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El transporte de H+ es una función integral del portador mitocondrial de ADP/ATP
Ambre M Bertholet1, Edward T Chouchani2, Lawrence Kazak2
1Department of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Nature
|July 26, 2019
Resumen
El portador mitocondrial de ADP / ATP (AAC) media tanto el intercambio de ATP / ADP como el transporte de protones. Esta doble función vincula la producción de energía y la termogénesis, controlada dinámicamente por la demanda celular de ATP.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología mitocondrial
- La bioenergía
- Transporte por membrana
Sus antecedentes:
- El portador mitocondrial de ADP / ATP (AAC) es crucial para la producción de ATP celular mediante el intercambio de ATP mitocondrial por ADP citosólico.
- Se ha propuesto el papel potencial de la AAC en el desacoplamiento mitocondrial, pero no está claro desde el punto de vista mecánico.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para registrar directamente las corrientes AAC de las membranas mitocondriales internas del ratón.
- Identificar y caracterizar los distintos modos de transporte de las AAC.
- Para aclarar los mecanismos de desacoplamiento mitocondrial mediado por AAC.
Principales métodos:
- Registro electrofisiológico directo de las corrientes AAC de las membranas mitocondriales internas aisladas.
- Investigación del transporte de AAC en varios tejidos de ratón.
- Análisis de la influencia de los ácidos grasos libres en la función AAC.
Principales resultados:
- Se identificaron dos modos de transporte distintos para el AAC: el intercambio ADP/ATP y el transporte de H+.
- La corriente de H+ mediada por AAC requiere ácidos grasos libres y se asemeja a la fuga de H+ mediada por UCP1.
- El intercambio ADP/ATP regula negativamente, pero no elimina, la fuga de H+.
Conclusiones:
- La CAA media tanto en la conversión de energía acoplada (producción de ATP) como en la no acoplada (termogénesis).
- Los modos de transporte duales de AAC permiten el control dinámico del desacoplamiento mitocondrial por la demanda celular de ATP.
- AAC conecta la producción de energía celular y la generación de calor a través de sus funciones de transporte duales.
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