| First Author | Patel AY | Year | 2011 |
| Journal | Biochem Biophys Res Commun | Volume | 405 |
| Issue | 4 | Pages | 599-603 |
| PubMed ID | 21266166 | Mgi Jnum | J:170950 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:4947926 | Doi | 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.01.075 |
| Citation | Patel AY, et al. (2011) Ataxia telangiectasia mutated influences cytochrome c oxidase activity. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 405(4):599-603 |
| abstractText | Cells lacking ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) have impaired mitochondrial function. Furthermore, mammalian cells lacking ATM have increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as well as mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions in the region encoding for cytochrome c oxidase (COX). We hypothesized that ATM specifically influences COX activity in skeletal muscle. COX activity was approximately 40% lower in tibialis anterior from ATM-deficient mice than for wild-type mice (P < 0.01, n = 9/group). However, there were no ATM-related differences in activity of succinate dehydrogenase, isocitrate dehydrogenase, alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, mitochondrial glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, or complex III. Incubation of wild-type extensor digitorum longus muscles for 1h with the ATM inhibitor KU55933 caused a approximately 50% reduction (P<0.05, n = 5/group) in COX activity compared to muscles incubated with vehicle alone. Among the control muscles and muscles treated with the ATM inhibitor, COX activity was correlated (r = 0.61, P<0.05) with activity of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, a key determinant of antioxidant defense through production of NADPH. Overall, the findings suggest that ATM has a protective role for COX activity. |
