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2. EFFECTS OF HYPOXIA AND AGING ON HEART MITOCHONDRIAL NOS: P3-52
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Valdez, L. B., Zaobornyj, T., Alvarez, S., Boveris, A., La-Padula, P., and Costa, L. E.
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- 2004
3. THE STATE 4/STATE 3 TRANSITION REGULATES MITOCHONDRIAL NOS ACTIVITY: P3-54
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Zaobornyj, T., Valdez, L. B., and Boveris, A.
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- 2004
4. PEROXYNITRITE METABOLISM IN THE MITOCHONDRIAL MATRIX: S1-6
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Valdez, L. B., Alvarez, S., Zaobornyj, T., and Boveris, A.
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- 2004
5. Nitric Oxide and Superoxide Anion Production During Heparin-Induced Capacitation in Cryopreserved Bovine Spermatozoa.
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Rodriguez, PC, Valdez, LB, Zaobornyj, T, Boveris, A, and Beconi, MT
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NITRIC oxide ,ANIONS ,HEPARIN ,CRYOPRESERVATION of organs, tissues, etc. ,FROZEN semen ,CATTLE embryology ,OXYGEN consumption - Abstract
The aim of this work was to quantify NO, O and ONOO production during heparin-induced capacitation of cryopreserved bovine spermatozoa. A time dependent hyperbolic increase was observed for heparin-dependent capacitation, O uptake, and NO production. Conversely, O production was increased during the first 15 min of incubation, showing a decrease from this time until 45 min. At 15 min of heparin incubation, a threefold increase in O consumption (5.9 ± 0.6 nmol/min × 10 cells), an enhancement in NO release (1.1 ± 0.2 nmol/min × 10 cells), and a five-fold increase in O production (1.3 ± 0.07 nmol/min × 10 cells), were observed. Peroxynitrite production rate was estimated taking into account NO and O generation and the second-order rate constant of the reaction between these species. To conclude, heparin-induced capacitation of cryopreserved bovine spermatozoa activates (i) mitochondrial O uptake by high ADP levels due to increased energy requirements, (ii) NO production by a constitutive NOS and (iii) O production by a membrane-bound NAD(P)H oxidase. The products of both enzymes are released to the extracellular space and could be involved in the process of sperm capacitation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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6. Mitochondrial Complex I dysfunction in experimental Parkinsonism
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Zaobornyj⁎, T., Valdez, L.B., Bandez, M.J., Navarro, A., and Boveris, A.
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- 2012
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7. Remote ischemic preconditioning prevents sarcolemmal-associated proteolysis by MMP-2 inhibition.
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Bin EP, Zaobornyj T, Garces M, D'Annunzio V, Buchholz B, Marchini T, Evelson P, Gelpi RJ, and Donato M
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- Animals, Rats, Male, Rats, Wistar, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury metabolism, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury prevention & control, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury pathology, Ischemic Preconditioning, Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors pharmacology, Dystrophin metabolism, Dystroglycans metabolism, Myocytes, Cardiac metabolism, Myocytes, Cardiac pathology, Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 metabolism, Sarcolemma metabolism, Proteolysis
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The death of myocytes occurs through different pathways, but the rupture of the plasma membrane is the key point in the transition from reversible to irreversible injury. In the myocytes, three major groups of structural proteins that link the extracellular and intracellular milieus and confer structural stability to the cell membrane: the dystrophin-associated protein complex, the vinculin-integrin link, and the spectrin-based submembranous cytoskeleton. The objective was to determine if remote ischemic preconditioning (rIPC) preserves membrane-associated cytoskeletal proteins (dystrophin and β-dystroglycan) through the inhibition of metalloproteinase type 2 (MMP-2) activity. A second objective was to describe some of the intracellular signals of the rIPC, that modify mitochondrial function at the early reperfusion. Isolated rat hearts were subjected to 30 min of global ischemia and 120 min of reperfusion (I/R). rIPC was performed by 3 cycles of ischemia/reperfusion in the lower limb (rIPC). rIPC significantly decreased the infarct size, induced Akt/GSK-3 β phosphorylation and inhibition of the MPTP opening. rIPC improved mitochondrial function, increasing membrane potential, ATP production and respiratory control. I/R increased ONOO
- production, which activates MMP-2. This enzyme degrades β-dystroglycan and dystrophin and collaborates to sarcolemmal disruption. rIPC attenuates the breakdown of β-dystroglycan and dystrophin through the inhibition of MMP-2 activity. Furthermore, we confirm that rIPC activates different intracellular pathway that involves the an Akt/Gsk3β and MPTP pore with preservation of mitochondrial function., (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)- Published
- 2024
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8. Thioredoxin-1 is required for the cardioprotecive effect of sildenafil against ischaemia/reperfusion injury and mitochondrial dysfunction in mice.
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Zaobornyj T, Mazo T, Perez V, Gomez A, Contin M, Tripodi V, D'Annunzio V, and Gelpi RJ
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- Animals, Male, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors pharmacology, Sildenafil Citrate pharmacology, Mitochondria drug effects, Myocardial Ischemia drug therapy, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury drug therapy, Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors therapeutic use, Sildenafil Citrate therapeutic use
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Sildenafil is a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor which confers cardioprotection against myocardial ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. The aim of this study was to determine if Trx1 participates in cardioprotection exerted by sildenafil in an acute model of I/R, and to evaluate mitochondrial bioenergetics and cellular redox status. Langendorff-perfused hearts from wild type (WT) mice and a dominant negative (DN-Trx1) mutant of Trx1 were assigned to placebo or sildenafil (0.7 mg/kg i.p.) and subjected to 30 min of ischaemia followed by 120 min of reperfusion. WT + S showed a significant reduction of infarct size (51.2 ± 3.0% vs. 30 ± 3.0%, p < .001), an effect not observed in DN-Trx. After I/R, sildenafil preserved state 3 oxygen consumption from WT, but had a milder effect in DN-Trx1 only partially protecting state 3 values. Treatment restored respiratory control (RC) after I/R, which resulted 8% (WT) and 24% (DN-Trx1) lower than in basal conditions. After I/R, a significant increase in H
2 O2 production was observed both for WT and DN-Trx (WT: 1.17 ± 0.13 nmol/mg protein and DN-Trx: 1.38 ± 0.12 nmol/min mg protein). With sildenafil, values were 21% lower only in WT I/R. Treatment decreased GSSG levels both in WT and DN-Trx1. In addition, GSSG/GSH2 ratio was partially restored by sildenafil. Also, an increase in p-eNOS/eNOS even before the myocardial ischaemia was observed with sildenafil, both in WT (14%, p > .05) and in DN-Trx (35%, p < .05). Active Trx1 is required for the onset of the cardioprotective effects of sildenafil on I/R injury, together with the preservation of cellular redox balance and mitochondrial function.- Published
- 2019
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9. Complex I syndrome in striatum and frontal cortex in a rat model of Parkinson disease.
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Valdez LB, Zaobornyj T, Bandez MJ, López-Cepero JM, Boveris A, and Navarro A
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- Animals, Brain drug effects, Brain metabolism, Corpus Striatum drug effects, Corpus Striatum metabolism, Corpus Striatum pathology, Disease Models, Animal, Electron Transport Complex I deficiency, Frontal Lobe drug effects, Frontal Lobe metabolism, Frontal Lobe pathology, Gray Matter drug effects, Gray Matter metabolism, Humans, Hydrogen Peroxide metabolism, Hypokinesia chemically induced, Hypokinesia metabolism, Hypokinesia pathology, Lipid Peroxidation drug effects, Locomotion drug effects, Mitochondria drug effects, Mitochondria pathology, Oxidative Stress drug effects, Parkinson Disease drug therapy, Parkinson Disease pathology, Rats, Rotenone pharmacology, Electron Transport Complex I metabolism, Mitochondria metabolism, Oxygen metabolism, Parkinson Disease metabolism
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Mitochondrial dysfunction named complex I syndrome was observed in striatum mitochondria of rotenone treated rats (2 mg rotenone/kg, i. p., for 30 or 60 days) in an animal model of Parkinson disease. After 60 days of rotenone treatment, the animals showed: (a) 6-fold increased bradykinesia and 60% decreased locomotor activity; (b) 35-34% decreases in striatum O
2 uptake and in state 3 mitochondrial respiration with malate-glutamate as substrate; (c) 43-57% diminished striatum complex I activity with 60-71% decreased striatum mitochondrial NOS activity, determined both as biochemical activity and as functional activity (by the NO inhibition of active respiration); (d) 34-40% increased rates of mitochondrial O2 •- and H2 O2 productions and 36-46% increased contents of the products of phospholipid peroxidation and of protein oxidation; and (e) 24% decreased striatum mitochondrial content, likely associated to decreased NO-dependent mitochondrial biogenesis. Intermediate values were observed after 30 days of rotenone treatment. Frontal cortex tissue and mitochondria showed similar but less marked changes. Rotenone-treated rats showed mitochondrial complex I syndrome associated with cellular oxidative stress in the dopaminergic brain areas of striatum and frontal cortex, a fact that describes the high sensitivity of mitochondrial complex I to inactivation by oxidative reactions., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
- 2019
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10. High-fat diet abolishes the cardioprotective effects of ischemic postconditioning in murine models despite increased thioredoxin-1 levels.
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Mazo T, D Annunzio V, Zaobornyj T, Perez V, Gomez A, Berg G, Barchuk M, Ossani G, Martinefski M, Tripodi V, Lago N, and Gelpi RJ
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- Animals, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mitochondria metabolism, Mitochondria pathology, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury metabolism, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury pathology, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury prevention & control, Oxidation-Reduction, Diet, High-Fat adverse effects, Disease Models, Animal, Ischemic Postconditioning, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury etiology, Thioredoxins metabolism
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Ischemic postconditioning (PostC) reduces infarct size in healthy experimental models. However, if protective effects of PostC are abolished during early stages of atherosclerotic and if this is related with a disbalance in mitochondrial energetics and alterations in thioredoxin-1 (Trx1) is still unknown. The objectives were to generate a murine high-fat diet (HFD)-fed model that developed in a phenotype consistent with early stages of atherosclerosis to then evaluate whether HFD exposure increased oxidative stress and consequently abolished the cardioprotection conferred by PostC. We used C57/BL6 mice fed with control diet (CD) or HFD for 12 weeks. Isolated mice hearts were subjected to 30 min of ischemia and 120 min of reperfusion (I/R group). For PostC group, after ischemia, six cycles of reperfusion/ischemia were performed (10 s per cycle) at the onset of reperfusion. In CD group, the PostC reduced infarct size (CD-I/R: 52.14 ± 2.8 vs. CD-PostC: 36.58 ± 1.8, P < 0.05) and increased phosphorylation of GSK3β (CD-PostC: 2.341 ± 1.03 vs. CD-Baseline: 0.923 ± 0.41 AUOD, P < 0.05), and this cardioprotection was abolished in HFD-exposed mice. HFD increased hydrogen peroxide levels, produced a shift towards an oxidized intracellular environment (GSSG/GSH
2 ), and increased Trx1 expression with higher fractions of oxidized protein. State 3 mitochondrial oxygen consumption in basal conditions decreased 24% in HFD-exposed mice and PostC improved state 3 values only in CD mice. Cellular redox state and mitochondrial bioenergetics were altered in HFD-exposed mice. We demonstrated that alterations in redox state at early stages of atherosclerosis abolished cardioprotective mechanisms, such as those induced by PostC, even with increased Trx1 levels.- Published
- 2019
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11. Dyslipidemia in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury.
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Mazo T, D'Annunzio V, Donato M, Perez V, Zaobornyj T, and Gelpi RJ
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- Humans, Ischemic Postconditioning, Ischemic Preconditioning, Myocardial, Risk Factors, Dyslipidemias complications, Myocardial Ischemia complications, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury complications, Oxidative Stress
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Ischemic heart disease is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed world. Although reperfusion therapies are currently the best treatment for this entity, the restoration of blood flow leads, under certain circumstances, to a form of myocardial damage called reperfusion injury. Several studies have shown that age, sex, smoking, diabetes and dyslipidemia are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Among these risk factors, dyslipidemias are present in 40% of patients with ischemic heart disease and represent the clinical factor with the greatest impact on the prognosis of patients with cardiovascular diseases. It is known that during reperfusion the increase of the oxidative stress is perhaps one of the most important mechanisms implicated in cell damage. That is why several researchers have studied protective mechanisms against reperfusion injury, such as the ischemic pre- and post- conditioning, making emphasis mainly on the reduction of oxidative stress. However, few of these efforts have been successfully translated into the clinical setting. The controversial results in regards to the relation between cardioprotective mechanisms and dyslipidemia/hypercholesterolemia are mainly due to the difference among quality, composition and the time of administration of hypercholesterolemic diets, as well as the difference in the species used in each of the studies. Therefore, in order to compare results, it is crucial that all variables that could modify the obtained results are taken into consideration.
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- 2019
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12. Loss of dystrophin is associated with increased myocardial stiffness in a model of left ventricular hypertrophy.
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Donato M, Buchholz B, Morales C, Valdez L, Zaobornyj T, Baratta S, Paez DT, Matoso M, Vaccarino G, Chejtman D, Agüero O, Telayna J, Navia J, Hita A, Boveris A, and Gelpi RJ
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- Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Doxycycline adverse effects, Doxycycline pharmacology, Humans, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular chemically induced, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular genetics, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular pathology, Male, Mice, Mitochondria, Heart genetics, Mitochondria, Heart pathology, Myocardium pathology, Dystrophin deficiency, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular metabolism, Mitochondria, Heart metabolism, Myocardium metabolism, Proteolysis
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Transition from compensated to decompensated left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is accompanied by functional and structural changes. Here, the aim was to evaluate dystrophin expression in murine models and human subjects with LVH by transverse aortic constriction (TAC) and aortic stenosis (AS), respectively. We determined whether doxycycline (Doxy) prevented dystrophin expression and myocardial stiffness in mice. Additionally, ventricular function recovery was evaluated in patients 1 year after surgery. Mice were subjected to TAC and monitored for 3 weeks. A second group received Doxy treatment after TAC. Patients with AS were stratified by normal left ventricular end-diastolic wall stress (LVEDWS) and high LVEDWS, and groups were compared. In mice, LVH decreased inotropism and increased myocardial stiffness associated with a dystrophin breakdown and a decreased mitochondrial O
2 uptake (MitoMVO2 ). These alterations were attenuated by Doxy. Patients with high LVEDWS showed similar results to those observed in mice. A correlation between dystrophin and myocardial stiffness was observed in both mice and humans. Systolic function at 1 year post-surgery was only recovered in the normal-LVEDWS group. In summary, mice and humans present diastolic dysfunction associated with dystrophin degradation. The recovery of ventricular function was observed only in patients with normal LVEDWS and without dystrophin degradation. In mice, Doxy improved MitoMVO2 . Based on our results it is concluded that the LVH with high LVEDWS is associated to a degradation of dystrophin and increase of myocardial stiffness. At least in a murine model these alterations were attenuated after the administration of a matrix metalloprotease inhibitor.- Published
- 2017
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13. Mitochondrial nitric oxide production supported by reverse electron transfer.
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Bombicino SS, Iglesias DE, Zaobornyj T, Boveris A, and Valdez LB
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- Adenosine Triphosphate chemistry, Animals, Catalysis, Cattle, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Electrons, Mitochondria, Heart metabolism, Myocardium metabolism, NAD (+) and NADP (+) Dependent Alcohol Oxidoreductases metabolism, NADP chemistry, Oxygen Consumption, Rats, Recombinant Proteins chemistry, Rotenone chemistry, Submitochondrial Particles chemistry, Succinic Acid chemistry, Mitochondria metabolism, Nitric Oxide metabolism
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Heart phosphorylating electron transfer particles (ETPH) produced NO at 1.2 ± 0.1 nmol NO. min(-1) mg protein(-1) by the mtNOS catalyzed reaction. These particles showed a NAD(+) reductase activity of 64 ± 3 nmol min(-1) mg protein(-1) sustained by reverse electron transfer (RET) at expenses of ATP and succinate. The same particles, without NADPH and in conditions of RET produced 0.97 ± 0.07 nmol NO. min(-1) mg protein(-1). Rotenone inhibited NO production supported by RET measured in ETPH and in coupled mitochondria, but did not reduce the activity of recombinant nNOS, indicating that the inhibitory effect of rotenone on NO production is due to an electron flow inhibition and not to a direct action on mtNOS structure. NO production sustained by RET corresponds to 20% of the total amount of NO released from heart coupled mitochondria. A mitochondrial fraction enriched in complex I produced 1.7 ± 0.2 nmol NO. min(-1) mg protein(-1) and reacted with anti-75 kDa complex I subunit and anti-nNOS antibodies, suggesting that complex I and mtNOS are located contiguously. These data show that mitochondrial NO production can be supported by RET, and suggest that mtNOS is next to complex I, reaffirming the idea of a functional association between these proteins., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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14. Thioredoxin-1 Attenuates Ventricular and Mitochondrial Postischemic Dysfunction in the Stunned Myocardium of Transgenic Mice.
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Perez V, D'Annunzio V, Valdez LB, Zaobornyj T, Bombicino S, Mazo T, Carbajosa NL, Gironacci MM, Boveris A, Sadoshima J, and Gelpi RJ
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- Animals, Electron Transport Chain Complex Proteins metabolism, Hydrogen Peroxide metabolism, Male, Mice, Myocardial Contraction, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury genetics, Myocardial Stunning genetics, Oxygen Consumption, Thioredoxins genetics, Ventricular Dysfunction genetics, Mitochondria, Heart metabolism, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury metabolism, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury physiopathology, Myocardial Stunning metabolism, Thioredoxins metabolism, Ventricular Dysfunction metabolism
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Aim: We evaluated the effect of thioredoxin1 (Trx1) system on postischemic ventricular and mitochondrial dysfunction using transgenic mice overexpressing cardiac Trx1 and a dominant negative (DN-Trx1) mutant (C32S/C35S) of Trx1. Langendorff-perfused hearts were subjected to 15 min of ischemia followed by 30 min of reperfusion (R). We measured left ventricular developed pressure (LVDP, mmHg), left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP, mmHg), and t63 (relaxation index, msec). Mitochondrial respiration, SERCA2a, phospholamban (PLB), and phospholamban phosphorylation (p-PLB) Thr17 expression (Western blot) were also evaluated., Results: At 30 min of reperfusion, Trx1 improved contractile state (LVDP: Trx1: 57.4 ± 4.9 vs. Wt: 27.1 ± 6.3 and DN-Trx1: 29.2 ± 7.1, p < 0.05); decreased myocardial stiffness (LVEDP: Wt: 24.5 ± 4.8 vs. Trx1: 11.8 ± 2.9, p < 0.05); and improved the isovolumic relaxation (t63: Wt: 63.3 ± 3.2 vs. Trx1: 51.4 ± 1.9, p < 0.05). DN-Trx1 mice aggravated the myocardial stiffness and isovolumic relaxation. Only the expression of p-PLB Thr17 increased at 1.5 min R in Wt and DN-Trx1 groups. At 30 min of reperfusion, state 3 mitochondrial O2 consumption was impaired by 13% in Wt and by 33% in DN-Trx1. ADP/O ratios for Wt and DN-Trx1 decrease by 25% and 28%, respectively; whereas the Trx1 does not change after ischemia and reperfusion (I/R). Interestingly, baseline values of complex I activity were increased in Trx1 mice; they were 24% and 47% higher than in Wt and DN-Trx1 mice, respectively (p < 0.01)., Innovation and Conclusion: These results strongly suggest that Trx1 ameliorates the myocardial effects of I/R by improving the free radical-mediated damage in cardiac and mitochondrial function, opening the possibility of new therapeutic strategies in coronary artery disease. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 25, 78-88.
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- 2016
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15. Heart mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase: a strategic enzyme in the regulation of cellular bioenergetics.
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Zaobornyj T and Valdez LB
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- Animals, Energy Metabolism, Humans, Mitochondria, Heart enzymology, Nitric Oxide Synthase metabolism
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Heart mitochondria play a central role in cell energy provision and in signaling. Nitric oxide (NO) is a free radical which exerts an integral regulation of the cardiovascular system not only by adapting vascular smooth muscle tone but also by influencing ion channel function, myocyte contraction, energy metabolism, and hypertrophic myocardial remodeling. This chapter analyzes the available data about heart mitochondrial NOS (mtNOS) activity and identity. The regulation of heart mtNOS by the distinctive mitochondrial environment is described by showing the effects of Ca(2+), O2, L-arginine, NADPH, mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨ) and the metabolic states. Evidence about the regulation of heart mtNOS in chronic hypoxia and ischemia-reperfusion models is presented. Functional implications of heart mitochondrial NOS are delineated with emphasis on the chemical reactions through which NO interacts with mitochondrial targets and exerts some of its crucial roles., (© 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2014
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16. Strategic localization of heart mitochondrial NOS: a review of the evidence.
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Zaobornyj T and Ghafourifar P
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- Animals, Humans, Membrane Potentials physiology, Models, Animal, Myocardium metabolism, Nitric Oxide metabolism, Heart physiology, Mitochondria, Heart enzymology, Nitric Oxide Synthase metabolism
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Heart mitochondria play a central role in cell energy provision and in signaling. Nitric oxide (NO) is a free radical with primary regulatory functions in the heart and involved in a broad array of key processes in cardiac metabolism. Specific NO synthase (NOS) isoforms are confined to distinct locations in cardiomyocytes. The present article reviews the chemical reactions through which NO interacts with biomolecules and exerts some of its crucial roles. Specifically, the article discusses the reactions of NO with mitochondrial targets and the subcellular localization of NOS within the myocardium and analyzes the available data about heart mitochondrial NOS activity and identity. The article also describes the regulation of heart mtNOS by the distinctive mitochondrial environment by showing the effects of Ca(2+), O(2), l-arginine, mitochondrial transmembrane potential, and the metabolic states on heart mitochondrial NO production. The article depicts the effects of NO on heart function and highlights the relevance of NO production within mitochondria. Finally, the evidence on the functional implications of heart mitochondrial NOS is delineated with emphasis on chronic hypoxia and ischemia-reperfusion studies.
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- 2012
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17. Diastolic function during hemorrhagic shock in rabbits.
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D'Annunzio V, Donato M, Fellet A, Buchholz B, Antico Arciuch VG, Carreras MC, Valdez LB, Zaobornyj T, Morales C, Boveris A, Poderoso JJ, Balaszczuk AM, and Gelpi RJ
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- Animals, Heart physiopathology, Hemorrhage, NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester pharmacology, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type I, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, Nitrogen Oxides, Rabbits, Shock, Hemorrhagic complications, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left enzymology, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left etiology, Diastole drug effects, Diastole physiology, Shock, Hemorrhagic physiopathology, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left drug therapy
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Hemorrhage (H) is associated with a left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. However, the diastolic function has not been studied in detail. The main goal was to assess the diastolic function both during and 120 min after bleeding, in the absence and in the presence of L-NAME. Also, the changes in mRNA and protein expression of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isoforms were determined. New Zealand rabbits were divided into three groups: Sham group, H group (hemorrhage 20% blood volume), and H L-NAME group (hemorrhage treated with L-NAME). We evaluated systolic and diastolic ventricular functions in vivo and in vitro (Langendorff technique). Hemodynamic parameters and LV function were measured before, during, and at 120 min after bleeding. We analyzed the isovolumic relaxation using t ½ in vivo (closed chest). After that, hearts were excised and perfused in vitro to measure myocardial stiffness. Samples were frozen to measure NOS mRNA and protein expression. The t½ increased during bleeding and returned to basal values 120 min after bleeding. L-NAME blunted this effect. Data from the H group revealed a shift to the left in the LV end diastolic pressure-volume curve at 120 min after bleeding, which was blocked by L-NAME. iNOS and nNOS protein expression and mRNA levels increased at 120 min after the hemorrhage. Acute hemorrhage induces early and transient isovolumic relaxation impairment and an increase in myocardial stiffness 120 min after bleeding. L-NAME blunted the LV dysfunction, suggesting that NO modulates ventricular function through iNOS and nNOS isoforms.
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- 2012
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18. Complex I syndrome in myocardial stunning and the effect of adenosine.
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Valdez LB, Zaobornyj T, Bombicino S, Iglesias DE, Boveris A, Donato M, D'Annunzio V, Buchholz B, and Gelpi RJ
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- Animals, Cell Respiration drug effects, Disease Models, Animal, Heart Ventricles pathology, Lipid Peroxidation, Mitochondria, Heart drug effects, Mitochondria, Heart pathology, Myocardial Stunning drug therapy, Myocardial Stunning pathology, Nitric Oxide Synthase metabolism, Oxygen Consumption drug effects, Rabbits, Reperfusion Injury drug therapy, Reperfusion Injury pathology, Superoxide Dismutase metabolism, Adenosine administration & dosage, Electron Transport Complex I metabolism, Mitochondria, Heart metabolism, Myocardial Stunning metabolism, Reperfusion Injury metabolism
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Isolated rabbit hearts were exposed to ischemia (I; 15 min) and reperfusion (R; 5-30 min) in a model of stunned myocardium. I/R decreased left-ventricle O(2) consumption (46%) and malate-glutamate-supported mitochondrial state 3 respiration (32%). Activity of complex I was 28% lower after I/R. The pattern observed for the decline in complex I activity was also observed for the reduction in mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase (mtNOS) biochemical (28%) and functional (50%) activities, in accordance with the reported physical and functional interactions between complex I and mtNOS. Malate-glutamate-supported state 4 H(2)O(2) production was increased by 78% after I/R. Rabbit heart Mn-SOD concentration in the mitochondrial matrix (7.4±0.7 μM) was not modified by I/R. Mitochondrial phospholipid oxidation products were increased by 42%, whereas protein oxidation was only slightly increased. I/R produced a marked (70%) enhancement in tyrosine nitration of the mitochondrial proteins. Adenosine attenuated postischemic ventricular dysfunction and protected the heart from the declines in O(2) consumption and in complex I and mtNOS activities and from the enhancement of mitochondrial phospholipid oxidation. Rabbit myocardial stunning is associated with a condition of dysfunctional mitochondria named "complex I syndrome." The beneficial effect of adenosine could be attributed to a better regulation of intracellular cardiomyocyte Ca(2+) concentration., (Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2011
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19. Role of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in the cardioprotective effect of ischaemic postconditioning.
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Donato M, D'Annunzio V, Buchholz B, Miksztowicz V, Carrión CL, Valdez LB, Zaobornyj T, Schreier L, Wikinski R, Boveris A, Berg G, and Gelpi RJ
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- Animals, Coronary Circulation, Enzyme Activation, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury complications, Rabbits, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left etiology, Heart Ventricles physiopathology, Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 metabolism, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury physiopathology, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left physiopathology
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The activation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) contributes to myocardial injury at the onset of reperfusion; however, their role in ischaemic postconditioning is unknown. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of ischaemic postconditioning on MMP activity in isolated rabbit hearts. The isolated rabbit hearts were subjected to 30 min of global ischaemia followed by 180 min of reperfusion (I/R group; n = 8). In the ischaemic postconditioning group (n = 8), a postconditioning protocol was performed (2 cycles of 30 s reperfusion-ischaemia). In other experiments, we added doxycycline, an MMP inhibitor, at 25 (n = 7) or 50 micromol l(1) (n = 8) during the first 2 min of reperfusion. Coronary effluent and left ventricular tissue were collected during pre-ischaemic conditions and at different times during the reperfusion period to measure MMP-2 activity and cardiac protein nitration. We evaluated ventricular function and infarct size. In the I/R group, infarct size was 32.1 +/- 5.2%; Postcon reduced infarct size to 9.5 +/- 3.8% (P < 0.05) and inhibited MMP-2 activity during reperfusion. The administration of doxycycline at 50 micromol l(1) inhibited MMP-2 activity and cardiac protein nitration and reduced the infarct size to 9.7 +/- 2.8% (P < 0.05). A lower dose of doxycycline (25 micromol l(1)) failed to inhibit MMP-2 activity and did not modify the infarct size. Our results strongly suggest that ischaemic postconditioning may exert part of its cardioprotective effects through the inhibition of MMP-2 activity.
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- 2010
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20. Mitochondrial nitric oxide metabolism during rat heart adaptation to high altitude: effect of sildenafil, L-NAME, and L-arginine treatments.
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Zaobornyj T, Valdez LB, Iglesias DE, Gasco M, Gonzales GF, and Boveris A
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- Adaptation, Physiological physiology, Animals, Body Weight, Electron Transport Complex I metabolism, Electron Transport Complex II metabolism, Electron Transport Complex III metabolism, Electron Transport Complex IV metabolism, Enzyme Inhibitors pharmacology, Hematocrit, Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular drug therapy, Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular metabolism, Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular physiopathology, Male, Mitochondria enzymology, Myocardium metabolism, Nitric Oxide metabolism, Nitric Oxide Synthase antagonists & inhibitors, Nitric Oxide Synthase metabolism, Organ Size, Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors pharmacology, Purines pharmacology, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Sildenafil Citrate, Adaptation, Physiological drug effects, Altitude, Arginine pharmacology, Heart physiology, NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester pharmacology, Piperazines pharmacology, Sulfones pharmacology
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Rats submitted to high altitude (Cerro de Pasco, Perú, 4,340 m, Po(2) = 12.2 kPa) for up to 84 days showed a physiological adaptive response with decreased body weight gain (15%), increased right ventricle weight (100%), and increased hematocrit (40%) compared with sea level animals. These classical parameters of adaptation to high altitude were accompanied by an increase in heart mitochondrial enzymes: complexes I-III activity by 34% and mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase (mtNOS) activity and expression by >75%. The hyperbolic increase for mtNOS activity during adaptation to high altitude was similar to the observed pattern for hematocrit. Hematocrit and mtNOS activity mean values correlated linearly (r(2) = 0.75, P
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- 2009
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21. Mitochondrial contribution to the molecular mechanism of heart acclimatization to chronic hypoxia: role of nitric oxide.
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Zaobornyj T, Gonzales GF, and Valdez LB
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- Animals, Humans, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 physiology, Mice, Potassium Channels physiology, Rats, Acclimatization, Hypoxia metabolism, Mitochondria, Heart metabolism, Nitric Oxide physiology
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A remarkable number of adaptive responses; including changes in the cardiovascular, respiratory and hematologic systems; takes place during acclimatization to natural or simulated high altitude. This adaptation to chronic hypoxia confers the heart an improved tolerance to all major deleterious consequences of acute O2 deprivation, not only reducing infarct size but also alleviating post-ischemic contractile dysfunction and ventricular arrhythmias. There is growing evidence about the involvement of mitochondria and NO in the establishment of cardioprotection. This review focuses on evidence about the putative role of different effectors of heart acclimatization to chronic hypoxia. Along with classical parameters, we consider NO, specially that generated by mtNOS, mitochondrial respiratory chain, mitoK(ATP) channels, reactive oxygen species and control of gene expression by HIF-1.
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- 2007
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22. Mitochondrial metabolic states regulate nitric oxide and hydrogen peroxide diffusion to the cytosol.
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Boveris A, Valdez LB, Zaobornyj T, and Bustamante J
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- Animals, Brain metabolism, Female, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, In Vitro Techniques, Membrane Potentials, Mitochondria, Heart metabolism, Mitochondria, Liver metabolism, Mitochondrial Membranes metabolism, Nitric Oxide biosynthesis, Nitric Oxide Synthase metabolism, Oxygen Consumption, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Reactive Oxygen Species metabolism, Cytosol metabolism, Hydrogen Peroxide metabolism, Mitochondria metabolism, Nitric Oxide metabolism
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Mitochondria isolated from rat heart, liver, kidney and brain (respiratory control 4.0-6.5) release NO and H2O2 at rates that depend on the mitochondrial metabolic state: releases are higher in state 4, about 1.7-2.0 times for NO and 4-16 times for H2O2, than in state 3. NO release in rat liver mitochondria showed an exponential dependence on membrane potential in the range 55 to 180 mV, as determined by Rh-123 fluorescence. A similar behavior was reported for mitochondrial H2O2 production by [S.S. Korshunov, V.P. Skulachev, A.A. Starkov, High protonic potential actuates a mechanism of production of reactive oxygen species in mitochondria. FEBS Lett. 416 (1997) 15_18.]. Transition from state 4 to state 3 of brain cortex mitochondria was associated to a decrease in NO release (50%) and in membrane potential (24-53%), this latter determined by flow cytometry and DiOC6 and JC-1 fluorescence. The fraction of cytosolic NO provided by diffusion from mitochondria was 61% in heart, 47% in liver, 30% in kidney, and 18% in brain. The data supports the speculation that NO and H2O2 report a high mitochondrial energy charge to the cytosol. Regulation of mtNOS activity by membrane potential makes mtNOS a regulable enzyme that in turn regulates mitochondrial O2 uptake and H2O2 production.
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- 2006
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23. Mitochondrial metabolic states and membrane potential modulate mtNOS activity.
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Valdez LB, Zaobornyj T, and Boveris A
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- Animals, Female, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Membrane Potentials, Mitochondria enzymology, Nitric Oxide metabolism, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxygen metabolism, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Mitochondria metabolism, Mitochondrial Membranes metabolism, Nitric Oxide Synthase metabolism
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The mitochondrial metabolic state regulates the rate of NO release from coupled mitochondria: NO release by heart, liver and kidney mitochondria was about 40-45% lower in state 3 (1.2, 0.7 and 0.4 nmol/min mg protein) than in state 4 (2.2, 1.3 and 0.7 nmol/min mg protein). The activity of mtNOS, responsible for NO release, appears driven by the membrane potential component and not by intramitochondrial pH of the proton motive force. The intramitochondrial concentrations of the NOS substrates, L-arginine (about 310 microM) and NADPH (1.04-1.78 mM) are 60-1000 times higher than their KM values. Moreover, the changes in their concentrations in the state 4-state 3 transition are not enough to explain the changes in NO release. Nitric oxide release was exponentially dependent on membrane potential as reported for mitochondrial H2O2 production [S.S. Korshunov, V.P. Skulachev, A.A. Satarkov, High protonic potential actuates a mechanism of production of reactive oxygen species in mitochondria. FEBS Lett. 416 (1997) 15-18.]. Agents that decrease or abolish membrane potential minimize NO release while the addition of oligomycin that produces mitochondrial hyperpolarization generates the maximal NO release. The regulation of mtNOS activity, an apparently voltage-dependent enzyme, by membrane potential is marked at the physiological range of membrane potentials.
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- 2006
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24. Comments on Point:Counterpoint "Positive effects of intermittent hypoxia (live high:train low) on exercise performance are/are not mediated primarily by augmented red cell volume".
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Zaobornyj T, Valdez LB, and Boveris A
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- Humans, Adaptation, Physiological physiology, Erythrocyte Volume physiology, Erythrocytes cytology, Erythrocytes physiology, Exercise physiology, Hypoxia blood, Hypoxia physiopathology, Physical Fitness physiology
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- 2005
25. Heart mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase is upregulated in male rats exposed to high altitude (4,340 m).
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Gonzales GF, Chung FA, Miranda S, Valdez LB, Zaobornyj T, Bustamante J, and Boveris A
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- Animals, Body Weight, Estradiol blood, Intracellular Membranes enzymology, Male, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Regression Analysis, Submitochondrial Particles enzymology, Altitude, Mitochondria, Heart enzymology, Nitric Oxide Synthase metabolism
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Male rats exposed for 21 days to high altitude (4,340 m) responded with arrest of weight gain and increased hematocrit and testosterone levels. High altitude significantly (58%) increased heart mitochondrial nitric oxide (NO) synthase (mtNOS) activity, whereas heart cytosolic endothelial NOS (eNOS) and liver mtNOS were not affected. Western blot analysis found heart mitochondria reacting only with anti-inducible NOS (iNOS) antibodies, whereas the postmitochondrial fraction reacted with anti-iNOS and anti-eNOS antibodies. In vitro-measured NOS activities allowed the estimation of cardiomyocyte capacity for NO production, a value that increased from 57% (sea level) to 79 nmol NO.min(-1).g heart(-1) (4,340 m). The contribution of mtNOS to total cell NO production increased from 62% (sea level) to 71% (4340 m). Heart mtNOS activity showed a linear relationship with hematocrit and a biphasic quadratic association with estradiol and testosterone. Multivariate analysis showed that exposure to high altitude linearly associates with hematocrit and heart mtNOS activity, and that testosterone-to-estradiol ratio and heart weight were not linearly associated with mtNOS activity. We conclude that high altitude triggers a physiological adaptive response that upregulates heart mtNOS activity and is associated in an opposed manner with the serum levels of testosterone and estradiol.
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- 2005
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26. Effect of sustained hypobaric hypoxia during maturation and aging on rat myocardium. II. mtNOS activity.
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Zaobornyj T, Valdez LB, La Padula P, Costa LE, and Boveris A
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- Acclimatization physiology, Aging pathology, Animals, Male, Mechanotransduction, Cellular physiology, Organ Size physiology, Papillary Muscles cytology, Papillary Muscles physiology, Pressure, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Stress, Mechanical, Survival, Aging metabolism, Altitude, Cell Hypoxia physiology, Cytochromes metabolism, Heart Ventricles enzymology, Mitochondria metabolism, Myocardial Contraction physiology, Nitric Oxide Synthase metabolism
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Mitochondrial nitric oxide (NO) production was assayed in rats submitted to hypobaric hypoxia and in normoxic controls (53.8 and 101.3 kPa air pressure, respectively). Heart mitochondria from young normoxic animals produced 0.62 and 0.37 nmol NO.min(-1).mg protein(-1) in metabolic states 4 and 3, respectively. This production accounts for a release to the cytosol of 29 nmol NO.min(-1).g heart(-1) and for 55% of the NO generation. The mitochondrial NO synthase (mtNOS) activity measured in submitochondrial membranes at pH 7.4 was 0.69 nmol NO.min(-1).mg protein(-1). Rats exposed to hypobaric hypoxia for 2-18 mo showed 20-60% increased left ventricle mtNOS activity compared with their normoxic siblings. Left ventricle NADH-cytochrome-c reductase and cytochrome oxidase activities decreased by 36 and 12%, respectively, from 2 to 18 mo of age, but they were not affected by hypoxia. mtNOS upregulation in hypoxia was associated with a retardation of the decline in the mechanical activity of papillary muscle upon aging and an improved recovery after anoxia-reoxygenation. The correlation of left ventricle mtNOS activity with papillary muscle contractility (determined as developed tension, maximal rates of contraction and relaxation) showed an optimal mtNOS activity (0.69 nmol.min(-1).mg protein(-1)). Heart mtNOS activity is regulated by O(2) in the inspired air and seems to play a role in NO-mediated signaling and myocardial contractility.
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- 2005
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27. Functional activity of mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase.
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Valdez LB, Zaobornyj T, and Boveris A
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- Animals, Hydrogen Peroxide metabolism, Mice, Mitochondria metabolism, Nitric Oxide biosynthesis, Oxygen Consumption, Rats, Mitochondria enzymology, Nitric Oxide Synthase metabolism
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The functional activity of mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase (mtNOS) is determined by inhibiting O2 uptake and by enhancing H2O2 production. The effect of mtNOS activity on mitochondrial O2 uptake is assayed in state 3 respiration in two limit conditions of intramitochondrial NO: at its maximal and minimal levels. The first condition is achieved by supplementation with L-arginine and superoxide dismutase (SOD), and the second by addition of an NOS inhibitor and oxyhemoglobin. The difference between state 3 O2 uptake in both conditions constitutes the mtNOS functional activity in the inhibition of cytochrome oxidase activity. The functional activity of mtNOS in enhancing mitochondrial H2O2 generation in state 4 is given by the NO inhibition of ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase activity. Simple determinations with the oxygen electrode or the measurement of mitochondrial H2O2 production can be used to assay the effects of physiological and pharmacological treatments on mtNOS activity.
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- 2005
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28. Heart mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase. Effects of hypoxia and aging.
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Valdez LB, Zaobornyj T, Alvarez S, Bustamante J, Costa LE, and Boveris A
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- Animals, Humans, Mitochondria physiology, Aging physiology, Hypoxia metabolism, Myocardium enzymology, Nitric Oxide Synthase physiology
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The production of NO by heart mitochondria was 0.7-1.1 nmol NO/min.mg protein, an activity similar to the ones observed in mitochondrial membranes from other organs. Heart mtNOS seems to contribute with about 56% of the total cellular NO production. The immunological nature of the mtNOS isoform of cardiac tissue remains unclear; in our laboratory, heart mtNOS reacted with an anti-iNOS anti-body. Heart mtNOS expression and activity are regulated by physiological and pharmacological effectors. The state 4/state 3 transition regulates heart mtNOS activity and NO release in intact respiring mitochondria: NO production rates in state 3 were 40% lower than in state 4. Heart mtNOS expression was selectively regulated by O(2) availability in hypobaric conditions and the activity was 20-60% higher in hypoxic rats than in control animals, depending on age. In contrast, NADH-cytochrome c reductase and cytochrome oxidase activities were not affected by hypoxia. The activity of rat heart mtNOS decreased 20% on aging from 12 to 72 weeks of age. On the pharmacological side, mitochondrial NO production was increased after enalapril treatment (the inhibitor of the angiotensin converting enzyme) with modification of heart mtNOS functional activity in the regulation of mitochondrial O(2) uptake and H(2)O(2) production. Thus, heart mtNOS is a highly regulated mitochondrial enzyme, which in turn, plays a regulatory role through mitochondrial NO steady state levels that modulate O(2) uptake and O(2)(-) and H(2)O(2) production rates. Nitric oxide and H(2)O(2) constitute signals for metabolic control that are involved in the regulation of cellular processes, such as proliferation and apoptosis.
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- 2004
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29. Polyphenols and red wine as antioxidants against peroxynitrite and other oxidants.
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Valdez LB, Alvarez S, Zaobornyj T, and Boveris A
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- Animals, Aorta, Thoracic drug effects, Aorta, Thoracic metabolism, Female, Liver drug effects, Liver metabolism, Luminescent Measurements, Oxidants metabolism, Peroxynitrous Acid metabolism, Polyphenols, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Antioxidants pharmacology, Flavonoids pharmacology, Oxidants antagonists & inhibitors, Peroxynitrous Acid antagonists & inhibitors, Phenols pharmacology, Wine
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The antioxidant capacity of polyphenols (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin and myricetin, and of different types of red wines (Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and blended wine) was evaluated by three assays. (a) NADH oxidation by peroxynitrite (ONOO-): the ONOO- scavenging activity was higher for myricetin (IC50=35 microM) than for (+)-catechin (IC50=275 microM) and (-)-epicatechin (IC50=313 microM). (b) Peroxynitrite initiated chemiluminescence in rat liver homogenate: (-)-epicatechin (IC50=7.0 microM) and (+)-catechin (IC50=13 microM) were more potent than myricetin (IC50=20 microM) in inhibiting the chemiluminescence signal. (c) Lucigenin chemiluminescence in aortic rings: (-)-epicatechin (IC50=15 microM) and (+)-catechin (IC50=18 microM) showed higher antioxidant capacity than myricetin (IC50=32 microM). All the assayed red wines were able to scavenge the oxidants and free radical species that generate the signal in each assay. Cabernet Sauvignon was the red wine with the highest antioxidant capacity in comparison with Malbec and blended wine. It is concluded that the use of sensitive biological systems (as the aortic ring chemiluminescence) provides important information in addition to the results from chemical (NADH oxidation by peroxynitrite) and biochemical (homogenate chemiluminescence) assays and offers advances in the physiological role of polyphenols.
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- 2004
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30. Oxygen dependence of mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase activity.
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Alvarez S, Valdez LB, Zaobornyj T, and Boveris A
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- Animals, Brain enzymology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Female, Intracellular Membranes enzymology, Kidney enzymology, Mitochondria drug effects, Mitochondria, Liver drug effects, Mitochondria, Liver enzymology, NADP metabolism, Nitric Oxide biosynthesis, Oxidation-Reduction, Peroxynitrous Acid metabolism, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Superoxides metabolism, Mitochondria enzymology, Nitric Oxide Synthase metabolism, Oxygen pharmacology
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The effect of O(2) concentration on mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase (mtNOS) activity and on O(2)(-) production was determined in rat liver, brain, and kidney submitochondrial membranes. The K(mO(2)) for mtNOS were 40, 73, and 37 microM O(2) and the V(max) were 0.51, 0.49, and 0.42 nmol NO/minmg protein for liver, brain, and kidney mitochondria, respectively. The rates of O(2)(-) production, 0.5-12.8 nmol O(2)(-)/minmg protein, depended on O(2) concentration up to 1.1mM O(2). Intramitochondrial NO, O(2)(-), and ONOO(-) steady-state concentrations were calculated for the physiological level of 20 microM O(2); they were 20-39 nM NO, 0.17-0.33 pM O(2)(-), and 0.6-2.2 nM ONOO(-) for the three organs. These levels establish O(2)/NO ratios of 513-1000 that correspond to physiological inhibitions of cytochrome oxidase by intramitochondrial NO of 16-25%. The production of NO by mtNOS appears as a regulatory process that modulates mitochondrial oxygen uptake and cellular energy production.
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- 2003
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31. Kidney mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase.
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Boveris A, Valdez LB, Alvarez S, Zaobornyj T, Boveris AD, and Navarro A
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- Animals, Antibodies pharmacology, Blotting, Western, Cell Membrane metabolism, Cytochromes analysis, Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, Enalapril pharmacology, Hydrogen Peroxide analysis, Hydrogen Peroxide metabolism, Kidney Cortex metabolism, Mitochondria drug effects, Mitochondria metabolism, Mitochondria, Heart drug effects, Mitochondria, Heart enzymology, Mitochondria, Liver drug effects, Mitochondria, Liver enzymology, Nitric Oxide analysis, Nitric Oxide metabolism, Nitric Oxide Synthase antagonists & inhibitors, Rats, Respiration drug effects, Up-Regulation, Kidney Cortex enzymology, Mitochondria enzymology, Nitric Oxide Synthase metabolism
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Nitric oxide synthase activity was recognized in rat renal cortex mitochondria (mtNOS) with nitric oxide (NO) production rates of 0.14-0.78 nmol/min/mg of protein. Rat pretreatment with enalapril (30 mg/kg/day i.p., up to 15 days) increased NO production in kidney, liver, and heart mitochondria. In kidney, mtNOS activity and mtNOS protein, measured by western blot densitometry, were 5 and 2.3 times increased, respectively. Electron paramagnetic resonance analysis with the probe N-methyl-D-glucamine dithiocarbamate/FeSO(4) detected NO production in mitochondria isolated from enalapril-treated rats, but not in control untreated animals. Polyclonal antibodies anti-iNOS and anti-nNOS detected kidney mtNOS in western blots and inhibited mtNOS biochemical activity. The enzymatic activity of kidney mtNOS generates intramitochondrial NO concentrations that regulate mitochondrial functions: state 3 respiration was decreased by 12-28%, and state 4 hydrogen peroxide production was increased 12-35%.
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- 2003
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32. Polyphenols and red wine as peroxynitrite scavengers: a chemiluminescent assay.
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Alvarez S, Zaobornyj T, Actis-Goretta L, Fraga CG, and Boveris A
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- Animals, Liver metabolism, Luminescent Measurements, Peroxynitrous Acid metabolism, Rats, Antioxidants pharmacology, Catechin pharmacology, Flavonoids pharmacology, Free Radical Scavengers pharmacology, Peroxynitrous Acid antagonists & inhibitors, Phenols pharmacology, Polymers pharmacology, Wine
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A novel chemiluminescent assay for evaluating peroxynitrite (ONOO(-))-scavenging capacity was developed. The experimental protocol ensures sensitivity and reproducibility of measurements. The addition of 0-500 microM ONOO(-) to rat liver homogenate generated a luminous signal that was analyzed by chemiluminescence in a LKB Wallac liquid scintillation counter. The obtained optimal conditions were: 1-2 mg/mL of homogenate protein in 120 mM KCl, 30 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.4), and 220 microM ONOO(-) at 30 degrees C. As polyphenols we used (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin, and myricetin. The most efficient of the compounds tested was myricetin with an IC(50) of 20 microM. The effectiveness of this method was verified by evaluating the antioxidant ability of three red wine samples to decrease peroxynitrite-initiated chemiluminescence. The ONOO(-)-scavenging activity of wines measured by this assay was related to the phenolic level of the samples. The quickness and reliability of this assay makes it particularly suitable for a large-scale screening of watery food extracts.
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- 2002
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