植物呼吸及代谢的研究 Ⅴ.水稻幼苗亚细胞颗粒的氧化途径

本文报导了关于4天水稻黄化幼苗地上部的亚细胞颗粒氧化丙酮酸的途径的研究。下述结果证明在其中有三羧酸循环运行:1.琥珀酸、α-酮基戊二酸能迅速地被氧化,柠檬酸、苹果酸、延胡索酸以顺序降低的速率为此颗粒制剂氧化。2.丙酮酸的氧化能为催化量的琥珀酸所引发,说明有缩合酶的活性存在。3.琥珀酸的氧化能为丙二酸所抑制。α-酮基戊二酸的氧化能为亚砷酸钠所抑制,并且此被抑制的耗氧可借加入琥珀酸而得到恢复。4.氧化产物的纸上层析鉴定表明:琥珀酸能转化为延胡索酸、苹果酸和异柠檬酸;α-酮基戊二酸能转化为琥珀酸、延胡索酸和苹果酸。对亚细胞制剂及组织匀浆所作异柠檬酸酶及苹果酸合成酶的活性鉴定指出,在水稻幼苗氧化丙酮酸的途径中,乙醛酸循环可能与三羧酸循环同时存在。     

白地霉的氧化代谢

1．自地霍完整静息幼胞氧化乙醇、乙酸、丙酮酸及草酰乙酸的速度很高,对其他三羧酸循环各酸如：琥珀酸、延胡索酸、a-酮戊二酸、苹果酸、柠檬酸、顺岛头酸及异柠檬酸也能氧化,但速度甚低。 2．在白地霉无细胞提取液中测出了三羧酸循环中以下各种酶活力：柠檬酸精合酶、异柠檬酸脱氢酶、顺岛头酸酶、a-酮戊二酸脱氢酶、琥珀酸脱氢酶、延胡索酸酶、苹果酸脱氢酶、苹果酸酶、草酰乙酸羧化酶等,并间接得知有乙酸激活酶及L-谷氨酸脱氢酶存在。 3．在白地霉无捆胞提取液中测出了乙醛酸循环的两个关键的酶皂口异柠檬酸酶及苹果酸合成酶。 4．由以上结果可知白地霉可利用三羧酸循环及乙醛酸循环作为末端呼吸途径。     

固氮作用

试验了不同碳源对支持R.]'a PonicumJH固氮酶和需O:氢酶活性的能力。只有柠檬酸、葡萄糖酸、a一酮戊二酸、苹果酸和墟拍酸能使细胞表达固氮酶活性。a一酮戊二酸产生酶水准最高。当用这一底物培养细胞,并且在乙炔存在下,但是不加HZ时,仍能观察到明显的氢酶活性。在Hup一变种中,乙炔完全抑制了需     

NAD~+对小麦叶片线粒体甘氨酸氧化和三羧酸代谢的调节

外源NAD~+对小麦叶片线粒体内甘氨酸、苹果酸及α—酮戊二酸氧化都有促进作用。当几种呼吸底物同时存在时,其中甘氨酸的氧化抑制了其他底物的同时氧化,因为催化这两类废物氧化的酶对NAD~+的亲和力和对NADH/NAD~+比值的敏感程度有差异,催化甘氨酸氧化的甘氨酸脱羧酶对线粒体基质内可利用的NAD~+的亲和力分别比苹果酸脱氢酶和α—酮戊二酸脱氢酶的亲和力大约1或2倍。另外,甘氨酸亦可通过保持线粒体基质内高NADH/NAD~+比值来影响三羧酸环的正常代谢。     

烟草叶肉原生质体再生壁形成中的呼吸途径研究

用EA_3~-867纤维素酶分离的烟草(Nicotiana tabacum)叶肉原生质体,在附加 EMP途径的抑制剂 NaF或 HMP途径的抑制剂 Na_3PO_4的NT培养基中进行液体浅层培养。用荧光增白剂 VBL染色荧光法和溶解氧电极极谱法分别研究EMP途径和 HMP途径对烟草叶肉原生质体壁的再生和氧的吸收的影响。结果表明,当EMP或HMP途径被抑制时,氧的吸收,壁的再生和细胞生长都受到抑制;当 EMP和 HMP途径同时被抑制时,上述过程的抑制更甚。初步认为,EMP途径和 HMP途径在壁的再生中同时存在,并且都起着重要作用。     

光滑球拟酵母中α-酮戊二酸脱氢酶系生理作用解析

[目的]研究α-酮戊二酸脱氢酶系在光滑球拟酵母碳代谢流、能量代谢和氨基酸代谢中的生理作用.[方法]通过敲除光滑球拟酵母中编码α-酮戊二酸脱氢酶系中E1酶的基因kgd1,构建α-酮戊二酸脱氢酶活性缺失菌株T.glabrata kgd1::kan,并考察KGDH缺失引起TCA循环关键酶活性,碳代谢流量以及胞内氨基酸和能荷水平等方面的变化.[结果]光滑球拟酵母中α-酮戊二酸脱氢酶活性的缺失导致:(1)细胞启动乙醛酸途径,通过形成TCA-乙醛酸循环实现TCA循环的正常代谢;(2)胞内NADH/NAD+水平下降33.7%,ATP/ADP水平下降31.8%,而与NADH代谢相关的丙酮酸脱氢酶、异柠檬酸脱氢酶和苹果酸脱氢酶的活性分别提高58.1%、33.3%和32.5%;(3)胞内丙酮酸含量下降50.1%,而胞内琥珀酸、苹果酸和α-酮戊二酸含量则分别增加了172.7%、66.1%和41.1%;(4)丙酮酸族氨基酸含量下降29.3%,而胞内谷氨酸族氨基酸和天冬氨酸族氨基酸含量则提高了34.7%和26.8%.[结论]上述研究结果表明,α-酮戊二酸脱氢酶系在微生物细胞中心碳代谢、能量代谢和氨基酸代谢中发挥着重要作用.     

银耳原生质体分离与再生条件优化研究*

应用正交设计,研究不同菌株(Tr01、Tr21)、材料(芽孢、菌丝体、子实体)、溶壁酶浓度和酶解温度对原生质体产量的影响。实验结果表明,实验材料对原生质体产量影响最大,以芽孢为材料原生质体产量可达到2.75×107个/ml,而菌丝体和子实体的原生质体产量仅为2.5×106个/ml 和1.0×106个/ml;在35℃下酶解,原生质体产量高;溶壁酶浓度在1%~3%范围内对原生质体产量影响不大;不同菌株原生质体产量差异不显著。本实验还研究了稳渗剂浓度对原生质体再生率的影响,结果表明,0.5 mol/L~0.7 mol/L的KCl 对原生质体再生没有显著差异,再生率最高可达32.3%。     

过程优化提高解脂亚洛酵母积累α-酮戊二酸

目前,应用解脂亚洛酵母发酵生产α-酮戊二酸由于产量和底物转化率低、生产周期长等问题,仍未大规模工业化生产。为了解决这些问题,以研究室诱变选育获得的1株高产α-酮戊二酸的解脂亚洛酵母Yarrowia lipolytica WSH-Z06 C3为出发菌株,考察了该菌株在50 L发酵罐中转速、碳酸钙浓度、溶氧以及补料方式(多节点补料、恒速补料)等因素对α-酮戊二酸积累的影响。结果表明,当转速为300 r/min时,α-酮戊二酸和丙酮酸的产量分别为32.4 g/L和19.66 g/L;碳酸钙质量浓度为20 g/L时,α-酮戊二酸的产量提高至38.55 g/L,丙酮酸降低至8.28 g/L;控制溶氧水平在50%时,α-酮戊二酸产量为42.39 g/L,此时丙酮酸为6.22 g/L。比较高初始甘油浓度和不同的补料发酵策略,发现恒速补料效果最好,发酵144 hα-酮戊二酸产量达到66.27 g/L,丙酮酸产量为20.82 g/L。通过上述发酵过程参数的优化,α-酮戊二酸的产量和底物的转化率比未优化前分别提高了67.3%和4.56%,为解脂亚洛酵母工业化生产α-酮戊二酸提供一定参考。     

鸡蛋果叶片细胞质丙酮酸激酶的部分纯化及其调节性质

鸡蛋果叶片细胞质丙酮酸激酶(PK_c)纯化92.6倍.其最适pH为7.2,对热较稳定。PEP的K_m为0.037 mmol/L,ADP的K_m为0.05 mmol/L。ASP、Asn、Cys、α—酮戊二酸和苹果酸均对PK?有轻微的激活作用,但草酸、ATP、CaCl_2则具强烈的抑制作用。     

氧化磷酸化作用的研究 Ⅱ.2,4-二硝基苯酚对琥珀酸氧化抑制效应的解除

进一步研究DNP对大白鼠肝脏綫粒体琥珀酸氧化的激活和抑制,发現当琥珀酸氧化已被DNP抑制时琥珀酸脫氫酶并沒有受到明显的抑制。DNP对琥珀酸氧化的抑制可以被α-酮戊二酸、(?)柠檬酸、柠檬酸、丙酮酸、β-羟基丁酸等解除。α-酮戊二酸的解除作用与底物水平磷酸化作用无关,但与脫氫过程有密切关系;当加入0.2mM亚砷酸鈉时,α-酮戊二酸不再能使呼吸恢复。谷氨酸解除DNP对琥珀酸氧化抑制的作用不受天門冬氨酸α-酮戊二酸轉氨酶的抑制剂环絲氨酸的影响,Amytal使呼吸恢复的作用与线粒体內源底物含量有关?疚慕Y果进一步說明琥珀酸氧化需要能量激活,我們认为某些底物脫氫生成的NADH可以通过琥珀酸氧化引起NAD~+需能还原的逆反应生成高能磷酸化合物因而激活了琥珀酸的氧化。通过这样的途径生成高能磷酸化合物可能是对DNP較不敏感的。     

Remodeling of the vascular tunica media is essential for development of collateral vessels in the canine heart

A method to study the export of citric acid cycle intermediates from rat liver mitochondria supplied with various individual substrates or combinations of substrates was designed to focus on the role of mitochondria in anaplerosis and cataplerosis. Under most conditions malate, citrate, and aspartate were exported in far higher amounts than isocitrate and alpha-ketoglutarate. In the presence of pyruvate alone or pyruvate in combination with most other substrates, citrate export equaled or was only slightly less than malate export. This contrasts with pancreatic islet mitochondria where citrate export is unaffected by many substrates. Malate and succinate potentiated pyruvate-induced citrate export and succinate caused massive malate export from liver mitochondria. Heart mitochondria, which possess very little or no pyruvate carboxylase, unlike liver and pancreatic islet mitochondria, did not produce malate from pyruvate. Heart mitochondria produced malate, but not citrate, from succinate. The results indicate that liver mitochondria export a larger number of metabolites from a wider range of substrates than do islet or heart mitochondria. This may reflect the multiple roles of the liver in body metabolism versus the specialized roles of the islet cell and heart.     

The role of malate in regulating the rate of mitochondrial respiration in vitro

Depletion of endogenous malate by preincubation of mitochondria at 30 degrees C in substrate-free media sharply decreases the rate of citrate oxidation and inhibits mitochondrial respiration in the presence of pyruvate and alpha-ketoglutarate. Addition of catalytic amounts of endogenous malate and its production via succinate oxidation promote rapid oxidation of citrate and pyruvate in the mitochondria and abolishes the lag period with alpha-ketoglutarate Malate increases the rate of membrane potential generation after addition of citrate, pyruvate or alpha-ketoglutarate to mitochondrial suspensions. Studies with controlled malate concentrations revealed that the changes in malate concentrations observed in the mitochondria in the presence of gluconeogenesis-inducing hormones may be due to the influence of these hormones on mitochondrial oxidation.     

Succinate transport in Rhizobium leguminosarum.

The transport of succinate was studied in an effective streptomycin-resistant strain of Rhizobium leguminosarum. High levels of succinate transport occurred when cells were grown on succinate, fumarate, or malate, whereas low activity was found when cells were grown on glucose, sucrose, arabinose, or pyruvate as the sole carbon source. Because of the rapid metabolism of succinate after transport into the cells, a succinate dehydrogenase-deficient mutant was isolated in which intracellular succinate accumulated to over 400 times the external concentration. Succinate transport was completely abolished in the presence of metabolic uncouplers but was relatively insensitive to sodium arsenate. Succinate transport was a saturable function of the succinate concentration, and the apparent Km and Vmax values for transport were determined in both the parent and the succinate dehydrogenase mutant. Malate and fumarate competitively inhibited succinate transport, whereas citrate and malonate had no effect. Succinate transport mutants were isolated by transposon (Tn5) mutagenesis. These mutants were unable to transport succinate or malate and were unable to grow on succinate, malate, or fumarate as the sole carbon source. The mutants grew normally on pyruvate, oxaloacetate, citrate, or arabinose, and revertants isolated on succinate minimal medium had regained the ability to grow on malate and fumarate. From these data, we conclude that R. leguminosarum possesses a C4-dicarboxylic acid transport system which is inducible and mediates the active transport of succinate, fumarate, and malate into the cell.     

ELECTRON MICROSCOPE HISTOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR A PARTIAL OR TOTAL BLOCK OF THE TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE IN THE MITOCHONDRIA OF PRESYNAPTIC AXON TERMINALS

Respiration-linked, massive accumulation of Sr²⁺ is used to reveal the coupled oxidation of pyruvate, α-oxoglutarate, succinate, and malate by in situ mitochondria. All of these substrates were actively oxidized in the dendritic and perikaryal mitochondria, but no α-oxoglutarate or succinate utilization could be demonstrated in the mitochondria of the presynaptic axon terminals. A block at an early step of α-oxoglutarate and succinate oxidation is proposed to account for the negative histochemical results, since the positive reaction with pyruvate and malate proves that these mitochondria possess an intact respiratory chain and energy-coupling mechanism essential for Sr²⁺ accumulation. This indicates that the mitochondria in the axon terminals would be able to generate energy for synaptic function with at least some of the respiratory substrates. With regard to the block in the tricarboxylic acid cycle, the oxaloacetate necessary for citrate formation is suggested to be provided by fixation of CO₂ into some of the pyruvate.     

Osservazioni prellminari sul meccanismo di azione della cocliobolina

Abstract

MECHANISM OF COCHLIOBOLIN ACTIVITY: A PREVENTIVE NOTE. — Coch-liobolin caused leakage of phosphate and organic compounds from corn rootlets and potato discs, at room temperature. The leakage does not occur at 1–5°C, but when potato discs are incubated at this temperature and then thoroughly washed and brought at 25°C, a sharp increase of phosphate may be noticed in the incubation solutions.

Cochliobolin inhibited partially the aerobic respiration of glucose and endogenous carbon in Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus resting cells. Aerobic respiration of pyruvate, succinate, fumarate and malate was completely inhibited, while the inhibition of lactate and Lketoglutarate respiration required a short lag period. The hydrogen-ion concentration of the media seemed to be an important factor controlling the rapidity of action of the inhibitor, because at pH 4 and 5 at least 120 minutes were required prior any effect could be observed, while only 30 minutes were required at pH 6.

The effects of cochliobolin on Micrococcus resting cells were irreversible In contrast, respiratory activities of acetonic powders were refractory to the substance under aerobic conditions, and oxidation of pyruvate, malate, fumarate, succinate and α-ketoglutarate were not affected by saturated solutions of cochliobolin. It is suggested that the first site of attack is the cell wall-cell membrane unit, altering cell permeability, so that inorganic ions and other cofactors essential to respiration are lost in consequence of the leakage through the cell membrane.     

Arachidonic acid interaction with the mitochondrial electron transport chain promotes reactive oxygen species generation.

A study has been carried out on the interaction of arachidonic acid and other long chain free fatty acids with bovine heart mitochondria. It is shown that arachidonic acid causes an uncoupling effect under state 4 respiration of intact mitochondria as well as a marked inhibition of uncoupled respiration. While, under our conditions, the uncoupling effect is independent of the fatty acid species considered, the inhibition is stronger for unsaturated acids. Experiments carried out with mitochondrial particles indicated that the arachidonic acid dependent decrease of the respiratory activity is caused by a selective inhibition of Complex I and III. It is also shown that arachidonic acid causes a remarkable increase of hydrogen peroxide production when added to mitochondria respiring with either pyruvate+malate or succinate as substrate. The production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) at the coupling site II was almost double than that at site I. The results obtained are discussed with regard to the impairment of the mitochondrial respiratory activity as occurring during the heart ischemia/reperfusion process.     

RESPIRATORY ACTIVITY AND MAINTENANCE OF CELL SUSPENSIONS OF RAT LIVER

Previous experimentation involving the use of dispersed rat liver cells have utilized suspending media common to fractionation and slicing methods. Cells in these media have not remained viable for prolonged periods of time and they have resisted culturing techniques. Suspensions of dispersed parenchymal cells were prepared from rat livers which had been perfused in situ via the dorsal aorta with an EDTA-sucrose solution. The maintenance of surviving cells was attempted in three different media: sucrose buffered with Tris-HCl, Waymouth medium, and Waymouth medium supplemented with 30% calf serum. Cells suspended in sucrose and buffered with Tris-HCl oxidized citrate, succinate, and α-kegoglutarate but did not respire in the presence of other citric acid cycle intermediates. When cells were suspended in Waymouth medium without glucose, they oxidized malate and glutamate plus the above-mentioned substrates. Glucose and pyruvate did not stimulate oxygen uptake in either medium. Cells exhibited respiratory activity for up to 8 hr when incubated in Waymouth medium supplemented with calf serum. Both the ability to oxidize succinate and the morphological integrity of the cells were retained for this period of time. When cells were incubated in Waymouth medium alone, the time interval was reduced to 6 hr. Sucrose-Tris-HCl in the presence of succinate was not satisfactory as an incubation medium, since many of the cells underwent breakdown.     

Hepatocyte mitochondrion respiratory chain in rats with experimental toxic hepatitis

The purpose of this study was to examine hepatocyte mitochondrion respiratory chain in rats subjected to ethanol and CCl4 administration within 4 weeks to induce an experimental hepatitis. Oxygen consumption was determined as a measure of mitochondrion respiration chain function. The development of liver pathology was accompanied by fat accumulation, fibrosis, triglycerides and lipid peroxidation increase. Respiratory chain characteristics damage was found. Endogenous oxygen consumption by hepatocytes isolated from pathological liver was found 34% higher compared to control. Exogenous malate and pyruvate substrates delivery didn't stimulate cell respiration. Rotenone (the inhibitor of the I complex) decreased 27% oxygen consumption by pathological hepatocytes while dinitrophenol produced 37% cell respiration increase. States 3 (V3) and 4 (V4) mitochondrial respiration with malate + glutamate as substrates were found to be 70 and 56% higher accordingly compared to control level. V3 and Vd (dinitrophenol respiration) for mitochondria from pathological liver didn't differ from control when being tested with malate + glutamate or succinate as substrates. Cytochrome c oxidase activity increased (+ 80%) as compared to control. Administration of hypolipidemic agent simvastatin simultaneously with ethanol and CC14 resulted in decrease liver fat accumulation, fibrosis and peroxidation products. Simvastatin administration caused hepatocyte endogenous respiration decrease while malate + pyruvate, dinitrophenol or rotenone delivery produced oxygen consumption alterations similar to control. However, when isolated mitochondria from liver of simvastatin treated animals being tested the decrease of oxidative phosphorylation coupling for substrates malate + glutamate was found. While simvastatin did not cause changes in cytochrome c oxidase activity. We propose the hypothesis that the NCCR complex in rat mitochondria with experimental toxic hepatitis works extensively on superoxydanion production. Alterations of SCCR, Coenzyme Q-cytochrome c-reductase, cytochrome c oxidase and ATP-synthase activities have an adaptive nature to compensate for impaired NCCR function.     

Citrate Cycle and Related Metabolism of Listeria monocytogenes

The growth response of Listeria monocytogenes strains A4413 and 9037-7 to carbohydrates was determined in a defined medium. Neither pyruvate, acetate, citrate, isocitrate, alpha-ketoglutarate, succinate, fumarate, nor malate supported growth. Furthermore, inclusion of any of these carbohydrates in the growth medium with glucose did not increase the growth of Listeria over that observed on glucose alone. Resting cell suspensions of strain A4413 oxidized pyruvate but not acetate, citrate, isocitrate, alpha-ketoglutarate, succinate, fumarate, or malate. Cell-free extracts of strain A4413 contained active citrate synthase, aconitate hydratase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase, fumarate hydratase, fumarate reductase, pyruvate dehydrogenase system, and oxidases for reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate. The alpha-ketoglutarate oxidation system, succinate dehydrogenase, isocitrate lyase, and malate synthase were not detected. Cytochromes were not detected. The data suggest that strain A4413, under these conditions, utilizes a split noncyclic citrate pathway which has an oxidative portion (citrate synthase, aconitate hydratase, and isocitrate dehydrogenase) and a reductive portion (malate dehydrogenase, fumarate hydratase, and fumarate reductase). This pathway is probably important in biosynthesis but not for a net gain in energy.     

A squared michaelis-menten function of substrate concentration for plant mitochondrial respiration

Dry and Wiskich ([1987] Arch Biochem Biophys 257: 92-99) have published data showing the response of plant mitochondrial respiration to increasing additions of oxaloacetate or malate when these substrates have been depleted by inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase by malonate, and coenzyme A (CoA) has been sequestered as acetyl-CoA by pyruvate dehydrogenase. In the presence of 2-oxoglutarate, it is shown that the response is given by a Michaelis-Menten curve, but in its absence, when malate has to supply substrate for dehydrogenation as well as to liberate CoA via malate dehydrogenase and citrate synthase, the response is presumably the product of two Michaelis-Menten functions, which can be approximated by the square of a single function.