A 31P‐NMR study of bovine adrenocortical mitochondrial metabolic activities
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- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 193 (1), 283-289
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb19334.x
Abstract
High-field 31P-NMR spectroscopy has been used to study the metabolic activities of coupled bovine adrenocortical mitochondria in vitro. These differentiated organelles use oxygen as a substrate to support both oxidative phosphorylation and specific steroid hydroxylation reactions. The NMR technique allowed the resolution of two inorganic phosphate signals, attributed to the matrix and external medium phosphate pools, at low and high field, respectively. These signals were used to calculate the respective Pi concentrations and to obtain the pH of the two corresponding compartments. In addition, the NMR spectra displayed resonance signals corresponding to ADP added to the medium and to ATP synthesized during oxidative phosphorylation. NMR analysis of the mitochondrial perchloric acid extracts identified the major phosphate-containing metabolites, namely NADP+, NAD+, phosphocholine, phosphoethanolamine, sn-glycero-(3)phosphocholine, AMP, ADP, ATP and Pi. Upon addition of ADP and malate to the oxygenated suspension, the kinetics of mitochondrial external Pi consumption and of ATP synthesis, along with the intra- and extraorganelle pH variations could be monitored over time periods of approximately 30 min, in the absence and presence of different steroid hydroxylation substrates. A major observation was that oxidative phosphorylation, which takes place in the absence of steroid, was markedly inhibited as soon as steroid hydroxylation was operating. These observations show the potential of 31P-NMR spectroscopy in the study of metabolic activities of isolated intact mitochondrial organelles. Such an approach appears promising for further determination of the underlying mechanisms in the balance between vital oxidative phosphorylation and differentiated steroid hydroxylation which are under hormonal control in adrenocortical mitochondria as well as in other steroidogenic cell systems.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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