PMID- 18843528 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090220 LR - 20220410 IS - 0145-479X (Print) IS - 0145-479X (Linking) VI - 40 IP - 5 DP - 2008 Oct TI - Regulation of oxidative phosphorylation, the mitochondrial membrane potential, and their role in human disease. PG - 445-56 LID - 10.1007/s10863-008-9169-3 [doi] AB - Thirty years after Peter Mitchell was awarded the Nobel Prize for the chemiosmotic hypothesis, which links the mitochondrial membrane potential generated by the proton pumps of the electron transport chain to ATP production by ATP synthase, the molecular players involved once again attract attention. This is so because medical research increasingly recognizes mitochondrial dysfunction as a major factor in the pathology of numerous human diseases, including diabetes, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and ischemia reperfusion injury. We propose a model linking mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) to human disease, through a lack of energy, excessive free radical production, or a combination of both. We discuss the regulation of OxPhos by cell signaling pathways as a main regulatory mechanism in higher organisms, which in turn determines the magnitude of the mitochondrial membrane potential: if too low, ATP production cannot meet demand, and if too high, free radicals are produced. This model is presented in light of the recently emerging understanding of mechanisms that regulate mammalian cytochrome c oxidase and its substrate cytochrome c as representative enzymes for the entire OxPhos system. FAU - Huttemann, Maik AU - Huttemann M AD - Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. mhuttema@med.wayne.edu FAU - Lee, Icksoo AU - Lee I FAU - Pecinova, Alena AU - Pecinova A FAU - Pecina, Petr AU - Pecina P FAU - Przyklenk, Karin AU - Przyklenk K FAU - Doan, Jeffrey W AU - Doan JW LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20081009 PL - United States TA - J Bioenerg Biomembr JT - Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes JID - 7701859 RN - 0 (Free Radicals) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - 9007-43-6 (Cytochromes c) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) SB - IM MH - Allosteric Regulation MH - Cytochromes c/chemistry/metabolism MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/metabolism MH - Free Radicals/metabolism MH - Humans MH - *Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial MH - Mitochondrial Diseases/*etiology/*metabolism MH - *Models, Biological MH - Models, Molecular MH - Nitric Oxide/metabolism MH - *Oxidative Phosphorylation MH - Proton-Motive Force MH - Signal Transduction RF - 106 EDAT- 2008/10/10 09:00 MHDA- 2009/02/21 09:00 CRDT- 2008/10/10 09:00 PHST- 2008/06/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/07/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/10/10 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/02/21 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/10/10 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s10863-008-9169-3 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Bioenerg Biomembr. 2008 Oct;40(5):445-56. doi: 10.1007/s10863-008-9169-3. Epub 2008 Oct 9.