PMID- 20599681 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100930 LR - 20161126 IS - 0006-3002 (Print) IS - 0006-3002 (Linking) VI - 1797 IP - 9 DP - 2010 Sep TI - Mitochondrial respiration and membrane potential are regulated by the allosteric ATP-inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase. PG - 1672-80 LID - 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.06.005 [doi] AB - This paper describes the problems of measuring the allosteric ATP-inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) in isolated mitochondria. Only by using the ATP-regenerating system phosphoenolpyruvate and pyruvate kinase full ATP-inhibition of CcO could be demonstrated by kinetic measurements. The mechanism was proposed to keep the mitochondrial membrane potential (DeltaPsi(m)) in living cells and tissues at low values (100-140 mV), when the matrix ATP/ADP ratios are high. In contrast, high DeltaPsi(m) values (180-220 mV) are generally measured in isolated mitochondria. By using a tetraphenyl phosphonium electrode we observed in isolated rat liver mitochondria with glutamate plus malate as substrates a reversible decrease of DeltaPsi(m) from 233 to 123 mV after addition of phosphoenolpyruvate and pyruvate kinase. The decrease of DeltaPsi(m) is explained by reversal of the gluconeogenetic enzymes pyruvate carboxylase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase yielding ATP and GTP, thus increasing the matrix ATP/ADP ratio. With rat heart mitochondria, which lack these enzymes, no decrease of DeltaPsi(m) was found. From the data we conclude that high matrix ATP/ADP ratios keep DeltaPsi(m) at low values by the allosteric ATP-inhibition of CcO, thus preventing the generation of reactive oxygen species which could generate degenerative diseases. It is proposed that respiration in living eukaryotic organisms is normally controlled by the DeltaPsi(m)-independent "allosteric ATP-inhibition of CcO." Only when the allosteric ATP-inhibition is switched off under stress, respiration is regulated by "respiratory control," based on DeltaPsi(m) according to the Mitchell Theory. CI - 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Ramzan, Rabia AU - Ramzan R AD - Biomedical Research Center, Cardiovascular Laboratory, Philipps-University, D-35032 Marburg, Germany. FAU - Staniek, Katrin AU - Staniek K FAU - Kadenbach, Bernhard AU - Kadenbach B FAU - Vogt, Sebastian AU - Vogt S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100622 PL - Netherlands TA - Biochim Biophys Acta JT - Biochimica et biophysica acta JID - 0217513 RN - 61D2G4IYVH (Adenosine Diphosphate) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Diphosphate/pharmacology MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Animals MH - *Cell Respiration MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - *Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial MH - Mitochondria, Heart/*physiology MH - Mitochondria, Liver/*physiology MH - Rats EDAT- 2010/07/06 06:00 MHDA- 2010/10/01 06:00 CRDT- 2010/07/06 06:00 PHST- 2010/04/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/06/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/06/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/07/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/07/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/10/01 06:00 [medline] AID - S0005-2728(10)00628-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.06.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Sep;1797(9):1672-80. doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2010.06.005. Epub 2010 Jun 22.