Endogenous protective mechanisms in remodeling of rat heart mitochondrial membranes in the acute phase of streptozotocin-induced diabetes.
| Autor: | Ferko, Miroslav |
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Styk, Ján, 1942-
Ziegelhöffer, Atila, 1934-
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Non-fiction |
| ISSN: | 0862-8408 |
| Abstrakt: | Abstract: The aim of present study was to investigate functional and physical alterations in membranes of heart mitochondria that are associated with remodeling of these organelles in acute phase of streptozotocin-induced diabetes and to elucidate the role of these changes in adaptation of the heart to acute streptozotocin-induced diabetes (evaluated 8 days after single dose streptozotocin application to male Wistar rats). Action of free radicals on the respiratory chain of diabetic-heart mitochondria was manifested by 17 % increase (p<0.05) in oxidized form of the coenzyme Q10 and resulted in a decrease of states S3 and S4 respiration, the respiratory control index, rate of phosphorylation (all p<0.01) and the mitochondrial transmembrane potential (p<0.05), but the ADP/O ratio decreased only moderately (p>0.05). On the contrary, membrane fluidity and the total mitochondrial Mg2+-ATPase activity increased (both p<0.05). In diabetic heart mitochondria, linear regression analysis revealed a reciprocal relationship between the increase in membrane fluidity and decrease in trans-membrane potential (p<0.05, r = 0.67). Changes in membrane fluidity, transmembrane potential, Mg2+-ATPase activity and the almost preserved ADP/O ratio appear as the manifestation of endogenous protective mechanisms participating in the functional remodeling of mitochondria which contributes to adaptation of the heart to diabetes. |
| Databáze: | Katalog Knihovny AV ČR |
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