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Oxygen tolerance and coupling of mitochondrial electron transport.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15328348     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Oxygen is critical to aerobic metabolism, but excessive oxygen (hyperoxia) causes cell injury and death. An oxygen-tolerant strain of HeLa cells, which proliferates even under 80% O2, termed "HeLa-80," was derived from wild-type HeLa cells ("HeLa-20") by selection for resistance to stepwise increases of oxygen partial pressure. Surprisingly, antioxidant defenses and susceptibility to oxidant-mediated killing do not differ between these two strains of HeLa cells. However, under both 20 and 80% O2, intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production is significantly (approximately 2-fold) less in HeLa-80 cells. In both cell lines the source of ROS is evidently mitochondrial. Although HeLa-80 cells consume oxygen at the same rate as HeLa-20 cells, they consume less glucose and produce less lactic acid. Most importantly, the oxygen-tolerant HeLa-80 cells have significantly higher cytochrome c oxidase activity (approximately 2-fold), which may act to deplete upstream electron-rich intermediates responsible for ROS generation. Indeed, preferential inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase by treatment with n-methyl protoporphyrin (which selectively diminishes synthesis of heme a in cytochrome c oxidase) enhances ROS production and abrogates the oxygen tolerance of the HeLa-80 cells. Thus, it appears that the remarkable oxygen tolerance of these cells derives from tighter coupling of the electron transport chain.
Authors:
Jian Li Campian; Mingwei Qian; Xueshan Gao; John W Eaton
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.     Date:  2004-08-24
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of biological chemistry     Volume:  279     ISSN:  0021-9258     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Biol. Chem.     Publication Date:  2004 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-11-01     Completed Date:  2004-12-28     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985121R     Medline TA:  J Biol Chem     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  46580-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Molecular Targets Group, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aconitate Hydratase / metabolism
Antioxidants / pharmacology
Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone / pharmacology
Cell Proliferation
Citrate (si)-Synthase / metabolism
Edetic Acid / pharmacology
Electron Transport
Electron Transport Complex IV / metabolism
Electrons
Glucose / metabolism
Glutamine / metabolism
Hela Cells
Humans
Ionophores / pharmacology
Lactates / metabolism
Mitochondria / metabolism*
Oxygen / metabolism*
Oxygen Consumption
Partial Pressure
Peroxides / metabolism
Protoporphyrins / metabolism
Reactive Oxygen Species
Spectrometry, Fluorescence
Time Factors
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
DK58882/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antioxidants; 0/Ionophores; 0/Lactates; 0/Peroxides; 0/Protoporphyrins; 0/Reactive Oxygen Species; 50-99-7/Glucose; 555-60-2/Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone; 56-85-9/Glutamine; 60-00-4/Edetic Acid; 7782-44-7/Oxygen; EC 1.9.3.1/Electron Transport Complex IV; EC 2.3.3.1/Citrate (si)-Synthase; EC 4.2.1.3/Aconitate Hydratase

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