[Functional changes in the mitochondrial site of adenylate kinase and creatine kinase systems of energy transport induced by myocardial ischemia and adriablastin]. / Funktsional'nye izmeneniia mitokhondrial'nogo uchastka adenilatkinaznoi i kreatinkinaznoi sistem transporta énergii pod vliianiem ishemii miokarda i adriablastina.

Under effects of myocardial ischemia (30 min), the activities of the intermembrane enzymes of rabbit heart mitochondria, i.e., adenylate kinase and creatine kinase, are inhibited by 20% and 23%, respectively. Consequently, the creatine- and AMP-activated respiration of mitochondria diminishes by 52% and 39%, respectively. An inhibitory analysis of ADP-, AMP- and creatine-activated mitochondrial respiration performed in the presence of atractyloside has demonstrated that ischemia (30 min), adriblastin (0.688 mM) and succinate (10 mM) cause alterations in the functional coupling of adenylate kinase and creatine kinase with the adenine nucleotide translocator. These alterations lead to the diminution of the rate and efficiency of energy transfer from mitochondria to hexokinase, as an arbitrary site of energy consumption. An addition of cytochrome c to ischemic heart mitochondria results in an increase in the rate of ATP synthesis; however, the efficiency of this process is lowered. The toxic effect of the anticancer drug--adriblastin on heart mitochondria respiration is enhanced in the presence of creatine in the bathing solution.

[The role of adenylate kinase in the regulation of the rate and effectiveness of energy transfer from mitochondria to hexokinase in vitro]. / Issledovanie roli adenilatkinazy v reguliatsii skorosti i éffektivnosti peredachi énergii ot mitokhondrii k geksokinaze in vitro.

The effect of adenylate kinase activity on the rate and efficiency of energy transport from mitochondria to hexokinase was studied in a system containing isolated rabbit heart mitochondria, hexokinase and adenylate kinase at low concentrations of adenine nucleotides. Oxygen consumption by mitochondria and glucose-6-phosphate synthesis by hexokinase were recorded. It was found that with adenylate kinase being active both in mitochondria and in the washing solution, the rate and efficiency of glucose-6-phosphate synthesis considerably increases. The effects of adenylate kinase activity are fully abolished by diadenosine pentaphosphate, an inhibitor of adenylate kinase. The experimental results based on the use of adenylate kinase demonstrate the possibility of increasing the rate and efficiency of energy transfer between two spatially uncoupled biochemical processes in vitro with the aid of an enzymatic system.

[Estimation of intact outer and inner membranes of heart mitochondria]. / Opredelenie intaktnosti naruzhnoi i vnutrennei membran mitokhondriiserdtsa.

A simple procedure is developed for estimation of the damage rate of inner membrane of heart mitochondria. In the assay the rate of succinate oxidation was measured using bromthymol blue as an inhibitor of succinate transport. Bromthymol blue at low concentration (12 microM) functioned as a mixed type inhibitor of succinate oxidation, whereas at high concentrations--as uncompetitive inhibitor. Polarographic registration of cytochrome c content and of the rate of ascorbate oxidation in the samples containing Triton X-100 and free of the detergent was more sensitive procedure as compared with spectrophotometric measurement of reduced cytochrome c oxidation in estimation of the damage rate of outer mitochondrial membranes. The damage rates of outer and inner membranes of heart mitochondria isolated by a procedure which included the treatment with trypsin were equal to 8.43 +/- 0.74% and 8.04 +/- 1.9%, respectively, while in those isolated without the trypsin treatment--12.8 +/- 1.5% and 13.3 +/- 1.8%, respectively.

[Functional coupling of creatine phosphokinase and adenylate kinase with adenine nucleotide translocase and its role in regulation of heart mitochondrial respiration]. / O funktsional'nom sopriazhenii kreatinfosfokinazy i adenilatkinazy s adeninnukleotidtranslokazoi i ego roli v reguliatsii dykhaniia mitokhondrii serdtsa.

The respiration of rabbit heart mitochondria in the presence of ATP is stimulated by ADP, AMP, creatine and glucose plus hexokinase. The values of V for mitochondrial phosphorylating respiration in the presence of corresponding stimulators are equal to 491 +/- 34, 460 +/- 12, 480 +/- 45 and 463 +/- 72 natoms O2 X min-1 X mg-1 of protein, 37 degrees C. The half-maximal stimulation of respiration is observed at 35 microM AMP, 60 microM ADP and 10 mM creatine in the absence of creatine phosphate. In the presence of creatine phosphate the maximal stimulation of heart mitochondrial respiration is achieved under a combined action of creatine and AMP. The inhibition type of mitochondrial respiration by palmitoyl-CoA depends on the nature of stimulators used. Thus, with ADP or glucose plus hexokinase the inhibition is competitive, while with AMP and creatine an uncompetitive and non-competitive inhibition was observed, respectively. The experimental results are indicative of functional coupling of heart mitochondrial adenylate kinase and creatine phosphokinase with ATP-ADP-translocase. It is assumed that creatine and AMP act as physiological regulators of heart mitochondrial respiration ("feed-back" signals from cytoplasm to mitochondria).