title: Differentiating between apparent and actual rates of H2O2 metabolism by isolated rat muscle mitochondria to test a simple model of mitochondria as regulators of H2O2 concentration.
abstract: Mitochondria are often regarded as a major source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in animal cells, with H2O2 being the predominant ROS released from mitochondria; however, it has been recently demonstrated that energized brain mitochondria may act as stabilizers of H2O2 concentration (Starkov et al. [1]) based on the balance between production and the consumption of H2O2, the later of which is a function of [H2O2] and follows first order kinetics. Here we test the hypothesis that isolated skeletal muscle mitochondria, from the rat, are able to modulate [H2O2] based upon the interaction between the production of ROS, as superoxide/H2O2, and the H2O2 decomposition capacity. The compartmentalization of detection systems for H2O2 and the intramitochondrial metabolism of H2O2 leads to spacial separation between these two components of the assay system. This results in an underestimation of rates when relying solely on extramitochondrial H2O2 detection. We find that differentiating between these apparent rates found when using extramitochondrial H2O2 detection and the actual rates of metabolism is important to determining the rate constant for H2O2 consumption by mitochondria in kinetic experiments. Using the high rate of ROS production by mitochondria respiring on succinate, we demonstrate that net H2O2 metabolism by mitochondria can approach a stable steady-state of extramitochondrial [H2O2]. Importantly, the rate constant determined by extrapolation of kinetic experiments is similar to the rate constant determined as the [H2O2] approaches a steady state.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, 50 Sifton Road, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2; Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. Electronic address: Jason.Treberg@umanitoba.ca.
authors.forename: Jason R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Treberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, 50 Sifton Road, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Munro
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, 50 Sifton Road, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2.
authors.forename: Sheena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banh
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, 50 Sifton Road, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2.
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zacharias
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, 50 Sifton Road, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3T 2N2.
authors.forename: Emianka
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sotiri
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001310:Auranofin / Q000494:pharmacology; D055664:Electrochemical Techniques; D005260:Female; D005470:Fluorometry; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008931:Mitochondria, Muscle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D013481:Superoxides; D001310:Auranofin; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide
keywords: Antioxidants; Bioenergetics; Mitochondria; Reactive oxygen species