NITRIC-OXIDE REGULATES MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION AND CELL FUNCTIONS BY INHIBITING CYTOCHROME-OXIDASE

被引:479
作者
BROWN, GC
机构
[1] Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW, Tennis Court Road
关键词
NITRIC OXIDE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIA; OXYGEN SENSOR; MUSCLE RELAXATION; CYTOKINES;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(95)00763-Y
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Nitric oxide (NO) reversibly inhibits mitochondrial respiration by competing with oxygen at cytochrome oxidase. Concentrations of NO measured in a range of biological systems are similar to those shown to inhibit cytochrome oxidase and mitochondrial respiration. Inhibition of NO synthesis results in a stimulation of respiration in a number of systems. It is proposed that NO exerts some of its main physiological and pathological effects on cell functions by inhibiting cytochrome oxidase. Further NO may be a physiological regulator of the affinity of mitochondrial respiration for oxygen, enabling mitochondria to act as sensors of oxygen over the physiological range.
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页码:136 / 139
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