title: Functional and molecular changes in FoF1 ATP-synthase of cardiac muscle during aging.
abstract: We have studied the functional and molecular changes of mitochondrial FoF1 ATP synthase of cardiac muscle during aging. ATP hydrolase activity was lower in sonic submitochondrial particles prepared from hearts of senescent rats (24 months) than in those prepared from hearts of adult rats (12 months). Oligomycin-sensitive proton conduction of cardiac submitochondrial particles was greater in senescent rats than in adult rats. The beta subunit of F1, detected immunologically in submitochondrial particles, was less in senescent rats than in adult rats. Exposure of cardiac submitochondrial particles from adult rats to free radicals, generated by 60Co, resulted in inactivation of ATP hydrolase activity and a decreased content of F1. The structural and functional alterations of mitochondrial FoF1 ATP synthase during aging may be expected to affect energy metabolism, and our results suggest that they could originate from the action of free radicals generated in the inner mitochondrial membrane.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guerrieri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capozza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fratello
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zanotti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Papa
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005609:Free Radicals; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008297:Male; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000201:enzymology*; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013367:Submitochondrial Particles / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D005609:Free Radicals; D006180:Proton-Translocating ATPases