title: Increase in alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase and other oxidoreductase activities of hepatic mitochondria on administration of vanadate to the rat.
abstract: Liver mitochondria isolated from vanadate-administered rats showed increased (20-25%) rates of oxidation of both NAD(+)-linked substrates and succinate. Respiratory control index and ADP/O were unaffected by the treatment. Dormant and uncoupler-stimulated ATPase activity also was not affected by vanadate administration. Membrane-bound, electron-transport-linked dehydrogenase activities (both NAD(+)- and succinate-dependent) increased by 15-20% on vanadate treatment. Mitochondrial alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity increased by 50% on vanadate administration. The above effects of vanadate on oxidoreductase activities could be prevented by the prior administration of antagonists to alpha-adrenergic receptors. Substrate-dependent H2O2 generation by mitochondria also showed an increase on vanadate administration.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gullapalli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shivaswamy
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ramasarma
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Kurup
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects*; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects*; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014638:Vanadates; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D010088:Oxidoreductases