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Calvin J, Tubbs PK: Mitochondrial transport processes and oxidation of NADH by hypotonically-treated boar spermatozoa. Eur J Biochem. 1978 Aug 15;89(1):315-20.
1. After hypotonic treatment spermatozoa have metabolic characteristics of mitochondria isolated from other cells. Ejaculated boar spermatozoa treated in this way can oxidise external NADH via both a lactate-pyruvate shuttle and a malate-aspartate cycle; this oxidation is coupled to the phosphorylation of ADP. 2. The dicarboxylate transport inhibitors butylmalonate, phenylsuccinate and bathophenanthroline sulphonate inhibit NADH oxidation dependent on added malate, glutamate and aspartate. alpha-Cyanocinnamate, a strong inhibitor of pyruvate transport, inhibits lactate-dependent NADH oxidation. 3. NADH oxidation dependent on malate, glutamate and aspartate is inhibited by uncoupling agents, but lactate-dependent NADH oxidation is stimulated. 4. Lactate-dependent NADH oxidation is inhibited by oxamate, an inhibitor of lactate dehydrogenase. Aminooxyacetate, an aminotransferase inhibitor, inhibits glutamate, malate and aspartate-dependent NADH oxidation. 5. Hypotonically-treated spermatozoa retain radioactivity after incubation with L-[U-14C] malate, [1,5-14C] citrate or [2-14C] malonate. Exchanges of retained radioactivity with various substrates indicate that dicarboxylate and tricarboxylate exchange carriers exist in the mitochondrial membrane. |
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