Journal
REDOX BIOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue -, Pages 256-265Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2018.07.018
Keywords
Mitochondria; Acanthamoeba castellanii; Reactive oxygen species; Coenzyme Q reduction level
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- National Science Centre, Poland [OPUS 2016/21/B/NZ3/00333]
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Our aim was to elucidate the relationship between the rate of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mROS) formation and the reduction level of the mitochondrial coenzyme Q (mQ) pool under various levels of engagement of the mQ-reducing pathway (succinate dehydrogenase, complex II) and mQH(2)-oxidizing pathways (the cytochrome pathway and alternative oxidase pathway, (AOX)) in mitochondria isolated from the amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii. The mQ pool was shifted to a more reduced state by inhibition of mQH(2)-oxidizing pathways (complex III and complex IV of the cytochrome pathway, and AOX) and the oxidative phosphorylation system. The mQ reduction level was lowered by decreasing the electron supply from succinate dehydrogenase and by stimulating the activity of the cytochrome or AOX pathways. The results indicate a direct dependence of mROS formation on the reduction level of the mQ pool for both mQH(2)-oxidizing pathways. A higher mQ reduction level leads to a higher mROS formation. For the cytochrome pathway, mROS generation depends nonlinearly upon the mQ reduction level, with a stronger dependency observed at values higher than the mQ reduction level of the phosphorylating state (similar to 35%). AOX becomes more engaged at higher mQ pool reduction levels (above 40%), when mROS production via the cytochrome pathway increases. We propose that the mQ pool reduction level (endogenous mQ redox state) could be a useful endogenous reporter that allows indirect assessment of overall mROS production in mitochondria.
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