The regulation of the oxidation of fatty acids and other substrates in rat heart mitochondria by changes in the matrix volume induced by osmotic strength, valinomycin and Ca2+ - PubMed (original) (raw)

The regulation of the oxidation of fatty acids and other substrates in rat heart mitochondria by changes in the matrix volume induced by osmotic strength, valinomycin and Ca2+

A P Halestrap. Biochem J. 1987.

Abstract

1. The rate of ADP-stimulated respiration with various substrates and the matrix volume of rat heart mitochondria were measured over a range of osmolarities of the medium. 2. The rate of oxidation of palmitoylcarnitine (in the presence of malate) was stimulated 7-fold by increasing the matrix volume from 0.6 to 1.0 microliter/mg of protein. Oxidation of octanoate showed a similar sensitivity to the matrix volume, whereas oxidation of other substrates showed little sensitivity until the volume fell below 0.7 microliter/mg of protein. 3. The matrix volume of heart mitochondria incubated under physiological conditions was about 0.8 microliter/mg of protein. 4. Low concentrations of valinomycin added to mitochondria incubated under such physiological conditions could activate the rate of ADP-stimulated palmitoylcarnitine oxidation by at least 100%. 5. Decreasing the matrix volume increased the reduction of the electron-transferring flavoprotein (ETF), suggesting an effect on electron flow between ETF and ubiquinone, as has been observed for liver mitochondria [Halestrap & Dunlop (1986) Biochem. J. 239, 559-565]. 6. A rapid decrease in light-scattering by heart mitochondria incubated in State 4 was induced by addition of Ca2+, reaching 50% of the maximal effect after about 30 s at 30 degrees C and with K0.5 for Ca2+ of 0.3 microM. This was not associated with a change in matrix volume, and is discussed in terms of a conformational change whose identity remains to be determined. 7. However, incubation of heart mitochondria at 37 degrees C in the presence of 0.65 microM-Ca2+ for 4 min did increase the matrix volume significantly, by 0.181 +/- 0.029 microliter/mg of protein (n = 7, P less than 0.001), similar to the Ca2+-induced changes observed with liver mitochondria [Halestrap, Quinlan, Whipps & Armston (1986) Biochem. J. 236, 779-787]. 8. The possible significance of these results in the co-ordinate regulation of fatty acid oxidation and the citric acid cycle in the heart responding to increased work load or hormonal stimulation is discussed.

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