title: Regulation of transmembrane ion transport by reaction products of phospholipase A2. II. Effects of arachidonic acid and other fatty acids on mitochondrial Ca2+ transport.
abstract: The effects of arachidonic acid and other fatty acids on mitochondrial Ca2+ transport were studied. Cis-unsaturated fatty acids generally strongly inhibited mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake, induced a net Ca2+ efflux, and thereby increased the extramitochondrial Ca2+ concentration, whereas trans-unsaturated fatty acids were ineffective. Saturated fatty acids exhibited slight activity at chain lengths from C(10) to C(14) only. The structure-activity relationship and the inability of some of the effective fatty acids such as palmitoleic and myristoleic acid to be metabolized to eicosanoids suggest that Ca2+ release was induced by the fatty acids themselves and resulted from changes in the mitochondrial membrane bilayer structure. There was a correlation between Ca2+-releasing potency and reduction of mitochondrial membrane potential, which is the main driving force for mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake. There were, however, considerable differences compared with the effects of lysophospholipids on the membrane potential. The mechanism of action of fatty acids may be that of a fluidizing effect on the hydrophobic core of the membrane, thereby modulating the activity of integral membrane proteins of the respiratory chain.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Göttingen, F.R.G.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rustenbeck
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lenzen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000502:physiology; D007700:Kinetics; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000378:metabolism*; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D010740:Phospholipases; D010741:Phospholipases A; D054467:Phospholipases A2; D002118:Calcium