Regulation of mitochondrial bioenergetic function by hydrogen sulfide. Part I. Biochemical and physiological mechanisms

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 171, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2099-2122

  Szabo, Csaba ^a   Ransy, Céline ^b   Módis, Katalin ^a   Andriamihaja, Mireille ^c   Murghes, Baptiste ^b   Coletta, Ciro ^a   Olah, Gabor ^a   Yanagi, Kazunori ^a   Bouillaud, Frédéric ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^c INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

3 mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase; bioenergetics; blood vessels; cysteine; cytochrome c oxidase; free radicals; gasotransmitters; mitochondrial electron transport; nitric oxide; superoxide

Indexed keywords

3 MERCAPTOPYRUVATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; 5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SULFURTRANSFERASE; UBIQUINOL CYTOCHROME C REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GASOTRANSMITTER;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS; CELL VIABILITY; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION UNCOUPLING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL RESPIRATION; COLON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPITHELIUM CELL; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CELL RESPIRATION; COLON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GASOTRANSMITTERS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84897452490     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bph.12369     Document Type: Review

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