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Lipid peroxidation associated cardiolipin loss and membrane depolarization in rat brain mitochondria

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Title Lipid peroxidation associated cardiolipin loss and membrane depolarization in rat brain mitochondria
 
Creator Sen, T
Sen, N
Tripathi, G
Chatterjee, U
Chakrabarti, S
 
Subject Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Neurosciences
 
Description Oxidative stress induced by Fe2+ (50 mu M) and ascorbate (2 mM) in isolated rat brain mitochondria incubated in vitro leads to an enhanced lipid peroxidation, cardiolipin loss and an increased formation of protein carbonyls. These changes are associated with a loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (depolarization) and an impaired activity of electron transport chain (ETC) as measured by MTT reduction assay. Butylated hydroxytoluene (0.2 mM), an inhibitor of lipid peroxidation, can prevent significantly the loss of cardiolipin, the increased protein carbonyl formation and the decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential induced by Fe2+ and ascorbate, implying that the changes are secondary to membrane lipid peroxidation. However, iron-ascorbate induced impairment of mitochondrial ETC activity is apparently independent of lipid peroxidation process. The structural and functional derangement of mitochondria induced by oxidative stress as reported here may have implications in neuronal damage associated with brain aging and neurodegenerative disorders. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
 
Publisher PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTDOXFORDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND
 
Date 2011-09-20T12:12:12Z
2011-09-20T12:12:12Z
2006
 
Type Article
 
Identifier NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL
0197-0186
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/14171
 
Language English