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Published on: July 19, 2021
Ca2+-release pathways from mitochondria of the yeast Endomyces magnusii
Y I Deryabina1, E N Bazhenova, R A Zvyagilskaya
1Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117071, Russia.
Abstract:
Ca2+-release pathways from Ca2+-preloaded mitochondria of the yeast Endomyces magnusii were studied. In the presence of phosphate as a permeant anion, Ca2+ was released from respiring mitochondria only after massive cation loading at the onset of anaerobiosis. Intensive aeration of the mitochondrial suspension rapidly inhibited the efflux of Ca2+ and induced its reuptake. The Ca2+ release was not affected by cyclosporin A, an inhibitor of the nonselective permeability transition of mammalian mitochondria. With acetate as the permeant anion, a spontaneous net Ca2+ efflux began after uptake of about 75% of the added cation. The rate of this efflux was insensitive to cyclosporin A, aeration, and Na+ and was proportional to the Ca2+ load. The Ca2+ release was inhibited by La3+, Mn2+, Mg2+, TPP+, and nigericin (in the presence of KCl) and activated by spermine and hypotonicity. We conclude that Ca2+ efflux from preloaded E. magnusii mitochondria is very similar to the Na+-independent specific pathway for Ca2+ release operative in mitochondria from nonexcitable mammalian tissues.
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