Abstract
When rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells are cultured with 1 mM 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+), the number of viable cells decreases to one third in 4 days while the number increases ten-fold without MPP+. Oxygen consumption by mitochondria in the presence of malate is inhibited about 80% by the treatment of the cells with MPP+ for 4 days. Unexpectedly, succinate-dependent oxygen consumption is also inhibited to essentially the same extent as malate-dependent one. These results suggest that the impairment of the respiration mediated by succinate as well as malate is important as a mechanism of MPP+-induced cell death.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 409-413 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 1995 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics