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Fatty acids composition of inner mitochondrial membrane of rat cardiomyocytes and hepatocytes during hypoxia-hypercapnia
S. V. Khyzhnyak, S. V. Midyk, S. V. Sysoliatin, V. М. Voitsitsky
National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv;
е-mail: khs2014@ukr.net
We studied the influence of hypoxic-hypercapnic environment under the effect of hypothermia (artificial hibernation) on fatty acids spectrum of inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) lipids of rat cardiomyocytes and hepatocytes. Specific for cellular organelles redistribution of IMM fatty acids was determined. It led to the reduction of total amount of saturated fatty acids (SFAs) and increase of unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs) in cardiomyocytes and to the increase of SFAs and decrease of UFAs in hepatocytes. The decrease in the content of oleic acid and increased content of arachidonic and docosahexaenoic acids in IMM were shown. This may be due to their role in the regulatory systems during hibernation, as well as following exit therefrom. It is assumed that artificial hibernation state is characterized by the stress reaction leading to optimal readjustment of fatty acids composition of membrane lipids, which supports functional activity of mitochondria in hepatocytes and cardiomyocytes.
Functional and dynamic state of inner mitochondrial membrane of sarcoma 37 in mice under administration of sodium dichloroacetate
S. V. Khyzhnyak1, L. V. Sorokina2, L. I. Stepanova3, A. A. Kaplia4
1National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv;
e-mail: khs2014@ukr.net;
2R. E. Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv;
3ESC “Institute of Biology”, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine;
4Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv
The activity of enzymes of the respiratory chain and structural-dynamic properties of the inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) of sarcoma 37 (S37) in mice under sodium dichloroacetate (SDA) administration in a daily dose of 86 mg/kg of body weight starting from the 2nd day after tumor transplantation were investigated. The dynamic and structural state of the IMM components was determined using the fluorescent probes. With S37 growth the intensification of glycolytic metabolism occurred on the background of suppressed functional capacity of mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes. The changes of conformational properties of protein molecules and the increase of IMM lipid phase microviscosity were shown. The administration of SDA promotes the decrease of lactate content and the increase of pyruvate dehydrogenase activity in S37. This was accompanied by further suppression of the functional activity of the respiratory chain complexes and Н+-АТРase coupled with conformational modification of protein molecules and changes of the structural orderliness of the IMM lipid phase, possibly due to intensification of reactive oxygen species generation.