Effects of guanidine derivatives on mitochondrial function. 3. The mechanism of phenethylbiguanide accumulation and its relationship to in vitro respiratory inhibition.
Effects of guanidine derivatives on mitochondrial function. 3. The mechanism of phenethylbiguanide accumulation and its relationship to in vitro respiratory inhibition.
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胍衍生物对线粒体功能的影响。
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发表时间:
1971
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
F. Davidoff
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作者:
F. Davidoff
Abstract To gain insight into the mechanism of in vitro mitochondrial respiratory inhibition by guanidine derivatives, the accumulation of tritiated phenethylbiguanide by guinea pig heart mitochondria was studied under various metabolic conditions and compared with the degree of respiratory inhibition. The rate of uptake was slow at low biguanide concentrations and was sensitive to pH changes in the medium; the extent of biguanide uptake correlated with the degree of respiratory inhibition, and under optimal conditions a concentration gradient of about 100:1 was achieved. Uptake rate did not give evidence of saturation over a 105-fold range of biguanide concentrations. Measurement of the transmembrane pH gradient between medium and matrix space under control conditions, using the technique of dimethyloxazolidinedione distribution, demonstrated the intramitochondrial pH to be about 0.6 pH units lower than that of the medium; intramitochondrial pH was not affected by uptake of inhibitory amounts of biguanide. Increasing concentrations of monovalent and divalent cation progressively raised intramitochondrial pH and diminished biguanide uptake, as did low K+ concentration plus valinomycin in amounts too small to affect respiratory rate or control. Small amounts of long chain free fatty acids caused an efflux of biguanide without altering either intramitochondrial pH or energy coupling. Studies with electron transport inhibitors and uncouplers indicated that energy was required to maintain biguanide uptake against a gradient, although the amount of energy needed was small. The data do not permit an unambiguous interpretation, but appear to be more consistent with a nonionic diffusion mechanism of biguanide uptake, with final distribution determined by the transmembrane pH gradient, than with distribution according to a transmembrane electrical potential.