PMID- 19303362 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090623 LR - 20131121 IS - 1471-4914 (Print) IS - 1471-4914 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 4 DP - 2009 Apr TI - Degenerative diseases, oxidative stress and cytochrome c oxidase function. PG - 139-47 LID - 10.1016/j.molmed.2009.02.004 [doi] AB - Aging and degenerative diseases are associated with increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS are mostly produced in mitochondria, and their levels increase with higher mitochondrial membrane potential. Cellular respiratory control is based on inhibition of respiration by high membrane potentials. However, we have described a second mechanism of respiratory control based on allosteric inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase (CcO), the terminal enzyme of the respiratory chain, at high ATP:ADP ratios. The mechanism is independent of membrane potential. We have proposed that feedback inhibition of CcO by ATP keeps the membrane potential and ROS production at low levels. Various forms of stress switch off allosteric ATP-inhibition via reversible dephosphorylation of CcO, resulting in increased membrane potential and cellular ROS levels. This mechanism is proposed to represent a missing molecular link between stress and degenerative diseases. FAU - Kadenbach, Bernhard AU - Kadenbach B AD - Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-University, D-35032 Marburg, Germany. Kadenbach@staff.uni-marburg.de FAU - Ramzan, Rabia AU - Ramzan R FAU - Vogt, Sebastian AU - Vogt S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090318 PL - England TA - Trends Mol Med JT - Trends in molecular medicine JID - 100966035 RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial/physiology MH - Mitochondrial Diseases/genetics/metabolism MH - Models, Biological MH - Oxidative Stress/*physiology MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism EDAT- 2009/03/24 09:00 MHDA- 2009/06/24 09:00 CRDT- 2009/03/24 09:00 PHST- 2008/12/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/02/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/02/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/03/24 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/03/24 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/06/24 09:00 [medline] AID - S1471-4914(09)00046-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.molmed.2009.02.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Trends Mol Med. 2009 Apr;15(4):139-47. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2009.02.004. Epub 2009 Mar 18.