title: Adriamycin disrupts phosphatidylserine import into the mitochondria of permeabilized CHO-K1 cells.
abstract: The action of adriamycin (an inhibitor of precursor protein import into mitochondria) upon phosphatidylserine (PtdSer) import into mitochondria was examined in permeabilized CHO-K1 cells. The decarboxylation of nascent PtdSer to phosphatidylethanolamine was used as an indicator reaction for the lipid translocation process. Adriamycin was without effect upon new PtdSer synthesis but blocked the time- and translocation-dependent decarboxylation of this lipid at the mitochondrial inner membrane of permeabilized cells. The effect of adriamycin was concentration-dependent with an IC50 of 150 microM and was not due to direct inhibition of PtdSer decarboxylase. To determine at which level of PtdSer transport adriamycin was working, the adriamycin-treated permeabilized cells were incubated with 1-acyl-2-[N-(6-[(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazo-4-yl)] aminocaproyl)]phosphatidyl[1'-14C] serine (NBD-Ptd[1'-14C]Ser), and its decarboxylation was determined. Since the NBD-Ptd[1'-14C]Ser freely partitions into all cell membranes, it can partition into the outer mitochondrial membrane in an ATP-independent fashion. The NBD-Ptd[1'-14C]Ser was readily decarboxylated in an ATP-independent manner in permeabilized cells. Adriamycin inhibited the decarboxylation of NBD-Ptd[1'-14C]Ser, thereby indicating that it can act upon lipid transport processes between the outer and inner mitochondrial membrane.
authors.affiliation: Lord and Taylor Laboratory for Lung Biochemistry, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Voelker
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010718:Phosphatidylserines / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010718:Phosphatidylserines; D004317:Doxorubicin; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate