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. 1981 Jan 15;194(1):71–77. doi: 10.1042/bj1940071

The mechanism of palmitoyl-CoA inhibition of Ca2+ uptake in liver and heart mitochondria.

M C Beatrice, D R Pfeiffer
PMCID: PMC1162718  PMID: 7305993

Abstract

The mechanism by which palmitoyl-CoA inhibits Ca2+ uptake in liver and heart mitochondria was examined. At a given concentration of palmitoyl-CoA, the extent of inhibition is inversely related to the concentration of the respiratory substrate succinate. Palmitoyl-CoA inhibition of uncoupler-stimulated respiration and respiration stimulated by ionophore-A23187-induced Ca2+ cycling is also relieved by high succinate concentrations. These effects of palmitoyl-CoA and succinate concentration are distinct from the increase in inner-membrane permeability, which can be produced by palmitoyl-CoA and Ca2+ [Beatrice, Palmer & Pfeiffer (1980) J. Biol. Chem. 255, 8663-8671]. The apparent K0.5 of the mitochondrial Ca2+ pump is not altered by palmitoyl-CoA. No or negligible effects of palmitoyl-CoA on the Ca2+-uptake rate are observed when ascorbate replaces succinate as an energy source. These findings, together with the known activity of palmitoyl-CoA as a competitive inhibitor of the dicarboxylate carrier [Morel, Lauquin, Lunardi, Duszynski & Vignais (1974) FEBS Lett. 39, 133-138], indicate that palmitoyl-CoA inhibits energy-linked Ca2+ transport by limiting the rate of electron transport through limitation of succinate entry into the mitochondria rather than by directly inhibiting the Ca2+ carrier.

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