Reversible Effects of Toxin from Helminthosporium maydis Race T on Oxidative Phosphorylation by Mitochondria from Maize 12
AUTOR(ES)
Bednarski, Mary Ann
RESUMO
Host-selective toxin from Helminthosporium maydis race T inhibited oxidative phosphorylation (AT32P formation) and stimulated ATPase activity by mitochondria from male-sterile (T) but not from normal (N) cytoplasm maize (Zea mays L.). Toxin increased the rate of NADH oxidation, but succinate oxidation was slightly, and malate-pyruvate oxidation was strongly inhibited as the associated ATP formation was abolished. There was a 1-minute lag before toxin gave maximal stimulation of NADH oxidation; the responses to 2,4-dinitrophenol and valinomycin were immediate. There was also a delay in the effect of toxin on ATP formation. T mitochondria were more sensitive than were N mitochondria to uncoupling by nigericin plus K+; there was no evidence, however, that the action of toxin is related to that of nigericin or other ionophores. With NADH as the substrate, the degree of uncoupling increased with increases in toxin concentration up to a saturating level; kinetics of the response suggested reversibility. T mitochondria exposed to toxin for 5 minutes regained normal rates of respiration and of ATP formation when they were washed with toxin-free medium, showing that the uncoupling effect is reversible. Evidently HM-T toxin does not bind firmly to its site(s) of action, in contrast to reports for another hostselective toxin.
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