title: Metabolite changes associated with heat shocked avian fibroblast mitochondria.
abstract: A previous report from our laboratory (Collier et al 1993) showed that the elongated tubules of mitochondria in the cytoplasm of cultured chicken embryo fibroblasts collapsed to irregularly shaped structures surrounding the nuclear membrane after a 1 h heat shock treatment. The normal mitochondrial morphology reappeared upon removal of the thermal stress. We have now determined that several changes occurred in mitochondrial-related metabolites under these same heat shock and recovery conditions. Among these were significant decreases in the levels of fumarate and malate and increases in the amounts of aspartate and glutamate. In contrast, other intermediates of the tri-carboxylic acid cycle were unaltered as were levels of ATP and phosphocreatine. The changes observed might result from heat shock-induced changes in enzyme activities of the mitochondria, from alterations in the membrane-embedded specialized carrier proteins that transport metabolites between cytosol and mitochondria or from a disorganization of the electron-transport system normally coupled to oxidative metabolism. The rapid recovery, however, suggested that these changes were transient and readily reversible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA. milton@borcim.wustl.edu
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schlesinger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Pusateri
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Lowry
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D019343:Citric Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D005650:Fumarates / Q000378:metabolism; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D005994:Glycerophosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D006019:Glycolysis / Q000502:physiology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007656:Ketoglutaric Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D008293:Malates / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D010725:Phosphocreatine / Q000378:metabolism; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000378:metabolism; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005650:Fumarates; D005994:Glycerophosphates; D007656:Ketoglutaric Acids; D008293:Malates; D011773:Pyruvates; D010725:Phosphocreatine; D019343:Citric Acid; D001224:Aspartic Acid; D018698:Glutamic Acid; C030298:malic acid; C032005:fumaric acid; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; C029620:alpha-glycerophosphoric acid