title: The effect of growth at low temperature on the activity and expression of the uncoupling protein in Acanthamoeba castellanii mitochondria.
abstract: Mitochondria of amoeba Acanthamoeba castellanii, a non-photosynthetic soil amoeboid protozoon, possess an uncoupling protein (AcUCP) that mediates free fatty acid-activated proton re-uptake dissipating the proton electrochemical gradient built up by respiration. The present study provides the first evidence that UCP could be a cold response protein in unicellulars. In mitochondria isolated from an amoeba batch culture grown temporarily at low temperature (6 degrees C), the content of AcUCP was increased and correlated with an increase in the linoleic acid (LA)-stimulated UCP-mediated carboxyatractyloside-resistant state 4 respiration, as compared to a control culture (routinely grown at 28 degrees C). Moreover, the cytochrome pathway activity was found to be insensitive to the cold exposure of amoeba cells, as indicated by respiration and membrane potential measurements as well as by an absence of change in the adenine nucleotide translocator and cytochrome oxidase expression levels. Furthermore, in mitochondria from the low-temperature-grown cells, at fixed LA concentration, the increased contribution of AcUCP activity to total mitochondrial phosphorylating respiration accompanied by lower coupling parameters was found, as was confirmed by calculation of this contribution using ADP/O measurements.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznan, Poland. wiesiaj@main.amu.edu.pl
authors.forename: Wieslawa
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jarmuszkiewicz
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Antos
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Swida
authors.forename: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czarna
authors.forename: Francis E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Sluse
mesh_terms: D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000502:physiology; D007473:Ion Channels; D007700:Kinetics; D019787:Linoleic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019802:Succinic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D019802:Succinic Acid