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Nuskova 2010 J Bioenerg Biomembr

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Nůsková H, Vrbacký M, Drahota Z, Houštěk J (2010) Cyanide inhibition and pyruvate-induced recovery of cytochrome c oxidase. J Bioenerg Biomembr 42:395-403.

» PMID: 20725851

Nuskova H, Vrbacky M, Drahota Z, Houstek J (2010) J Bioenerg Biomembr

Abstract: The mechanism of cyanide’s inhibitory effect on the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (COX) as well as the conditions for its recovery have not yet been fully explained. We investigated three parameters of COX function, namely electron transport (oxygen consumption), proton transport (mitochondrial membrane potential Δψ m) and the enzyme affinity to oxygen (p50 value) with regard to the inhibition by KCN and its reversal by pyruvate. 250 μM KCN completely inhibited both the electron and proton transport function of COX. The inhibition was reversible as demonstrated by washing of mitochondria. The addition of 60 mM pyruvate induced the maximal recovery of both parameters to 60–80% of the original values. When using low KCN concentrations of up to 5 μM, we observed a profound, 30-fold decrease of COX affinity for oxygen. Again, this decrease was completely reversed by washing mitochondria while pyruvate induced only a partial, yet significant recovery of oxygen affinity. Our results demonstrate that the inhibition of COX by cyanide is reversible and that the potential of pyruvate as a cyanide poisoning antidote is limited. Importantly, we also showed that the COX affinity for oxygen is the most sensitive indicator of cyanide toxic effects. Keywords: Rat liver mitochondria, Cytochrome c oxidase, Cyanide toxicity, Pyruvate antidote, p50

O2k-Network Lab: CZ Prague Houstek J, CZ Hradec Kralove Cervinkova Z


Labels: MiParea: Respiration, Pharmacology;toxicology 



Enzyme: Complex IV;cytochrome c oxidase  Regulation: Flux control, Inhibitor  Coupling state: OXPHOS 

HRR: Oxygraph-2k