scholarly journals Temperature-dependence of mitochondrial function and production of reactive oxygen species in the intertidal mud clam Mya arenaria

2002 ◽  
Vol 205 (13) ◽  
pp. 1831-1841 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Abele ◽  
K. Heise ◽  
H. O. Pörtner ◽  
S. Puntarulo

SUMMARY Mitochondrial respiration, energetic coupling to phosphorylation and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were studied in mitochondria isolated from the eurythermal bivalve Mya arenaria (Myoidea) from a low-shore intertidal population of the German Wadden Sea. Measurements were conducted both within the range of the habitat temperatures (5-15 °C) and when subjected to heat exposure at 20 °C and 25 °C. Experimental warming resulted in an increase in the rate of state 3 and state 4 respiration in isolated mitochondria. The highest respiratory coupling ratios (RCR) were found at 15 °C; at higher temperatures mitochondrial coupling decreased,and release of ROS doubled between 15 and 25 °C. ROS production was 2-3%of total oxygen consumption in state 3 (0.3-0.5 nmol ROS mg-1protein min-1) at the habitat temperature, reaching a maximum of 4.3 % of state 3 respiration and 7 % of oligomycin-induced state 4+respiration under heat stress. Thus, state 4 respiration, previously interpreted exclusively as a measure of proton leakage, included a significant contribution from ROS formation in this animal, especially under conditions of heat stress. Oxygen radical formation was directly dependent on temperature-controlled respiration rates in states 3 and 4 and inversely related to mitochondrial coupling (RCR+) in state 4. Mitochondrial ROS formation is therefore involved in cellular heat stress in this eurythermal marine ectotherm.

mBio ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Speijer ◽  
Michael Hammond ◽  
Julius Lukeš

ABSTRACT When trying to reconstruct the evolutionary trajectories during early eukaryogenesis, one is struck by clear differences in the developments of two organelles of endosymbiotic origin: the mitochondrion and the chloroplast. From a symbiogenic perspective, eukaryotic development can be interpreted as a process in which many of the defining eukaryotic characteristics arose as a result of mutual adaptions of both prokaryotes (an archaeon and a bacterium) involved. This implies that many steps during the bacterium-to-mitochondrion transition trajectory occurred in an intense period of dramatic and rapid changes. In contrast, the subsequent cyanobacterium-to-chloroplast development in a specific eukaryotic subgroup, leading to the photosynthetic lineages, occurred in a full-fledged eukaryote. The commonalities and differences in the two trajectories shed an interesting light on early, and ongoing, eukaryotic evolutionary driving forces, especially endogenous reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation. Differences between organellar ribosomes, changes to the electron transport chain (ETC) components, and mitochondrial codon reassignments in nonplant mitochondria can be understood when mitochondrial ROS formation, e.g., during high energy consumption in heterotrophs, is taken into account. IMPORTANCE The early eukaryotic evolution was deeply influenced by the acquisition of two endosymbiotic organelles - the mitochondrion and the chloroplast. Here we discuss the possibly important role of reactive oxygen species in these processes.


2014 ◽  
Vol 307 (7) ◽  
pp. H996-H1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Quarrie ◽  
Daniel S. Lee ◽  
Levy Reyes ◽  
Warren Erdahl ◽  
Douglas R. Pfeiffer ◽  
...  

Cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (IR) leads to myocardial dysfunction by increasing production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Mitochondrial H+ leak decreases ROS formation; it has been postulated that increasing H+ leak may be a mechanism of decreasing ROS production after IR. Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) decreases ROS formation after IR, but the mechanism is unknown. We hypothesize that pharmacologically increasing mitochondrial H+ leak would decrease ROS production after IR. We further hypothesize that IPC would be associated with an increase in the rate of H+ leak. Isolated male Sprague-Dawley rat hearts were subjected to either control or IPC. Mitochondria were isolated at end equilibration, end ischemia, and end reperfusion. Mitochondrial membrane potential (mΔΨ) was measured using a tetraphenylphosphonium electrode. Mitochondrial uncoupling was achieved by adding increasing concentrations of FCCP. Mitochondrial ROS production was measured by fluorometry using Amplex-Red. Pyridine dinucleotide levels were measured using HPLC. Before IR, increasing H+ leak decreased mitochondrial ROS production. After IR, ROS production was not affected by increasing H+ leak. H+ leak increased at end ischemia in control mitochondria. IPC mitochondria showed no change in the rate of H+ leak throughout IR. NADPH levels decreased after IR in both IPC and control mitochondria while NADH increased. Pharmacologically, increasing H+ leak is not a method of decreasing ROS production after IR. Replenishing the NADPH pool may be a means of scavenging the excess ROS thereby attenuating oxidative damage after IR.


2004 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Nohl ◽  
Lars Gille ◽  
Katrin Staniek

Mitochondrial respiration is considered to provide reactive oxygen species (ROS) as byproduct of regular electron transfer. Objections were raised since results obtained with isolated mitochondria are commonly transferred to activities of mitochondria in the living cell. High electrogenic membrane potential was reported to trigger formation of mitochondrial ROS involving complex I and III. Suggested bioenergetic parameters, starting ROS formation, widely change with the isolation mode. ROS detection systems generally applied may be misleading due to possible interactions with membrane constituents or electron carriers. Avoiding these problems no conditions reported to transform mitochondrial respiration to a radical source were confirmed. However, changing the physical membrane state affected the highly susceptible interaction of the ubiquinol/bc(1) redox complex such that ROS formation became possible.


2000 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Nethery ◽  
L. A. Callahan ◽  
D. Stofan ◽  
R. Mattera ◽  
A DiMarco ◽  
...  

Contraction-induced respiratory muscle fatigue and sepsis-related reductions in respiratory muscle force-generating capacity are mediated, at least in part, by reactive oxygen species (ROS). The subcellular sources and mechanisms of generation of ROS in these conditions are incompletely understood. We postulated that the physiological changes associated with muscle contraction (i.e., increases in calcium and ADP concentration) stimulate mitochondrial generation of ROS by a phospholipase A2(PLA2)-modulated process and that sepsis enhances muscle generation of ROS by upregulating PLA2activity. To test these hypotheses, we examined H2O2generation by diaphragm mitochondria isolated from saline-treated control and endotoxin-treated septic animals in the presence and absence of calcium and ADP; we also assessed the effect of PLA2inhibitors on H2O2formation. We found that 1) calcium and ADP stimulated H2O2formation by diaphragm mitochondria from both control and septic animals; 2) mitochondria from septic animals demonstrated substantially higher H2O2formation than mitochondria from control animals under basal, calcium-stimulated, and ADP-stimulated conditions; and 3) inhibitors of 14-kDa PLA2blocked the enhanced H2O2generation in all conditions. We also found that administration of arachidonic acid (the principal metabolic product of PLA2activation) increased mitochondrial H2O2formation by interacting with complex I of the electron transport chain. These data suggest that diaphragm mitochondrial ROS formation during contraction and sepsis may be critically dependent on PLA2activation.


2000 ◽  
Vol 279 (4) ◽  
pp. C1058-C1066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Zuo ◽  
Fievos L. Christofi ◽  
Valerie P. Wright ◽  
Cynthia Yu Liu ◽  
A. John Merola ◽  
...  

Skeletal muscles are exposed to increased temperatures during intense exercise, particularly in high environmental temperatures. We hypothesized that heat may directly stimulate the reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation in diaphragm (one kind of skeletal muscle) and thus potentially play a role in contractile and metabolic activity. Laser scan confocal microscopy was used to study the conversion of hydroethidine (a probe for intracellular ROS) to ethidium (ET) in mouse diaphragm. During a 30-min period, heat (42°C) increased ET fluorescence by 24 ± 4%, whereas in control (37°C), fluorescence decreased by 8 ± 1% compared with baseline ( P < 0.001). The superoxide scavenger Tiron (10 mM) abolished the rise in intracellular fluorescence, whereas extracellular superoxide dismutase (SOD; 5,000 U/ml) had no significant effect. Reduction of oxidized cytochrome c was used to detect extracellular ROS in rat diaphragm. After 45 min, 53 ± 7 nmol cytochrome c · g dry wt−1 · ml−1 were reduced in heat compared with 22 ± 13 nmol · g−1 · ml−1 in controls ( P < 0.001). SOD decreased cytochrome creduction in heat to control levels. The results suggest that heat stress stimulates intracellular and extracellular superoxide production, which may contribute to the physiological responses to severe exercise or the pathology of heat shock.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcella Canton ◽  
Ricardo Sánchez-Rodríguez ◽  
Iolanda Spera ◽  
Francisca C. Venegas ◽  
Maria Favia ◽  
...  

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are fundamental for macrophages to eliminate invasive microorganisms. However, as observed in nonphagocytic cells, ROS play essential roles in processes that are different from pathogen killing, as signal transduction, differentiation, and gene expression. The different outcomes of these events are likely to depend on the specific subcellular site of ROS formation, as well as the duration and extent of ROS production. While excessive accumulation of ROS has long been appreciated for its detrimental effects, there is now a deeper understanding of their roles as signaling molecules. This could explain the failure of the “all or none” pharmacologic approach with global antioxidants to treat several diseases. NADPH oxidase is the first source of ROS that has been identified in macrophages. However, growing evidence highlights mitochondria as a crucial site of ROS formation in these cells, mainly due to electron leakage of the respiratory chain or to enzymes, such as monoamine oxidases. Their role in redox signaling, together with their exact site of formation is only partially elucidated. Hence, it is essential to identify the specific intracellular sources of ROS and how they influence cellular processes in both physiological and pathological conditions to develop therapies targeting oxidative signaling networks. In this review, we will focus on the different sites of ROS formation in macrophages and how they impact on metabolic processes and inflammatory signaling, highlighting the role of mitochondrial as compared to non-mitochondrial ROS sources.


1993 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Himmelfarb ◽  
K A Ault ◽  
D Holbrook ◽  
D A Leeber ◽  
R M Hakim

By the use of flow cytometric techniques, this prospective, randomized crossover study was designed to analyze intradialytic granulocyte reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation in whole blood with complement-activating and noncomplement-activating hollow fiber membranes. Dialysis with a complement-activating membrane resulted in a 6.5-fold increase in granulocyte hydrogen peroxide production 15 min after dialysis initiation and remained significantly elevated (P < 0.01) through the first 30 min with this membrane in comparison to both predialysis values and simultaneous values with a noncomplement-activating membrane. Further studies demonstrated that blood obtained at 15 min with a complement-activating membrane generated significantly less granulocyte ROS production in response to Staphylococcus aureus incubation than blood obtained either predialysis or at the same time in dialysis with a noncomplement-activating membrane. Both complement-activating and noncomplement-activating dialysis membranes caused slightly decreased granulocyte responsiveness to phorbol myristate acetate. It was concluded that hemodialysis with complement-activating membranes results in increased granulocyte ROS production and decreased responsiveness to S. aureus challenge during the dialysis procedure. These results document the potential role of ROS in hemodialysis-associated pathology and susceptibility to infection.


2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (19) ◽  
pp. 8520-8530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Storz ◽  
Heike Döppler ◽  
Alex Toker

ABSTRACT Efficient elimination of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mROS) correlates with increased cellular survival and organism life span. Detoxification of mitochondrial ROS is regulated by induction of the nuclear SOD2 gene, which encodes the manganese-dependent superoxide dismutase (MnSOD). However, the mechanisms by which mitochondrial oxidative stress activates cellular signaling pathways leading to induction of nuclear genes are not known. Here we demonstrate that release of mROS activates a signal relay pathway in which the serine/threonine protein kinase D (PKD) activates the NF-κB transcription factor, leading to induction of SOD2. Conversely, the FOXO3a transcription factor is dispensable for mROS-induced SOD2 induction. PKD-mediated MnSOD expression promotes increased survival of cells upon release of mROS, suggesting that mitochondrion-to-nucleus signaling is necessary for efficient detoxification mechanisms and cellular viability.


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