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  • Title: N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine induces Ca2+ release from mitochondria by stimulating pyridine nucleotide hydrolysis.
    Author: Weis M, Kass GE, Orrenius S, Moldéus P.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1992 Jan 15; 267(2):804-9. PubMed ID: 1730671.
    Abstract:
    The mechanism of N-acetyl-p-benzoquinone imine (NAPQI)-induced release of Ca2+ from rat liver mitochondria was investigated. The addition of NAPQI or 3,5-Me2-NAPQI (a dimethylated analogue of NAPQI with only oxidizing properties) to mitochondria resulted in the rapid and extensive oxidation of NADH and NADPH. High-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of mitochondrial pyridine nucleotides revealed that the formation of NAD+ and NADP+ was followed by a time-dependent net loss of total pyridine nucleotides as a result of their hydrolysis, with the formation of nicotinamide. Preincubation of the mitochondria with cyclosporin A completely prevented the quinone imine-stimulated release of sequestered Ca2+ from mitochondria. Cyclosporin A did not affect the ability of NAPQI or 3,5-Me2-NAPQI to oxidize NAD(P)H but prevented the quinone imine-induced hydrolysis of the pyridine nucleotides. Although there was no detectable change in total protein-bound ADP-ribose content during quinone imine-induced Ca2+ release from mitochondria, meta-iodobenzylguanidine, a competitive inhibitor of protein mono(ADP-ribosylation), prevented Ca2+ release by NAPQI and 3,5-Me2-NAPQI; meta-iodobenzylguanidine did not inhibit the quinone imine-induced NAD(P)H oxidation and only partially blocked hydrolysis of the oxidized pyridine nucleotides. It is concluded that NAPQI causes the oxidation of mitochondrial NADH and NADPH, and stimulates Ca2+ release as a result of the further hydrolysis of the oxidized pyridine nucleotides and protein mono(ADP-ribosylation).
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