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. 1969 Sep;114(2):215–225. doi: 10.1042/bj1140215

The control of isocitrate oxidation by rat liver mitochondria

D G Nicholls 1, P B Garland 1
PMCID: PMC1184846  PMID: 4390210

Abstract

1. The factors capable of affecting the rate of isocitrate oxidation in intact mitochondria include the rate of isocitrate penetration, the activity of the NAD-specific and NADP-specific isocitrate dehydrogenases, the activity of the transhydrogenase acting from NADPH to NAD+, the rate of NADPH oxidation by the reductive synthesis of glutamate and the activity of the respiratory chain. A quantitative assessment of these factors was made in intact mitochondria. 2. The kinetic properties of the NAD-specific and NADP-specific isocitrate dehydrogenases extracted from rat liver mitochondria were examined. 3. The rate of isocitrate oxidation through the respiratory chain in mitochondria with coupled phosphorylation is approximately equal to the maximal of the NAD-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase but at least ten times as great as the transhydrogenase activity from NADPH to NAD+. 4. It is concluded that the energy-dependent inhibition of isocitrate oxidation by palmitoylcarnitine oxidation is due to an inhibition of the NAD-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase. 5. Kinetic studies of NAD-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase demonstrated that its activity could be inhibited by one or more of the following: an increased reduction of mitochondrial NAD, an increased phosphorylation of mitochondrial adenine nucleotides or a fall in the mitochondrial isocitrate concentration. 6. Uncoupling agents stimulate isocitrate oxidation by an extent equal to the associated stimulation of transhydrogenation from NADPH to NAD+. 7. A technique is described for continuously measuring with a carbon dioxide electrode the synthesis of glutamate from isocitrate and ammonia.

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