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3,5-Diiodo-L-Thyronine increases FoF1-ATP synthase activity and cardiolipin level in liver mitochondria of hypothyroid rats

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Short-term effects of 3,5-L-diiodothyronine (T2) administration to hypothyroid rats on FoF1-ATP synthase activity were investigated in liver mitochondria. One hour after T2 injection, state 4 and state 3 respiration rates were noticeably stimulated in mitochondria subsequently isolated. FoF1-ATP synthase activity, which was reduced in mitochondria from hypothyroid rats as compared to mitochondria from euthyroid rats, was significantly increased by T2 administration in both the ATP-synthesis and hydrolysis direction. No change in β-subunit mRNA accumulation and protein amount of the α-β subunit of FoF1-ATP synthase was found, ruling out a T2 genomic effect. In T2-treated rats, changes in the composition of mitochondrial phospholipids were observed, cardiolipin (CL) showing the greatest alteration. In mitochondria isolated from hypothyroid rats the decrease in the amount of CL was accompanied by an increase in the level of peroxidised CL. T2 administration to hypothyroid rats enhanced the level of CL and decreased the amount of peroxidised CL in subsequently isolated mitochondria, tending to restore the CL value to the euthyroid level. Minor T2-induced changes in mitochondrial fatty acid composition were detected. Overall, the enhanced FoF1-ATP synthase activity observed following injection of T2 to hypothyroid rats may be ascribed, at least in part, to an increased level of mitochondrial CL associated with decreased peroxidation of CL.

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  1. Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

    Alessandro Cavallo, Luisa Siculella & Gabriele Vincenzo Gnoni

  2. Department of Medical Biochemistry, Physics and Biology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

    Antonio Gnoni, Franco Zanotti & Sergio Papa

  3. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology “E. Quagliariello”, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

    Elena Conte

  4. Laboratorio di Biochimica, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Via Provinciale Lecce-Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Italy

    Gabriele Vincenzo Gnoni

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Cavallo, A., Gnoni, A., Conte, E. et al. 3,5-Diiodo-L-Thyronine increases FoF1-ATP synthase activity and cardiolipin level in liver mitochondria of hypothyroid rats. J Bioenerg Biomembr 43, 349–357 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10863-011-9366-3

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