Temperature dependence of the atractyloside-induced mitochondrial Ca2+ release |
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Authors: | E Chávez A Osornio |
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Affiliation: | Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, Ignacio Chávez, México, D.F. |
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Abstract: | 1. Mitochondrial Ca2+, accumulated by succinate oxidation was released by addition of 50 microM atractyloside. Beside this Ca2+ efflux, a large oxidation of pyridine nucleotides and sustained membrane depolarization occurs. An absolute requirement for acetate to support Ca2+ release is demonstrated. 2. Membrane de-energization, NAD(P)H oxidation, and Ca2+ efflux as induced by atractyloside were temperature-dependent, since it occurs when mitochondria are incubated at 22 degrees C and was abolished at 4 degrees C. 3. Taking into account this latter, the effects of atractyloside on mitochondrial Ca2+ release appears not to be a simple result of the binding of the inhibitor to adenine nucleotide translocase. 4. It is proposed that the mechanism involved in atractyloside-driven membrane permeability to Ca2+ must be related with the transference of the conformational change of the carrier, to another membrane structure responsible for the maintenance permeability to ions. |
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