title: Effects of carbonyl cyanide phenylhydrazones on two mitochondrial ion channel activities.
abstract: The respiratory uncouplers carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP) and carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP) affect the activities of two mitochondrial ion channels from mouse liver. At micromolar concentrations, the phenylhydrazones block the voltage-dependent 100-pS channel, mCS, and induce the multiple-conductance-level channel, MCC. The binding site(s) involved in perturbation of channel activities are probably distinct from the sites involved in uncoupling of oxidative phosphorylation which occurs at nanomolar concentrations of the phenylhydrazones. The effects of FCCP and CCCP on the mitochondrial ion channels could be partially reversed by washing with fresh media and were always reversed by perfusion with dithiothreitol. These results indicate that the effects of the phenylhydrazones on mitochondrial ion channels may be related to the ability of these compounds to act as sulfhydryl reagents and not to their protonophoric and uncoupling activity.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biologia Molecular y Genética, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Campo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tedeschi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muro
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kinnally
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002259:Carbonyl Cyanide p-Trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004229:Dithiothreitol / Q000494:pharmacology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects*; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology; D014475:Uncoupling Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D007476:Ionophores; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents; D014475:Uncoupling Agents; D002259:Carbonyl Cyanide p-Trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone; D004229:Dithiothreitol