Exposure to 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and tetraethyl lead affects lung mitochondria bioenergetics.
Environmental pollutants such as TCDD and tetraethyl lead are extremely toxic and related with pulmonary disease development. Lung mitochondria are primary cellular targets for dioxins exposure-induced toxicity. TCDD showed a delay in the repolarization after a phosphorylative cycle and a decrease on state 3 respiration, suggesting alterations at the phosphorylative system level. The ATPase activity showed no differences between control and lung mitochondria incubated with TCDD, implying alterations in other components of the phosphorylative system. Tetraethyl lead also showed a delay in the repolarization after a phosphorylative cycle and a decrease on RCR. These data suggest that lung mitochondria incubated with TCDD and tetraethyl lead showed impaired mitochondrial function, reflecting the loss of oxidative phosphorylation capacity.
Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal.
Anabela Marques
AM
Simões
Filipe Valente
FV
Duarte
João Soeiro
JS
Teodoro
Anabela Pinto
AP
Rolo
Carlos Marques
CM
Palmeira
D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D053078:Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000083162:Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore; D008933:Mitochondrial Swelling / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D013552:Swine; D013756:Tetraethyl Lead / Q000633:toxicity*
D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; D000083162:Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D013756:Tetraethyl Lead; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases