Abstract
The effects of cyclosporin A, carboxyatractylate, and glutamate on the protonophoric uncoupling activity of laurate in liver mitochondria have been studied. It was found that 5 μM cyclosporin A partly inhibits laurate-stimulated mitochondrial respiration, which is suggestive of its recoupling effect, i.e., the ability to suppress the protonophoric activity of this fatty acid. Under these conditions, cyclosporin A has no effect on the ability of carboxyatractylate and glutamate to inhibit the uncoupling effect of laurate. In their turn, these compounds do not influence the recoupling activity of cyclosporin A. The recoupling effects of cyclosporin A, carboxyatractylate, and glutamate are additive: acting simultaneously, they fully suppress the uncoupling activity of laurate. It is concluded that the protonophoric uncoupling activity of fatty acids in liver mitochondria is mediated not only by ADP/ATP and aspartate/glutamate antiporters, but also by a system that is sensitive to cyclosporin A, but is not related with cyclophilin D.
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