Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325035, China; Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Free Radic Biol Med. 2018 Jun;121:98-104. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.04.569. Epub 2018 Apr 25.
Increasing evidence suggests that the mitochondrial outer membrane protein mitoNEET is a key regulator of energy metabolism, iron homeostasis, and production of reactive oxygen species in mitochondria. Previously, we reported that mitoNEET is a redox enzyme that catalyzes electron transfer from the reduced flavin mononucleotide (FMNH) to oxygen or ubiquinone via its unique [2Fe-2S] clusters. Here, we explore the reduction and oxidation kinetics of the mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] clusters under anaerobic and aerobic conditions. We find that the mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] clusters are rapidly reduced by a catalytic amount of FMNH which is reduced by flavin reductase and an equivalent amount of NADH under anaerobic conditions. When the reduced mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] clusters are exposed to air, the [2Fe-2S] clusters are slowly oxidized by oxygen at a rate constant of about 6.0 M s. Compared with oxygen, ubiquinone-2 has a much higher activity to oxidize the reduced mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] clusters at a rate constant of about 3.0 × 10 M s under anaerobic conditions. Under aerobic conditions, the mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] clusters can still be reduced by FMNH in the presence of flavin reductase and excess NADH. However, when NADH is completely consumed, the reduced mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] clusters are gradually oxidized by oxygen. Addition of ubiquinone-2 also rapidly oxidizes the pre-reduced mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] clusters and effectively prevents the FMNH-mediated reduction of the mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] clusters under aerobic conditions. The results suggest that ubiquinone may act as an intrinsic oxidant of the reduced mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] clusters in mitochondria under aerobic and anaerobic conditions.
越来越多的证据表明,线粒体外膜蛋白 mitoNEET 是调节线粒体能量代谢、铁稳态和活性氧生成的关键调节因子。此前,我们报道 mitoNEET 是一种氧化还原酶,可通过其独特的 [2Fe-2S] 簇催化还原黄素单核苷酸 (FMNH) 向氧或泛醌的电子转移。在这里,我们探索了 mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] 簇在厌氧和需氧条件下的还原和氧化动力学。我们发现,mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] 簇可被催化量的 FMNH 快速还原,而 FMNH 是由黄素还原酶和当量的 NADH 在厌氧条件下还原的。当还原的 mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] 簇暴露于空气中时,[2Fe-2S] 簇会以约 6.0 M s 的速率常数被氧气缓慢氧化。与氧气相比,在厌氧条件下,泛醌-2 氧化还原的还原 mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] 簇的速率常数约为 3.0×10 M s。在需氧条件下,存在黄素还原酶和过量的 NADH 时,mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] 簇仍可被 FMNH 还原。然而,当 NADH 完全消耗时,还原的 mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] 簇会逐渐被氧气氧化。添加泛醌-2 也会迅速氧化预还原的 mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] 簇,并在需氧条件下有效阻止 FMNH 介导的 mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] 簇还原。结果表明,在需氧和厌氧条件下,泛醌可能作为线粒体中还原的 mitoNEET [2Fe-2S] 簇的内在氧化剂。