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Ca2+ transport by mammalian mitochondria and its role in hormone action

R. M. Denton and J. G. McCormack

Three key dehydrogenases in mammalian mitochondria have been found to be activated by Ca2+ with a half-maximal effect at approximately 1 microM. These are pyruvate dehydrogenase, NAD+-isocitrate dehydrogenase, and oxoglutarate dehydrogenase. Activation of these enzymes can also be demonstrated in intact coupled mitochondria when extra mitochondrial Ca2+ is increased in the range of concentrations (0.1 to 2 microM) generally considered to occur in the cytoplasm of normal cells. It is argued that the main role of the calcium transport system in mammalian mitochondria is to relay changes in cytoplasmic Ca2+ into the mitochondrial matrix. Hormones and other extracellular messengers which stimulate ATP-requiring processes such as secretion or muscle contraction through increasing the cytoplasmic concentration of Ca2+ could in this way also increase intramitochondrial oxidative metabolism and hence promote the replenishment of ATP. Recent evidence obtained with heart and liver preparations in support of this view is reviewed.

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