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. 1990 Jun 1;268(2):421–428. doi: 10.1042/bj2680421

Influence of NAD-linked dehydrogenase activity on flux through oxidative phosphorylation.

R Moreno-Sánchez 1, B A Hogue 1, R G Hansford 1
PMCID: PMC1131449  PMID: 2363681

Abstract

1. We have examined systematically the relationship between the percentage reduction of cardiac mitochondrial NAD and the flux through oxidative phosphorylation, as measured by O2 uptake. Reduction of NAD was varied by varying the concentration of palmitoyl-L-carnitine, pyruvate, 2-oxoglutarate or glutamate in the presence of malate as the oxidizable substrate. 2. In the presence of ADP (State 3 respiration) there was a substantially linear positive relationship between O2 uptake and the percentage reduction of NAD. Coupled respiration in the absence of ADP also showed an increase with increasing NADH, with the exact shape of the relationship being variable. 3. When pyruvate and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase activity were increased by increasing medium Ca2+ concentration within the range 5 nM to 1.23 microM, at non-saturating substrate concentrations, there was again a positive relationship between O2 uptake and the reduction of NAD; however, rates of O2 uptake tended to be higher at given values of NAD reduction when the incubation medium contained Ca2+. This is taken to indicate an activation by Ca2+ of the enzymes of phosphorylation or of the respiratory chain, in addition to the dehydrogenase activation. 4. When carboxyatractyloside plus ADP were used to generate 50% State 3 rates of O2 uptake with pyruvate or 2-oxoglutarate, sensitivity to Ca2+ was retained. However, when oligomycin plus 1 mM-ADP and 1 mM-ATP were used to generate 50% State 3, no such dependence was seen. 5. The results are interpreted to indicate a substantial role for substrate dehydrogenation in the overall regulation of oxidative phosphorylation when substrates are available at near-physiological concentrations.

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