Abstract
Plant mitochondria, irradiated with blue-colored $sunlight(350{\sim}500nm)$ under aerobic and anaerobic conditions, were assayed as to the electron transfer activity of respiratory enzyme system, and compared with those irradiated with orange-colored light(white sunlight minus blue-colored light). The respiratory activity of mitochondria was most seriousely inhibited by illumination with blue-colored light under aerobic condition. Deaeration of mitochondrial suspension resulted in substantial decrease of the photoinhibition by blue-colored light. Meanwhile, orange-colored light demonstrated much less effectiveness-almost ineffectiveness-in causing the inhibition of mitochondrial respiration system. The results of enzymatic assay revealed a strong possibility that FMN in NDH and heme group at least in cytochrome c oxidase, but not FAD in SDH, are the photodynamic sensitizers in mitochondrial inner membrane. Also worthwhile to note is the significant difference from the others of SDH in its photoinhibitory response to the light quality of visible light; that the inhibition of SDH by irradiation was not affected by atmospheric condition and that orange-colored light gave rise to considerable extents of inhibition to the enzyme. This observation was tentatively interpreted in terms of photosensitized reaction not involving molecular oxygen possibly catalyzed by Fe-S centers in the enzyme. The superoxide production and the membrane peroxidation of mitochondria under various treatments also indicated that there was blue-light photodynamic reaction in mitochondria involving active oxygens.
미토콘드리아는 가시광선의 조사에 의해 그 고유한 생화학적 기능에 저해를 받게 되며 그것은 주로 파장 영역 $350{\sim}500nm$의 청색광이 유발하는 광역학적 작용(photodynamic action)의 결과라는 가정을 입증하는 자료를 수집하였다. 미토콘드리아막에 결합되어 있는 전자전달계효소들 중에서 NADH dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase, 및 cytochrome c oxidase의 광저해(photoinhibition)를 조사하였던 바, 모든 효소들이 청색광에 의해 상대적으로 심한 활성상실을 보였다. NADH dehydrogenase의 FMN과 cytochrome c oxidase의 heme group은 산소가 관여하는 photosensitizer(photodynamic sensitizer)임에 반해, succinate dehydrogenase의 FAD는 sensitizer로서의 기능을 보이지 않는 대신 Fe-S center가 산소와 무관한 photosensitizer일 것이라고 해석되었다. heme group에 들어 있는 Fe도 역시 산소와 무관한 광화학반응에 어느 정도 기여하리라고 추정되는 결과도 얻었다. 미토콘드리아 전체로 볼 때 생리적 활성저해에 가장 크게 기여하는 가시광은 산소존재 조건하의 청색광이였고, 그 저해기작에는 active oxygens가 관여되어 있다는 것을 $O_2$의 분석을 통해 확인하였다. 한편 active oxygens의 생성은 미토콘드리아막의 과산화를 초래하였으며, 역시 청색광/$O_2$조건에서 그 정도가 가장 심하였다.