title: Protective effect of the dimer of 16,16-diMePGB1 against KCN-induced mitochondrial failure in hepatocytes.
abstract: The dimer and trimer of 16,16-dimethyl-15-dehydroprostaglandin B1 (16,16-diMePGB1) previously have been shown to have protective effects on mitochondrial function. To examine the potential mechanisms involved in protection against mitochondrial failure, we have studied the effects of the dimer of 16,16-diMe-PGB1 (dicalciphor) on mitochondrial function in hepatocytes exposed to KCN. Addition of micromolar concentrations of dicalciphor provided substantial protection against KCN-induced toxicity in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Dicalciphor, however, had no effect on total or mitochondrial ATP losses in KCN-treated cells. The dimer prevented the marked loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (delta psi) and delta pH that occurs as a result of KCN treatment and prevented KCN-induced loading of phosphate in mitochondria. Furthermore, the dimer of 16,16-diMePGB1 also prevented KCN-induced mitochondrial and cellular swelling. These results demonstrate that dicalciphor protects against KCN-induced damage and that this protection is associated with regulation of specific mitochondrial ion transport functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Devlin
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000473:pathology; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D011190:Potassium Cyanide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011456:Prostaglandins B / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: C052137:16,16-dimethyl-15-dehydroprostaglandin B1 trimer; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D010710:Phosphates; D011456:Prostaglandins B; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011190:Potassium Cyanide