Covi 2007 Physiol Biochem Zool

Covi JA, Hand SC (2007) Energizing an invertebrate embryo: bafilomycin-dependent respiration and the metabolic cost of proton pumping by the V-ATPase. Physiol Biochem Zool 80: 422-432.

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Covi JA, Hand SC (2007) Physiol Biochem Zool

Abstract: We examine herein the contribution of V-ATPase activity to the energy budget of aerobically developing embryos of Artemia franciscana and discuss the results in the context of quiescence under anoxia. (31)P-NMR analysis indicates that intracellular pH and NTP levels are unaffected by acute incubation of dechorionated embryos with the V-ATPase inhibitor, bafilomycin A(1). Bafilomycin A(1) also has no significant effect on oxygen consumption by isolated mitochondria. Taken together, these data indicate that bafilomycin does not affect energy-producing pathways in the developing embryo. However, the V-ATPase inhibitor exhibits a concentration-dependent inhibition of oxygen consumption in aerobic embryos. A conservative analysis of respirometric data indicates that proton pumping by the V-ATPase, and processes immediately dependent on this activity, constitutes approximately 31% of the aerobic energy budget of the preemergent embryo. Given the complete absence of detectable Na(+)K(+)-ATPase activity during the first hours of aerobic development, it is plausible that the V-ATPase is performing a role in both the acidification of intracellular compartments and the energization of plasma membranes. Importantly, the high metabolic cost associated with maintaining these diverse proton gradients requires that V-ATPase activity be downregulated under anoxia in order to attain the almost complete metabolic depression observed in the quiescent embryo. • Keywords: V-ATPase, bafilomycin, brine shrimp, anoxia, embryos

• O2k-Network Lab: US LA Baton Rouge Hand SC

Labels: MiParea: Respiration, Comparative MiP; environmental MiP"Comparative MiP; environmental MiP" is not in the list (Respiration, Instruments;methods, mt-Biogenesis;mt-density, mt-Structure;fission;fusion, mt-Membrane, mtDNA;mt-genetics, nDNA;cell genetics, Genetic knockout;overexpression, Comparative MiP;environmental MiP, Gender, ...) of allowed values for the "MiP area" property., Developmental biology 

Stress:Hypoxia 

Preparation: Isolated Mitochondria"Isolated Mitochondria" is not in the list (Intact organism, Intact organ, Permeabilized cells, Permeabilized tissue, Homogenate, Isolated mitochondria, SMP, Chloroplasts, Enzyme, Oxidase;biochemical oxidation, ...) of allowed values for the "Preparation" property. 

HRR: Oxygraph-2k