Calzia 2012 Abstract Bioblast

Matallo J, Groeger M, Wachter U, Vogt J, Radermacher P, Calzia E (2012) Interactions between sulfide metabolism and oxygen concentration. Mitochondr Physiol Network 17.12.

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Matallo J, Groeger M, Wachter U, Vogt J, Radermacher P, Calzia E (2012)

Event: Bioblast 2012

Even in higher species sulfide is quickly metabolised and thus degraded by an ancient metabolic pathway linked to the mitochondrial respiratory chain[1]. Since this metabolic process is strictly aerobic, the efficiency of sulfide metabolism is expected to decrease at low oxygen. This mechanism may explain how sulfide acts as an oxygen sensor within cells[2]. Therefore, in a series of preliminary experiments we quantified the sulfide metabolism in a stable cell line derived from alveolar macrophages (AMJ2-C11), which previously proved to efficiently metabolise sulfide under aerobic conditions[3], at O2 partial pressures approaching hypoxia from 0.8 KPa down to 0.4 and 0.1 KPa.

Methods: All measurements were conducted using an O2K®-Oxygraph together with a TIP-2K® titration pump (Oroboros Instruments, Austria). For each O2-partial pressure we performed 6 – 8 separate experiments. Before performing the experiments we recorded several transitions to anoxia in order to quantify the un-inhibited respiratory capacity close to anoxia[4] under the O2-partial pressures of 0.1, 0.4, and 0.8 KPa respectively. The inhibition of mitochondrial respiration was quantified in terms of the total amount of sulfide required to reduce the routine oxygen flux (JO2) to 50% by means of a continuous sulfide injection at a rate of 10 nM/s. A second titration pump was used to simultaneously maintain the oxygen concentration rate at the predefined level adopting a previously described technique[5].

Results: Figure 1 shows representative records of 2 anoxic transition experiments in AMJ2-C11 cells; the JO2 was 74%, 92%, and 96% of maximum JO2 [JO2max] at 0.1 KPa, 0.4 KPa, and 0.8 KPa. The total amount of sulfide required for achieving a 50%-inhibition of mitochondrilal respiration was about 10% at 0.1 KPa when compared to that needed at 0.8 KPa. (0.2 ± 0.03 µmol at 0.1 KPa vs. 1.30 ± 0.4 µmol at 0.4 KPa, and 2.2 ± 1.1 µmol at 0.8 KPa) [see Figure 2].

Discussion: These results confirm a much less efficient degradation of sulfide at the lower oxygen level suggesting potential interactions between sulfide and cell metabolism when approaching the anoxic condition. In theory, sulfide concentration should increase and thus potentially inhibit mitochondrial respiration at low oxygen, provided that the production rate is sufficiently high and remains constant under these conditions, and that the excess sulfide is not chemically bound by proteins (“sulfhydration”). On the other hand, the inhibition of mitochondrial respiration should in turn decrease the oxygen consumption of the cell, thus potentially decelerating or even impeding a further decrease of the oxygen concentration. So far, however, whether and how sulfide interacts with metabolism at low oxygen remains the subject of future investigations.

References: 1. Bouillaud F et al.: Antioxid Redox Signal 2011; 15: 379 – 91 2. Olson KR. J Comp Physiol B 2012; DOI 10.1007/s00360-012-0654-y 3. Groeger M et al.: Shock. 2012; 38: 367 - 74. 4. Gnaiger E. Respir Physiol 2001; 128: 277 – 297. 5. Scandurra FM et al.: Adv Exp Med Biol 2010; 662: 7 - 25

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Stress:Hypoxia  Organism: Mouse  Tissue;cell: Blood Cell; Suspension Culture"Blood Cell; Suspension Culture" is not in the list (Heart, Skeletal muscle, Nervous system, Liver, Kidney, Lung;gill, Islet cell;pancreas;thymus, Endothelial;epithelial;mesothelial cell, Blood cells, Fat, ...) of allowed values for the "Tissue and cell" property.  Preparation: Intact Cell; Cultured; Primary"Intact Cell; Cultured; Primary" 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. 

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