Cytoprotective activity of minocycline includes improvement of mitochondrial coupling: the importance of minocycline concentration and the presence of VDAC.

abstract：:We have studied changes in plasma membrane NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductases of HL-60 cells under serum withdrawal conditions, as a model to analyze cell responses to oxidative stress. Highly enriched plasma membrane fractions were obtained from cell homogenates. A major part of NADH-quinone oxidoreductase in the plasma...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Forthoffer N,Gómez-Díaz C,Bello RI,Burón MI,Martín SF,Rodríguez-Aguilera JC,Navas P,Villalba JM

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial inner membrane anion channel (IMAC) is a channel, identified by flux studies in intact mitochondria, which has a broad anion selectivity and is maintained closed or inactive by matrix Mg2+ and H+. We now present evidence that this channel, like many other chloride/anion channels, is reversibly blocke...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Beavis AD,Davatol-Hag H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transformation of 3T3 cells by SV40 virus changes the properties of the transplasma membrane electron transport activity which can be assayed by reduction of external ferric salts. After 42 h of culture and before the growth rate is maximum, the transformed cells have a much slower rate of ferric reduction. The change...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Löw H,Crane FL,Grebing C,Isaksson M,Lindgren A,Sun IL

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ferrochelatase [heme synthase, protoheme ferrolyase (EC 4.99.1.1)], the terminal enzyme of the heme biosynthetic pathway, catalyzes the incorporation of ferrous ion into protoporphyrin IX to form protoheme IX. The genes and cDNAs for ferrochelatase from mammals and micro-organisms have been isolated. The gene for huma...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Taketani S,Fujita H

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Succinate-driven reverse electron transport (RET) is one of the main sources of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (mtROS) in ischemia-reperfusion injury. RET is dependent on mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψm) and transmembrane pH difference (ΔpH), components of the proton motive force (pmf); a decrease in Δψm ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Komlódi T,Geibl FF,Sassani M,Ambrus A,Tretter L

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results are presented which, taken with evidence developed by others, suggest a general mechanism for the entry and binding of exogenous ligands (including O2) at the "binuclear site" (CuBFea3) of the heme-copper oxidases. The mechanism includes a "ligand shuttle" wherein the obligatory way station for incoming ligand...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Woodruff WH

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effect of general anesthetics on the mobility of two stearic acid spin labels (5-doxyl stearic acid and 16-doxyl stearic acid) in bovine heart mitochondria and in phospholipid vesicles made from either mitochondrial lipids or commercial soybean phospholipids. The general anesthetics used include no...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Mazzanti L,Curatola G,Zolese G,Bertoli E,Lenaz G

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N- and P/Q-type calcium channels are localized in high density in presynaptic nerve terminals and are crucial elements in neuronal excitation-secretion coupling. In addition to mediating Ca2+ entry to initiate transmitter release, they are thought to interact directly with proteins of the synaptic vesicle docking/fusi...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Sheng ZH,Westenbroek RE,Catterall WA

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of nucleoside diphosphate (NDP) kinase with special reference to mammalian signal transduction systems was described. The interaction between NDP kinases and G proteins was reevaluated in view of their protein structural information and its significance was extended further on the basis of recent findings obt...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Kimura N,Shimada N,Ishijima Y,Fukuda M,Takagi Y,Ishikawa N

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap junction channels have long been viewed as static structures containing a large-diameter, aqueous pore. This pore has a high permeability to hydrophilic molecules of approximately 900 daltons in molecular weight and a weak ionic selectivity. The evidence leading to these conclusions is reviewed in the context of m...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Veenstra RD

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholysine phosphohistidine inorganic pyrophosphate phosphatase (LHPP) has been recently identified as a novel inhibitor of multiple tumors; however, its role in glioblastoma (GBM) has not been investigated. This study aimed to evaluate whether LHPP exerts a potential tumor-inhibiting role in GBM. Compared with tha...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Li C,Yang J,Wang W,Li R

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium may function directly in several aspects of photosynthesis. It appears to modulate activity of the phosphatase enzymes in the carbon reduction cycle and also to regulate chloroplast NAD+ kinase activity through a calmodulin-like protein. Some evidence supports a calcium function in the water-splitting complex,...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Brand JJ,Becker DW

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chronology of the major discoveries important in elucidating certain aspects of the molecular basis of transmembrane signaling is briefly reviewed. Recent developments linking cell stimulation and transformation are intimated. ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Badwey JA

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on VDAC has accelerated as evidence grows of its importance in mitochondrial function and in apoptosis. New investigators entering the field are often confounded by the VDAC literature and its many apparent conflicts and contradictions. This review is an effort to shed light on the situation and identify reli...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Rostovtseva TK,Tan W,Colombini M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Absorbance changes at 446 nm in purified cytochrome oxidase following flash photolysis of carboxy-oxidase poised in the mixed valance state at +220 mV show biphasic kinetics. One phase corresponds to CO recombination to ferrous cytochrome a3 with an energy of activation of 9 kcal/mol; the second phase is 3-5 times fas...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Harmon HJ

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present there is a poor understanding of the events that lead up to neuronal apoptosis that occurs in neurodegenerative diseases and following acute ischemic episodes. Apoptosis is critical for the elimination of unwanted neurons within the developing nervous system. The Bcl-2 family of proteins contains pro- and a...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Ward MW,Kögel D,Prehn JH

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of amphiphilic polymethlyenecarboxymaleimides has been synthesized for use as sulfhydryl reagents applicable to membrane proteins. Physical properties of the compounds which are relevant to their proposed mode of action have been determined. By comparing rates of reaction in aqueous and aprotic solvents, the ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Griffiths DG,Partis MD,Churchill P,Brenner SC,Fleischer S,Moore RJ,Beechey RB

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal peptidases, the endoproteases that remove the amino-terminal signal sequence from many secretory proteins, have been isolated from various sources. Seven signal peptidases have been purified, two from E. coli, two from mammalian sources, and three from mitochondrial matrix. The mitochondrial enzymes are soluble...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Dev IK,Ray PH

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of transplasma membrane electron transport in a variety of plant cells and tissues is reported. It is now agreed that this property of eukaryotic cells is of ubiquitous nature. Studies with highly purified plasma membranes have established the presence of electron transport enzymes. Two types of activitie...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Misra PC

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many previous investigations have consistently reported that caloric restriction (40%), which increases maximum longevity, decreases mitochondrial reactive species (ROS) generation and oxidative damage to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in laboratory rodents. These decreases take place in rat liver after only seven weeks of...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Sanz A,Gómez J,Caro P,Barja G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic iron toxicity because of iron overload seems to be mediated by lipid peroxidation of biological membranes and the associated organelle dysfunctions. However, the basic mechanisms underlying this process in vivo are still little understood. Gerbils were dosed with weekly injections of iron-dextran alone or in c...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Masini A,Ceccarelli D,Giovannini F,Montosi G,Garuti C,Pietrangelo A

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver plasma membranes isolated from rats with chronic dietary iron overload showed a large modification of their phospholipid fatty acid composition. Specifically, a significant decrease in polyunsaturated fatty acids and a parallel increase in saturated fatty acids was observed. This pattern was consistent with the ...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Pietrangelo A,Tripodi A,Carulli N,Tomasi A,Ceccarelli D,Ventura E,Masini A

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fungal plasma membrane contains a proton-translocating ATPase that is closely related, both structurally and functionally, to the [Na+, K+]-, [H+, K+]-, and [Ca2+]-ATPases of animal cells, the plasma-membrane [H+]-ATPase of higher plants, and several bacterial cation-transporting ATPases. This review summarizes cu...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Nakamoto RK,Slayman CW

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS) consists of several proteins whose primary functions are to transport and phosphorylate their substrates. The complexity of the PTS undoubtedly reflects its additional roles in chemotaxis to PTS substrates and in regulation of oth...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Jacobson GR,Saraceni-Richards C

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This introductory article and those that follow focus on the roles that mitochondria may have in cancer metastasis (spreading) that all too frequently leads to death of cancer patients. The history of cancer dates back in time to several thousand years BC and continues to this day. Although billions of dollars have be...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Pedersen PL

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mg2+ dependent asymmetry of the F(1)-ATPase catalytic sites leads to the differences in affinity for nucleotides and is an essential component of the binding-change mechanism. Changes in metal ligands during the catalytic cycle responsible for this asymmetry were characterized by vanadyl (V(IV) + O)2+, a functiona...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Frasch WD

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatase activity of a kidney (Na + K)-ATPase preparation was optimally active with Mg2+ plus K+. Mn2+ was less effective and Ca2+ could not substitute for Mg2+. However, adding Ca2+ with Mg2+ or substituting Mn2+ for Mg2+ activated it appreciably in the absence of added K+, and all three divalent cations decreased...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Robinson JD

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During fermentation Escherichia coli transport succinate mainly via Dcu family carriers. Current paper describes the role of externally added succinate on N'N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD) sensitive ATPase activity and H+ flux depending on potassium ions. At pH 7.5 in wild type membrane vesicles DCCD-sensitive ATPa...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Mikoyan G,Karapetyan L,Vassilian A,Trchounian A,Trchounian K

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoic acid inhibits the reduction of diferric transferrin through the transplasma membrane electron transport system on fetal rat liver cells infected with a temperature-sensitive SV40 virus when the cells are in the nontransformed state cultured at 40 degrees C. When the cells are in the transformed state (grown a...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Sun IL,Toole-Simms W,Crane FL,Morré DJ,Löw H,Chou JY

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thylakoids are highly protein-enriched membranes that harbor a number of multicomponent photosynthetic complexes. Similarly to other biological membranes the protein constituents are heterogeneously distributed laterally in the plane of the membrane, however the specific segregation into stacked (grana patches) and un...

journal_title：Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes

authors： Petrova N,Todinova S,Paunov M,Kovács L,Taneva S,Krumova S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00