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A prototypical small-molecule modulator uncouples mitochondria in response to endogenous hydrogen peroxide production.

ABSTRACT: A high membrane potential across the mitochondrial inner membrane leads to the production of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) implicated in aging and age-related diseases. A prototypical drug for the correction of this type of mitochondrial dysfunction is presented. MitoDNP-SUM accumulates in mitochondria in response to the membrane potential due to its mitochondria-targeting alkyltriphenylphosphonium (TPP) cation and is uncaged by endogenous hydrogen peroxide to release the mitochondrial uncoupler, 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP). DNP is known to reduce the high membrane potential responsible for the production of ROS. The approach potentially represents a general method for the delivery of drugs to the mitochondrial matrix through mitochondria targeting and H(2)O(2)-induced uncaging.

SUBMITTER: McQuaker SJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3743171 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A prototypical small-molecule modulator uncouples mitochondria in response to endogenous hydrogen peroxide production.

McQuaker Stephen J SJ Quinlan Casey L CL Caldwell Stuart T ST Brand Martin D MD Hartley Richard C RC

Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology 20130502 8

A high membrane potential across the mitochondrial inner membrane leads to the production of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) implicated in aging and age-related diseases. A prototypical drug for the correction of this type of mitochondrial dysfunction is presented. MitoDNP-SUM accumulates in mitochondria in response to the membrane potential due to its mitochondria-targeting alkyltriphenylphosphonium (TPP) cation and is uncaged by endogenous hydrogen peroxide to release the mitochondrial uncou ...[more]

PMID: 23640856

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A prototypical small-molecule modulator uncouples mitochondria in response to endogenous hydrogen peroxide production.

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A prototypical small-molecule modulator uncouples mitochondria in response to endogenous hydrogen peroxide production.

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