The UCP are mitochondrial carrier proteins located in the inner membrane, and considered
uncouplers, because these proteins are capable of dissociating ATP synthesis from the respiratory chain by dissipating the proton gradient.
Either of these
uncouplers decreased the ATP content per cell to 970% of that of untreated cells.
Nitrophenols are known protonophores and have been used in structural alert models to define
uncouplers (Naven et al.
They can block electron acceptors, act as energy
uncouplers and reduce the activity of photosynthetic pigments and enzymes (Einhellig and Rasmussen, 1979).
This has been demonstrated by the protonophore electron
uncouplers 2,4-dinitrophenol (117) and FCCP (118), as well as with isoflurane (102).
This is consistent with previous findings that showed that kava extracts act as inhibitors and
uncouplers of the respiratory chain and inhibitors of [beta]-oxidation in isolated liver mitochondria (Lude et al.
Lichen acids as
uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation of mouse-liver mitochondria.
There is work which suggests that using this technique can eliminate fat-soluble residues of PCBs, pesticides, and similar possible metabolic
uncouplers or immunologic suppressants through the skin, especially when combined with proper transport cofactors (the antioxidants and B-complex such as that found in comprehensive formulas).
Pyrrole insecticide: a newclass of agriculturally important insecticides functioning as
uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation.
Recent studieshave shown that antimalarial drugs including CHQ decrease cytochrome aa3 and b content and adversely affect mitochondrial energy transduction in vivo by acting as
uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation (102).
Uncouplers longed to simplify their lives by uncoupling the smaller and more prized systems to which they belong from the larger ones in which these are entangled.
To determine whether gap-junction
uncouplers can affect the percentage of oocyte maturation achieved, intact ovaries were immersed for 1-2 h in 12 [degrees]-16 [degrees] C SW solutions of 1 mM heptanol or 25 [[micro]molar] [Alpha]-glycyrrhetinic acid (AGA) before being macerated.
