细胞色素C和含心磷脂的人工脂膜相互作用

 本文报告以芘为荧光探剂,研究细胞色素C和含心磷脂的人工脂膜的相互作用。1.由于芘和细胞色素C的血红素团之间的能量转移,细胞色素C与心磷脂结合引起芘的单体荧光发射峰(395nm)强度下降。这种淬灭效应受脂膜的相行为影响,在液晶相时淬灭效应小于凝胶相;2.氧化态细胞色素C与还原态相比,对心磷脂结合的视和度稍高;3.在以芘的激发二聚体荧光峰(475nm)强度与单体荧光峰强度之比做为脂膜流动性的指标,发现还原态细胞色素C与含心磷脂脂膜结合后引起流动性增加的效应高于氧化态的结合。     

心磷脂对细胞色素C氧化酶质子泵功能的影响

 用胆酸盐透析法将猪心线粒体细胞色素C氧化酶重组在含心磷脂和二肉豆寇磷脂酰胆碱的脂质体上,以还原态细胞色素C作为酶反应底物,记录脂酶体囊泡外介质液pH的变化,pH下降幅度可以反映细胞色素C氧化酶质子泵的功能。 心磷脂含量不同的细胞色素C氧化酶脂酶体质子泵功能不同。心磷脂含量在10％—40％(w/w)范围内,随心磷脂含量增高,该酶质子泵功能增强;当心磷艏含量超过50％时,该酶质子泵功能却随心磷脂含量的增加表现出下降的趋势。阿霉素可以与心磷脂紧密结合,抑制细胞色素C氧化酶的质子泵功能。然而,少量阿霉素却能增强含70％心磷脂的脂酶体的质子泵功能。     

细胞色素C引起心磷脂的还原

本工作采用FT-IR和NMR技术,研究了心磷脂(CL)与还原态细胞色素C作用后其脂肪酸链中双键数目的变化。发现伴随细胞色素C的氧化,CL双键被部分还原为单键,提示CL可能直接参与吸呼链的电子传递。     

运动性内源自由基对大鼠肝线粒体的影响

采用大鼠耗竭游泳作为动物运动模型,用戊巴比妥酸(TBA)法测定脂质过氧化水平,薄层色谱—定磷法测定心磷脂含量,细胞色素C还原法测定细胞色素C氧化酶活性。结果如下:耗竭运动时,肝线粒体脂质过氧化水平升高24％;心磷脂含量下降21％;细胞色素C氧化酶活性下降25％。上述结果表明:耗竭运动时,机体内源自由基的产生是运动损伤和整体疲劳的原因之一。     

心磷脂-细胞色素C体系CD谱的研究

 线粒体内膜中含有特异的心磷脂是细胞色素C氧化酶活性的必需脂。本工作测定了心磷脂脂质体对细胞色素C溶液园二色(CD)谱的影响,发现心磷脂可引起血色素铁的氧化,并使其轴向配位场强的对称性下降。提示心磷脂可能参与酶和底物之间的电子转移过程。     

心磷脂电化学行为的研究

对心磷脂及其与细胞色素C复合物的研究表明,心磷脂具有电化学活性;它与细胞色素C的结合使细胞色素C的克式电位下降、表观电子转移数减少、电极反应变慢。说明心磷脂和细胞色素C之间可能发生了电子转移。     

紫色非硫光合细菌Rhodopseudomonas capsulata细胞色素c_3的纯化及理化特性的研究

菌体经超声破碎,高速离心,二次DEAE-52柱层析和Sephadex G-100分离纯化,得到凝胶电泳纯的细胞色素c_3。特征吸收峰在氧化态时为405,525nm;还原态时为417,520,545nm。用Sephadex G-100凝胶过滤,SDS凝胶电泳方法,测得分子量分别为12,500,13,000D。氨基酸组份分析表明最低分子量为13,500D左右。恒电位电量法测其中点电位为-364mV,参与氧化还原作用时,传递电子数目为2。氧化态时在g值为2.581,2.203,1.715处有特征的ESR波谱,还原态时,ESR波谱消失。     

二、核磁共振在膜研究中的应用(下)

3.细胞色素氧化酶细胞色素氧化酶位于线粒体内膜上,是呼吸链的最后一个成员。它催化如下反应,从而控制了电子由还原态的细胞色素C向氧化态细胞色素C的传递: 4 细胞色素C(还原态)+O_2+4H~+→ 4 细胞色素C(氧化态)+2H_2O 细胞色素氧化酶的分子量约156,000道尔顿,大小约为50A×50A×80A,形状象一颗牙齿。一般由七个亚基组成,不同来源的酶其亚基数目各不相同。最近对线粒体DNA的研究表明,其中三个最大的亚基在线粒体内部合成,而其余的亚基在细胞质内合成,然后再装配到一起。这是一个关系到膜组装机理的十     

脂对泛醌细胞色素c还原酶的影响

用羟基磷灰石柱亲和层析法制备了高纯度的缺脂泛醌细胞色素c还原酶．脂的缺失使该酶活力丢失,部分细胞色素（约52.8％细胞色素b和82.5％细胞色素c₁）呈现还原状态．将缺脂泛醌细胞色素。还原酶与磷脂重组,可恢复其活性,同时那些呈还原状态的细胞色素也恢复到氧化态.此结果表明如此制备的缺脂泛醌细胞色素c还原酶仍保持着活力所必需的构象状态,细胞色素氧化还原状态随脂缺失的变化反映了脂与蛋白的相互作用.     

心磷脂对细胞凋亡作用的研究进展

心磷脂(cardiolipin, CL)是线粒体特异的一类磷脂,它不仅可以维持线粒体的结构,还对电子传递链复合体有影响。在细胞凋亡时,心磷脂会发生一些重分布,比如线粒体内膜外小叶中心磷脂含量的增加及细胞表面心磷脂的出现。同时,凋亡刺激还可以加速心磷脂的代谢循环,使心磷脂在线粒体内的含量降低。在细胞凋亡发生时,心磷脂作为一个信号整合体,对细胞色素c (cytochrome c, CytC)、胱天蛋白酶-8 (caspase-8)和促凋亡蛋白Bid发挥着重要的协调作用。本文主要就心磷脂在细胞凋亡过程中的重要作用及其在癌症中的研究进展进行综述。     

One of two copper atoms is not necessary for the cytochrome c oxidase activity of Pseudomonas AM 1 cytochrome aa3

From Pseudomonas AM 1 grown in a medium deficient in Cu, aa3-type cytochrome c oxidase was purified which contained 2 molecules of haem a and one atom of Cu per molecule. The enzyme showed absorption peaks at 428 and 595 nm in the oxidized form and at 442 and 604 nm in the reduced form, and its CO complex showed peaks at 432 and 602 nm. The enzyme in the oxidized state showed an obscure absorption peak around 800 nm instead of a peak at 820 nm. One mol of the enzyme oxidized maximally 76, 75, and 98 mol of the ferrocytochromes c of Candida krusei, horse and Pseudomonas AM 1 per sec, respectively. These reactions were 50% inhibited by 7 microM KCN. The product of reduction of O2 catalyzed by the enzyme was concluded to be H2O on the basis of the ratio of ferrocytochrome c oxidized to O2 consumed.     

Molecular and enzymatic properties of "cytochrome aa3"-type terminal oxidase derived from Nitrobacter agilis

Cytochrome c oxidase (cytochrome aa3-type) [EC 1.9.3.1] was purified from Nitrobacter agilis to an electrophoretically homogeneous state and some of its properties were studied. The enzyme showed absorption peaks at 422, 598, and 840 nm in the oxidized form, and at 442 and 606 nm in the reduced form. The CO compound of the reduced enzyme showed peaks at 436 and 604 nm, and the latter peak had a shoulder at 599 nm. The enzyme possessed 1 mol of heme a and 1.6 g-atom of copper per 41,000 g, and was composed of two kinds of subunits of 51,000 and 31,000 daltons. These results show that the structurally minimal unit of the enzyme molecule is composed of one molecule each of the two subunits and contains 2 molecules of heme a and 2-3 atoms of copper. the enzyme rapidly oxidized ferrocytochromes c of several eukaryotes as well as N. agilis ferrocytochrome c-552. The reactions catalyzed by the enzyme were strongly inhibited by KCN. The reduction product of oxygen catalyzed by the enzyme was concluded to be water on the basis of the ratio of ferrocytochrome c oxidized to molecular oxygen consumed.     

1H-n.m.r. evaluation of the ferricytochrome c-cardiolipin interaction. Effect of superoxide radicals.

The interaction between ferricytochrome c and cardiolipin was investigated by 1H n.m.r. at 270 MHz. From the phospholipid-induced changes of the protein spectral features it is concluded that the first 2 equivalents of cardiolipin cause a conformational change at the lower part of the solvent-exposed haem edge, involving a rearrangement of the hydrogen-bond interactions of propionate 6, thus partly accounting for the lowered redox potential of cytochrome c in the presence of cardiolipin. The increased value for the pK of the alkaline isomerization of ferricytochrome c shows that cardiolipin stabilizes the native structure of the protein, indicating that the oxidized form assumes ferrocytochrome c-like properties. Peroxidation of cardiolipin by superoxide radical ions drastically decreases the protein binding to this phospholipid. The implications of this finding, and the likelihood of the ternary cytochrome c-cardiolipin-cytochrome c oxidase complex, for the binding of cytochrome c to cytochrome c oxidase in vivo, are discussed in relation to peroxidative damage following ischaemia and reperfusion.     

Reaction of cytochrome c with nitrite and nitric oxide. A model of dissimilatory nitrite reductase.

The reaction of bovine heart ferrocytochrome c with nitrite was studied under various conditions. The reaction product was ferricytochrome c at around pH 5, whereas at around pH 3 it was Compound I, characterized by twin peaks at 529 and 563 nm of equal intensity. However, ferrocytochrome c decreased obeying first-order kinetics over the pH range examined, irrespective of the presence or absence of molecular oxygen. The apparent first-order rate constant was proportional to the square of the nitrite concentration at pH 4.4 and it increased as the pH was lowered. At pH 3 the reaction was so rapid that it had to be followed by stopped-flow and rapid-scanning techniques. The apparent rate constant at this pH was found to increase linearly with the nitrite concentration. Based on these results the active species of nitrite was concluded to be dinitrogen trioxide at pH 4.4 and nitrosonium ion, no+, at pH 3. Compound II was formed by reaction of ferrocytochrome c and NO gas at acidic and alkaline pH values. The absorption peaks were at 533 and 563 nm at pH 3, and at 538 and 567 nm at pH 12.9. This compound was also formed by reducing Compound I with reductants. Compound I prepared from ferricytochrome c and NO was stable below pH 6. However, appreciable absorption peaks for ferrocytochrome c appeared between pH 8 and 10, because Compound I was dissociated into ferrocytochrome c and NO+, and because ferrocytochrome c thus formed reacted with NO very slowly in this pH region. Saccharomyces ferricytochrome c under NO gas behaved differently from mammalian cytochrome, indicating the significance of the nature of the heme environment in determing the reactivity. Only at extreme pH values was Compound II formed exclusively and persisted. A model system for dissimilatory nitrite reductase was constructed by using bovine heart cytochrome c, nitrite and NADH plus PMS at pH 3.3, and a scheme involving cyclic turnover of ferrocytochrome c, Compound I and Compound II is presented, with kinetic parameters.     

Mechanism of the reaction of hydrated electrons with ferrocytochrome c.

1. The hydrated electron reacts with ferrocytochrome c to form an unstable intermediate. This intermediate decays in a first-order manner to give, in the first instance, a product which has a similar absorption spectrum in the range 400-610 nm as normal ferricytochrome c. 2. At 21 degrees C the rate constant for the reaction of hydrated electrons with ferrocytochrome c at pH 7.4 (2 mM phosphate buffer) is (3.0 +/- 0.3) = 10(10) M-1 - S-1. As the pH is increased above pH 8.0 the rate constant steadily decreases. The dependence of the rate constant on pH can be explained if ferrocytochrome c has a pK of around 9.2. 3. At 21 degrees C and pH 7.4, the rate constant for the decay of the intermediate is (1.40 +/- 0.15) - 10(5) S-1. This reaction shows no pH dependence in the range 6-2-11.0. 4. A mechanism is proposed whereby the central metal atom of the ferrocytochrome c is oxidased and a thioether bond is reduced. The resulting ferricytochrome c species then slowly develops an absorbance at 606 nm due to the attack of the sulfhydryl group on the haem.     

The reduction of porphyrin cytochrome c by hydrated electrons and the subsequent electron transfer reaction from reduced porphyrin cytochrome c to ferricytochrome c.

1. Hydrated electrons, produced by pulse radiolysis react with porphyrin cytochrome c with a bimolecular rate constant of 3-10(10) M-1 S-1 at 21 degrees C and pH 7.4. 2. After the reduction step an absorbance change with a half-life of 5 microns is observed with the spectral range of 430-470 nm. A relatively stable intermediate then decays with a half-life of 15 s. 3. The spectrum of the intermediate observed 50 microns after the generation of hydrated electrons shows a broad absorption band between 600 and 700 nm and a peak at 408 nm. The spectrum is attributed to the protonated form of an initially produced porphyrin anion radical. 4. Reduced porphyrin cytochrome c reacts with ferricytochrome c with a bimolecular constant of 2-10(5) M-1- S-1 in 2 mM phosphate pH 7.4, at 21 degrees C and of 2 - 10(6) M-1-S-1 under the same conditions but at 1 M ionic strength. It is proposed that electron transfer in an analogous exchange reaction between ferrocytochrome c and ferricytochrome c occurs via the exposed part of the haem.     

Mechanism of activation of cytochrome c peroxidase activity by cardiolipin

In this work, the actions of bovine heart cardiolipin, synthetic tetraoleyl cardiolipin, and a nonspecific anionic detergent sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) on cytochrome c (Cyt c) peroxidase activity recorded by chemiluminescence in the presence of luminol and on the Fe...S(Met80) bond whose presence was estimated by a weak absorption band amplitude with peak at 695-700 nm (A(695)) were compared. A strict concurrency between Fe...S(Met80) breaking (A(695)) and cytochrome peroxidase activity enhancement was shown to exist at cardiolipin/Cyt c and SDS/Cyt c molar ratios of 0 : 1 to 50 : 1 (by chemiluminescence). Nevertheless, when A(695) completely disappeared, Cyt c peroxidase activity under the action of cardiolipin was 20 times more than that under the action of SDS, and at low ligand/protein molar ratios (=4), SDS failed to activate peroxidase activity while cardiolipin enhanced Cyt c peroxidase activity 16-20-fold. A(695) did not change on Cyt c binding with liposomes consisting of tetraoleyl cardiolipin and phosphatidylcholine (1 : 10 : 10), while peroxidase activity was enhanced by a factor of 8. Breaking of 70% of the Fe...S(Met80) bonds resulted in only threefold enhancement of peroxidase activity. Cardiolipin-activated Cyt c peroxidase activity was reduced by high ionic strength solution (1 M KCl). The aggregated data suggest that cardiolipin activating action is caused, first, by a nonspecific effect of Fe...S(Met80) breaking as the result of conformational changes in the protein globule caused by the protein surface electrostatic recharging by an anionic amphiphilic molecule, and second, by a specific acceleration of the peroxidation reaction which is most likely due to enhanced heme accessibility for H(2)O(2) as a result of the hydrophobic interaction between cardiolipin and cytochrome.     

A transient spin-state change during alkaline isomerization of ferricytochrome c

Kinetic difference spectra during the alkaline isomerization of ferricytochrome c were obtained by the pH-jump method in the range of 540 to 655 nm. The spectrum of the transient intermediate, which appears during the course of the isomerization, was reproduced from the spectra. The intermediate showed an intense absorption band at 600 nm, indicating that it is a high spin or mixed spin species. This is in contrast to the stable neutral and alkaline forms which are low spin species. The transient spin-state change during the isomerization was also observed upon rapid oxidation of ferrocytochrome c at alkaline pH.     

Absorption and magnetic circular dichroism spectra of hemoproteins in nonequilibrium states. V. Cytochrome P450 and its substrate complex

It was shown that ferrocytochrome P450 forms a nonequilibrium state if ferrocytochrome P450 and its complexes are reduced in freezed water-glycerol solutions by thermolysed electrons, arising during gamma-radiolysis of the matrix at 77 degrees K. Unlike the equilibrium form of ferrocytochrome P450 with the heme iron at the high-spin state the reduced nonequilibrium form of the protein contains the heme iron at a low-spin state. The absorption spectrum of ferrocytochrome P450 in the nonequilibrium state is characterized by alpha and beta-bands at 562 and 534 nm, respectively, whereas the magnetic circular dichroism spectra exhibit type A effect at 562 nm. Upon temperature increasing the nonequilibrium state is relaxed to the equilibrium one. Type 1 substrates had practically no influence on the spectral characteristic of the nonequilibrium form of ferrocytochrome P450. Binding of type 2 substrates results in an essential decrease of the intensity ratio of the alpha- and beta-bands (A alpha/A beta) and is accompanied by a red-shift of the alpha-band and corresponding magnetic circular dichroism effect. It was shown that mercaptoethanol complex of hemoglobin, formed by reduction at 77 degrees K is spectrally similar to the nonequilibrium ferrocytochrome P450 complex with type 2 substrates. From analysis of experimental data one can conclude that (i) the ligand environment of heme iron in oxidased and reduced cytochrome P450 are different; (ii) the sixth axial ligand of the heme iron in the oxidised protein is probably a water molecule (OH-) attached by a hydrogen bond to the neighbouring histidine. It is assumed that a similar nonequilibrium form of cytochrome P450 can be formed in physiological conditions.