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Rifamycin S and rifabutin are clinical drugs used to treat tuberculosis and leprosy. The formation of reactive oxygen species during the redox-cycling of rifamycin S (quinone) and rifabutin (quinonimine) was evaluated. The semiquinone (or semiquinonimine) and hydroquinone (or hydroquinonimine) formed during the reduction of the parent molecules by microsomal electron transfer in the presence of nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate, reduced (NADPH) or nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide, reduced (NADH) reoxidizes in air to generate superoxide radical and hydrogen peroxide. In the presence of added iron, hydroxyl radicals, formed by the Fenton reaction, were detected using 5,5'-dimethyl-1-pyroline-N-oxide as the spin-trap. Rifamycin S, a quinone, redox cycles more efficiently than rifabutin, a quinonimine, as approximately five times the concentration of hydroxyl radical adduct of 5,5'-dimethyl-1-pyroline-N-oxide (DMPO) was detected, when compared with rifabutin. The NADPH-dependent microsomal production of hydroxyl radical in the presence of rifamycin S was somewhat higher than the NADH-rifamycin S system with most iron chelators. However, with rifabutin, NADH-dependent microsomal production of hydroxyl radical was higher than that found with the NADPH-rifabutin system. An exception was the iron chelator, diethylene-triamine-pentacetic acid (DTPA), in which NADPH-dependent rates exceeded the rates with NADH with both antibiotics. Rat liver sub-mitochondrial particles also generated hydroxyl radical in the presence of NADH and either rifamycin S or rifabutin. The electron transport chain inhibitors such as rotenone and antimycin A enhanced the signal intensity of DMPO-OH, suggesting NADH dehydrogenase (complex I) as the major component involved in the reduction of rifamycin S. Rifamycin S was shown to be readily reduced to rifamycin SV, the corresponding hydroquinone by Fe(II); under similar conditions Fe(II) did not reduce rifabutin. Using optical spectroscopy, we determined that rifamycin S forms a complex with Fe(II). The stoichiometry of the complex was Fe(rifamycin S)3 in phosphate buffer at pH 7.4. Rifabutin did not form a detectable complex with Fe(II). The redox cycling of rifamycin S and rifabutin did not cause microsomal lipid peroxidation. In fact, the Fe:ATP induced lipid peroxidation was completely inhibited by these two molecules. These results indicate that rifamycin S and rifabutin can interact with rat liver microsomes to undergo redox-cycling, with the subsequent production of hydroxyl radicals when iron complexes are present. Compared to NADPH, NADH is almost as effective (rifamycin S) or even more effective (rifabutin) in promoting these interactions. These interactions may play a role in the hepatotoxicity associated with the use of these antibiotics.
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PMID:A comparative study of the redox-cycling of a quinone (rifamycin S) and a quinonimine (rifabutin) antibiotic by rat liver microsomes. 898 Oct 35

The neurotoxicity of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine, which produces Parkinsonism, is mediated by its metabolite 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP+). When injected into the striatum MPP+ is accumulated by dopaminergic nerve terminals and is then retrogradely transported to the substantia nigra compacta. The mechanism by which it mediates cell death involves both inhibition of complex I of the electron transport chain and free radical generation. In the present experiments we found that administration of the free radical spin trap N-tert-butyl-alpha-(2-sulfophenyl) nitrone (S-PBN) significantly attenuated substantia nigra cell loss produced by MPP+ administration into rat striatum. We also found that coadministration of coenzyme Q10 with nicotinamide, which attenuates energy depletion, significantly blocked MPP(+)-induced substantia nigra damage. Last, we found that a single administration of MPP+ into rat striatum can produce progressive cell loss in the substantia nigra and that administration of S-PBN starting 7 days after administration of MPP+ can block the ensuing neuronal damage. These observations suggest that a one-time exposure to a neurotoxic agent may result in progressive neuronal degeneration mediated by oxidative stress.
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PMID:MPP+ produces progressive neuronal degeneration which is mediated by oxidative stress. 912 70

Tetrazolium-dye-linked alcohol dehydrogenase (TD-ADH) of Amycolatopsis methanolica could be resolved into three protein components, which have been purified. Each of the components has the ability to reconstitute TD-ADH activity when combined with the other two. Component 1 is identical to the previously characterized methanol:N,N'-dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline oxidoreductase (MNO), a decameric protein with 50-kDa subunits, each carrying a tightly bound NADPH. Component 2 is a high molecular mass (> 640 kDa) protein with subunits of 44 kDa and 72 kDa, and which possesses a low tetrazolium-dye-linked NADH dehydrogenase activity. The protein contains a yellow chromophore of unknown identity. Component 3 is a low molecular mass (15 kDa) protein containing a 5'-deazaflavin and at least one other low-molecular-mass compound with properties similar, but not identical, to those of nicotinamide coenzymes. The results suggest that alcohol oxidation by the TD-ADH complex is carried out by component 1 (MNO), after which transfer of the reducing equivalents (mediated by component 3) occurs to component 2, which (in vitro) is linked to the tetrazolium dye. Fractionation of A. methanolica extracts showed that most of the 5'-deazaflavin was present in component 3. Other gram-positive bacteria having a TD-ADH complex also produced 5'-deazaflavin. It is concluded that oxidation of primary aliphatic alcohols by A. methanolica, and probably also by other gram-positive bacteria containing MNO or TD-ADH, proceeds via TD-ADH. The likeliness of 5'-deazaflavin participation in this process is discussed.
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PMID:Tetrazolium-dye-linked alcohol dehydrogenase of the methylotrophic actinomycete Amycolatopsis methanolica is a three-component complex. 924 38

The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) codes for essential hydrophobic components of the system of oxidative phosphorylation. Diseases caused by mtDNA defects are manifested as variable clinical phenotypes and the symptoms represent the involvement of tissues with high energy demand. Various approaches have been taken to treat mitochondrial diseases by administration of redox compounds, enzyme activators, vitamins and coenzymes or dietary measures. The MELAS mutation at the base pair 3243 of mitochondrial DNA demolishes a transcription termination sequence located within the tRNA(Leu)[UUR] gene, resulting in synthesis of an abnormally large derivative of 16 S rRNA and defective translation. The activity of NADH:Q oxidoreductase (complex I) is often decreased and lactic acidosis is a typical clinical finding. We hypothesized that defective translation of the seven mitochondrially coded subunits (of the total 41) of complex I may alter its affinity to the NADH substrate in which case the activity decrease may be compensated for by increasing the NADH concentration. A MELAS patient was treated with oral nicotinamide for 5 months. The blood NAD content representing the NAD + NADH pool of erythrocytes rose 24 fold and the blood lactate + pyrovate concentration fell by 50%. All these metabolic alterations suggested an improvement of the function of complex I or the whole mitochondrial respiratory chain. However, the kinetic properties of the patient's complex I were similar to the reference values. A tempting explanation is that the free NADH concentration in mitochondria is normally at the level of K(m), so that the decreased activity of the respiratory chain can be compensated for by increased mitochondrial [NADH]. Another possibility would be that the substrate shuttles for transport of reducing power of cytosolic NADH into mitochondria (the malate aspartate or glycerol-3-phosphate shuttles) may be enhanced by increased total NAD + NADH. Because the malate-aspartate shuttle is actually a pump for reducing equivalents driven by the mitochondrial membrane energization, it is proposed that the exacerbations of the MELAS syndrome be partly due to a vicious circle initiated by a defect of complex I and affecting the active transport of the hydrogen from cytosolic NADH into the mitochondrion.
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PMID:Metabolic interventions against complex I deficiency in MELAS syndrome. 930 2

The inhibitory effect and mechanism of action of nicotinamide to paraquat toxicity were studied in male Sprague-Dawley rats. Proteins of submitochondrial particles (SMP), especially of mol. wt. 25-30 kDa, in rat lungs were destroyed by paraquat radicals, and aggregated protein bands approximately 100 kDa were observed by polyacrylamide electrophoresis. The competitive inhibition effects were observed of nicotinamide on NADH oxidation by paraquat via SMP in rat lungs and the Ki was 9.3 mM. The inhibitory effects of nicotinamide on lipid peroxidation by paraquat with rat lung and liver SMP were verified. The times of occurrence of dyspnea and death in rats after paraquat exposure were delayed by nicotinamide administration. The activity of NADH: ubiquinone reaction of NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) in rat lung was reduced 24 h after paraquat exposure, and was protected by nicotinamide. The activity of NADH:ferricyanide reaction of complex I was, however, reduced by administration not only of paraquat but also nicotinamide. These results imply that nicotinamide is inhibitory to paraquat toxicity. Nicotinamide, paraquat, and ferricyanide may react at overlapping sites on complex I.
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PMID:Inhibitory effect of nicotinamide to paraquat toxicity and the reaction site on complex I. 933

Because mitochondrial inner membrane respiratory complexes are important targets of iron toxicity, we used iron-loaded rat heart cells in culture to study the beneficial effect on mitochondrial enzymes of the iron chelators deferoxamine (DFO) and deferiprone (L1) and of antioxidants and reducing agents (ascorbate and alpha-tocopherol). Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-cytochrome c oxidoreductase (complex I-III) and succinate dehydrogenase were the most-sensitive indicators of iron toxicity and cardioprotective effect. Although at concentrations below 0.3 mmol/L the iron-mobilizing effect of L1 was less than that of DFO, both were equally effective in protecting or restoring mitochondrial respiratory enzyme activity. At 1.0 mmol/L, L1 toxicity was manifested in respiratory enzyme inhibition, whereas DFO had no such effect. Ascorbate (0.057 to 5.7 mmol/L) had a mild cardioprotective effect at the highest concentration only, in association with decreased cellular iron uptake. By contrast, alpha-tocopherol (0.023 mmol/L) completely inhibited mitochondrial iron toxicity without affecting iron uptake or release, and irrespective of whether it was used before, during, or after in vitro iron loading. These observations illustrate the usefulness and limitations of iron chelators and other agents used for preventing iron toxicity to the heart and other vital organs, and they underline the need for exploring in more detail the effects of these agents in the clinical setting.
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PMID:Cardioprotective effect of alpha-tocopherol, ascorbate, deferoxamine, and deferiprone: mitochondrial function in cultured, iron-loaded heart cells. 998 70

Of 100 patients with the clinical diagnosis of Leigh syndrome, 21 were found to have specific enzyme defects: 15 involving cytochrome c oxidase (COX); 4, pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC); one, complex I (reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide [NADH]-coenzyme Q reductase) and one, complex II (succinate-ubiquinone reductase) deficiencies. In addition to the most common form of COX deficiency, mtDNA mutations in the adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) 6 coding region were also commonly seen. Eighteen patients (18%) had mtDNA mutations at nucleotide position (np) 8993 or 9176. The mutated DNAs were present in a heteroplasmic state, comprising more than 90% of the DNA in muscle and/or blood samples from all patients. Patients with the T-to-G mutation at np 8993 usually had early onset of the disease with rapid progression, showing the typical clinical features of Leigh syndrome. On the other hand, those with the T-to-C 8993 mutation showed a milder and more chronic course. Patients with the mutation at np 9176 showed variable courses. Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA D-loop sequences for the patients with the ATPase 6 mutations and normal Japanese subjects revealed that a T-to-G/C mutation at np 8993 and a T-to-C mutation at np 9176 occurred many times independently in the Japanese population.
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PMID:Mitochondrial DNA mutations in Leigh syndrome and their phylogenetic implications. 1072 66

Like many other bacteria, Corynebacterium glutamicum possesses two types of L-malate dehydrogenase, a membrane-associated malate:quinone oxidoreductase (MQO; EC 1.1.99.16) and a cytoplasmic malate dehydrogenase (MDH; EC 1.1.1.37) The regulation of MDH and of the three membrane-associated dehydrogenases MQO, succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), and NADH dehydrogenase was investigated. MQO, MDH, and SDH activities are regulated coordinately in response to the carbon and energy source for growth. Compared to growth on glucose, these activities are increased during growth on lactate, pyruvate, or acetate, substrates which require high citric acid cycle activity to sustain growth. The simultaneous presence of high activities of both malate dehydrogenases is puzzling. MQO is the most important malate dehydrogenase in the physiology of C. glutamicum. A mutant with a site-directed deletion in the mqo gene does not grow on minimal medium. Growth can be partially restored in this mutant by addition of the vitamin nicotinamide. In contrast, a double mutant lacking MQO and MDH does not grow even in the presence of nicotinamide. Apparently, MDH is able to take over the function of MQO in an mqo mutant, but this requires the presence of nicotinamide in the growth medium. It is shown that addition of nicotinamide leads to a higher intracellular pyridine nucleotide concentration, which probably enables MDH to catalyze malate oxidation. Purified MDH from C. glutamicum catalyzes oxaloacetate reduction much more readily than malate oxidation at physiological pH. In a reconstituted system with isolated membranes and purified MDH, MQO and MDH catalyze the cyclic conversion of malate and oxaloacetate, leading to a net oxidation of NADH. Evidence is presented that this cyclic reaction also takes place in vivo. As yet, no phenotype of an mdh deletion alone was observed, which leaves a physiological function for MDH in C. glutamicum obscure.
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PMID:Functions of the membrane-associated and cytoplasmic malate dehydrogenases in the citric acid cycle of Corynebacterium glutamicum. 1109 46

Increased neuronal cell death in neurodegenerative diseases has been suggested to result from an increased mitochondrial generation of radical oxygen species (ROS). To test this hypothesis, we investigated superoxide formation in cultured hippocampal neurons from diploid and trisomy 16 mice (Ts16), a model of Down's syndrome. Microflurometric techniques were used to measure superoxide-induced oxidation rate of hydroethidine (HEt) to ethidium and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) autofluorescence signal to monitor changes in neuronal energy metabolism. We found an increase in superoxide formation by more than 50% in Ts16 neurons in comparison with diploid control neurons. In the presence of the mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I inhibitor rotenone superoxide production was blocked in diploid neurons, but the increased superoxide generation in Ts16 neurons remained. Uncoupling of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation using carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP) caused irreversible deficiency in the energy metabolism, monitored by NAD(P)H autofluorescence in Ts16 neurons, but not in diploid control neurons. These results suggest an increased basal generation of superoxide in Ts16 neurons, probably caused by a deficient complex I of mitochondrial electron transport chain, which leads to an impaired mitochondrial energy metabolism and finally neuronal cell death.
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PMID:Increased mitochondrial superoxide generation in neurons from trisomy 16 mice: a model of Down's syndrome. 1128 Dec 91

Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH):ubiquinone oxidoreductase (complex I) is the largest complex of the mitochondrial respiratory chain and complex I deficiency accounts for approximately 30% cases of respiratory-chain deficiency in humans. Only seven mitochondrial DNA genes, but >35 nuclear genes encode complex I subunits. In an attempt to elucidate the molecular bases of complex I deficiency, we studied the six most-conserved complex I nuclear genes (NDUFV1, NDUFS8, NDUFS7, NDUFS1, NDUFA8, and NDUFB6) in a series of 36 patients with isolated complex I deficiency by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography and by direct sequencing of the corresponding cDNA from cultured skin fibroblasts. In 3/36 patients, we identified, for the first time, five point mutations (del222, D252G, M707V, R241W, and R557X) and one large-scale deletion in the NDUFS1 gene. In addition, we found six novel NDUFV1 mutations (Y204C, C206G, E214K, IVS 8+41, A432P, and del nt 989-990) in three other patients. The six unrelated patients presented with hypotonia, ataxia, psychomotor retardation, or Leigh syndrome. These results suggest that screening for complex I nuclear gene mutations is of particular interest in patients with complex I deficiency, even when normal respiratory-chain-enzyme activities in cultured fibroblasts are observed.
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PMID:Large-scale deletion and point mutations of the nuclear NDUFV1 and NDUFS1 genes in mitochondrial complex I deficiency. 1134 33


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