scholarly journals 4-Methyl-2-oxopentanoate oxidation by rat skeletal-muscle mitochondria

1979 ◽  
Vol 182 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
V W M Van Hinsbergh ◽  
J H Veerkamp ◽  
J F C Glatz

1. Oxidative decarboxylation of 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoate (2-oxoisocaproate) by mitochondria of rat skeletal muscle showed biphasic kinetics. Two apparent Km values of 9.1 micronM and 0.78 mM were established. In broken mitochondria the rate of oxidation was lower and only the higher apparent Km value was found. 2. Isovalerylcarnitine inhibited 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoate oxidation in the presence and absence of carnitine, but isovaleryl-CoA had no inhibitory effect. 3. Addition of ADP enhanced 4-methyl-2-oxopentanolate oxidation. Malate, succinate and 2-oxoglutarate additionally increased the rate of oxidation, but in the absence of ADP succinate and 2-oxoglutarate inhibited. 4. Addition of rotenone and simultaneous addition of carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenyl-hydrazone (FCCP) and valinomycin markedly decreased 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoate oxidation. 5. These observations indicate that the branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase complex is situated on the inner side of the mitochondrial inner membrane. 6. In mitochondria and homogenates CO2 was only produced by oxidative decarbosylation of 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoate. In intact muscle oxidation of this oxo acid proceeds more to completeness. 7. The physiological significance of intermediate formation during oxidation of branched-chain amino acids is discussed.

1980 ◽  
Vol 192 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Odessey

The branched chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase from rat skeletal muscle, heart, kidney and liver mitochondria can undergo a reversible activation-inactivation cycle in vitro. Similar results were obtained with the enzyme from kidney mitochondria of pig and cow. The dehydrogenase is markedly inhibited by ATP and the inhibition is not reversed by removing the nucleotide. The non-metabolizable ATP analogue adenosine 5′-[beta gamma-imido] triphosphate can block the effect of ATP when added with the nucleotide, but has no effect by itself, nor can it reverse the inhibition in mitochondria preincubated with ATP. These findings suggest that the branched chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase undergoes a stable modification that requires the splitting of the ATP gamma-phosphate group. In skeletal muscle mitochondria the rate of inhibition by ATP is decreased by oxo acid substrates and enhanced by NADH. The dehydrogenase can be reactivated 10-20 fold by incubation at pH 7.8 in a buffer containing Mg2+ and cofactors. Reactivation is blocked by NaF (25 mM). The initial activity of dehydrogenase extracted from various tissues of fed rats varies considerably. Activity is near maximal in kidney and liver whereas the dehydrogenase in heart and skeletal muscle is almost completely inactivated. These studies emphasize that comparisons of branched chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase activity under various physiological conditions or in different tissues must take into account its state of activation. Thus the possibility exists that the branched chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase may be physiologically regulated via a covalent mechanism.


2000 ◽  
Vol 348 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana CADENAS ◽  
Martin D. BRAND

During oxidative phosphorylation most of the protons pumped out to the cytosol across the mitochondrial inner membrane return to the matrix through the ATP synthase, driving ATP synthesis. However, some of them leak back to the matrix through a proton-conductance pathway in the membrane. When the ATP synthase is inhibited with oligomycin and ATP is not being synthesized, all of the respiration is used to drive the proton leak. We report here that Mg2+ inhibits the proton conductance in rat skeletal-muscle mitochondria. Addition of Mg2+ inhibited both oligomycin-inhibited respiration and the proton conductance, while removal of Mg2+ using EDTA activated these processes. The proton conductance was inhibited by more than 80% as free Mg2+ was raised from 25 nM to 220 μM. Half-maximal inhibition occurred at about 1 μM free Mg2+, which is close to the contaminating free Mg2+ concentration in our incubations in the absence of added magnesium chelators. ATP, GTP, CTP, TTP or UTP at a concentration of 1 mM increased the oligomycin-inhibited respiration rate by about 50%. However, these NTP effects were abolished by addition of 2 mM Mg2+ and any NTP-stimulated proton conductance was explained completely by chelation of endogenous free Mg2+. The corresponding nucleoside diphosphates (ADP, GDP, CDP, TDP or UDP) at 1 mM had no effect on oligomycin-inhibited respiration. We conclude that proton conductance in rat skeletal-muscle mitochondria is very sensitive to free Mg2+ concentration but is insensitive to NTPs or NDPs at 1 mM.


2006 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Navet ◽  
Ange Mouithys-Mickalad ◽  
Pierre Douette ◽  
Claudine M. Sluse-Goffart ◽  
Wieslawa Jarmuszkiewicz ◽  
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IUBMB Life ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 1211-1216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisao Fujii ◽  
Yoshiharu Shimomura ◽  
Taro Murakami ◽  
Naoya Nakai ◽  
Tasuku Sato ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 361 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. HARPER ◽  
Jeff A. STUART ◽  
Mika B. JEKABSONS ◽  
Damien ROUSSEL ◽  
Kevin M. BRINDLE ◽  
...  

Western blots detected uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) in skeletal-muscle mitochondria from wild-type but not UCP3 knock-out mice. Calibration with purified recombinant UCP3 showed that mouse and rat skeletal muscle contained 0.14μg of UCP3/mg of mitochondrial protein. This very low UCP3 content is 200–700-fold less than the concentration of UCP1 in brown-adipose-tissue mitochondria from warm-adapted hamster (24–84μg of UCP1/mg of mitochondrial protein). UCP3 was present in brown-adipose-tissue mitochondria from warm-adapted rats but was undetectable in rat heart mitochondria. We expressed human UCP3 in yeast mitochondria at levels similar to, double and 7-fold those found in rodent skeletal-muscle mitochondria. Yeast mitochondria containing UCP3 were more uncoupled than empty-vector controls, particularly at concentrations that were 7-fold physiological. However, uncoupling by UCP3 was not stimulated by the known activators palmitate and superoxide; neither were they inhibited by GDP, suggesting that the observed uncoupling was a property of non-native protein. As a control, UCP1 was expressed in yeast mitochondria at similar concentrations to that of UCP3 and at up to 50% of the physiological level of UCP1. Low levels of UCP1 gave palmitate-dependent and GDP-sensitive proton conductance but higher levels of UCP1 caused an additional GDP-insensitive uncoupling artifact. We conclude that the uncoupling of yeast mitochondria by high levels of UCP3 expression is entirely an artifact and provides no evidence for any native uncoupling activity of the protein.


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