title: The effect of antimycin A on mouse liver inner mitochondrial membrane channel activity.
abstract: In a patch-clamp study, we found antimycin A in low (1-2) microM concentrations decreased the open probability of the multiple conductance channel activity and the approximately 110 picosiemens channel of the inner mitochondrial membrane (for a review of mitochondrial channels see Kinnally, K. W., Antonenko, Yu. N., and Zorov, D. B. (1992) J. Bioenerg. Biomembr. 24, 99-110). Higher antimycin A concentrations (e.g. 10 microM) facilitated multiple conductance channel opening. These effects were reversible, and the binding site(s) are probably distinct from those responsible for the inhibition of the electron transport chain, since the latter are virtually irreversible. A model with two closed and two open states is presented for the approximately 110-picosiemens activity.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Genética, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Campo
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kinnally
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tedeschi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000968:Antimycin A / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D007700:Kinetics; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000968:Antimycin A