title: Effects of the lipophilic biscation, bis-pyridinium oxime BP12, on bioenergetics and induction of permeability transition in isolated mitochondria.
abstract: In order to further investigate the mechanism of action of bridged lipophilic bis-pyridinium oximes previously observed to interfere with mitochondrial metabolism and to induce growth arrest and apoptosis in HeLa cells (Nocentini et al., Biochem Pharmacol 53: 1543-1552, 1997), we studied the effects of a bis-pyridinium oxime with a polymethylene chain N = 12 (BP12) on isolated rat liver mitochondria. Respiration in the absence of ADP with succinate plus rotenone as substrate was not affected after treatment with various concentrations of BP12 up to 10 microM, while the ADP-stimulated respiration was slowed down, with a parallel decrease in ATP synthesis. No effects of BP12 were detected on membrane potential, ATPase activity, and inorganic phosphate transport, but the adenine nucleotide translocase was inactivated and a permeability transition of the inner membrane was induced in the presence of calcium. These data suggest that mitochondrial impairment of ATP synthesis and the formation of the permeability transition pore may be responsible for apoptotic cell death already observed in cells treated with BP12.
authors.affiliation: Laboratories de Biophysique et de Photobiologie, INSERM U 201 et CNRS UMR 8646, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. moreno@mnhn.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nocentini
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guggiari
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salet
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D019069:Cell Respiration / Q000187:drug effects; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation; D010091:Oximes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010539:Permeability / Q000187:drug effects; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D010091:Oximes; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds; C402362:bispyridinium oxime BP12; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate