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. 1978 Aug;10(3-4):75-88.
doi: 10.1007/BF00743053.

Swelling and contraction of heart mitochondria suspended in ammonium phosphate

C D Stoner, H D Sirak

Swelling and contraction of heart mitochondria suspended in ammonium phosphate

C D Stoner et al. J Bioenerg Biomembr. 1978 Aug.

Abstract

Bovine heart mitochondria which have been allowed to swell in isotonic NH4+ phosphate contract in response to initiation of oxidative phosphorylation. The contraction occurs optimally at pH 6.0 and appears from inhibition studies to result from Pi uptake being slower than removal of internal Pi via phosphorylation of external ADP. Similar results are obtained when K+ + nigericin is substituted for NH4+. Mersalyl inhibition of Pi transport in respiring, nonphosphorylating mitochondria which have been allowed to swell in NH4+ phosphate reveals a contractile process having an alkaline pH optimum. This contraction resembles closely the contraction observed in salts of strong acids and presumably occurs by electrophoretic ejection of Pi anions driven by electrogenic H+ ejection.

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