors of metabolism--results from a single specific mutation, typically resulting in an enzyme defect. 2. The strong association between the ATPase activity of the SV40 T-antigen and the process of cellular immortalization in vitro, suggests that the putative enzyme dysfunction could concern an ATPase. The decrease with aging in the activity of the mitochondrial F1-ATPase--the main producer of ATP--could lay behind the progressive lack of homeostasis observed in senescence.
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- J Kröll
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Blekinge County Hospital, Karlskrona, Sweden
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Ferrándiz ML, Martínez M, De Juan E, Díez A, Bustos G, Miquel J. Impairment of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in the brain of aged mice. Brain Res 1994; 644:335-8. [PMID: 8050045 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)91699-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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To elucidate the role of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in neuronal aging, we have studied the activity of the respiratory complexes in the brain of young, adult and old mice. In synaptic mitochondria, we found a significant decrease in complexes IV (29%, P < 0.001) and V (21%, P < 0.01) in old as compared with adult mice. Nonsynaptic mitochondria also showed a senescent decrease in complexes I (15%, P < 0.01), II + III (34%, P < 0.01) and IV (17%, P < 0.01) activities. These findings suggest a dysfunction in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in brain aging.
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- M L Ferrándiz
- Instituto de Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
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Boffoli D, Scacco SC, Vergari R, Solarino G, Santacroce G, Papa S. Decline with age of the respiratory chain activity in human skeletal muscle. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1226:73-82. [PMID: 8155742 DOI: 10.1016/0925-4439(94)90061-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Mitochondrial respiratory systems have been screened in 63 orthopaedic patients of age ranging between 17 and 91 years. The results show a statistically significant definite decrease with ageing of mitochondrial respiratory activity with pyruvate plus malate, succinate and ascorbate plus TMPD. This pattern is associated with an equally significant decrease with age of the enzymatic activity of complex I, II and IV. No significant decrease with age is, on the contrary, observed in the mitochondrial content of cytochromes a+a3, and c+c1. Preliminary Western blot analysis indicates an altered polypeptide pattern in cytochrome c oxidase. This study provides evidence for a decline with age of mitochondrial respiratory activity in human skeletal muscle, affecting complex I, II and IV.
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- D Boffoli
- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy
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Age related changes of the mitochondrial energy metabolism in rat liver and heart. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 1994; 19 Suppl 1:31-8. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4943(05)80045-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Paradies G, Ruggiero FM, Petrosillo G, Quagliariello E. Age-dependent decrease in the cytochrome c oxidase activity and changes in phospholipids in rat-heart mitochondria. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 1993; 16:263-72. [PMID: 15374339 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4943(93)90037-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/1993] [Revised: 05/03/1993] [Accepted: 05/04/1993] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The effect of aging on the kinetic characteristics of cytochrome c oxidase in rat heart mitochondria was investigated. Mitochondria from young and aged rats had equivalent Km values for cytochrome c, while the maximal activity of the oxidase was significantly reduced in mitochondria from aged rats. The cytochrome aa3 content was the same in both these two types of mitochondria. The Arrhenius plot characteristics differ for cytochrome oxidase activity in mitochondria from aged rats as compared with young rats in that the breakpoint of the biphasic plot was shifted to a higher temperature. Cardiolipin content was markedly decreased in mitochondrial membrane from aged rats. No alterations were found in the patterns of the phospholipid fatty acid distribution of mitochondrial membranes from young and aged rats. The results support the conclusion that the reduced mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase activity in aged animals is due to a specific decrease in the cardiolipin content.
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- G Paradies
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and C.N.R. Unit for the Study of Mitochondria and Bioenergetics, Bari, Italy
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Villa RF, Ingrao F, Magri G, Gorini A, Reale S, Costa A, Ragusa N, Avola R, Giuffrida-Stella AM. Effect of CDP-choline treatment on mitochondrial and synaptosomal protein composition in different brain regions during aging. Int J Dev Neurosci 1993; 11:83-93. [PMID: 8488757 DOI: 10.1016/0736-5748(93)90037-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Several age-dependent modifications of inner mitochondrial membrane and synaptosomal plasma membrane proteins from different brain regions of 4-, 12-, 18- and 24-month-old male Wistar rats, were observed. Some proteins, identified by immunoblotting assay as various subunits of mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes and calmodulin, were particularly impaired. Chronic treatment with CDP-choline at a dose of 20 mg/kg body weight per day for 28 days caused significant changes in the amounts of several of the above mentioned proteins. Most of the proteins, which decreased during aging, showed a significant increase after CDP-choline treatment compared with the corresponding control values at the same age. The effect of CDP-choline might be due to: the increased availability of cytidylic nucleotides, which in the brain are present in limited amounts compared to the other nucleotides; the increased content of total adenine nucleotides; the improvement of brain energy metabolism.
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- R F Villa
- Institute of Pharmacology, Faculty of Science, University of Pavia, Italy
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Guerrieri F, Capozza G, Kalous M, Papa S. Age-related changes of mitochondrial F0F1 ATP synthase. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1992; 671:395-402. [PMID: 1288336 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1992.tb43813.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- F Guerrieri
- Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy
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