PMID- 22322891 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120716 LR - 20211021 IS - 1573-6881 (Electronic) IS - 0145-479X (Linking) VI - 44 IP - 1 DP - 2012 Feb TI - Effect of the antitumoral alkylating agent 3-bromopyruvate on mitochondrial respiration: role of mitochondrially bound hexokinase. PG - 39-49 LID - 10.1007/s10863-012-9413-8 [doi] AB - The alkylating agent 3-Bromopyruvate (3-BrPA) has been used as an anti-tumoral drug due to its anti-proliferative property in hepatomas cells. This propriety is believed to disturb glycolysis and respiration, which leads to a decreased rate of ATP synthesis. In this study, we evaluated the effects of the alkylating agent 3-BrPA on the respiratory states and the metabolic steps of the mitochondria of mice liver, brain and in human hepatocarcinoma cell line HepG2. The mitochondrial membrane potential (DeltaPsi(m)), O(2) consumption and dehydrogenase activities were rapidly dissipated/or inhibited by 3-BrPA in respiration medium containing ADP and succinate as respiratory substrate. 3-BrPA inhibition was reverted by reduced glutathione (GSH). Respiration induced by yeast soluble hexokinase (HK) was rapidly inhibited by 3-BrPA. Similar results were observed using mice brain mitochondria that present HK naturally bound to the outer mitochondrial membrane. When the adenine nucleotide transporter (ANT) was blocked by the carboxyatractiloside, the 3-BrPA effect was significantly delayed. In permeabilized human hepatoma HepG2 cells that present HK type II bound to mitochondria (mt-HK II), the inhibiting effect occurred faster when the endogenous HK activity was activated by 2-deoxyglucose (2-DOG). Inhibition of mt-HK II by glucose-6-phosphate retards the mitochondria to react with 3-BrPA. The HK activities recovered in HepG2 cells treated or not with 3-BrPA were practically the same. These results suggest that mitochondrially bound HK supporting the ADP/ATP exchange activity levels facilitates the 3-BrPA inhibition reaction in tumors mitochondria by a proton motive force-dependent dynamic equilibrium between sensitive and less sensitive SDH in the electron transport system. FAU - Rodrigues-Ferreira, Clara AU - Rodrigues-Ferreira C AD - Laboratorio de Bioenergetica e Fisiologia Mitocondrial, Programa de Bioquimica e Biofisica Celular, Instituto de Bioquimica Medica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373 - CCS, Bl. D, ss13, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902 RJ, Brazil. FAU - da Silva, Ana Paula Pereira AU - da Silva AP FAU - Galina, Antonio AU - Galina A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120210 PL - United States TA - J Bioenerg Biomembr JT - Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes JID - 7701859 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating) RN - 0 (Pyruvates) RN - 56-73-5 (Glucose-6-Phosphate) RN - 63JMV04GRK (bromopyruvate) RN - 9G2MP84A8W (Deoxyglucose) RN - EC 1.3.99.1 (Succinate Dehydrogenase) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (Hexokinase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating/*pharmacology MH - Brain/metabolism MH - Cell Respiration/*drug effects MH - Deoxyglucose MH - Glucose-6-Phosphate MH - Hep G2 Cells MH - Hexokinase/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Liver/metabolism MH - Male MH - Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial MH - Mice MH - Mitochondria/*drug effects/enzymology MH - Oxygen Consumption MH - Pyruvates/*pharmacology MH - Spectrometry, Fluorescence MH - Succinate Dehydrogenase/metabolism EDAT- 2012/02/11 06:00 MHDA- 2012/07/17 06:00 CRDT- 2012/02/11 06:00 PHST- 2011/12/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/01/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/02/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/02/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/07/17 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s10863-012-9413-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Bioenerg Biomembr. 2012 Feb;44(1):39-49. doi: 10.1007/s10863-012-9413-8. Epub 2012 Feb 10.