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Laboratory Investigation | 2008

A novel endotoxin-induced pathway: upregulation of heme oxygenase 1, accumulation of free iron, and free iron-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction

J. Catharina Duvigneau; Christina Piskernik; Susanne Haindl; Burkhard Kloesch; Romana T. Hartl; Maik Hüttemann; Icksoo Lee; Thomas Ebel; Rudolf Moldzio; Manfred Gemeiner; Heinz Redl; Andrey V. Kozlov

Mitochondria are involved in the development of organ failure in critical care diseases. However, the mechanisms underlying mitochondrial dysfunction are not clear yet. Inducible hemoxygenase (HO-1), a member of the heat shock protein family, is upregulated in critical care diseases and considered to confer cytoprotection against oxidative stress. However, one of the products of HO-1 is Fe2+ which multiplies the damaging potential of reactive oxygen species catalyzing Fenton reaction. The aim of this study was to clarify the relevance of free iron metabolism to the oxidative damage of the liver in endotoxic shock and its impact on mitochondrial function. Endotoxic shock in rats was induced by injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) at a dose of 8 mg/kg (i.v.). We observed that the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF-α and the liver necrosis marker aspartate aminotransferase were increased in blood, confirming inflammatory response to LPS and damage to liver tissue, respectively. The levels of free iron in the liver were significantly increased at 4 and 8 h after onset of endotoxic shock, which did not coincide with the decrease of transferrin iron levels in the blood, but rather with expression of the inducible form of heme oxygenase (HO-1). The proteins important for sequestering free iron (ferritin) and the export of iron out of the cells (ferroportin) were downregulated facilitating the accumulation of free iron in cells. The temporarily increased concentration of free iron in the liver correlated with the temporary impairment of both mitochondrial function and tissue ATP levels. Addition of exogenous iron ions to mitochondria isolated from control animals resulted in an impairment of mitochondrial respiration similar to that observed in endotoxic shock in vivo. Our data suggest that free iron released by HO-1 causes mitochondrial dysfunction in pathological situations accompanied by endotoxic shock.


Biochimica et Biophysica Acta | 2008

Antimycin A and lipopolysaccharide cause the leakage of superoxide radicals from rat liver mitochondria

Christina Piskernik; Susanne Haindl; Tricia Behling; Zanoni Gerald; Ingeborg Kehrer; Heinz Redl; Andrey V. Kozlov

Here we show that both Antimycin A, a respiratory chain inhibitor inducing apoptosis, and endotoxic shock, a syndrome accompanied by both necrosis and apoptosis, cause not only an increase but also the leakage of superoxide radicals (O(2)(*-)) from rat heart mitochondria (RHM), while O(2)(*-) generated in intact RHM do not escape from mitochondria. This was shown by a set of O(2)(*-)-sensitive spin probes with varying hydrophobicity. The levels of O(2)(*-) detected in intact RHM gradually increase as the hydrophobicity of spin probes increases and were not sensitive to superoxide dismutase (SOD) added to the incubation medium. Both Antimycin A and endotoxic shock elevated O(2)(*-) levels. Elevated O(2)(*-) levels became sensitive to SOD but in a different manner. The determination of O(2)(*-) with water-soluble PPH was fully sensitive to SOD, while the determination of O(2)(*-) with the more hydrophobic CMH and CPH was only partially sensitive to SOD, suggesting the release of a portion of O(2)(*-) into the surrounding medium.


FEBS Letters | 2006

Proteome analysis of rat liver mitochondria reveals a possible compensatory response to endotoxic shock.

Ingrid Miller; Manfred Gemeiner; Bernd Gesslbauer; Christina Piskernik; Susanne Haindl; Silvia Nürnberger; Soheyl Bahrami; Heinz Redl; Andrey V. Kozlov

Organ failure induced by endotoxic shock has recently been associated with affected mitochondrial function. In this study, effects of in vivo lipopolysaccharide‐challenge on protein patterns of rat liver mitochondria in treated animals versus controls were studied by two‐dimensional electrophoresis (differential image gel electrophoresis). Significant upregulation was found for ATP‐synthase α chain and superoxide dismutase [Mn]. Our data suggest that endotoxic shock mediated changes in the mitochondrial proteome contribute to a compensatory reaction (adaptation to endotoxic shock) rather than to a mechanism of cell damage.


Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences | 2008

Rotenone Damages Striatal Organotypic Slice Culture

Rudolf Moldzio; Christina Piskernik; Khaled Radad; Wolf-Dieter Rausch

Epidemiological studies suggest the involvement of pesticides in the etiology of Parkinsons disease. Exposure to rotenone results in degeneration of the nigrostriatal pathway through inhibition of complex I. Organotypic striatal slice cultures were prepared from brains of adult mice and treated with rotenone (0.01, 0.05, 0.1, and 1 mM) for 48 h. Lactate dehydrogenase activity was elevated by 167% at 1 mM of rotenone. Using fluorescent indicators, membrane damage was up to 130% as measured by propidium iodide fluorescence, and superoxide (DHE) and nitric oxide (DAF‐FM) formation were increased by 195% and 774% at 1 mM of rotenone, respectively, compared to controls. The study concludes that formation of radicals mediated striatal degeneration by rotenone.


Molecular Medicine | 2007

Blue Laser Light Increases Perfusion of a Skin Flap Via Release of Nitric Oxide from Hemoglobin

Rainer Mittermayr; A. N. Osipov; Christina Piskernik; Susanne Haindl; Peter Dungel; Carina Weber; Yuri Vladimirov; Heinz Redl; Andrey V. Kozlov


American Journal of Physiology-gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology | 2006

Different effects of endotoxic shock on the respiratory function of liver and heart mitochondria in rats

Andrey V. Kozlov; Katrin Staniek; Susanne Haindl; Christina Piskernik; Wolfgang Öhlinger; Lars Gille; Hans Nohl; Soheyl Bahrami; Heinz Redl


Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2007

Opposite effects of endotoxin on mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum functions

Andrey V. Kozlov; Lars Gille; Ingrid Miller; Christina Piskernik; Susanne Haindl; Katrin Staniek; Hans Nohl; Soheyl Bahrami; Wolfgang Öhlinger; Manfred Gemeiner; Heinz Redl


Archive | 2016

function of liver and heart mitochondria in rats Different effects of endotoxic shock on the respiratory

Lars Gille; Hans Nohl; Soheyl Bahrami; Heinz Redl; Andrey V. Kozlov; Katrin Staniek; Susanne Haindl; Christina Piskernik


Shock | 2006

DOES PREPARATION OF MITOCHONDRIA INFLUENCE THEIR FUNCTION? A STUDY ON CONTROL AND ENDOTOXIN CHALLENGED RATS

Susanne Haindl; Christina Piskernik; Ingeborg Kehrer; Erich Gnaiger; Heinz Redl; Andrey V. Kozlov


Shock | 2006

HOW TO ASSESS ROS GENERATION IN MITOCHONDRIA

Andrey V. Kozlov; Christina Piskernik; Susanne Haindl; Ingeborg Kehrer; Heinz Redl

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Susanne Haindl

University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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Heinz Redl

University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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Soheyl Bahrami

University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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Hans Nohl

University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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Katrin Staniek

University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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Lars Gille

University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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Manfred Gemeiner

University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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Erich Gnaiger

Innsbruck Medical University

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Ingrid Miller

University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

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