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  • Title: Mitochondrial hydrogen peroxide formation and the fumarate reductase of Hymenolepis diminuta.
    Author: Fioravanti CF, Reisig JM.
    Journal: J Parasitol; 1990 Aug; 76(4):457-63. PubMed ID: 2380854.
    Abstract:
    The catalysis of hydrogen peroxide accumulation by the mitochondrial, membrane-associated NADH oxidase and less active succinoxidase of adult Hymenolepis diminuta was confirmed. NADH-dependent peroxide formation by isolated mitochondrial membranes occurred at about half the coincident rates of NADH and oxygen utilization, whereas succinate-dependent peroxide formation accounted for approximately 40% of the oxygen consumed. These findings, coupled with evaluations of the oxidases, indicated that both systems use in common 2 mechanisms for oxygen reduction, 1 of which is peroxide-forming. Neither system was sensitive to cyanide, azide, or antimycin A. Rotenone inhibition of NADH oxidation resulted in equivalent decreases in oxygen consumption by the peroxide-forming and nonperoxide-forming mechanisms. In contrast, malonate inhibition occurred via disruption of the peroxide-forming mechanism. Fumarate stimulated membrane-catalyzed NADH oxidation, despite aerobic conditions, and this fumarate reductase was rotenone-sensitive. NADH- or succinate-dependent peroxide formation virtually was abolished and oxygen consumption was minimal in the presence of fumarate. Malonate also inhibited fumarate-dependent NADH oxidation and succinate-dependent peroxide formation/oxygen consumption. Collectively, these findings clearly indicate that NADH- or succinate-dependent hydrogen peroxide accumulation involves the malonate-sensitive fumarate reductase, in the absence of fumarate. A model of the H. diminuta electron transport system is presented.
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