ENERGETIC ASPECTS OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL OXIDATION OF SUCCINATE
ENERGETIC ASPECTS OF THE MITOCHONDRIAL OXIDATION OF SUCCINATE
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DOI:
10.1038/188552a0
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发表时间:
1960-01-01
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影响因子:
64.8
通讯作者:
KLINGENBERG, M
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作者:
AZZONE, GF;ERNSTER, L;KLINGENBERG, M
Fig. 1. Simultaneous recording of respiration (a) and pyridine nucleotide absorption (b). Rat liver mitochondria, 3-8 nmgm. prot./ml. in 0-13 m M potassium chloride. 0-008 M Magnesium chlorate, 0-02 M triethanolamine hydrochloride, pH 7-5. As, arsenate; J) ic, dicoumarol; Succ, succinate. Discontinuous absorption trace at the addition of dicournarol because of compensation for the dicoumarol absorption. The numbers indicate the monents of extraction for pyridine nucleotide analysis, the results of which are given in Table i oxidation of succinate in mitochondria depleted of high-energy phosphate is accompanied by a reduction of the mitochondrial pyridine nucleotide, and whether this process, similarly to the adenosine triphosphateinduced respiratory stimulation, can take place in the presence of uncouplers. The results presented here clearly indicate that this is the case. Qualitative and cuantitative estimates of the reduced pyridine nucleotides were also carried out, and, in addition, data were obtained on the oxido-reduction states of the mitochondrial flavin and cytochrome b. Some implications of these findings for the mechanism of the functional link of succinic dehydrogenase to the terminal electron transport system will be considered. The experiments entailed a simultaneous measure-ment of the oxygen uptake and of the difference in spectral absorption at suitable wave-lengths, using a double-beam spectrophotometer equipped with a vibrating oxygen electrodeº. Twice-washed rat liver mitochondria were prepared as previously described by Klingenberg et al.". The incubation medium contained 0-13 M potassium chloride, 0-02 M triethanolamine buffer, pH 7-5, and 0008 M mag-nesium chloride. The measurements were carried out at 25 C. in quartz cuvettes of 0-5 and 1 cm. light-path. Extractions and enzymic determinations of the reduced and oxidized pyridine nucleotides were performed essentially as described previously*. A typical experiment is shown in Fig. l. In this experiment, the mitochondria were pre-incubated for 3 min. in the presence of arsenate and dicoumarol. The endogenous respiration was rather high at the onset of the pre-incubation, but declined to almost zero after about 2 min. Subsequent addition of