The Lactate/Pyruvate Shuttle in Spermatozoa: Operation in Vitro

The operation of a shuttle for the transfer of reducing equivalents in the special mitochondria present in the middle piece of spermatozoa (sperm-type mitochondria, STM) was studied in reconstituted systems in vitro with mouse, rat, and rabbit STM. The redox couple lactate/ pyruvate and the lactate...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of biochemistry and biophysics 1994-02, Vol.308 (2), p.515-519
Hauptverfasser:	Gallina, F.G., Deburgos, N.M.G., Burgos, C., Coronel, C.E., Blanco, A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adenosine Triphosphate - metabolism Adenosine Triphosphate - pharmacology Animals Arsenites - pharmacology Biological and medical sciences Biotechnology Carbonyl Cyanide p-Trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone - pharmacology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Genetic engineering Genetic technics Isoenzymes L-Lactate Dehydrogenase - metabolism Lactates - metabolism Male Mersalyl - pharmacology Methods. Procedures. Technologies Mice Mitochondria - drug effects Mitochondria - metabolism NAD - metabolism Organelles - metabolism Oxidation-Reduction Oxygen Consumption - drug effects Pyruvates - metabolism Rabbits Rats Spermatozoa - metabolism Vectors (cloning, transfer, expression). Insertion sequences and transposons
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Zusammenfassung:	The operation of a shuttle for the transfer of reducing equivalents in the special mitochondria present in the middle piece of spermatozoa (sperm-type mitochondria, STM) was studied in reconstituted systems in vitro with mouse, rat, and rabbit STM. The redox couple lactate/ pyruvate and the lactate dehydrogenase isozyme C4 are involved in the shuttle. It is active with rat and rabbit STM, while it does not work with mouse STM, probably because the influx of lactate into the mouse organelles is relatively poor. Ratios of consumption of pyruvate/lactate by STM were 21.6, 1.28, and 1.6 for mouse, rat, and rabbit organelles, respectively. The shuttle is inhibited by 0.6 mM mersalyl, a blocker of lactate transport. The operation of the shuttle would oxidize cytosolic NADH produced during aerobic glycolysis (or fructolysis) in spermatozoa of those species having an efficient lactate carrier in mitochondria.
ISSN:	0003-9861 1096-0384
DOI:	10.1006/abbi.1994.1072