title: Magnesium ion modulates the sensitivity of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore to cyclosporin A and ADP.
abstract: Regulation of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore has been investigated following the release of matrix solutes which normally participate in pore regulation. Under these conditions, neither cyclosporin A nor ADP induces pore closure, as judged by restoration of delta psi, unless Mg2+ is also added. Mg2+ alone is ineffective. In liver mitochondria, the Mg2+ effect is expressed over a 0 to 0.5 mM concentration range with higher concentrations inhibiting repolarization. In heart mitochondria, the inhibitory action of high Mg2+ is not seen and it can be shown that the Mg2+ effect on repolarization increases progressively up to a concentration of 5 mM. In liver mitochondria, when the pore is closed by maximally effective concentrations of Mg2+ plus cyclosporin A or Mg2+ plus ADP, reopening occurs upon the addition of carboxyatractyloside. The latter compound, however, fails to reopen the pore when Mg2+, cyclosporin A, and ADP are present simultaneously. In heart mitochondria, where higher Mg2+ concentrations can be employed, Mg2+ plus cyclosporin A or Mg2+ plus ADP produces pore closure in a carboxyatractyloside insensitive manner. Titration experiments support the adenine nucleotide translocase as the site at which carboxyatractyloside acts to regulate the pore. However, the action of ADP appears to involve a translocase-independent site. In intact mitochondria the action of carboxyatractyloside on pore opening is counteracted by oligomycin, apparently through inhibition of the F1F0 ATP synthase, with a consequent increase in the matrix space ADP/ATP ratio. It is concluded that the permeability transition pore induced by Ca2+ plus P(i) is not formed from the adenine nucleotide translocase although the translocase conformation is one of several factors which regulate the pore. The matrix Mg2+ concentration is also one of these factors. Formation of the pore by a Ca2+ and ADP binding protein is one model which is consistent with the present data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Novgorodov
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Gudz
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Brierley
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001278:Atractyloside / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D001665:Binding Sites; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000226:Mitochondrial ADP, ATP Translocases / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009840:Oligomycins / Q000494:pharmacology; D010539:Permeability; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D009840:Oligomycins; D001278:Atractyloside; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D016572:Cyclosporine; D000226:Mitochondrial ADP, ATP Translocases; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases; D008274:Magnesium; C003853:carboxyatractyloside