title: Respiratory activity of isolated liver Mitochondria following Trypanosoma congolense infection in rabbits: the role of thyroxine.
abstract: 1. The effect of trypanosome infection on rabbit liver mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation was investigated, with and without thyroxine replacement. 2. State 3 respiration, respiratory control ratio (RCR) and ADP/O ratio were significantly reduced in mitochondria from trypanosome-infected animals whereas there was no change in state 4 respiration. 3. State 3 respiration, RCR and ADP/O ratio were not significantly altered in trypanosome-infected animals given thyroxine replacement therapy. 4. Trypanosome infection leads to impairment of mitochondrial integrity, apparently through lowered thyroxine levels. Replacement of thyroxine therefore sustains optimal mitochondrial respiratory activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Lomo
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Makawiti
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Konji
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005971:Glutamates / Q000378:metabolism; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D008293:Malates / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D011817:Rabbits; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D014348:Trypanosoma congolense; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005971:Glutamates; D008293:Malates; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; C030298:malic acid; D013974:Thyroxine