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Major mitochondrial phospholipids were examined in rat brain after 30 minutes of reperfusion following 30- or 60-minute periods of ischemia to examine their changes and explore their relationship to mitochondrial dysfunction during postischemic reperfusion. The amount of phospholipids and the percentage of polyunsaturated fatty acid chains, which tended to decrease during 30 minutes of ischemia, recovered after reperfusion. However, after ischemia lasting for 60 minutes, these parameters did not recover but decreased further, suggesting progressive disruption of phospholipids by phospholipase A2 after reperfusion. These changes were particularly notable in cardiolipin, which is contained specifically in mitochondria. The changes were also closely associated with mitochondrial respiration and respiratory enzyme (
cytochrome c oxidase
and F0F1-
adenosine triphosphatase
) activities, which have been known to correlate with the amount of cardiolipin. These results suggest that phospholipid metabolism in mitochondrial membranes is an important factor bearing on the integrity of energy metabolism during postischemic reperfusion.
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PMID:Changes in major phospholipids of mitochondria during postischemic reperfusion in rat brain. 130 64
To determine whether the increase in oxidative capacity after respiratory muscle training with chronic inspiratory loads in sheep is specific to a particular fiber type, we measured
cytochrome c oxidase
(COX) activity in type I and type II fibers. COX activity in individual fibers was examined histochemically and measured as relative optical density by use of an image processing system. Fiber types were differentiated by the myosin adenosine-
triphosphatase
reaction. We found that COX activity was higher in both fiber types in the trained diaphragms than in the control diaphragms (P less than 0.01). The increase with training was greater in type II (39%) than in type I fibers (21%), resulting in relatively homogeneous COX activity in all diaphragmatic fibers. The proportion of type I fibers increased from 43.4 +/- 5.4% in the control diaphragm to 53.1 +/- 2.9% in the trained diaphragm, whereas the proportion of type II fibers decreased (P less than 0.001). We conclude that respiratory muscle training activates oxidative enzyme activity in both diaphragmatic fiber types; this activation is differentially more in type II fibers, which also decrease in proportion, and less in type I fibers, which increase in proportion.
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PMID:Effect of chronic respiratory load on cytochrome oxidase activity in diaphragmatic fibers. 131 Dec 90
We investigated the distribution and expression of mutant mtDNAs carrying the A-to-G mutation at position 8344 in the tRNA(Lys) gene in the skeletal muscle of four patients with myoclonus epilepsy and ragged-red fibers (MERRF). The proportion of mutant genomes was greater than 80% of total mtDNAs in muscle samples of all patients and was associated with a decrease in the activity of
cytochrome c oxidase
(COX). The vast majority of myoblasts, cloned from the satellite-cell population in the same muscles, were homoplasmic for the mutation. The overall proportion of mutant mtDNAs in this population was similar to that in differentiated muscle, suggesting that the ratio of mutant to wild-type mtDNAs in skeletal muscle is determined either in the ovum or during early development and changes little with age. Translation of all mtDNA-encoded genes was severely depressed in homoplasmic mutant myoblast clones but not in heteroplasmic or wild-type clones. The threshold for biochemical expression of the mutation was determined in heteroplasmic myotubes formed by fusion of different proportions of mutant and wild-type myoblasts. The magnitude of the decrease in translation in myotubes containing mutant mtDNAs was protein specific. Complex I and IV subunits were more affected than
complex V
subunits, and there was a rough correlation with both protein size and number of lysine residues. Approximately 15% wild-type mtDNAs restored translation and COX activity to near normal levels. These results show that the A-to-G substitution in tRNA(Lys) is a functionally recessive mutation that can be rescued by intraorganellar complementation with a small proportion of wild-type mtDNAs and explain the steep threshold for expression of the MERRF clinical phenotype.
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PMID:Distribution and threshold expression of the tRNA(Lys) mutation in skeletal muscle of patients with myoclonic epilepsy and ragged-red fibers (MERRF). 133 69
Mitochondrial and cytosolic functions were studied in vivo and in perfused livers from rats with secondary biliary cirrhosis induced by bile duct ligation for 5 wk and in sham-operated controls. The livers were stereologically analyzed, and mitochondrial and cytosolic functions were related to liver structure. Oxygen consumption by perfused livers expressed per stereologically determined mitochondrial volume was decreased by 49% in bile duct-ligated rats compared with control rats. Glucose production (expressed per mitochondrial volume) was reduced by more than 90% in bile duct ligation, whereas urea production was not affected. Lactate production, a cytosolic function, was increased fivefold in bile duct ligation, and both the lactate/pyruvate and the beta-hydroxybutyrate/aceto-acetate ratios were increased in the liver perfusate of bile duct-ligated rats. In comparison with control rats, the stereologically determined mitochondrial volume fraction per hepatocyte was increased by 28% in bile duct-ligated rats. Activities of mitochondrial enzymes expressed per area of mitochondrial membrane or per mitochondrial volume were either unchanged (
ATPase
,
cytochrome c oxidase
and glutamate dehydrogenase) or decreased (monoamine oxidase) in bile duct ligation. Thus in comparison with control rats, mitochondrial metabolism is impaired in perfused livers from bile duct-ligated rats; increased mitochondrial volume per hepatocyte may represent a strategy to maintain hepatic energy metabolism in rats with secondary biliary cirrhosis.
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PMID:Stereological and functional analysis of liver mitochondria from rats with secondary biliary cirrhosis: impaired mitochondrial metabolism and increased mitochondrial content per hepatocyte. 159 55
These studies were performed to determine the changes that occur in Na+/Ca2+ exchange activity in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain tissues. Cerebral plasma membrane vesicles were purified by sucrose density gradient centrifugation from frozen postmortem hippocampal/temporal cortex tissue slices derived from age matched brains of normal, AD and non-Alzheimer dementia (NAD) origin (autopsy confirmed). Membrane marker assays (Na/K
ATPase
, muscarinic receptor,
cytochrome c oxidase
) revealed no change in membrane purity across different preparations. Thin-section electron microscopy revealed predominantly intact unilamellar vesicles. Vesicles were preincubated for 15 min (37 degrees C) in buffer containing 132 mM NaCl, 5 mM KCl, 1.3 mM MgCl2, 10 mM glucose and 10 mM HEPES (pH 7.4). Ca2+ uptake was initiated by diluting vesicles 20-fold with buffer containing either 132 mM NaCl or 132 mM choline chloride and 45CaCl2 then terminated by addition of 200 microM LaCl3 and rapid filtration. Ca2+ content increased rapidly at first and then maintained a steady plateau for up to 5 min. When the Ca2+ ionophore A23187 (10 microM) with 100 microM EGTA was added after 4 min, Ca2+ content was reduced to 10% of its original value. Ruthenium red (10 microM) had no effect on Ca2+ content. Na(+)-dependent Ca2+ uptake (Ca2+ content measured in choline chloride minus that measured in NaCl) was increased in AD brains as evidenced by both an increase in the initial rise in Ca2+ content and in elevated values of peak plateau Ca2+ content.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Na+/Ca2+ exchange activity is increased in Alzheimer's disease brain tissues. 164 56
Changes in content of brain mitochondrial phospholipids were examined in rats after 30 and 60 min of decapitation ischemia compared with controls, to explore the degradation of the mitochondrial membrane and its relation to dysfunction of mitochondria. Activities of respiratory functions and respiratory enzymes (
cytochrome c oxidase
; F0F1-
ATPase
) decreased significantly during ischemia. Considerable decreases in cardiolipin and phosphatidylinositol content were observed after 60 min, and other phospholipids showed similar but nonsignificant decreases in content. The amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids chains, such as arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids, was reduced in each phospholipid, in some cases significantly, after 30 and 60 min of ischemia in time-dependent manners. Degradation of mitochondrial phospholipids during ischemia associated with the deterioration of mitochondrial respiratory functions suggested the significance of such changes in phospholipid content in disintegration of cellular energy metabolism during cerebral ischemia.
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PMID:Degradation of mitochondrial phospholipids during experimental cerebral ischemia in rats. 165 Mar 95
Disruption of the gene for subunit 6 of the yeast cytochrome bc1 complex (QCR6) causes a temperature-sensitive petite phenotype in contrast to deletion of the coding region of QCR6, which shows no growth defect. Mitochondria from the petite strain carrying the disruption allele were devoid of ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase activity but retained
cytochrome c oxidase
and oligomycin-sensitive
ATPase
activities. Optical spectra of cytochromes in mitochondrial membranes from the petite strain lacked a cytochrome b absorption band and had a reduced amount of cytochrome c1. Analysis of mitochondrial translation products showed normal synthesis of cytochrome b. Western analysis of mitochondrial membranes from this disruption strain indicates core protein 1 of the cytochrome bc1 complex is present in normal amounts, while cytochrome c1, the Rieske iron-sulfur protein, subunit 6, and subunit 7 were absent or present in very low amounts. Taken together, these findings indicate a loss of assembly of the cytochrome bc1 complex. High copy suppressors of the disruption strain were selected. Two separate families of suppressors were found. The first contained QCR6. The second family consisted of overlapping clones of a second gene distinct from QCR6. These plasmids contained QCR9, the gene which codes for subunit 9 of the yeast cytochrome bc1 complex. Suppression of the QCR6 disruption strain by overexpression of QCR9 indicates a critical interaction between these two proteins in the assembly of the cytochrome bc1 complex.
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PMID:The petite phenotype resulting from a truncated copy of subunit 6 results from loss of assembly of the cytochrome bc1 complex and can be suppressed by overexpression of subunit 9. 165 16
We report a functional and molecular analysis of nine oncocytic tumors of the human thyroid. In all the abundance of mitochondria observed ultrastructurally was accompanied by an increase in enzymatic activities of respiratory complexes 1 (NADH dehydrogenase), 11 (succinate dehydrogenase) IV (
cytochrome c oxidase
), and V (
ATPase
). Western blot analysis failed to detect uncoupling protein in the tumors. The elevated respiratory enzyme activities were paralleled by an increase in the mitochondrial DNA content. Restriction analysis of mitochondrial DNA gave no indication of heteroplasmy or other gross alterations. We conclude that the mitochondrial proliferation in oncocytic tumors is probably not the result of a compensatory mechanism for the deficiency in enzyme complexes of the mitochondrial respiratory chain.
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PMID:Functional and molecular analysis of mitochondria in thyroid oncocytoma. 167 11
In a unique Chinese hamster mutant, Gal-32, the mitochondrially encoded subunits of
cytochrome c oxidase
(CO I, II, III) and NADH dehydrogenase (ND 1-6) are greatly decreased while other mitochondrially synthesized proteins, such as
ATPase
subunits 6 and 8, are less affected. Pulse-chase experiments with [35S]methionine demonstrated that the reduced amounts of CO I and ND 5 subunits in Gal-32 are not the result of more rapid protein degradation. No differences in sizes of mtRNAs were detected between wild type and mutant using Northern blotting. The steady state levels of both heavy and light strand mtDNA transcripts were elevated in Gal-32: CO I mRNA was 1.5-fold higher in the mutant than in the wild type; ND 5 mRNA was 1.9-fold higher; ND 6 precursor RNAs were 1.4-fold higher and ATPase 6 and 8 mRNA (a single transcript) was 2.7-fold higher. Thus, the amounts of translation products are roughly correlated with the levels of mRNAs. The reduced levels of mitochondrially synthesized proteins in Gal-32 are the result of decreased translation of specific mRNAs, not increased degradation of mtRNAs.
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PMID:Elevated mitochondrial RNA in a Chinese hamster mutant deficient in the mitochondrially encoded subunits of NADH dehydrogenase and cytochrome c oxidase. 169 38
Analysis of the mitochondrial DNA of a liverwort Marchantia polymorpha by electron microscopy and restriction endonuclease mapping indicated that the liverwort mitochondrial genome was a single circular molecule of about 184,400 base-pairs. We have determined the complete sequence of the liverwort mitochondrial DNA and detected 94 possible genes in the sequence of 186,608 base-pairs. These included genes for three species of ribosomal RNA, 29 genes for 27 species of transfer RNA and 30 open reading frames (ORFs) for functionally known proteins (16 ribosomal proteins, 3 subunits of H(+)-
ATPase
, 3 subunits of
cytochrome c oxidase
, apocytochrome b protein and 7 subunits of NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase). Three ORFs showed similarity to ORFs of unknown function in the mitochondrial genomes of other organisms. Furthermore, 29 ORFs were predicted as possible genes by using the index of G + C content in first, second and third letters of codons (42.0 +/- 10.9%, 37.0 +/- 13.2% and 26.4 +/- 9.4%, respectively) obtained from the codon usages of identified liverwort genes. To date, 32 introns belonging to either group I or group II intron have been found in the coding regions of 17 genes including ribosomal RNA genes (rrn18 and rrn26), a transfer RNA gene (trnS) and a pseudogene (psi nad7). RNA editing was apparently lacking in liverwort mitochondria since the nucleotide sequences of the liverwort mitochondrial DNA were well-conserved at the DNA level.
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PMID:Gene organization deduced from the complete sequence of liverwort Marchantia polymorpha mitochondrial DNA. A primitive form of plant mitochondrial genome. 173 Oct 62
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