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2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Physiological function of respiratory enzymes specific for parasite mitochondria in the adaptation to low oxygen tension

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13854011
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 寄生虫学(含医用動物学)
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

KITA Kiyoshi  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor, 大学院・医学系研究科, 教授 (90134444)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HARADA Shigeharu  Kyoto Institute of Technology, Department of Applied Biology, Professor, 繊維学部, 教授 (80156504)
MIYOSHI Hideto  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Agriculture, Associate Professor, 大学院・農学研究科, 助教授 (20190829)
WATANABE Yohichi  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Lecturer, 大学院・医学系研究科, 講師 (90323568)
AMINO Hisako  The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Assistant Professor, 大学院・医学系研究科, 助手 (10323601)
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2004
Keywordsmitochondria / complex II / NADH-fumarate reductase / Ascaris suum / parasite / crystal structure analysis / adaptation to low oxygen tension / biosynthesis of ubiquinone
Research Abstract

Our studies on respiratory chain of the parasitic helminth, A. suum, has shown that the mitochondrial NA DH-fumarate reductase system plays an important role in the anaerobic energy metabolism of adult parasites inhabiting hosts as well as unique features of the developmental changes that occur during their life cycle. In this system, the reducing equivalent of NA DH is transferred to the low-potential rhodoquinone (RQ) by the NADH-RQ reductase complex (Complex I). This pathway ends with the production of succinate by the quinol-fumarate reductase activity of complex II (succinate-ubiquinone reductase in aerobic respiration). Electron transfer from NA DH to fumarate is coupled to site I phosphorylation of complex I via generation of a proton motive force, which is sufficiently high to drive ATP synthesis.
Kinetic analysis of Complex I along with the fact that helminth complex I uses both rhodoquinone-9 (RQ_9) and ubiquinone-9 (UQ_9) as an electron acceptor suggest that the structural features of the quinone reduction site of helminth complex I may differ from that of mammalian complex I. In fact, the inhibitory mechanism of quinazolines was competitive and partially competitive against RQ_2 and UQ_2, respectively.
Recently study showed that A. suum mitochondria express stage-specific isoforms of complex II: the flavoprotein subunit and the small subunit of cytochrome b (CybS) of the larval complex II differ from those of adult enzyme, while two complex II's share a common iron-sulfur cluster subunit (Ip). Enzymatic assays revealed that the adult and larval A. suum complex II's have different properties than the complex II of the mammalian host and that the larval complex II is able to function as a RQ-fumarate reductase. Most potent inhibitor of complex II, Atpenin A5 was found during the screening of inhibitors for A. suum complex II. We obtained a crystal of adult complex II for the first example of mitochondrial RQ-fumarate reductase.

  • Research Products

    (34 results)

All 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

All Journal Article (34 results)

  • [Journal Article] Up-regulation of Heme Biosynthesis during Neuronal Differentiation.2006

    • Author(s)
      Shinjyo, N.
    • Journal Title

      J. Biochem. in press

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Recent advances in research for parasite control in Japan2006

    • Author(s)
      Arizono, N.
    • Journal Title

      Trend. Parasitol. in press

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Up-regulation of Heme Biosynthesis during Neuronal Differentiation.2006

    • Author(s)
      Shinjyo, N., Kita, K.
    • Journal Title

      J. Biochem. (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Recent advances in research for parasite control in Japan2006

    • Author(s)
      Arizono, N., Shiomi, K., Kita, K., Nakanishi, K., Omura, S.
    • Journal Title

      Trend. Parasitol. (in press)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] A γ-Lactone Form Nafuredin, Nafuredin-γ, also Inhibits Helminth Complex I2005

    • Author(s)
      Shiomi, N.
    • Journal Title

      J. Antibiot. 58

      Pages: 50-55

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] A y-Lactone Form Nafuredin, Nafuredin-y, also Inhibits Helminth Complex I2005

    • Author(s)
      Shiomi, K., Ui, H., Suzuki, H., Hatano, H., Nagamitsu, T., Takano, D., Miyadera, H., Yamashita, T., Kita, K., Miyoshi, H., Harder, A., Tomoda, H., Omura, S.
    • Journal Title

      J. Antibiot. 58

      Pages: 50-55

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Rhodoquinone reaction site of mitochondrial complex I, in parasitic helminth, Ascaris suum2004

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita, T.
    • Journal Title

      Biochim Biophys. Acta(Bioenergetics) 1608

      Pages: 97-103

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Rhodoquinone reaction site of mitochondrial complex I, in parasitic helminth, Ascaris suum.2004

    • Author(s)
      Yamashita, T., Ino, T., Miyoshi, H., Sakamoto K., Osanai, A., Nakamaru-Ogiso, E., Kita, K.
    • Journal Title

      Biochim Biophys. Acta (Bioenergetics) 1608

      Pages: 97-103

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Atpenins, potent and specific inhibitors of mitochondrial complex II (succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase).2003

    • Author(s)
      Miyadera, H.
    • Journal Title

      Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100

      Pages: 473-477

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Purification of active recombinant Trypanosome Alternative Oxidase2003

    • Author(s)
      Nihei, C.
    • Journal Title

      FEBS Lett. 538

      Pages: 35-40

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Complex II from Phototrophic Purple Bacterium Rhodoferax fermentans displays rhodoquinol-fumarate reductase activity.2003

    • Author(s)
      Miyadera, H.
    • Journal Title

      Eur. J. Biochem. 270

      Pages: 1863-1874

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Isolation and characterization of the stage-specific cytochrome b small subunit (CybS) of Ascaris suum complex II from the aerobic respiratory chain of larval mitochondria.2003

    • Author(s)
      Amino, H.
    • Journal Title

      Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 128

      Pages: 175-186

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Parasite mitochondria as a drug target : diversity and dynamic changes during the life cycle2003

    • Author(s)
      Kita, K.
    • Journal Title

      Curr. Med. Chem. 10

      Pages: 1241-1253

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Direct evidence for two distinct forms of the flavoprotein subunit of human mitochondrial complex II (succinate-ubiquinone reductase).2003

    • Author(s)
      Tomitsuka, E.
    • Journal Title

      J. Biochem. 134

      Pages: 191-195

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Direct evidence for expression of Type II flavoprotein subunit in human complex II (succinate-ubiquinone reductase).2003

    • Author(s)
      Tomitsuka, E.
    • Journal Title

      Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 311

      Pages: 774-779

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Atpenins, potent and specific inhibitors of mitochondrial complex II (succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase).2003

    • Author(s)
      Miyadera, H., Shiomi, K., Ui, H., Yamaguchi, Y., Masuma, R., Tomoda, H., Miyoshi, H., Osanai, A., Kita, K., Omura, S.
    • Journal Title

      Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100

      Pages: 473-477

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Purification of active recombinant Trypanosome Alternative Oxidase.2003

    • Author(s)
      Nihei, C., Fukai, Y., Kawai, K., Osanai, A., Yabu, Y., Suzuki, T., Ohta, N., Minagawa, N., Nagai, K., Kita, K.
    • Journal Title

      FEBS Lett. 538

      Pages: 35-40

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Complex II from Phototrophic Purple Bacterium Rhodoferax fermentans displays rhodoquinol-fumarate reductase activity.2003

    • Author(s)
      Miyadera, H., Hiraishi, A., Miyoshi, H., Sakamoto, K., Mineki, R., Murayama, K., Nagashima' V.P., Matsuura, K., Kojima, S., Kita, K
    • Journal Title

      Eur. J. Biochem. 270

      Pages: 1863-1874

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Complementation of Escherichia coli ubiF mutation by Caenorhabditis elegans CLK-1, a product of longevity gene of the nematode worm.2003

    • Author(s)
      Adachi, A., Shinjyo, N., Fujita, D., Miyoshi, H., Amino, H.Watanabe, Y., Kita, K.
    • Journal Title

      FEBS Lett. 543

      Pages: 175-179

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Isolation and characterization of the stage- specific cytochrome b small subunit (CybS) of Ascaris suum complex II from the aerobic respiratory chain of larval mitochondria.2003

    • Author(s)
      Amino, H., Osanai, A., Miyadera, H., Shinjyo, N., Tomitsuka, T., Taka, H., Mineki, R., Murayama, K., Takamiya, S., Aoki, T., Miyoshi, H., Sakamoto, K., Kojima, S., Kita, K.
    • Journal Title

      Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 128

      Pages: 175-186

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Parasite mitochondria as a drug target : diversity and dynamic changes during the life cycle.2003

    • Author(s)
      Kita, K., Nihei, C., Tomitsuka, E
    • Journal Title

      Curr. Med. Chem. 10

      Pages: 1241-1253

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Direct evidence for two distinct forms of the flavoprotein subunit of human mitochondrial complex II (succinate-ubiquinone reductase).2003

    • Author(s)
      Tomitsuka, E., Hirawake, H., Goto, Y., Taniwaki, M., Harada, S., Kita, K.
    • Journal Title

      J. Biochem. 134

      Pages: 191-195

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Direct evidence for expression of Type II flavoprotein subunit in human complex II (succinate-ubiquinone reductase).2003

    • Author(s)
      Tomitsuka, E., Goto, Y., Taniwaki, M., Kita, K.
    • Journal Title

      Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 311

      Pages: 774-779

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Role of complex II in anaerobic respiration of the parasite mitochondria from Ascaris suum and Plasmodium falciparum2002

    • Author(s)
      Kita, K.
    • Journal Title

      Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1553

      Pages: 123-139

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Quinones in long-lived clk-I mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans2002

    • Author(s)
      Miyadera, H.
    • Journal Title

      FEBS Lett. 512

      Pages: 33-37

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Electron transfer complexes in Ascaris mitochondria2002

    • Author(s)
      Kita, K.
    • Journal Title

      Advance in Parasitology 51

      Pages: 95-131

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Complex II inactivation is lethal in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans2002

    • Author(s)
      Ichimiya, H.
    • Journal Title

      Mitochondria 2,191-198

      Pages: 2, 191-198

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Complementation of Escherichia coli ubiF mutation by Caenorhabditis elegans CLK-1, a product of longevity gene of the nematode worm.2002

    • Author(s)
      Adachi, A.
    • Journal Title

      FEBS Lett. 543

      Pages: 175-179

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Role of complex II in anaerobic respiration of the parasite mitochondria from Ascaris suum and Plasmodium falciparum2002

    • Author(s)
      Kita, K., Hirawake, H., Miyadera, H., Amino, H., Takeo, S.
    • Journal Title

      Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1553

      Pages: 123-139

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Quinones in long- lived clk-1 mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans2002

    • Author(s)
      Miyadera, H., Kano, K., Miyoshi, H., Ishii, N., Hekimi, S., Kita, K.
    • Journal Title

      FEBS Lett. 512

      Pages: 33-37

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Electron transfer complexes in Ascaris mitochondria2002

    • Author(s)
      Kita, K., Takamiya, S.
    • Journal Title

      Advance in Parasitology. 51

      Pages: 95-131

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Complex II inactivation is lethal in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans2002

    • Author(s)
      Ichimiya, H., Huet, R.G., Hartman, P., Amino, H., Kita, K., Ishii, N.
    • Journal Title

      Mitochondrion 2

      Pages: 191-198

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Altered quinone biosynthesis in the long-lived clk-I mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans2001

    • Author(s)
      Miyadera, H.
    • Journal Title

      J. Biol. Chem. 276

      Pages: 7713-7716

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Altered quinone biosynthesis in the long-lived clk-1 mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans2001

    • Author(s)
      Miyadera, H., Amino, H., Hiraishi, A., Taka, H., Murayama, M., Miyoshi, H., Sakamoto, K., Ishii, N., Hekimi, S., Kita, K.
    • Journal Title

      J. Biol. Chem. 276

      Pages: 7713-7716

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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