期刊
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS
卷 1817, 期 10, 页码 1925-1936出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.03.006
关键词
Metabolic disorder; Oxidative phosphorylation; Respirometry; Live-cell microscopy; Glycolysis
资金
- NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) [911-02-008]
- Prinses Beatrix Fonds [OP-05-04]
- CSBR (Centres for Systems Biology Research) initiative from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) [CSBR09/013V]
Human mitochondrial complex I (CI) deficiency is associated with progressive neurological disorders. To better understand the CI pathomechanism, we here studied how deletion of the CI gene NDUFS4 affects cell metabolism. To this end we compared immortalized mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) derived from wildtype (wt) and whole-body NDUFS4 knockout (KO) mice. Mitochondria from KO cells lacked the NDUFS4 protein and mitoplasts displayed virtually no Cl activity, moderately reduced CII, CIII and CIV activities and normal citrate synthase and CV (FoF1-ATPase) activity. Native electrophoresis of KO cell mitochondrial fractions revealed two distinct CI subcomplexes of similar to 830 kDa (enzymatically inactive) and similar to 200 kDa (active). The level of fully-assembled CII-CV was not affected by NDUFS4 gene deletion. KO cells exhibited a moderately reduced maximal and routine O-2 consumption, which was fully inhibited by acute application of the CI inhibitor rotenone. The aberrant CI assembly and reduced O-2 consumption in KO cells were fully normalized by NDUFS4 gene complementation. Cellular [NADP(+)]/[NADPH] ratio, lactate production and mitochondrial tetramethyl rhodamine methyl ester (TMRM) accumulation were slightly increased in KO cells. In contrast, NDUFS4 gene deletion did not detectably alter [NADP(+)]/[NADPH] ratio, cellular glucose consumption, the protein levels of hexokinases (I and II) and phosphorylated pyruvate dehydrogenase (P-PDH), total cellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) level, free cytosolic [ATP], cell growth rate, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels. We conclude that the NDUFS4 subunit is of key importance in CI stabilization and that, due to the metabolic properties of the immortalized MEFs, NDUFS4 gene deletion has only modest effects at the live cell level. This article is part of a special issue entitled: 17th European Bioenergetics Conference (EBEC 2012). (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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