[The influence of biophysical factors on biological oxidation and redox processes. 17. Changes in electron transfer and of oxidative phosphorylation steps in liver mitochondria after ultrasonic treatment (author's transl)].

Ultrasonic treatment in vivo brought about distinct changes in liver mitochondria which developed in two directions as to oxygen consumption and oxidative phosphorylation. An increase of oxygen incorporation occurs with short term as well as with long-term experiences. The ratio P/O which expresses the step of oxidative phosphorylation decreases to 1 in the course of one hour after ultrasonic treatment. The results obtained and the supposition that they are related to modifications of NAD-coenzymes and flavoproteins, likewise of the activity of succinic dehydrogenase, of NADH2-cytochrom-c-reductases and cytochrom-c-oxidase, lead to the conclusion that ultrasonic energy is a factor intensifying the transfer of reduced equivalents in the shortened respiratory chain, a factor disturbing electron-proton transfer in the normal respiratory chain of NAD-coenzymes, and a releasing factor for two of the sites of coupling electron transfer with oxidative phosphorylation.