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Studies of adenosine incorporation in Langendorff rat heart and rat heart mitochondria

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The acid-insoluble product isolated from well-oxygenated Langendorff rat heart after perfusion with [14C]adenosine was purified by phenol extraction and subjected to specific phosphorolysis by pure polynucleotide phosphorylase. TLC analysis of the reaction mixture showed that ADP was the only radioactive product, proving that the original substance was a polyribonucleotide. Studies of the time course of labelling and of the distribution of the acid-insoluble product between the mitochondrial and nuclear fractions showed that both are labelled even after 1 min at 25 °C, but at short times and low temperature more radioactivity is found in the mitochondria. The kinetics of adenosine incorporation resemble those expected for the labelling of hnRNA and mRNA. Isolated, respiring mitochondria incorporate adenosine and adenine nucleotides into acid insoluble form by a process dependent on oxidative phosphorylation and the adenine nucleotide translocase that is specific for adenine derivatives. The results are discussed in terms of the hypothesis that the polyribonucleotide might be a storage form of adenine nucleotides: it is concluded that the bulk of the labelled product is unlikely to play a major role in energy metabolism.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Ottawa, K1N 9B4, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Peter S. Fitt, Nishi Sharma & John Attial

  2. Department of Physiology, University of Ottawa, K1N 9B4, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Borivoj Korecky

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Fitt, P.S., Sharma, N., Attial, J. et al. Studies of adenosine incorporation in Langendorff rat heart and rat heart mitochondria. Mol Cell Biochem 78, 37–46 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00224422

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