title: Inhibition of ATP synthesis by 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP+) in isolated mitochondria from mouse brains.
abstract: Effect of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP+) on adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis was studied using isolated mitochondrial preparations from mouse brains. Oxidation of glutamate + malate in the mitochondria estimated by polarography was significantly inhibited by MPP+, and synthesis of ATP was inhibited to approximately 9% of that of control by 0.06 mM of MPP+. Oxidation of alpha-glycerophosphate and succinate was not inhibited, and ATP was synthesized normally. Energy crisis appears to be one of the most important mechanisms of neuronal degeneration in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced experimental parkinsonism.
mesh_terms: D015655:1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D009498:Neurotoxins; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D015655:1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium