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Most chromosome aberrations in gliomas are numerical, resulting in either gains or deficiencies of whole chromosomes. In tumors of low malignancy, the karyotype is frequently normal or exhibits a loss of sex chromosome and a gain of chromosome 7. These two anomalies may not be directly related to malignancy. In the highly malignant cases, the two most frequent aberrations are the gain of chromosome 7 and the loss of chromosome 10, other anomalies such as losses or deletions of chromosomes, 9, 22, 6, 13 and 14 being detected at various frequencies. Several of these chromosomes carry important genes of adenine metabolism: AK1 and AK3 (adenylate kinase) and MTAP (methylthioadenosine phosphorylase) for chromosome 9; ADK (adenosine kinase) and mitochondrial ATPase for chromosome 10; ADSL (adenylosuccinate lyase) for chromosome 22, NP (nucleoside phosphorylase) for chromosome 14. We performed the corresponding assays of enzyme activity on both fresh tumors and tumors grafted on nude mice, which showed that these enzymes had a relatively low activity although the tumors were proliferating. However, chromosome losses do not seem to directly cause the metabolic alterations by gene dosage effect. Interestingly, chromosome 10, frequently deficient, also carries genes of importance for glycolysis (hexokinase) and glutamate metabolism (glutamate dehydrogenase and glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase). The deficiency for these genes could be taken into account for a better type of chemotherapy by antimetabolics.
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PMID:[Chromosome abnormalities and adenine metabolism in human glial tumors]. 144 60

Isolated rat liver mitochondria were incubated in the presence of a reconstituted malate-aspartate shuttle under carboxylating conditions in the presence of glutamate, octanoyl-carnitine and pyruvate, or a preset lactate/pyruvate ratio. The respiration and attendant energy state were varied with soluble F1-ATPase. Under these conditions reducing equivalents are exported due to pyruvate carboxylation. This was shown by lactate production from pyruvate and by a substantial increase in the lactate/pyruvate ratio. This led to a competition between malate export and energy-driven malate cycling via the malate-aspartate shuttle, resulting in a lowered redox segregation of the NAD systems between the mitochondrial and extramitochondrial spaces. If pyruvate carboxylation was blocked, this egress of reducing equivalents was also blocked, leading to an elevated value of redox segregation, delta G(redox) (in kJ) = -5.7 log(NAD+/NADHout)/(NAD+/NADHin) being then equal to approximately one-half of the membrane potential, in accordance with electrogenic glutamate/aspartate exchange. Reconstitution of malate-pyruvate cycling led to a further kinetic decrease in the original malate-aspartate shuttle-driven value of delta G(redox). Therefore, the value of segregation of reducing potential between mitochondria and cytosol caused by glutamate/aspartate exchange can be diminished kinetically by processes exporting reducing equivalents from mitochondria, such as pyruvate carboxylation and pyruvate cycling.
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PMID:Control of reversible intracellular transfer of reducing potential. 182 12

The effects of three tetrachlorobiphenylols [2',3',4',5'-tetrachloro-2-biphenylol (1); 2',3',4',5'-tetrachloro-4- biphenylol (2); and 2',3',4',5'-tetrachloro-3-biphenylol (3)]; three monochlorobiphenylols [5-chloro-2-biphenylol (5), 3-chloro-2-biphenylol (6); and 2-chloro-4-biphenylol (7)] and a tetrachlorobiphenyldiol [3,3',5,5'-tetrachloro-4,4'-biphenyldiol (4) on respiration, adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) activity, and swelling in isolated mouse liver mitochondria have been investigated. Tetrachlorobiphenylols (1-3) and the tetrachlorobiphenyldiol (4) inhibited state-3 respiration in a concentration-dependent manner with succinate as substrate (flavin adenine dinucleotide [FAD]-linked) and the tetrachlorobiphenyldiol (4) caused a more pronounced inhibitory effect on state-3 respiration than the other congeners. The monochlorobiphenylols 5-7 were less active as inhibitors of state-3 mitochondrial respiration and significant effects were observed only at higher concentration (greater than or equal to 0.4 microM). However, in the presence of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-linked substrates (glutamate plus malate), hydroxylated PCBs (1-7) significantly inhibited mitochondrial state-3 respiration in a concentration-dependent manner. Compounds 5, 6, and 7 uncoupled mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation only in the presence of FAD-linked substrate as evidenced by increased oxygen consumption during state-4 respiratory transition, stimulating ATPase activity, releasing oligomycin-inhibited respiration, and inducing mitochondrial swelling (5, 6, and 7). Tetrachlorobiphenylols 1, 2, and 3 had no effect on mitochondrial ATPase activity while the tetrachlorobiphenyldiol, 4, decreased the enzyme activity. The possible inhibitory site of electron transport by these compounds and their toxicologic significance is discussed.
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PMID:Effects of hydroxylated polychlorinated biphenyls on mouse liver mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. 183 67

The effects of amiodarone on the respiration of isolated mouse liver mitochondria have been determined. Amiodarone (200 microM) had a biphasic effect on state 4 respiration supported by either glutamate plus malate or succinate. Initially, the respiratory rate was increased. This stimulatory effect was not prevented by oligomycin (an inhibitor of ATP synthase). It was associated with marked accumulation of amiodarone in the mitochondria, and with collapse of the mitochondrial membrane potential. This initial uncoupling effect was followed by a progressive decrease in the state 4 respiration rate, leading eventually to marked inhibition. Preincubation for 5 min with amiodarone (200 microM) also decreased markedly ADP-stimulated (state 3) respiration, ATP production and dinitrophenol-stimulated (uncoupled) respiration supported by glutamate plus malate (which donate electrons to complex I), and respiration supported by succinate (which donate electrons to complex II), but did not affect respiration supported by duroquinol (donating electrons to complex III) or by ascorbate plus N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine (donating electrons to cytochrome c). Preincubation with amiodarone (150-200 microM) decreased markedly respiration mediated by fatty acids of various chain length and respiration mediated by citrate, a tricarboxylic acid cycle substrate. We conclude that amiodarone has a dual effect on mitochondrial respiration. The initial uncoupling effect is probably due to the entry of protonated amiodarone, releasing a proton in the matrix. Accumulation of amiodarone soon leads to inhibition of the respiratory chain at the levels of complex I and complex II and to decreased ATP formation.
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PMID:Dual effect of amiodarone on mitochondrial respiration. Initial protonophoric uncoupling effect followed by inhibition of the respiratory chain at the levels of complex I and complex II. 197 17

The rate of oxidative phosphorylation was studied in rat liver mitochondria incubated with free Ca2+ concentrations that range from 10(-9) to 5 X 10(-6) M. The highest rate was observed between 0.5-1.0 microM Ca2+. ATP synthesis was measured by polarographic and spectrophotometric techniques and by uptake of radioactive inorganic phosphate. The concentration of Ca2+ at which maximal rates of ATP synthesis take place is modified by Mg2+ and phosphate. The dependence of oxidative phosphorylation on Ca2+ was observed with alpha-ketoglutarate, glutamate + malate, and succinate, but not with beta-hydroxybutyrate. At 10(-9) M Ca2+ there is a continuous exit of endogenous Ca2+, while with 10(-6) M Ca2+, intramitochondrial Ca2+ levels remained constant throughout time. Apparently the control of the level of internal Ca2+ by external Ca2+ modulates the rate of oxidative phosphorylation. Uncoupler-stimulated respiration also depends on Ca2+ concentration, even though at 10(-9) to 10(-6) M Ca2+ the rate of oxidative phosphorylation is lower than the rate of uncoupled respiration. The contribution of the ADP/ATP carrier and the ATP synthase to the kinetic regulation of ATP synthesis at 10(-9) and 10(-6) M Ca2+ was evaluated by titrations with carboxyatractyloside and oligomycin, respectively. The contribution of the carrier and the synthase to the regulation of the final rate of ATP synthesis was different at the two concentrations of Ca2+; therefore, the concentration of extramitochondrial Ca2+ influences the overall kinetics of oxidative phosphorylation.
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PMID:Regulation of oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria by external free Ca2+ concentrations. 285 85

Previous studies in which dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD) was used to inactivate F1-ATPase enzymes have suggested that two glutamate residues in the beta-subunit are essential for catalysis. In the Escherichia coli F1-ATPase, these are residues beta-Glu-181 and beta-Glu-192. Oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis was used to change these residues to beta-Gln-181 and beta-Gln-192. The beta-Gln-181 mutation produced strong impairment of oxidative phosphorylation in vivo and also of ATPase and ATP-driven proton-pumping activities in membranes assayed in vitro. A low level of each activity was detected and an F1-ATPase appeared to be assembled normally on the membranes. Therefore, it is suggested that the carboxyl side chain at residue beta-181 is important, although not absolutely required, for catalysis in both directions on E. coli F1-ATPase. The beta-Gln-192 mutation produced partial inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation in vivo and membrane ATPase activity was reduced by 78%. These results contrast with the complete or near-complete inactivation seen when E. coli F1-ATPase is reacted with DCCD and imply that DCCD-inactivation is attributable more to the attachment of the bulky DCCD molecule than to the derivatization of the carboxyl side chain of residue beta-Glu-192. M. Ohtsubo and colleagues (Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (1987) 146, 705-710) described mutagenesis of the F1-beta-subunit of thermophilic bacterium PS3. Mutations (Glu----Gln) of the residues homologous to Glu-181 and Glu-192 of E. coli F1-beta-subunit both caused total inhibition of ATPase activity. Therefore, there was a marked difference in results obtained when the same residues were modified in the PS3 and E. coli F1-beta-subunits.
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PMID:Directed mutagenesis of the dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-reactive carboxyl residues in beta-subunit of F1-ATPase of Escherichia coli. 289 90

The amino acid sequence -Gly-X-X-X-X-Gly-Lys- occurs in many, diverse, nucleotide-binding proteins, and there is evidence that it forms a flexible loop which interacts with one or other of the phosphate groups of bound nucleotide. This sequence occurs as -Gly-Gly-Ala-Gly-Val-Gly-Lys- in the beta-subunit of the enzyme F1-ATPase, where it is thought to form part of the catalytic nucleotide-binding domain. Mutants of Escherichia coli were generated in which residue beta-lysine 155, at the end of the above sequence, was replaced by glutamine or glutamate. Properties of the soluble purified F1-ATPase from each mutant were studied. The results showed: 1) replacement of lysine 155 by Gln or Glu decreased the steady-state rate of ATP hydrolysis by 80 and 66%, respectively. 2) Characteristics of ATP hydrolysis at a single site were not markedly changed in the mutant enzymes, implying that lysine 155 is not directly involved in bond cleavage during ATP hydrolysis or bond formation during ATP synthesis. 3) The binding affinity for MgATP was weakened considerably in the mutants (Lys much much greater than Gln greater than Glu), whereas the binding affinity for MgADP was affected only mildly (Lys = Gln greater than Glu), suggesting that lysine 155 interacts with the gamma-phosphate of ATP bound at a single high affinity catalytic site. 4) The major determinant of inhibition of steady-state ATPase turnover rate in the mutant enzymes was an attenuation of positive catalytic cooperativity. 5) The data are consistent with the idea that during multisite catalysis residue 155 of beta-subunit undergoes conformational movement which changes substrate and product binding affinities.
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PMID:Directed mutations of the strongly conserved lysine 155 in the catalytic nucleotide-binding domain of beta-subunit of F1-ATPase from Escherichia coli. 289 6

The C-terminal two-thirds of the rat liver ATP synthase beta subunit has been overexpressed and exported to the Escherichia coli periplasm under the direction of the alkaline phosphatase (phoA) promoter and leader peptide. The processed soluble protein contains the 358 amino acids from glutamate 122 to the rat liver beta C-terminal serine 479, including all the regions that have been predicted by chemical and genetic modification studies to be involved in nucleotide, Pi, and Mg2+ binding. Through a simple sequence of Tris/EDTA/lysozyme treatment, osmotic lysis, and alkaline pH washes, the processed beta subunit fragment can be prepared in greater than 95% purity and at a yield of greater than 20 mg/liter of culture. It interacts with 2'(3')-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl) adenosine 5'-triphosphate (TNP-ATP) which exhibits a strong enhancement of fluorescence upon binding. A similar enhancement is observed upon interaction with TNP-ADP. Enhancement observed with both TNP-nucleotides is markedly reduced by prior addition of either ATP or ADP and almost completely prevented by the ATP synthase inhibitor 7-chloro-4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole. Both TNP-ATP and TNP-ADP bind at a stoichiometry of approximately 1 mol of nucleotide/mol of beta subunit fragment. Under the same conditions, TNP-AMP does not exhibit a fluorescence enhancement. This work demonstrates that, in the absence of interaction with other ATP synthase subunits, the rat liver beta subunit sequence from glutamate 122 to the C terminus exhibits no more than one readily detectable nucleotide binding domain. This success in producing a "functional" beta subunit fragment has significance for the pursuit of genetic and physical studies focused on the structure and function of the rat liver ATP synthase beta subunit.
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PMID:Mitochondrial ATP synthase. Overexpression in Escherichia coli of a rat liver beta subunit peptide and its interaction with adenine nucleotides. 290 92

The in vitro effects of piperine on three bioenergetic reactions namely, oxidative phosphorylation, ATPase activity and calcium transport by isolated rat liver mitochondria have been investigated. Piperine was found to inhibit state 3 and DNP-stimulated respiration by mitochondria respiring with glutamate plus malate or succinate as substrates. The I50 values of piperine on oxidative phosphorylation in the presence of glutamate plus malate and succinate were 22 and 12 micrograms/mg mitochondrial protein respectively. With HTM preparations, the oxidation of added NADH and succinate was depressed by piperine while ascorbate plus TMPD oxidation was slightly affected. Piperine did not inhibit the mitochondrial ATPase activity induced by DNP, but by itself exerted stimulating activity on this enzyme. Piperine was also found to diminish calcium uptake and to facilitate the release of accumulated calcium by the mitochondria incubated with succinate or ATP. These results suggest that piperine inhibits mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation at the level of respiratory chain, and the inhibitory site(s) is in the segment(s) ahead of cytochrome C. The mechanism of the piperine-induced ATPase activity is not known; but the effect of piperine on calcium transport is likely to be consequential to the effects of this compound on the mitochondrial respiratory chain and ATPase activity.
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PMID:Effects of piperine on bioenergetic functions of isolated rat liver mitochondria. 296 41

The effects of 2,5,2',5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (25TCB) on parameters related to the bioenergetic functions of isolated rat liver mitochondria were investigated. State 3 respiration was inhibited by 25TCB with both succinate and glutamate/malate as the respiratory substrates. The extent of inhibition with succinate was larger than that observed with glutamate/malate. The concentration of 25TCB required to cause 50% inhibition for succinate was 51 microM, but with glutamate/malate, only 53% inhibition was observed at 200 microM. 25TCB stimulated state 4 respiration after 1-2 min lag period; state 4 respiration in the presence of glutamate/malate was more intensely stimulated by 25TCB than in the presence of succinate. 25TCB dissipated the membrane potential across the mitochondrial membranes. Isolated rat liver mitochondria accumulate large amounts of Ca2+ at the expense of respiration-linked energy (substrate oxidation) or of that provided by the hydrolysis of ATP by the mitochondrial ATPase. The Ca2+ accumulation by mitochondria was severely depressed by 25TCB when the energy was supplied by respiration. Furthermore, the inhibition of Ca2+ accumulation by 25TCB with succinate was greater than that produced with glutamate/malate. On the other hand, with ATP as the source of energy, 25TCB inhibited Ca2+ accumulation at high concentrations. 25TCB also released Ca2+ from mitochondria that had already accumulated Ca2+, indicating that mitochondrial membrane integrity was damaged by the intercalation of 25TCB. These results show that 25TCB impairs mitochondrial energy production, and inhibits Ca2+ sequestration by mitochondria.
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PMID:2,5,2',5'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl impairs the bioenergetic functions of isolated rat liver mitochondria. 309 39


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