FEBS Letters 2002-04-10

Reactive oxygen species inhibit the succinate oxidation-supported generation of membrane potential in wheat mitochondria.

Donato Pastore, Maura Nicoletta Laus, Natale Di Fonzo, Salvatore Passarella

Index: FEBS Lett. 516(1-3) , 15-9, (2002)

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Abstract

In order to gain a first insight into the effects of reactive oxygen species (ROS) on plant mitochondria, we studied the effect of the ROS producing system consisting of xanthine plus xanthine oxidase on the rate of membrane potential (DeltaPsi) generation due to either succinate or NADH addition to durum wheat mitochondria as monitored by safranin fluorescence. We show that the early ROS production inhibits the succinate-dependent, but not the NADH-dependent, DeltaPsi generation and oxygen uptake. This inhibition appears to depend on the impairment of mitochondrial permeability to succinate. It does not involve mitochondrial thiol groups sensitive to either mersalyl or N-ethylmaleimide and might involve both protein residues and/or membrane lipids, as suggested by the mixed nature. We propose that, during oxidative stress, early generation of ROS can affect plant mitochondria by impairing metabolite transport, thus preventing further substrate oxidation, DeltaPsi generation and consequent large-scale ROS production.


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