Relationships between calcium signals and NADH responses were investigated in pancreatic acinar cells stimulated with calcium-releasing secretagogues. Cytosolic calcium signals were studied using Fura Red or calcium-sensitive Cl(-) current. Mitochondrial calcium was measured using Rhod-2. The highest levels of NADH autofluorescence were found around the secretory granule region. Stimulation of ...

Numerous studies have suggested that NAD+ and NADH mediate multiple major biological processes, including calcium homeostasis, energy metabolism, mitochondrial functions, cell death and aging. In particular, NAD+ and NADH have emerged as novel, fundamental regulators of calcium homeostasis. It appears that most of the components in the metabolic pathways of NAD+ and NADH, including poly(ADP-rib...

Cytochrome b5 of rat liver microsomes is reduced by a-NADH ; the extent of reduction is equal to that obtained with P-NADH. With both nucleotides, the rates of reduction of cytochrome b5 are very fast ; alternatively, rates of reduction of cytochrome c and dichloroindophenol have been measured. The rates observed with a+NADH are about 10% of the rates observed with P-NADH. Conditions have been ...

Rhein (4,5-dibydroxyanthraquinone-Z-carboxylic acid) inhibits the mitochondrial oxidation of reduced nicotamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) but not of succinate. The inhibition is competitive with respect to substrate and involves a block between NADH and the flavin of NADH dehydrogenase. The Ki is about 2 ~.LM at 30”. Evidence for this localization has come from kinetic analysis of the effect ...

Cytochrome b5 of rat liver microsomes is reduced by a-NADH ; the extent of reduction is equal to that obtained with P-NADH. With both nucleotides, the rates of reduction of cytochrome b5 are very fast ; alternatively, rates of reduction of cytochrome c and dichloroindophenol have been measured. The rates observed with a+NADH are about 10% of the rates observed with P-NADH. Conditions have been ...

Drugs intended to increase wellness or quality of life ("lifestyle drugs") have gained popularity and/or importance over recent years. Biogenic substances like nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) are supposed to increase the physical and intellectual performance without side-effects. NADH is an energy-delivering co-substrate in the respiratory chain. Clinical studies showed positive effect...

Higher plants have 2 GOGAT species, Fd-GOGAT and NADH-GOGAT. While Fd-GOGAT mainly assimilates ammonium in leaves, which is derived from photorespiration, the function of NADH-GOGAT, which is highly expressed in roots, (1) needs to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to clarify the role of NADH-GOGAT in Arabidopsis roots. The supply of ammonium to the roots caused an accumulation of NADH-G...

Cytoplasmic free NAD(+)/NADH ratios have been calculated from lactate to pyruvate ratios, and mitochondrial NAD(+)/NADH ratios, have been calculated from beta-hydroxybutyrate to acetoacetate ratios in isolated rabbit alveolar macrophages. In freshly harvested cells, assuming a pH of 7 for the two compartments, cytoplasmic NAD(+)/NADH averaged 709 +/-293 (SD), and mitochondrial NAD(+)/NADH avera...