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Barrios-Maya MA, Ruiz-Ramírez A, Quezada H, Céspedes Acuña CL, El-Hafidi M. Palmitoyl-CoA effect on cytochrome c release, a key process of apoptosis, from liver mitochondria of rat with sucrose diet-induced obesity. Food Chem Toxicol 2021; 154:112351. [PMID: 34171418 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2021.112351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cytochrome c (cyt-c) release from the mitochondria to the cytosol is a key process in the initiation of hepatocyte apoptosis involved in the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatocyte apoptosis may be related to lipotoxicity due to the accumulation of palmitic acid and palmitoyl-CoA (Pal-CoA). Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine whether Pal-CoA induces cyt-c release from liver mitochondria of sucrose-fed rat (SF). Pal-CoA-induced cyt-c release was sensitive to cyclosporine A indicating the involvement of the mitochondrial membrane permeability transition (mMPT). In addition, cyt-c release from SF mitochondria remains significantly lower than C mitochondria despite the increased rate of H2O2 generation in SF mitochondria. The decreased cyt-c release from SF may be also related to the increased proportion of the palmitic acid-enriched cardiolipin, due to the high availibilty of palmitic acid in SF liver. The enrichment of cardiolipin molecular species with palmitic acid makes cardiolipin more resistant to peroxidation, a mechanism involved in the dissociation of cyt-c from mitochondrial inner membrane. These results suggest that Pal-CoA may participate in the progression of NAFLD to more severe disease through mechanisms involving cyt-c release and mMPT, a key process of apoptosis.
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- Miguel-Angel Barrios-Maya
- Depto de Biomedicina Cardiovascular, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Juan Badiano No 1, Colonia Sección XVI, Tlalpan, CP 14080, C.D. México, Mexico
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- Depto de Biomedicina Cardiovascular, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Juan Badiano No 1, Colonia Sección XVI, Tlalpan, CP 14080, C.D. México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Inmunología y Proteómica, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Doctor Márquez # 162, Col. Doctores, CP 06720, C.D. México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del BioBio, Chillan, Chile
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- Depto de Biomedicina Cardiovascular, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Juan Badiano No 1, Colonia Sección XVI, Tlalpan, CP 14080, C.D. México, Mexico.
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Lou PH, Lucchinetti E, Zhang L, Affolter A, Gandhi M, Hersberger M, Warren BE, Lemieux H, Sobhi HF, Clanachan AS, Zaugg M. Loss of Intralipid®- but not sevoflurane-mediated cardioprotection in early type-2 diabetic hearts of fructose-fed rats: importance of ROS signaling. PLoS One 2014; 9:e104971. [PMID: 25127027 PMCID: PMC4134246 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Insulin resistance and early type-2 diabetes are highly prevalent. However, it is unknown whether Intralipid® and sevoflurane protect the early diabetic heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury. METHODS Early type-2 diabetic hearts from Sprague-Dawley rats fed for 6 weeks with fructose were exposed to 15 min of ischemia and 30 min of reperfusion. Intralipid® (1%) was administered at the onset of reperfusion. Peri-ischemic sevoflurane (2 vol.-%) served as alternative protection strategy. Recovery of left ventricular function was recorded and the activation of Akt and ERK 1/2 was monitored. Mitochondrial function was assessed by high-resolution respirometry and mitochondrial ROS production was measured by Amplex Red and aconitase activity assays. Acylcarnitine tissue content was measured and concentration-response curves of complex IV inhibition by palmitoylcarnitine were obtained. RESULTS Intralipid® did not exert protection in early diabetic hearts, while sevoflurane improved functional recovery. Sevoflurane protection was abolished by concomitant administration of the ROS scavenger N-2-mercaptopropionyl glycine. Sevoflurane, but not Intralipid® produced protective ROS during reperfusion, which activated Akt. Intralipid® failed to inhibit respiratory complex IV, while sevoflurane inhibited complex I. Early diabetic hearts exhibited reduced carnitine-palmitoyl-transferase-1 activity, but palmitoylcarnitine could not rescue protection and enhance postischemic functional recovery. Cardiac mitochondria from early diabetic rats exhibited an increased content of subunit IV-2 of respiratory complex IV and of uncoupling protein-3. CONCLUSIONS Early type-2 diabetic hearts lose complex IV-mediated protection by Intralipid® potentially due to a switch in complex IV subunit expression and increased mitochondrial uncoupling, but are amenable to complex I-mediated sevoflurane protection.
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- Phing-How Lou
- Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Coppin Center for Organic Synthesis, Coppin State University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Ranieri A, Bortolotti CA, Battistuzzi G, Borsari M, Paltrinieri L, Di Rocco G, Sola M. Effect of motional restriction on the unfolding properties of a cytochrome c featuring a His/Met–His/His ligation switch. Metallomics 2014; 6:874-84. [DOI: 10.1039/c3mt00311f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Hough MA, Silkstone G, Worrall JAR, Wilson MT. NO binding to the proapoptotic cytochrome c-cardiolipin complex. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 2014; 96:193-209. [PMID: 25189388 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800254-4.00008-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cytochrome c is a heme protein that is localized in the compartment between the inner and outer mitochondrial membranes where it functions to transfer electrons between complex III and complex IV of the respiratory chain. It can also form an intimate association with the mitochondrion-specific phospholipid cardiolipin that induces a conformational change in the protein enabling it to act as a peroxidase catalyzing the oxidation of cardiolipin and thereby instigating a chain of events that leads to apoptosis. Unlike the native protein, cytochrome c within the complex binds ligands rapidly; in particular, NO can coordinate to either the ferric or ferrous iron of the heme. Remarkably, in the ferrous form, NO binds preferentially to the proximal side of the heme and thus behaves in a way similar to cytochrome c'-type proteins and to guanylate cyclase. The implications of NO binding to the proapoptotic cytochrome c/cardiolipin complex are discussed in terms of modulating the apoptotic response and buffering NO concentrations. Insights into the structure of the complex are provided by comparison with cytochrome c' for which X-ray structures are available.
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- Michael A Hough
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom.
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Sinibaldi F, Howes BD, Droghetti E, Polticelli F, Piro MC, Di Pierro D, Fiorucci L, Coletta M, Smulevich G, Santucci R. Role of lysines in cytochrome c-cardiolipin interaction. Biochemistry 2013; 52:4578-88. [PMID: 23738909 DOI: 10.1021/bi400324c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cytochrome c undergoes structural variations during the apoptotic process; such changes have been related to modifications occurring in the protein when it forms a complex with cardiolipin, one of the phospholipids constituting the mitochondrial membrane. Although several studies have been performed to identify the site(s) of the protein involved in the cytochrome c-cardiolipin interaction, to date the location of this hosting region(s) remains unidentified and is a matter of debate. To gain deeper insight into the reaction mechanism, we investigate the role that the Lys72, Lys73, and Lys79 residues play in the cytochrome c-cardiolipin interaction, as these side chains appear to be critical for cytochrome c-cardiolipin recognition. The Lys72Asn, Lys73Asn, Lys79Asn, Lys72/73Asn, and Lys72/73/79Asn mutants of horse heart cytochrome c were produced and characterized by circular dichroism, ultraviolet-visible, and resonance Raman spectroscopies, and the effects of the mutations on the interaction of the variants with cardiolipin have been investigated. The mutants are characterized by a subpopulation with non-native axial coordination and are less stable than the wild-type protein. Furthermore, the mutants lacking Lys72 and/or Lys79 do not bind cardiolipin, and those lacking Lys73, although they form a complex with the phospholipid, do not show any peroxidase activity. These observations indicate that the Lys72, Lys73, and Lys79 residues stabilize the native axial Met80-Fe(III) coordination as well as the tertiary structure of cytochrome c. Moreover, while Lys72 and Lys79 are critical for cytochrome c-cardiolipin recognition, the simultaneous presence of Lys72, Lys73, and Lys79 is necessary for the peroxidase activity of cardiolipin-bound cytochrome c.
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- Federica Sinibaldi
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Rajagopal BS, Silkstone GG, Nicholls P, Wilson MT, Worrall JA. An investigation into a cardiolipin acyl chain insertion site in cytochrome c. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:780-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2011] [Revised: 02/03/2012] [Accepted: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Miyamoto S, Nantes IL, Faria PA, Cunha D, Ronsein GE, Medeiros MHG, Di Mascio P. Cytochrome c-promoted cardiolipin oxidation generates singlet molecular oxygen. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2012; 11:1536-46. [DOI: 10.1039/c2pp25119a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hildick-Smith GJ, Downey MC, Gretebeck LM, Gersten RA, Sandwick RK. Ribose 5-phosphate glycation reduces cytochrome c respiratory activity and membrane affinity. Biochemistry 2011; 50:11047-57. [PMID: 22091532 DOI: 10.1021/bi2012977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Spontaneous glycation of bovine heart cytochrome c (cyt c) by the sugar ribose 5-phosphate (R5P) weakens the ability of the heme protein to transfer electrons in the respiratory pathway and to bind to membranes. Trypsin fragmentation studies suggest the preferential sites of glycation include Lys72 and Lys87/88 of a cationic patch involved in the association of the protein with its respiratory chain partners and with cardiolipin-containing membranes. Reaction of bovine cyt c with R5P (50 mM) for 8 h modified the protein in a manner that weakened its ability to transfer electrons to cytochrome oxidase by 60%. An 18 h treatment with R5P decreased bovine cyt c's binding affinity with cardiolipin-containing liposomes by an estimated 8-fold. A similar weaker binding of glycated cyt c was observed with mitoplasts. The reversal of the effects of R5P on membrane binding by ATP further supports an A-site modification. A significant decrease in the rate of spin state change for ferro-cyt c, thought to be due to cardiolipin insertion disrupting the coordination of Met to heme, was found for the R5P-treated cyt c. This change occurred to a greater extent than what can be explained by the permanent attachment of the protein to the liposome. Turbidity changes resulting from the multilamellar liposome fusion that is readily promoted by cyt c binding were not seen for the R5P-glycated cyt c samples. Collectively, these results demonstrate the negative impact that R5P glycation can have on critical electron transfer and membrane association functions of cyt c.
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- Gordon J Hildick-Smith
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont 05753, United States
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Schönfeld P, Schlüter T, Fischer KD, Reiser G. Non-esterified polyunsaturated fatty acids distinctly modulate the mitochondrial and cellular ROS production in normoxia and hypoxia. J Neurochem 2011; 118:69-78. [PMID: 21517851 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07286.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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There is an intense discussion about the subcellular origin of the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) under hypoxia. Since this fundamental question can be addressed only in a cellular system, the O(2) -sensing rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells were used. Severe hypoxia is known to elevate non-esterified fatty acids. Therefore, the site(s) of ROS generation were studied in cells which we simultaneously exposed to hypoxia (1% oxygen) and free fatty acids (FFA). We obtained the following results: (i) at hypoxia, ROS generation increases in PC12 cells but not in mitochondria isolated therefrom. (ii) Non-esterified polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) enhance the ROS release from PC12 cells as well as from mitochondria, both in normoxia and in hypoxia. (iii) PUFA-induced ROS generation by PC12 cells is not decreased either by inhibitors of the cell membrane NAD(P)H oxidase or inhibitors impairing the PUFA metabolism. (iv) PUFA-induced ROS generation of mitochondria is paralleled by a decline of the NADH-cytochrome c reductase activity (reflecting combined enzymatic activity of complex I plus III). (v) Mitochondrial superoxide indicator (MitoSOXred)-loaded cells exposed to PUFA exhibit increased fluorescence indicating mitochondrial ROS generation. In conclusion, elevated PUFA levels enhance cellular ROS level in hypoxia, most likely by impairing the electron flux within the respiratory chain. Thus, we propose that PUFAs are likely to act as important extrinsic factor to enhance the mitochondria-associated intracellular ROS signaling in hypoxia.
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- Peter Schönfeld
- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Kokhan O, Shinkarev VP, Wraight CA. Binding of imidazole to the heme of cytochrome c1 and inhibition of the bc1 complex from Rhodobacter sphaeroides: I. Equilibrium and modeling studies. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:22513-21. [PMID: 20448035 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.128058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have used imidazole (Im) and N-methylimidazole (MeIm) as probes of the heme-binding cavity of membrane-bound cytochrome (cyt) c(1) in detergent-solubilized bc(1) complex from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Imidazole binding to cyt c(1) substantially lowers the midpoint potential of the heme and fully inhibits bc(1) complex activity. Temperature dependences showed that binding of Im (K(d) approximately 330 microM, 25 degrees C, pH 8) is enthalpically driven (DeltaH(0) = -56 kJ/mol, DeltaS(0) = -121 J/mol/K), whereas binding of MeIm is 30 times weaker (K(d) approximately 9.3 mM) and is entropically driven (DeltaH(0) = 47 kJ/mol, DeltaS(0)(o) = 197 J/mol/K). The large enthalpic and entropic contributions suggest significant structural and solvation changes in cyt c(1) triggered by ligand binding. Comparison of these results with those obtained previously for soluble cyts c and c(2) suggested that Im binding to cyt c(1) is assisted by formation of hydrogen bonds within the heme cleft. This was strongly supported by molecular dynamics simulations of Im adducts of cyts c, c(2), and c(1), which showed hydrogen bonds formed between the N(delta)H of Im and the cyt c(1) protein, or with a water molecule sequestered with the ligand in the heme cleft.
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- Oleksandr Kokhan
- Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Macchioni L, Corazzi T, Davidescu M, Francescangeli E, Roberti R, Corazzi L. Cytochrome c redox state influences the binding and release of cytochrome c in model membranes and in brain mitochondria. Mol Cell Biochem 2010; 341:149-57. [PMID: 20352475 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-010-0446-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2009] [Accepted: 03/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cytochrome c (cyt c), a component of the respiratory chain, promotes apoptosis when released into the cytosol. Cyt c anchorage within mitochondria depends on cardiolipin (CL). Detachment and release have been related to CL loss and peroxidation. We report that NaN(3)-dependent complex IV inhibition, accompanied by impairment of respiration, resulted in cyt c release. Contrarily, inhibition of respiration upstream cyt c with complex I and III inhibitors was not accompanied by the release of the protein, despite CL decrease and monolyso-CL increase. No CL changes and H(2)O(2) formation were observed by inhibiting complex IV. In cyt c-CL liposomes, breaching cyt c-CL hydrophilic interactions produced a higher release of the reduced, compared to the oxidized form, suggesting that the hydrophobic component of cyt c-CL binding is prevalent in the oxidized form. Free or liposome-reconstituted cyt c was able to form fatty acid-protein complexes (palmitate < linoleate < oleate) only in its reduced form. We hypothesize that reduced cyt c-fatty acid binding favors the dislocation of the protein from anchoring CL. A mechanism for cyt c release independent of CL peroxidation by H(2)O(2) is feasible. It could weaken the hydrophobic component of cyt c-CL interactions and might function following complex IV inhibition or in oxygen lack, both conditions producing accumulation of reduced cyt c and free fatty acids.
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- Lara Macchioni
- Department of Internal Medicine, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Perugia, via del Giochetto, 06122 Perugia, Italy
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McCue JM, Driscoll WJ, Mueller GP. In vitro synthesis of arachidonoyl amino acids by cytochrome c. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2009; 90:42-8. [PMID: 19683594 DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2009.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2009] [Revised: 07/29/2009] [Accepted: 08/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Arachidonoyl amino acids are a class of endogenous lipid messengers that are expressed in the mammalian central nervous system and peripherally. While several of their prominent pharmacologic effects have been documented, the mechanism by which arachidonoyl amino acids are biosynthesized has not been defined. We have previously observed that the mitochondrial protein, cytochrome c, is capable of catalyzing the formation of the prototypic arachidonoyl amino acid, arachidonoyl glycine, utilizing arachidonoyl CoA and glycine as substrates, in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. Here we report that cytochrome c is similarly able to catalyze the formation of N-arachidonoyl serine, N-arachidonoyl alanine, and N-arachidonoyl gamma aminobutyric acid from arachidonoyl CoA and the respective amino acids. The identities of the arachidonoyl amino acid products were verified by mass spectral fragmentation pattern analysis. The synthetic reactions exhibited Michaelis-Menten kinetics and continued favorably at physiologic temperature and pH. Spectral data indicate that both cytochrome c protein structure and a +3 heme iron oxidation state are required for the reaction mechanism to proceed optimally. Reactions designed to catalyze the formation of N-arachidonoyl dopamine were not efficient due to the rapid oxidation of dopamine substrate by hydrogen peroxide, consuming both reactants. Finally, under standard assay conditions, arachidonoyl CoA and ethanolamine were found to react spontaneously to form anandamide, independent of cytochrome c and hydrogen peroxide. Accordingly, it was not possible to demonstrate a potential role for cytochrome c in the biosynthetic mechanism for either arachidonoyl dopamine or anandamide. However, the ability of cytochrome c to effectively catalyze the formation of N-arachidonoyl serine, N-arachidonoyl alanine, and N-arachidonoyl gamma aminobutyric acid in vitro highlights its potential role for the generation of these lipid messengers in vivo.
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- Jeffrey M McCue
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
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Patriarca A, Eliseo T, Sinibaldi F, Piro MC, Melis R, Paci M, Cicero DO, Polticelli F, Santucci R, Fiorucci L. ATP acts as a regulatory effector in modulating structural transitions of cytochrome c: implications for apoptotic activity. Biochemistry 2009; 48:3279-87. [PMID: 19231839 DOI: 10.1021/bi801837e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The binding of lipids (free fatty acids as well as acidic phospholipids) to cytochrome c (cyt c) induces conformational changes and partial unfolding of the protein, strongly influencing cyt c oxidase/peroxidase activity. ATP is unique among the nucleotides in being able to turn non-native states of cyt c back to the native conformation. The peroxidase activity acquired by lipid-bound cyt c turns out to be very critical in the early stages of apoptosis. Nucleotide specificity is observed for apoptosome formation and caspase activation, the cleavage occurring only in the presence of dATP or ATP. In this study, we demonstrate the connection between peroxidase activity and oleic acid-induced conformational transitions of cyt c and show how ATP is capable of modulating such interplay. By NMR measurement, we have demonstrated that ATP interacts with a site (S1) formed by K88, R91, and E62 and such interaction was weakened by mutation of E62, suggesting the selective role in the interaction played by the base moiety. Interestingly, the interactions of ATP and GTP with cyt c are significantly different at low nucleotide concentrations, with GTP being less effective in perturbing the S1 site and in eliciting apoptotic activity. To gain insights into the structural features of cyt c required for its pro-apoptotic activity and to demonstrate a regulatory role for ATP (compared to the effect of GTP), we have performed experiments on cell lysates by using cyt c proteins mutated on amino acid residues that, as suggested by NMR measurements, belong to S1. Thus, we provide evidence that ATP acts as an allosteric effector, regulating structural transitions among different conformations and different oxidation states of cyt c, which are endowed with apoptotic activity or not. On this basis, we suggest a previously unrecognized role for ATP binding to cyt c at low millimolar concentrations in the cytosol, beyond the known regulatory role during the oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria.
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- Antonella Patriarca
- Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Schönfeld P, Wojtczak L. Fatty acids as modulators of the cellular production of reactive oxygen species. Free Radic Biol Med 2008; 45:231-41. [PMID: 18482593 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 314] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2008] [Revised: 04/16/2008] [Accepted: 04/22/2008] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Long-chain nonesterified ("free") fatty acids (FFA) and some of their derivatives and metabolites can modify intracellular production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), in particular O(2)(-) and H(2)O(2). In mitochondria, FFA exert a dual effect on ROS production. Because of slowing down the rate of electron flow through Complexes I and III of the respiratory chain due to interaction within the complex subunit structure, and between Complexes III and IV due to release of cytochrome c from the inner membrane, FFA increase the rate of ROS generation in the forward mode of electron transport. On the other hand, due to their protonophoric action on the inner mitochondrial membrane ("mild uncoupling effect"), FFA strongly decrease ROS generation in the reverse mode of electron transport. In the plasma membrane of phagocytic neutrophils and a number of other types of cells, polyunsaturated FFA stimulate O(2)(-) generation by NADPH oxidase. These effects of FFA can modulate signaling functions of ROS and be, at least partly, responsible for their proapoptotic effects in several types of cells.
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- Peter Schönfeld
- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Otto von Guericke University, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany.
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Kalanxhi E, Wallace C. Cytochrome c impaled: investigation of the extended lipid anchorage of a soluble protein to mitochondrial membrane models. Biochem J 2008; 407:179-87. [PMID: 17614790 PMCID: PMC2049027 DOI: 10.1042/bj20070459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cyt c (cytochrome c) has been traditionally envisioned as rapidly diffusing in two dimensions at the surface of the mitochondrial inner membrane when not engaged in redox reactions with physiological partners. However, the discovery of the extended lipid anchorage (insertion of an acyl chain of a bilayer phospholipid into the protein interior) suggests that this may not be exclusively the case. The physical and structural factors underlying the conformational changes that occur upon interaction of ferrous cyt c with phospholipid membrane models have been investigated by monitoring the extent of the spin state change that result from this interaction. Once transiently linked by electrostatic forces between basic side chains and phosphate groups, the acyl chain entry may occur between two parallel hydrophobic polypeptide stretches that are surrounded by positively charged residues. Alteration of these charges, as in the case of non-trimethylated (TML72K) yeast cyt c and Arg91Nle horse cyt c (where Nle is norleucine), led to a decline in the binding affinity for the phospholipid liposomes. The electrostatic association was sensitive to ionic strength, polyanions and pH, whereas the hydrophobic interactions were enhanced by conformational changes that contributed to the loosening of the tertiary structure of cyt c. In addition to proposing a mechanistic model for the extended lipid anchorage of cyt c, we consider what, if any, might be the physiological relevance of the phenomenon.
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- Erta Kalanxhi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H1X5
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H1X5
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Mueller GP, Driscoll WJ. In vitro synthesis of oleoylglycine by cytochrome c points to a novel pathway for the production of lipid signaling molecules. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:22364-9. [PMID: 17537719 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m701801200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Long chain fatty acyl glycines represent a new class of signaling molecules whose biosynthetic pathway is unknown. Here we report that cytochrome c catalyzes the formation of oleoylglycine from oleoyl-CoA and glycine, in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. The identity of oleoylglycine product was confirmed by isotope labeling and fragmentation mass spectrometry. Synthesis of oleoylglycine by cytochrome c was dependent upon substrate concentration and time. Other heme-containing proteins, myoglobin and hemoglobin, did not catalyze oleoylglycine synthesis. The functional properties of the reaction closely resemble those observed for the ability of cytochrome c to mediate the synthesis of oleamide from oleoyl-CoA and ammonia, in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (Driscoll, W. J., Chaturvedi., S., and Mueller, G. P. (2007) J. Biol. Chem. 282). The ability of cytochrome c to catalyze the formation of oleoylglycine experimentally indicates the potential importance of cytochrome c as a novel mechanism for the generation of long chain fatty acyl glycine messengers in vivo.
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- Gregory P Mueller
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA.
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Driscoll WJ, Chaturvedi S, Mueller GP. Oleamide synthesizing activity from rat kidney: identification as cytochrome c. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:22353-63. [PMID: 17496328 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610070200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Oleamide (cis-9-octadecenamide) is the prototype member of an emerging class of lipid signaling molecules collectively known as the primary fatty acid amides. Current evidence suggests that oleamide participates in the biochemical mechanisms underlying the drive to sleep, thermoregulation, and antinociception. Despite the potential importance of oleamide in these physiologic processes, the biochemical pathway for its synthesis in vivo has not been established. We report here the discovery of an oleamide synthetase found in rat tissues using [(14)C]oleoyl-CoA and ammonium ion. Hydrogen peroxide was subsequently found to be a required cofactor. The enzyme displayed temperature and pH optima in the physiologic range, a remarkable resistance to proteolysis, and specificity for long-chain acyl-CoA substrates. The reaction demonstrated Michaelis-Menten kinetics with a K(m) for oleoyl-CoA of 21 microm. Proteomic, biochemical, and immunologic analyses were used to identify the source of the oleamide synthesizing activity as cytochrome c. This identification was based upon peptide mass fingerprinting of isolated synthase protein, a tight correlation between enzymatic activity and immunoreactivity for cytochrome c, and identical functional properties shared by the tissue-derived synthetase and commercially obtained cytochrome c. The ability of cytochrome c to catalyze the formation of oleamide experimentally raises the possibility that cytochrome c may mediate oleamide biosynthesis in vivo.
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- William J Driscoll
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
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Yohannes G, Wiedmer SK, Tuominen EKJ, Kinnunen PKJ, Riekkola ML. Cytochrome c?dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol interactions studied by asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation. Anal Bioanal Chem 2004; 380:757-66. [PMID: 15747405 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-004-2842-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lipid membranes are well recognized ligands that bind peripheral and integral proteins in a specific manner and regulate their function. Cytochrome c (cyt c) is one of the partner peripheral protein that binds to the lipid membranes via electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions. In this study, asymmetrical flow field-flow fractionation (AsFlFFF) was used to compare the interactions of cyt c with the acidic phospholipid 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-rac-glycerol (DMPG), oleic acid (OA), and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The influence of pH and the cyt c-lipid molar mass ratios were evaluated by monitoring the diffusion coefficients and particle diameter distributions obtained for the free and lipid-bound protein. The hydrodynamic particle diameter of cyt c (pI 10) was 4.1 nm at pH 11.4 and around 4.2 nm at pH 7.0 and 8.0. Standard molar mass marker proteins were used for calibration to obtain the molar masses of free cyt c and its complexes with lipids. AsFlFFF revealed the binding of cyt c to DMPG and to OA to be mainly electrostatic. In the absence of electrostatic interactions, minor complex formation occurred, possibly due to the extended lipid anchorage involving the hydrophobic cavity of cyt c and the hydrocarbon chains of DMPG or SDS. The possibility of the formation of the molten globule state of cyt c, induced by the interaction between cyt c and lipids, is discussed.
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- Gebrenegus Yohannes
- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 55, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Gerunda M, Bortolotti CA, Alessandrini A, Sola M, Battistuzzi G, Facci P. Grabbing yeast iso-1-cytochrome c by Cys102: an effective approach for the assembly of functionally active metalloprotein carpets. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2004; 20:8812-8816. [PMID: 15379511 DOI: 10.1021/la049004y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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We report an approach for immobilizing iso-1-cytochrome c from Saccharomyces cerevisiae on oxygen exposing surfaces derivatized with SH-terminated silanes. The SH moieties from silanes have been brought to react with the partially buried Cys102, forming an intermolecular disulfide bond which anchored covalently cytochrome c to the surface. The presence of a single cysteine residue on the protein surface imparted a well-defined orientation to the molecular edifice. Molecular constructs obtained with native cytochrome c and with a cysteine-depleted mutant (C102T) have been investigated by means of scanning force microscopy under liquid, which was performed to assay the quality of the molecular carpet, showing that the native protein formed a robust monolayer at the surface, whereas only a negligible amount of physisorbed molecules were detected in the case of a mutant. UV-vis absorption spectroscopy was performed to confirm that immobilization takes place via the Cys102 residue. Linear sweep voltammetric measurements showed retention of the redox activity of the covalently immobilized cytochrome c, confirming the viability of the proposed immobilization method for obtaining monolayers of redox active molecules.
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- Mimmo Gerunda
- INFM National Center of nanoStructures and bioSystems at Surfaces-S3, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via G. Campi 213/A, I-41100, Italy
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Oellerich S, Wackerbarth H, Hildebrandt P. Conformational equilibria and dynamics of cytochrome c induced by binding of sodium dodecyl sulfate monomers and micelles. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL : EBJ 2003; 32:599-613. [PMID: 12768249 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-003-0306-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2002] [Revised: 04/07/2003] [Accepted: 04/07/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Circular dichroism, nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance, UV-vis absorption, and resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopic techniques were employed to study protein and heme structural changes of cytochrome c (Cyt-c) induced by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) monomers and micelles via hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions, respectively. Both modes of interactions cause the transition to the conformational state B2, which is implicated to be involved in the physiological processes of Cyt-c. At sub-micellar concentrations of SDS, specific binding of only ca. three SDS monomers, which is likely to occur at the hydrophobic peptide segment 81-85, is sufficient for a complete conversion to a B2 state in which Met80 is replaced by His33 (His26). These heme pocket structural changes are not linked to secondary structure changes of the protein brought about by nonspecific binding of SDS monomers in different regions of the protein. Upon binding of micelles, B2 high-spin species can also be stabilized by electrostatic interactions. In addition, the micelle interaction domain is located on the front surface of Cyt-c, which includes a ring-like arrangement of lysine residues appropriate for binding one micelle. According to freeze-quench RR and stopped-flow experiments, state B2 is formed on the long millisecond timescale and reveals a complex dependence on the SDS concentration that can be interpreted in terms of competitive binding of monomers and micelles.
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- Silke Oellerich
- Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie, Stiftstrasse 34-36, 45470 Mulheim, Germany
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Wang J, Li M, Shi Z, Li N, Gu Z. Direct electrochemistry of cytochrome c at a glassy carbon electrode modified with single-wall carbon nanotubes. Anal Chem 2002; 74:1993-7. [PMID: 12033297 DOI: 10.1021/ac010978u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 663] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The electrochemistry of horse heart cytochrome c was studied by cyclic voltammetry at a glassy carbon electrode modified with single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). A pair of well-defined redox waves was obtained in cytochrome c aqueous solution at an activated SWNT film-modified electrode. The optimal conditions for activating the SWNT film-modified electrode has been determined. The electrode reaction of cytochrome c is a diffusion-controlled process. The peak current increases linearly with the concentration of cytochrome c in the range from 3.0 x 10(-5)-7.0 x 10(-4) M. The detection limit is 1.0 x 10(-5) M. The activated SWNT film was characterized by scanning electron microscopy. Furthermore, interaction of cytochrome c with adenine was characterized by electrochemical and spectral methods.
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- Jianxiu Wang
- College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Tuominen EKJ, Wallace CJA, Kinnunen PKJ. Phospholipid-cytochrome c interaction: evidence for the extended lipid anchorage. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:8822-6. [PMID: 11781329 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m200056200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 249] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Binding of cytochrome c (cyt c) to fatty acids and acidic phospholipid membranes produces pronounced and essentially identical changes in the spectral properties of cyt c, revealing conformational changes in the protein. The exact mechanism of the interaction of fatty acids and acidic phospholipids with cyt c is unknown. Binding of cyt c to liposomes with high contents (mole fraction X > 0.7) of acidic phospholipids caused spectral changes identical to those due to binding of oleic acid. Fluorescence spectroscopy of a cyt c analog containing a Zn(2+) substituted heme moiety and brominated lipid derivatives (9,10)-dibromostearate and 1-palmitoyl-2-(9,10)-dibromo-sn-glycero-3-phospho-rac-glycerol demonstrated a direct contact between the fluorescent [Zn(2+)-heme] group and the brominated acyl chain. These data constitute direct evidence for interaction between an acyl chain of a membrane phospholipid and the inside of the protein containing the heme moiety and provide direct evidence for the so-called extended-lipid anchorage of cyt c to phospholipid membranes. In this mechanism, one of the phospholipid acyl chains protrudes out of the membrane and intercalates into a hydrophobic channel in cyt c while the other chain remains in the bilayer.
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- Esa K J Tuominen
- Department of Biochemistry, Helsinki Biophysics and Biomembrane Group, Institute of Biomedicine, P. O. Box 63, Haartmaninkatu 8, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Finland
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Dadák V, Janiczek O, Vrána O. Cytochrome c forms complexes and is partly reduced at interaction with GPI-anchored alkaline phosphatase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1570:9-18. [PMID: 11960683 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(02)00145-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cytochrome (cyt) c forms complexes, undergoes a conformational change and becomes partly reduced at interaction with membrane anchored alkaline phosphatase (AP), a glycoprotein which is released into the body fluid in forms differing in hydrophobicity. The proportion of products formed in the mixtures depends on pH, ionic strength, temperature and the buffer composition. The reaction terminates in an equilibrium between cyt c(FeII) and other cyt c conformers. Optimal conditions for the rate of the reaction are 100 mM glycine/NaOH, pH 9.7-9.9, at which 68-74% of cyt c is found in the reduced state. The interaction affects compactness of the haem cleft as shown by changes induced in CD spectra of the Soret region and changes in optical characteristics of phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan residues. Differential scanning calorimetry of AP+cyt c mixtures revealed a creation of at least two types of complexes. A complex formed by non-coulombic binding prevails at substoichiometric AP/cyt c ratios, at higher ratios more electrostatic attraction is involved and at 1:1 molar ratio an apparent complexity of binding forces occurs. The rapid phase of the cyt c(FeII) formation depends on the presence of the hydrophobic alkylacylphosphoinositol (glycosylphosphatidylinositol) moiety, the protein part of the enzyme participates in an electrostatic and much slower phase of cyt c(FeII) creation. The results show that non-coulombic interaction may participate at interaction of cyt c with cellular proteins.
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- Vladimír Dadák
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 61137, Brno, Czech Republic
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