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The generation of H2O2 by isolated pea stem mitochondria, oxidizing either malate plus glutamate or succinate, was examined. The level of H2O2 was almost one order of magnitude higher when mitochondria were energized by succinate. The succinate-dependent H2O2 formation was abolished by malonate, but unaffected by rotenone. The lack of effect of the latter suggests that pea mitochondria were working with a proton motive force below the threshold value required for reverse electron transfer. The activation by pyruvate of the alternative oxidase was reflected in an inhibition of H2O2 formation. This effect was stronger when pea mitochondria oxidized malate plus glutamate. Succinate-dependent H2O2 formation was ca. four times lower in Arum sp. mitochondria (known to have a high alternative oxidase) than in pea mitochondria. An uncoupler (FCCP) completely prevented succinate-dependent H2O2 generation, while it only partially (40-50%) inhibited that linked to malate plus glutamate. ADP plus inorganic phosphate (transition from state 4 to state 3) also inhibited the succinate-dependent H2O2 formation. Conversely, that dependent on malate plus glutamate oxidation was unaffected by low and stimulated by high concentrations of ADP. These results show that the main bulk of H2O2 is formed during substrate oxidation at the level of complex II and that this generation may be prevented by either dissipation of the electrochemical proton gradient (uncoupling and transition state 4-state 3), or preventing its formation (alternative oxidase). Conversely, H2O2 production, dependent on oxidation of complex I substrate, is mainly lowered by the activation of the alternative oxidase.
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PMID:Hydrogen peroxide generation by higher plant mitochondria oxidizing complex I or complex II substrates. 1037 Dec 18

The respiratory chain of Helicobacter pylori has been investigated. The total insensitivity of activities of NADH dehydrogenase to rotenone and of NADH-cytochrome c reductase to antimycin is indicative of the absence of the classical complex I of the electron transfer chain in this bacterium. NADPH-dependent respiration was significantly stronger than NADH-dependent respiration, indicating that this is a major respiratory electron donor in H. pylori. Fumarate and malonate exhibited a concentration-dependent inhibitory effect on the activity of succinate dehydrogenase. The activity of succinate-cytochrome c reductase was inhibited by antimycin, implying the presence of a classical pathway from complex II to complex III in this bacterium. The presence of NADH-fumarate reductase (FRD) was demonstrated in H. pylori and fumarate could reduce H2O2 production from NADH, indicating fumarate to be an endogenous substrate for accepting electrons from NADH. The activity of NADH-FRD was inhibited by 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone. A tentative scheme for the electron transfer pathway in H. pylori is proposed, which may be helpful in clarifying the pathogenesis of H. pylori and in opening new lines for chemotherapy against this bacterium.
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PMID:Characterization of the respiratory chain of Helicobacter pylori. 1037 16

Mitochondrial membrane potential (delta psi(m)) was determined in intact isolated nerve terminals using the membrane potential-sensitive probe JC-1. Oxidative stress induced by H2O2 (0.1-1 mM) caused only a minor decrease in delta psi(m). When complex I of the respiratory chain was inhibited by rotenone (2 microM), delta psi(m) was unaltered, but on subsequent addition of H2O2, delta psi(m) started to decrease and collapsed during incubation with 0.5 mM H2O2 for 12 min. The ATP level and [ATP]/[ADP] ratio were greatly reduced in the simultaneous presence of rotenone and H2O2. H2O2 also induced a marked reduction in delta psi(m) when added after oligomycin (10 microM), an inhibitor of F0F1-ATPase. H2O2 (0.1 or 0.5 mM) inhibited alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase and decreased the steady-state NAD(P)H level in nerve terminals. It is concluded that there are at least two factors that determine delta psi(m) in the presence of H2O2: (a) The NADH level reduced owing to inhibition of alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase is insufficient to ensure an optimal rate of respiration, which is reflected in a fall of delta psi(m) when the F0F1-ATPase is not functional. (b) The greatly reduced ATP level in the presence of rotenone and H2O2 prevents maintenance of delta psi(m) by F0F1-ATPase. The results indicate that to maintain delta psi(m) in the nerve terminal during H2O2-induced oxidative stress, both complex I and F0F1-ATPase must be functional. Collapse of delta psi(m) could be a critical event in neuronal injury in ischemia or Parkinson's disease when H2O2 is generated in excess and complex I of the respiratory chain is simultaneously impaired.
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PMID:Depolarization of in situ mitochondria due to hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress in nerve terminals: inhibition of alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. 1038 74

Protective effect of the cellular ubiquinone (UQ) reducing system linked to cytosolic NADPH-dependent ubiquinone reductase (NADPH-UQ reductase) against hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced lipid peroxidation was investigated using UQ and control hepatocytes freshly isolated from rats injected with UQ-10 and the vehicles 14 d in advance, respectively. The UQ hepatocytes had higher levels of ubiquinol (UQH2)-10 content and NADPH-UQ reductase activity than the control hepatocytes but did not differ in other antioxidant factors from the latter cells. The UQ hepatocytes exhibited higher cell viability and lower release of lactate dehydrogenase than the control hepatocytes when they were exposed to H2O2 of up to 100 mM for 1 h at 37 degrees C. Furthermore, the formation of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) by H2O2 was almost completely inhibited in the UQ hepatocytes. Decreases in UQH2 and alpha-tocopherol contents and NADPH-UQ reductase activity by H2O2 exposure were observed in both types of the hepatocytes, but those levels in the UQ hepatocytes after the exposure were still higher than in the control hepatocytes. The decreases in ascorbic acid, reduced glutathione and protein thiol contents and DT-diaphorase activity by H2O2 were not different between in the two types of hepatocytes. Antioxidant enzyme activities of catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione S-transferase and glutathione reductase in the hepatocytes were not inhibited by H2O2. From these results, it was concluded that the cellular UQ reducing system linked to cytosolic NADPH-UQ reductase functions mainly as an antioxidant defense for cellular membranes.
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PMID:Antioxidant roles of cellular ubiquinone and related redox cycles: potentiated resistance of rat hepatocytes having stimulated NADPH-dependent ubiquinone reductase against hydrogen peroxide toxicity. 1059 33

The effect of the active bioantioxidant polydisulfide of gallic acid (PDSG) on the catalytic activity and operational and thermal stability of catalase was studied in three media: distilled water (pH approximately 5.6), phosphate buffer, pH 7.4, and reversed micelles of Aerosol OT (AOT) in heptane of varied hydration degree w0. PDSG inhibited the catalase-induced decomposition of H2O2 by the mixed or noncompetitive mechanism: in various media the inactivation constant Ki varied in the range of (0.63-2.32).10-5 M. PDSG nearly twofold decreased the rate constant of interaction of the complex I of catalase with H2O2 (k2, M-1.sec-1) in water and reversed micelles of AOT and 3-5 times increased the effective rate constant of catalase thermal inactivation, k*in, sec-1, depending on the reaction medium. PDSG significantly decreased the rate constant of catalase inactivation during the enzymatic reaction, kin, sec-1, and thus increased the enzyme operational stability in water and reversed AOT micelles in heptane. The interaction of PDSG with catalase in water and in phosphate buffer was accompanied by significant changes in CD spectra in the far UV-region that indicated disturbances in the secondary structure of catalase subunits induced by the bioantioxidant; the latter was suggested to initiate the reaction of thiol--disulfide exchange with the enzyme. The problem of the compatibility of catalase with disulfide bioantioxidants is discussed.
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PMID:Effect of gallic acid polydisulfide on activity and stability of catalase in various media. 1071 56

In the last few years the presence in thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts of a NAD(P)H-plastoquinone oxidoreductase complex (Ndh complex) homologous to mitochondrial complex I has been well established. Herein, we report the identification of the Ndh complex in barley etioplast membranes. Two plastid DNA-encoded polypeptides of the Ndh complex (NDH-A and NDH-F) were relatively more abundant in etioplast membranes than in thylakoids from greening chloroplasts. Conversion of etioplast into chloroplast, after light exposure of barley seedlings grown in the dark, was accompanied by a decrease in the NADH dehydrogenase activity associated to plastid membranes. Using native-PAGE and immunolabelling techniques we have determined that a NADH specific dehydrogenase activity associated with plastid membranes, which was more active in etioplasts than in greening chloroplasts, contained the NDH-A and NDH-F polypeptides. These results complemented by those obtained through blue-native-PAGE indicated that NDH-A and NDH-F polypeptides are part of a 580 kDa NADH dependent dehydrogenase complex present in etioplast membranes. This finding proves that accumulation of the Ndh complex is independent of light. The decrease in the relative levels and specific activity of this complex during the transition from etioplast to chloroplasts was accompanied by a parallel decrease in the specific activity of peroxidase associated to plastid membranes. Based on the mentioned observations it is proposed that an electron transport chain from NADH to H2O2 could be active in barley etioplasts.
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PMID:Identification of the Ndh (NAD(P)H-plastoquinone-oxidoreductase) complex in etioplast membranes of barley: changes during photomorphogenesis of chloroplasts. 1075 Jul 8

We have reported recently (Chinopoulos et al., 1999 J. Neurochem. 73, 220 228) that mitochondrial membrane potential (delta(psi)m) in isolated nerve terminals is markedly reduced by H2O2 in the absence of F0F1-ATPase working as a proton pump. Here we demonstrate that delta(psi)m reduced by H2O2 (0.5 mM) in the presence of oligomycin (10 mM), an inhibitor of the F0F1-ATPase, was able to recover by the addition of catalase (2000 U). Similarly, a decrease in the NAD(P)H level due to H2O2 can be reversed by catalase. In addition, H2O2 decreased the ATP level and the [ATP]:[ADP] ratio measured in the presence of oligomycin reflecting an inhibition of glycolysis by H2O2, but this effect was not reversible. The effect of H2O2 on delta(psi)m in the presence of the complex I inhibitor, rotenone, was also unaltered by addition of catalase. These results provide circumstantial evidence for a relationship between the decreased NAD(P)H level and the inability of mitochondria to maintain delta(psi)m during oxidative stress.
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PMID:Reversible depolarization of in situ mitochondria by oxidative stress parallels a decrease in NAD(P)H level in nerve terminals. 1076 84

Hydrogen peroxide, at concentrations comparable to those observed under some pathological conditions, produced a concentration-dependent inhibition of state 3 (ADP-stimulated) and uncoupled mitochondrial respiratory activity. The ADP:O ratio was also substantially reduced. In contrast, the organic peroxide, t-butylhydroperoxide at the same concentrations produced no significant changes in respiratory activity. Intramitochondrial glutathione was oxidised to a similar extent in the presence of hydrogen peroxide or t-butylhydroperoxide. Thus, changes in this endogenous antioxidant apparently did not underlie the different responses to these peroxides. The effects of hydrogen peroxide were not altered by deferoxamine indicating that the extramitochondrial generation of hydroxyl radicals was not likely to be involved. However, modifications arising from the generation of hydroxyl radicals within the mitochondria remain a likely contributor to the observed deleterious effects on respiratory function. The inhibitory effects of hydrogen peroxide were greatest when pyruvate plus malate were present as respiratory substrates. Lesser inhibition was seen with glutamate plus malate and no significant inhibitory effects were detected in the presence of succinate. The findings suggest that mitochondrial components involved in pyruvate oxidation were particularly sensitive to the hydrogen peroxide treatment. However, no significant change was seen in activity of either the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex or NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) when measured directly following treatment of the mitochondria with hydrogen peroxide.
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PMID:Impairment of brain mitochondrial function by hydrogen peroxide. 1083 13

Chloroplast-encoded NDH polypeptides (components of the plastid Ndh complex) and the NADH dehydrogenase activity of the Ndh complex (NADH-DH) increased under photooxidative stress. The possible involvement of H2O2-mediated signaling in the photooxidative induction of chloroplastic ndh genes was thoroughly studied. We have analyzed the changes in the NADH-DH and steady-state levels of NDH-F polypeptide and ndhB and ndhF transcripts in barley (Hordeum vulgare cv Hassan) leaves. Subapical leaf segments were incubated in growing light (GL), photooxidative light (PhL), GL and H2O2 (GL + H2O2), or PhL and 50 nM paraquat in the incubation medium. Treatments with H2O2 under GL mimicked the photooxidative stimulus, causing a dose-dependent increase of NADH-DH and NDH-F polypeptide. The kinetic of Ndh complex induction was further studied in leaves pre-incubated with or without the H2O2-scavenger dimethyltiourea. NADH-DH and NDH-F polypeptide rapidly increased up to 16 h in PhL, GL+ H2O2, and, at higher rate, in PhL and paraquat. The observed increases of NADH-DH and NDH-F after 4 h in PhL and GL + H2O2 were not accompanied by significant changes in ndhB and ndhF transcripts. However, at 16-h incubations NADH-DH and NDH-F changes closely correlated with higher ndhB and ndhF transcript levels. All these effects were prevented by dimethylthiourea. It is proposed that the induction of chloroplastic ndh genes under photooxidative stress is mediated by H2O2 through mechanisms that involve a rapid translation of pre-existing transcripts and the increase of the ndh transcript levels.
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PMID:Hydrogen peroxide mediates the induction of chloroplastic Ndh complex under photooxidative stress in barley. 1124 24

A non-hypoxic, reactive oxygen species (ROS)-sensitive pathway mediating tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-dependent regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-alpha) was investigated in vitro. TNF-alpha mediated the translocation of HIF-1alpha, associated with up-regulating its activity under normoxia. Analysis of the mode of action of TNF-alpha revealed the accumulation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), superoxide anion (O(2-.)) and hydroxyl radical (.OH). Antioxidants purported as prototypical scavengers of H2O2 and .OH, attenuated TNF-alpha-induced HIF-1alpha activation, and blockading NADPH-oxidase by scavenging O(2-.) reduced the activity of HIF-1alpha. Inhibition of the mitochondrion complex I abrogated TNF-alpha-dependent activation of HIF-1alpha. Interrupting the respiratory chain reversed the excitatory effect of TNF-alpha on HIF-1alpha. These results indicate a non-hypoxic pathway mediating cytokine-dependent regulation of HIF-1alpha in a ROS-sensitive mechanism.
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PMID:A non-hypoxic, ROS-sensitive pathway mediates TNF-alpha-dependent regulation of HIF-1alpha. 1156 89


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