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Biochemical properties of H+-Ca2+-exchanger in the myometrium mitochondria
Yurii V Danylovych1, Hanna V Danylovych1, Oksana V Kolomiets1
1Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Abstract:
Some biochemical properties of the H+-Ca2+-exchanger in uterine smooth muscle mitochondria have been described. The experiments were performed on a suspension of isolated mitochondria from the myometrium of rats. Methods of confocal microscopy, spectrofluorimetry and photon correlation spectroscopy were used. Fluo-4 probe was used to record changes in ionized Ca2+ in the matrix and cytosol; pH changes in the matrix were evaluated with BCECF. It was experimentally proved that in the myometrium instead of Na+-Ca2+-exchanger the H+-Ca2+-exchanger functions. It was activated at a physiological pH value, was carried out in stoichiometry 1: 1 and was electrogenic. The transport system was modulated by magnesium ions and the diuretic amiloride, but was not sensitive to changes in the concentration of extra-mitochondrial potassium ions. H+-Ca2+-exchanger was suppressed by antibodies against the LETM1 protein. Calmodulin may act as a regulator of H+-Ca2+-exchanger by inhibiting it.
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