title: Effects of fatty acids, nucleotides and reactive oxygen species on durum wheat mitochondria.
abstract: Linoleic acid (LA) and other fatty acids added to respiring durum wheat mitochondria (DWM) were found to cause a remarkable membrane potential (deltaPsi) decrease, as monitored by measuring safranin fluorescence. The rate of deltaPsi decrease showed (i) saturation dependence on LA concentration; (ii) fatty acid specificity; (iii) inhibition by externally added ATP, GDP, GTP and Mg(2+) and (iv) sigmoid dependence upon initial DeltaPsi, thus suggesting the existence of an active plant mitochondrial uncoupling protein (PUMP) in mitochondria from monocotyledonous species (durum wheat, Triticum durum Desf.). Surprisingly, the rate of the linoleate dependent DeltaPsi decrease was found to be activated by reactive oxygen species (ROS) (hydrogen peroxide and superoxide anion) and, moreover, linoleate proved to lower the mitochondrial generation of superoxide anion. These results suggest that ROS can activate PUMP, thus protecting the cell against mitochondrial ROS production.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Animali, Vegetali e dell'Ambiente, Università del Molise, Via De Sanctis, 86100, Campobasso, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pastore
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fratianni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Di Pede
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Passarella
mesh_terms: D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000502:physiology*; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000502:physiology; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000502:physiology*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000502:physiology*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D014908:Triticum / Q000502:physiology*; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D009711:Nucleotides; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1; D010100:Oxygen