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. 1989 Dec;91(4):1296–1302. doi: 10.1104/pp.91.4.1296

Effects of Helminthosporium maydis Race T Toxin on Electron Transport in Susceptible Corn Mitochondria and Prevention of Toxin Actions by Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide 1

Marcia J Holden 1,2, Heven Sze 1
PMCID: PMC1062182  PMID: 16667179

Abstract

The effect of Helminthosporium maydis race T toxin on electron transport in susceptible cytoplasmic male-sterile Texas corn (Zea mays L.) mitochondria was investigated, using dichlorophenol indophenol and ferricyanide as electron acceptors. Succinate-dependent electron transport was stimulated by the toxin, consistent with the well described increase in membrane permeability induced by the toxin. Malate-dependent electron transport was inhibited. This inhibition of electron transport increased as a function of time of exposure to the toxin. Mitochondria from normal-fertile (N) corn were not affected by the toxin. Both the inhibition of electron transport and the increase in ion permeability, such as dissipation of membrane potential and Ca2+ gradients, induced by the toxin in T corn was prevented by N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide, a hydrophobic carbodiimide. A water-soluble carbodiimide, 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide, was ineffective in preventing dissipation of membrane potential by the toxin. These results suggest that the various toxin actions are mediated via interaction of the toxin with one target site, most probably a 13 kilodalton polypeptide unique to T mitochondria. N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide may confer protection by modifying an amino acid residue in a hydrophobic portion of the target site.

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