Age-related difference in bioenergetics of lung and heart mitochondria from rats exposed to ozone
✍ Scribed by Zychlinski, Lech ;Raska-Emery, Patricia ;Balis, John U. ;Montgomery, Mark R.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 358 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0887-2082
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✦ Synopsis
Bioenergetics of isolated lung and heart mitochondria from adult and aged rats were examined in the presence of glutamate (NAD-linked substrate) or succinate + rotenone (FAD-linked substrate) following ozone exposure (3.0 ppm, 8 hr). In controls, several differences were observed between adults and aged in both organ preparations. Following exposure, all bioenergetic parameters were decreased significantly in lung preparations from both adult and aged rats. In heart mitochondria, the respiration rates in state 3 and in uncoupled state, and the ADPlO ratio were decreased significantly in both exposed age groups. The respiratory control ratio (RCR) was decreased significantly only in the aged exposed rats. These results suggest that acute exposure to high levels of ozone alters energy production in both lung and heart mitochondria of adult and aged rats.