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Biochemical characterization of mitochondria from adult worms and plerocercoid larvae of Spirometra mansoni shows mixed populations of anaerobic and aerobic mitochondria

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PARASITOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
卷 92, 期 -, 页码 -

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ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2022.102695

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Spirometra mansoni; Adult; Plerocercoid; Anaerobic mitochondria; Aerobic mitochondria; Respiratory chain; NADH-fumarate reductase

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The mitochondria of adult and plerocercoid Spirometra mansoni were studied to understand their respiratory function and physicochemical properties. It was found that adult mitochondria had higher specific activities of succinate oxidase and NADH-FRD compared to plerocercoid mitochondria. Both adult and plerocercoid mitochondria contained rhodoquinone-10 and ubiquinone-10, with higher concentrations in adult mitochondria. Inhibition studies showed that adult mitochondria had both cyanide-sensitive and -insensitive succinate oxidases, and could produce hydrogen peroxide. The specific activities of NADH-fumarate reductase and cytochrome c oxidase were higher in mature proglottids. Isopycnic density-gradient centrifugation analyses and in situ electron microscopic histochemistry revealed the heterogeneity of both adult and plerocercoid mitochondria.
The mitochondria of adult and plerocercoid Spirometra mansoni were characterized in isolated mitochondria and in situ by electron microscopic histochemistry with special attention to the respiratory chain. Although the specific activities of the constituent enzyme complexes of succinate oxidase are fairly similar in adult and plerocercoid mitochondria, those of succinate oxidase and NADH-FRD are approximately 4- and 25-fold higher in adult mitochondria than in plerocercoid mitochondria, respectively. Quinone analysis by high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry showed that adult and plerocercoid mitochondria contained both rhodoquinone-10 and ubiquinone-10 at concentrations of 4.98 and 0.106 nmol mg(-1) for adult, and 0.677 and 0.137 nmol mg(-1) for plerocercoid, respectively. Inhibition studies on the succinate-oxidase system of adult mitochondria showed that they possessed both cyanide-sensitive and-insensitive succinate oxidases, the latter of which produces hydrogen peroxide. Adult mitochondria, when NADH was used as a substrate, were shown to produce hydrogen peroxide, and the production of hydrogen peroxide decreased to undetectable levels in the presence of fumarate. The specific activities of NADH-fumarate reductase and cytochrome c oxidase were significantly higher in mature proglottids than in immature and gravid proglottids. Isopycnic density-gradient centrifugation analyses and in situ electron microscopic histochemistry revealed that both adult and plerocercoid mitochondria were heterogeneous in terms of respiratory function and physicochemical properties. The physiological significance of adult and plerocercoid mitochondria is discussed in relation to the oxygen tension of their parasitic habitats.

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