title: Compartmentation of inorganic phosphate in perfused rat liver. Can cytosol be distinguished from mitochondria by 31P NMR?
abstract: Compartmentation of inorganic phosphate was studied in intact perfused rat liver at 4 degrees C by 31P NMR. It was shown that decreases in cytosolic pH or cytosolic Pi concentration induced the appearance of an additional Pi resonance at low field which was assigned to Pi from an alkaline compartment. Valinomycin (K+ ionophore) induced a further splitting of the lines whereas nigericin (K+/H+ antiport) or potassium cyanide (inhibitor of cytochrome oxidase) had opposite effects. As valinomycin acts mainly on the cytosolic/mitochondrial K+ gradient and KCN on the mitochondrial respiratory chain, it was deduced that the alkaline compartment as revealed by the second Pi resonance was probably mitochondria. Single Pi lines observed on perchloric extracts of livers exhibiting two resonances during cold perfusion confirmed that the split peaks in the intact liver indeed arose from the same molecular species.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Résonance Magnétique cellulaire et de régulation des flex métaboliques, IBC-CNRS, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thiaudiere
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gallis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dufour
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rousse
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Canioni
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D003600:Cytosol / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000737:chemistry*; D009550:Nigericin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010477:Perfusion; D010710:Phosphates / Q000032:analysis*; D010759:Phosphorus Isotopes; D011190:Potassium Cyanide / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013696:Temperature; D014634:Valinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010710:Phosphates; D010759:Phosphorus Isotopes; D014634:Valinomycin; D011190:Potassium Cyanide; D009550:Nigericin