Glycerophosphate-dependent hydrogen peroxide production by brown adipose tissue mitochondria and its activation by ferricyanide

• Published in: Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 105 - 113
• Main Authors: Drahota, Zdenek, Chowdhury, Subir K R, Floryk, Daniel, Mrácek, Tomás, Wilhelm, Jirí, Rauchová, Hana, Lenaz, Giorgio, Houstek, Josef
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Springer Nature B.V 01-04-2002
• Subjects: Adipose tissue; Adipose Tissue, Brown - drug effects; Adipose Tissue, Brown - metabolism; Animals; Catalase - metabolism; Catalase - pharmacology; Cricetinae; Dehydrogenase; Enzyme Inhibitors - pharmacology; Ferricyanides - pharmacology; Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase - antagonists & inhibitors; Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase - isolation & purification; Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase - metabolism; Glycerophosphates - metabolism; Hydrogen peroxide; Hydrogen Peroxide - metabolism; Hydrogen production; In Vitro Techniques; Luminescent Measurements; Male; Mesocricetus; Mitochondria; Mitochondria - drug effects; Mitochondria - metabolism; Models, Biological; Oxygen; Oxygen consumption; Oxygen uptake; Reactive Oxygen Species - metabolism; Ubiquinone - metabolism; Ubiquinone - pharmacology
• ISSN: 0145-479X; 1573-6881
• DOI: 10.1023/A:1015123908918

Oxidation of glycerophosphate (GP) by brown adipose tissue mitochondria in the presence of antimycin A was found to be accompanied by significant production of hydrogen peroxide. GP-dependent hydrogen peroxide production could be detected by p-hydroxyphenylacetate fluorescence changes or as an antimycin A-insensitive oxygen consumption. One-electron acceptor, potassium ferricyanide, highly stimulated the rate of GP-dependent antimycin A-insensitive oxygen uptake, which was prevented by inhibitors of mitochondrial GP dehydrogenase (mGPDH) or by coenzyme Q (CoQ). GP-dependent ferricyanide-induced peroxide production was also determined luminometrically, using mitochondria or partially purified mGPDH. Ferricyanide-induced peroxide production was negligible, when succinate or NADH was used as a substrate. These results indicate that hydrogen peroxide is produced directly by mGPDH and reflect the differences in the transport of reducing equivalents from mGPDH and succinate dehydrogenase to the CoQ pool. The data suggest that more intensive production of reactive oxygen species may be present in mammalian cells with active mGPDH.