Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10795423 | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics | 2014 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are involved in the pathophysiology of several diseases (e.g. Alzheimer or atherosclerosis) and also in the aging process. The main source of ROS in aerobic organisms is the electron transport chain (ETC) in the inner mitochondrial membrane. Superoxide is produced at complexes I and III of the ETC, starting a complex network of ROS reactions. To achieve a deeper mechanistic understanding of how ROS are generated by complex III, we developed a mathematical model that successfully describes experimental data of complex III activity in various rat tissues, the production of ROS with and without antimycin and ROS generation depending on different values of the membrane potential âΨ. The model also reinforces the idea of ubiquinone acting as a redox mediator between heme bL and oxygen, as proposed earlier.
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Authors
F. Guillaud, S. Dröse, A. Kowald, U. Brandt, E. Klipp,