活性氧、线粒体通透性转换与细胞凋亡

线粒体是真核细胞中非常重要的细胞器,细胞中的活性氧等自由基主要来源于此,线粒体膜的通透性转换(mitochondrial permeability transition,MPT)及其孔道(mitochondrialpermeability transition pore,MPTP)更是在内源性细胞凋亡中发挥了关键作用。持续性的线粒体膜通透性转换在凋亡的效应阶段起决定性作用,可介导细胞色素c等促凋亡因子从线粒体释放到胞浆中,进一步激活下游的信号通路,导致细胞不可逆地走向凋亡。瞬时性的线粒体膜通透性转换及其偶联的线粒体局部的活性氧爆发同样具有促凋亡的作用。线粒体通透性孔道的开放释放出大量活性氧,这些活性氧又能够进一步激活该孔道,以正反馈的形式进一步加剧孔道的打开,放大凋亡信号。活性氧、线粒体通透性转换与细胞凋亡之间具有密不可分的联系,本文根据已知的研究结果集中讨论了这三者的关系,并着重论述了该领域中的最新发现和成果。     

体外培养和遗传育种

取水稻(Oryza sativa)品种 Califon-ia L-202、S-201、M202、Calmochi-101和 Texas lemont 的胚,用每升含有4%蔗糖、0.4mg 吲哚乙酸、0.5mg 苄基腺嘌呤(BA)的 LS 培养基,在 pH5.7,光照下培养4周。然后将愈伤组织转移到不同的培养基,进一步培养4周,探索芽的发育。在改变2,4-D 含量的情况下,愈伤组织的重量变     

迷迭香酸对羟自由基所致小鼠肝线粒体损伤的保护作用

探索迷迭香酸对羟自由基致小鼠肝脏线粒体氧化损伤的保护作用。采用羟自由基(.OH),诱导小鼠肝线粒体损伤后,通过测定线粒体肿胀度、膜流动性、丙二醛(MDA)含量及琥珀酸脱氢酶(SDH)活性等指标以确定迷迭香酸对小鼠肝线粒体羟自由基损伤的保护作用。结果迷迭香酸剂量依赖地抑制线粒体肿胀,提高膜流动性,降低MDA的生成,增强SDH活性,差异显著。本实验证明迷迭香酸可以抑制.OH所致的线粒体损伤。     

脱落酸对植物线粒体膜生物物理特性的影响

采用１,６－二苯基－１,３,５－已三乙烯（ＤＰＨ）荧光偏振法和中性红法分别研究了脱落酸（ＡＢＡ）对玉米黄化芽及大豆子叶离体线粒体膜的微粘度（η）、表面电位（ψ）等生物物理特性的影响。结果表明：ＡＢＡ有降低线粒体膜的微粘度及提高线粒体膜的表面电位作用,并导致呼吸速率升高,呼吸控制和氧化磷酸化偶联下降。ＡＢＡ对线粒体膜微粘度的作用具有浓度饱和效应;ＡＢＡ对线粒体膜表面电位的提高作用,因植物不同而有差异,对玉米的作用要大于对大豆的。追踪线粒体Ａ（３５０）值的变化,还证实,ＡＢＡ提高了大豆线粒体的Ａ（３５０）值,即导致大豆线粒体的相互聚集（ａｇｇｒｅｇａｔｉｏｎ）。     

光动力过程中线粒体膜电位和细胞存活关系

以1-anilionaphthalene-8-sulfonate(ANS)作荧光探针,通过其荧光光谱研究了苯硫基酞菁锌PcS)、苯硫基铝酞菁(AIPcS)和烷氧基铝酞菁(AIPc)这三种金属酞菁配合物作为光敏剂的光动力作用对癌细胞线粒体膜表面电位的影响．研究表明,光动力作用后线粒体膜表面电位降低,表面电荷数面密度增加．ZnPcS的影响最大,这与酶联免疫检测光动力作用后对癌细胞的杀伤效果相一致,提示细胞线粒体膜可能是金属酞菁配合物在光动力过程中的作用位点。通过比较细胞线粒体膜表面电位以及表面电荷数面密度与细胞存活之间的关系,阐述了光动力作用的物理学机制．同时,由于线粒体膜电位与细胞凋亡的密切关系,金属酞菁配合物对线粒体膜表面电位的影响提供了一个衡量药物疗效的判据。     

滤光膜对黄檗(Phellodendron amuranse)幼苗三种生物碱含量的影响

以滤光膜遮光处理1年生黄檗(Phellodendron amuranse)幼苗,测定了幼苗生物量及根、茎外皮中的小檗碱、药根碱和掌叶防己碱含量.红色、黄色、蓝色和绿色滤光膜对黄檗幼苗的根和茎生物量都有不同程度的抑制作用,其中黄膜的抑制作用最小,而蓝膜和绿膜的抑制作用最强.滤光膜处理也不同程度地抑制了小檗碱、药根碱和掌叶防己碱的合成和积累,红膜的抑制作用最小,蓝膜和绿膜的抑制作用最强.滤光膜处理后,3种生物碱的单株产量都低于对照,红膜处理小檗碱的产量显著高于黄膜处理,但红膜和黄膜处理下的药根碱和掌叶防己碱的产量差异不显著,蓝膜和绿膜处理的3种生物碱的产量都始终最低.滤光膜处理不利于黄檗幼苗的生长和上述3种生物碱的积累.     

外源氯化胆碱可提高小麦线粒体膜的流动性

分别用ANS、DPH及16 -NS三种不同的标记物标记小麦黄化苗的线粒体 ,研究氯化胆碱 (cholinechloride,CC)对线粒体膜的荧光光谱、平均微粘度 (η )及ESR图谱的影响。结果表明 ,0.21 -1.79mmol·L-1 的CC均能显著降低线粒体膜的荧光强度、η 值及ESR图谱的序参数 (S)和旋转相关时间 (τc) ,表明CC可增加线粒体膜的流动性。为揭示CC的提高植物抗冷机制提供依据     

干旱胁迫下水曲柳苗木细根线粒体的形态及活性变化

根系依赖根细胞内线粒体呼吸代谢产生的能量, 不断从土壤中获取养分。在胁迫条件下, 线粒体的结构和功能会发生一定的变化, 从而影响根系的功能。土壤干旱是最容易引起苗木细根衰老死亡的非生物胁迫因子之一。为了更好地认识干旱胁迫下细根线粒体的结构和功能变化, 对土壤干旱胁迫下水曲柳(Fraxinus mandshurica)不同颜色细根皮层薄壁细胞内线粒体的超微结构(线粒体数量、形态)、线粒体的呼吸功能、线粒体膜脂质氧化(膜透性变化、过氧化氢含量等)情况进行了研究。结果表明: (1)干旱胁迫下, 水曲柳白色及黄色根皮层薄壁细胞内线粒体形状、结构及分布数量与对照相似, 无显著差异。干旱胁迫下产生的褐色根皮层薄壁细胞线粒体数量减少, 分布密度也变小。线粒体内、外膜先后发生不同程度的解体, 最后消失。(2)干旱胁迫显著干扰了线粒体膜的正常呼吸耦联作用, 细根线粒体呼吸控制率(RCR)与磷氧比(无机磷酸/分子氧, P/O)均显著低于对照(p < 0.05)。随着细根颜色加深, 线粒体RCR和P/O值逐渐下降, 白色根﹥黄色根﹥褐色根。褐色根线粒体RCR值最低, 接近极值1。说明褐色根线粒体结构完整性最差, 能量转化效率最低。(3)干旱胁迫下, 不同颜色细根线粒体内的H₂O₂含量、线粒体膜透性、膜脂氧化产物丙二醛(MDA)含量均显著高于对照(p < 0.05)。且随着细根颜色加深, 各个值增加明显。分析可能是由于干旱胁迫导致线粒体内H₂O₂含量升高, 线粒体膜脂质过氧化(MDA含量升高), 膜结构受到破坏(膜透性增加) (电镜下可见部分线粒体内膜电子密度下降及外膜解体)。线粒体膜结构完整性的破坏, 直接影响了线粒体呼吸代谢反应, 使线粒体呼吸功能下降。     

NG-硝基-L-精氨酸对大鼠局灶性缺血脑区线粒体损伤的影响

目的:观察非选择性一氧化氮合酶抑制剂NG-硝基-L-精氨酸(NG-nitro-L-arginine,L-NA)对局灶性脑缺血大鼠脑线粒体的损伤作用,以探讨其改善缺血性脑损伤的作用机制。方法:将大鼠随机分为假手术组、缺血对照组、L-NA治疗组,采用线栓法阻断大鼠大脑中动脉(MCAO)复制局灶性脑缺血模型,分别于缺血后2h、6h、12h给药治疗3d,迅速断头取脑,差速离心法提取缺血侧脑组织线粒休,迅速测定线粒体膜肿胀度及线粒体活力,测定线粒体总ATP酶、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)活性,以及线粒休一氧化氮(NO)、丙二醛(MDA)含量:电镜观察缺血后皮层神经元超微结构的改变及L-NA对其影响。结果:在大鼠MCAO后线粒体膜肿胀度增加,线粒体活力下降,线粒体NO、MDA含量明显增加,线粒体总ATP酶、SOD、GSH-Px活性均明显下降:缺血后2h、6h、12h给予L-NA治疗3d与缺血对照组相比NO含量明显下降,缺血后12h治疗组线粒体膜肿胀度、线粒体活力、总ATP酶、SOD、GSH-Px活性均显著升高、MDA含量下降。电镜结果显示脑缺血后皮层神经元水肿,线粒体肿胀、嵴断裂、溶解、消失,且随缺血时间延长损伤加重;缺血后12h给予L-NA治疗能明显改善脑缺血引起的神经元水肿、线粒体肿胀和空泡化。结论:L-NA能明显抑制脑缺血后线粒体NO生成,在缺血早期给予L-NA对缺血性脑损伤无改善作用:缺血后期给予L-NA,能明显降低线粒体膜肿胀程度,改善线粒体能量供应,增强线粒体抗氧化作用及其活力,从而减轻脑缺血损伤。     

大鼠心肌线粒体Ca2+-ATP酶的制备及活性测定

Ca~(2 )在细胞内有许多重要的功能,它参与不同酶系和多种类型细胞活动的调节。细胞内Ca~(2 )的这些功能需很低的Ca~(2 )浓度(μmol/L或更低),维持细胞浆低Ca~(2 )浓度是与细胞Ca~(2 )调节装置有关,心肌细胞的这类装置包括肌膜、肌浆网、线粒体以及一些与Ca~(2 )结合的蛋白(如钙调素)和小分子物质,其中线粒体是重要的机构之一。Vasington等首次报道了肾脏线粒体对Ca~(2 )的摄取作用,并注意到这一过     

Mechanism of action of some quinoline alkaloids on respiratory chain of mitochondria]

The mechanism of action of some quinoline alkaloids and their derivatives on respiratory chain of rat liver and Candida lipolytica yeast mitochondria was studied. The alkaloids were shown to inhibit electron transfer in the respiratory chain. The site of their action is localized between b and c cytochromes. Besides their ability to inhibit electron transfer in the respiratory chain, alkaloids are shown to be specific inhibitors of "exogenous" NADH-dehydrogenase of C. lipolytica yeast mitochondria. In addition to their inhibiting properties alkaloids can stimulate ATPase activity of mitochondria. O-alkylation of pseudane-IX permits to differentiate the inhibiting and uncoupling properties of this alkaloid.     

Integration of porin synthesized in vitro into outer mitochondrial membranes

Porin, an intrinsic protein of outer mitochondrial membranes of rat liver, was synthesized in vitro in a cell-free in a cell-free translation system with rat liver RNA. The apparent molecular mass of porin synthesized in vitro was the same as that of its mature form (34 kDa). This porin was post-translationally integrated into the outer membrane of rat liver mitochondria when the cell-free translation products were incubated with mitochondria at 30 degrees C even in the presence of a protonophore (carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone). Therefore, the integration of porin seemed to proceed energy-independently as reported by Freitag et al. [(1982) Eur. J. Biochem. 126, 197-202]. Its integration seemed, however, to require the participation of the inner membrane, since porin was not integrated when isolated outer mitochondrial membranes alone were incubated with the translation products. Porin in the cell-free translation products bound to the outside of the outer mitochondrial membrane when incubated with intact mitochondria at 0 degrees C for 5 min. When the incubation period at 0 degrees C was prolonged to 60 min, this porin was found in the inner membrane fraction, which contained monoamine oxidase, suggesting that porin might bind to a specific site on the outer membrane in contact or fused with the inner membrane (a so-called OM-IM site). This porin bound to the OM-IM site was integrated into the outer membrane when the membrane fraction was incubated at 30 degrees C for 60 min. These observations suggest that porin bound to the outside of the outer mitochondrial membrane is integrated into the outer membrane at the OM-IM site by some temperature-dependent process(es).     

Immunological discrimination of intralysosomal, cytosolic, and two membrane sialidases present in rat tissues

Cytosolic sialidase was purified from rat skeletal muscle, and the purified enzyme migrated as a single band of Mr 43,000 on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. A polyclonal antibody raised against the enzyme inhibited and immunoprecipitated rat liver cytosolic sialidase as well as the muscle enzyme but failed to cross-react with the intralysosomal sialidase of rat liver and membrane sialidases I (synaptosomal) and II (lysosomal) of rat brain. The antibody against brain membrane sialidase I (anti-I) and that against sialidase II (anti-II), which could be useful to discriminate the two enzymes, did not cross-react with the intralysosomal and cytosolic sialidases of liver. Although more than 90% of liver plasma membrane sialidase was immunoprecipitated with anti-I, only 60% of liver lysosomal membrane sialidase was immunoprecipitated with anti-II, the remainder being immunoprecipitated with anti-I. In confirmation of these data, liver lysosomal membrane exhibited two peaks of ganglioside sialidase corresponding to the membrane sialidases I and II on Aminohexyl-Sepharose chromatography while only one peak of ganglioside sialidase corresponding to sialidase I was observed for liver plasma membrane. These results indicate that the four types of rat sialidase are proteins distinct from one another and that the three kinds of antisera described above are useful for discriminating these sialidases qualitatively and probably quantitatively.     

Sendai virus internal fusion peptide: structural and functional characterization and a plausible mode of viral entry inhibition

Viral glycoproteins catalyze the fusion between viral and cellular membranes. The fusion protein (F(1)) of Sendai virus has two fusion peptides. One is located at its N-terminus and the other, highly homologous to the HIV-1 and RSV fusion peptides, in the interior of the F(1) protein. A synthetic peptide corresponding to the internal fusogenic domain, namely, SV-201, was found to inhibit virus-cell fusion without interfering with the binding of the virus to the target cells, thus highlighting the importance of this region in Sendai virus-induced membrane fusion. However, its detailed mechanism of inhibition remains unknown. Here, we synthesized a shorter version of SV-201, namely, SV-208, an elongated one, SV-197, and two mutants of SV-201, and compared them functionally and structurally with SV-201. In contrast to SV-201, SV-208 and the two mutants do not inhibit virus-cell fusion. The differences in the oligomerization state of these peptides in aqueous solution and within the membrane, and in their ability to bind to Sendai virions, enabled us to postulate a possible mechanism of viral entry inhibition: SV-201 binds to its target in Sendai virions before the F(1) internal fusion peptide binds to the membrane, therefore blocking the F(1) conformational change required for fusion. In addition, we further characterized the fusogenic activity of the internal fusion peptide, compared to the N-terminal one, and determined its structure in the membrane-bound state by means of fluorescence, CD, and ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. Remarkably, we found that SV-201 and its elongated form, SV-197, are highly potent in inducing fusion of the highly stable large unilamellar vesicles composed of egg phosphatidylcholine, a property found only in an extended version of the HIV-1 fusion peptide. The inhibitory activity of SV-201 and its fusogenic ability are discussed in terms of the "umbrella" model of Sendai virus-induced membrane fusion.     

Detection of Polypeptides Involved in Early Stages of Nodulation in Soybean Roots

Soluble proteins extracted from the roots of nodulating soybean[Glycine max (L.) Merr. cv. T202] and from roots of the non-nodulatingisoline rj₁ of cv. T202 (cv. T201), which had been inoculatedwith Bradyrhizobium japonicum, were analyzed by two-dimensionalpolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and silver staining, in anattempt to identify polypeptides involved in early stages ofnodulation. Almost identical patterns of polypeptides were generatedby extracts of 3-day-old roots of uninoculated T201 and T202and of inoculated T201 and T202, but a unique spot, correspondingto a polypeptide of 38 kDa was detected in the case of inoculatedroots of T202. Western blotting analysis using "inoculated-T202-rootspecific" antiserum, prepared by titration of antiserum againstproteins from inoculated T202 roots with proteins from inoculatedT201 roots, revealed spots corresponding to polypeptides of26,27, and 33 kDa that were detectable only in the extractsof roots of inoculated T202. However, no unique polypeptidespots were detected in the case of roots of inoculated T201and T202, as compared with those from uninoculated T201 andT202 roots by Western blotting analysis using "inoculated-T201-rootspecific" antiserum prepared by titration of antiserum againstproteins from inoculated T201 roots with proteins from uninoculatedT201 roots. (Received May 27, 1991; Accepted September 30, 1991)     

Differences in the interactions of liver alcohol dehydrogenases with probes binding into the substrate pocket

The interactions of three groups of probes (berberine alkaloids, tricyclic psychopharmaca and acridine derivatives) with isoenzymes of horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase and with rat liver alcohol dehydrogenase have been examined. These compounds inhibit the activity of the EE isoenzyme of horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase but differ in their behaviour towards the steroid-active enzymes (i.e. the ES isoenzyme of horse liver alcohol dehydrognase and alcohol dehydrogenase from rat liver): psychopharmaca inhibit, acridines activate and berberines do not bind. The ligands differ also in their influence on the modification of the EE isoenzyme by iodoacetate. Polarities (expressed as Kosower's Z values) of the respective binding sites on the EE isoenzyme were estimated from optical properties of bound probes. Berberines bind into a very hydrophobic area of the enzyme molecule, the binding site for psychopharmaca is moderately hydrophobic and that for acridines is rather polar. Steric arrangements of the binding sites are also discussed. The data presented confirm the existence of three distinct binding sites for these ligands in the substrate pocket of liver alcohol dehydrogenase.     

Topological probes of monoamine oxidases A and B in rat liver mitochondria: inhibition by TEMPO-substituted pargyline analogues and inactivation by proteolysis

TEMPO-substituted pargyline analogues differentially inhibit recombinant human monoamine oxidase A (MAO A) and B (MAO B) in intact yeast mitochondria, suggesting these membrane-bound enzymes are located on differing faces of the mitochondrial outer membrane [Upadhyay, A., and Edmondson, D. E. (2009) Biochemistry 48, 3928]. This approach is extended to the recombinant rat enzymes and to rat liver mitochondria. The differential specificities exhibited for human MAO A and MAO B by the m- and p-amido TEMPO pargylines are not as absolute with the rat enzymes. Similar patterns of reactivity are observed for rat MAO A and B in mitochondrial outer membrane preparations expressed in Pichia pastoris or isolated from rat liver. In intact yeast mitochondria, recombinant rat MAO B is inhibited by the pargyline analogue whereas MAO A activity shows no inhibition. Intact rat liver mitochondria exhibit an inhibition pattern opposite to that observed in yeast where MAO A is inhibited and MAO B activity is unaffected. Protease inactivation studies show specificity in that MAO A is sensitive to trypsin whereas MAO B is sensitive to β-chymotrypsin. In intact mitochondrial preparations, MAO A is readily inactivated in rat liver but not in yeast upon trypsin treatment and MAO B is readily inactivated by β-chymotrypsin in yeast but not in rat liver. These data show MAO A is oriented on the cytosolic face and MAO B is situated on the surface facing the intermembrane space of the mitochondrial outer membrane in rat liver. The differential mitochondrial outer membrane topology of MAO A and MAO B is relevant to their inhibition by drugs designed to be cardioprotectants or neuroprotectants.     

Comparative substrate-inhibitor analysis of liver monoamine oxidases of minks

Comparative substrate-inhibitor analysis of catalytic properties of liver monoamine oxidases (MAO) was performed in the mature males of the American mink Mustela vison and the European mink Mustela lutreola. The action on the MAO activity was studied of alkaloids of the benzo[c]phenanthridine group: sanguinarine and chelidonine, diisoquinoline alkaloid berberine, medication agents Ukrain and Sanguirythrin as well as derivatives of 2-propylamine: deprenyl and clorgylin. The latter turned out to be irreversible inhibitor of the MAO A form, whereas deprehyl--irreversible inhibitor of the MAO B form in both studied mink species. The selectivity of action of each inhibitor on the corresponding liver MAO form for the species M. vison was one order of magnitude stronger than for the species M. lutreola. All studied alkaloids as well medication agents on their basis have been shown to be specific irreversible inhibitors of the intermediate strength of the liver MAO A form of both mink species. They inhibit the enzymatic deamination of serotonin, tyramine, and tryptamine without affecting the deamination reaction of benzylamine and beta-phenylethylamine (at concentrations of 10 mM and lower). Out of the studied five isoquinoline agents, the medication Ukrain and alkaloid chelidonine have the highest inhibitory action; the agent Sanguirythrin and alkaloids berberine and sanguinarine produce the weaker monoamine oxidase effect. The revealed specificity of action of the studied inhibitors is an indirect evidence for the presence in the liver enzymes of both mink species, like in the rat liver enzyme, of several molecular forms.     

Cells transformed by temperature-sensitive mutants of avian sarcoma virus cause tumors in vivo at permissive and nonpermissive temperatures.

Chick embryo (CE) fibroblasts and normal rat kidney (NRK) cells transformed by temperature-sensitive (ts) mutants of avian sarcoma virus (NY68, LA23, LA24, LA25, LA29, LA31, GI201, GI202, GI251, GI253 induce tumors on the chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) of chick eggs at temperatures that correspond to the permissive and nonpermissive temperatures used to induce conditional expression of the "transformed" phenotype in these cells when cultured in vitro. Chick embryo cells infected with transformation-defective mutants of ASV (td101, td108) or RAV-50 were nontumorigenic under the same conditions, as were nontransformed CE and NRK cells. This indicates that the CAM is not an unusually susceptible substrate for cell growth and that the ability of tsASV-transformed cells to form tumors at nonpermissive temperatures reflects their true tumorigenicity. In contrast, a ts mutant chemically transformed rat liver cell line, ts-223, only formed tumors on the CAM under permissive conditions. The wild-type parent cells (W-8) of this mutant produced tumors at both permissive and nonpermissive temperatures. Direct implantation of microprobe thermometers into tumors caused by ts-ASV-transformed cells at nonpermissive temperatures confirmed that tumor formation occurred in a stable temperature environment and was not due to temperature fluctuations which might have created semi-permissive conditions for tumor growth. Cells isolated from tumors formed at nonpermissive temperatures and recultured in vitro displayed temperature-dependent hexose transport and colony formation in agar similar to the orginal parent cell inoculum. Similarly, virus recovered from tumors at nonpermissive temperatures retained the ts mutation.