期刊
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS
卷 1797, 期 2, 页码 314-323出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.11.006
关键词
K-ras; Cancer; Mitochondria; Respiration; ATP synthesis; Complex I
资金
- Alma Mater Studiorum
- Universita di Bologna
- Progetti strategici di Ateneo E.F.
- ITALBIONET
- FAR
Many cancer cells are characterized by high rate of glycolysis and reduced rate of aerobic respiration, whose mechanism is still elusive. Here we investigate the down-regulation of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) in K-ras transformed mouse fibroblasts as compared to a control counterpart Transcriptional analysis showed different expression levels of several OXPHOS nuclear genes in the two cell lines. In particular, during the exponential growth phase most genes encoding proteins of Complex I were expressed at lower levels in transformed cells. Consistently, a significant decrease of Complex I content was found in transformed cells. Moreover, analysis of NAD-dependent respiration and ATP synthesis indicated a strong decrease of Complex I activity in the mitochondria from neoplastic cells, that was confirmed by direct assay of the enzyme redox activity. At variance, succinate-dependent respiration and ATP synthesis were not significantly affected. Taken together, our results provide the new insight that the reduction of respiration observed in K-ras transformed cells is specifically due to a Complex I activity decrease. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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