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The oxygen dependence of cellular energy metabolism.
Authors:D F Wilson  M Erecińska  C Drown  I A Silver
Affiliation:1. Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 19104 U.S.A.;2. Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania 19104 U.S.A.;3. Department of Pathology, University of Bristol, Bristol, England
Abstract:Suspensions of cultured C 1300 neuroblastoma cells, sarcoma 180 ascites tumor cells, and Tetrahymena pyriformis cells were used to study the oxygen dependence of cellular energy metabolism. Cellular respiration was found to be almost independent of oxygen tension to values of less than 20 μm with an apparent Km for oxygen of less than 1 μm. In contrast, the reduction of mitochondrial cytochrome c was found to be dependent on oxygen tension at all values from 240 μm downward. Oxygen dependence was also observed in terms of cellular energy metabolism expressed as adenosine triphosphate and adenosine diphosphate concentrations. These data provide direct evidence that in intact cells mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation is oxygen dependent throughout the physiological range of oxygen tension (air saturation and below). The respiratory rate is maintained constant when the oxygen tension is lowered by decreasing values of the cytosolic [ATP][ADP][Pi] and intramitochondrial [NAD]+][NADH] because these regulatory parameters adjust to maintain a constant rate of ATP synthesis. The lack of oxygen dependence in the respiratory rate means that the rate of cellular ATP utilization is essentially oxygen independent until the mitochondria can no longer synthesize ATP at the required rate and [ATP][ADP][Pi].
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