Thyroid hormones alter Arrhenius kinetics of succinate-2,6-dichloroindophenol reductase, and the lipid composition and membrane fluidity of rat liver mitochondria
Parmar, D.V.; Khandkar, M.A.; Pereira, L.; Bangur, C.S.; Katyare, S.S.
European Journal of Biochemistry 230(2): 576-581
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0014-2956 PMID: 7607231 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.0576h.x
Accession: 009648377
Thyroid-status-dependent changes in lipid/phospholipid profiles in rat liver mitochondria were examined and attempts were made to correlate the observed changes with kinetic parameters of succinate-2,6-dichloroindophenol reductase (SDR) and membrane fluidity. Thyroidectomy caused substantial decrease in the total phospholipid and cholesterol contents; the proportion of all phospholipid components was also decreased significantly (50-100% decrease). The energy of activation, E-1, for SDR decreased with a concomitant increase in the membrane fluidity. Treatment with physiologic doses or replacement doses of L-thyroxine resulted in partial restoration of lipid/phospholipid components. However, the SDR activity decreased with a simultaneous elevation in the phase-transition temperature and significant decreases in E-1 and E-2. Treatment with L-thyroxine restored membrane fluidity to almost euthyroid values. Regression analysis suggested a role for phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine and phosphatidylinositol microdomains in modulating the SDR activity. Membrane fluidity was strongly correlated with total phospholipid, cholesterol, diphosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidyl-inositol, and the ratio of cholesterol/total phospholipid (mol/mol).