TY - JOUR
T1 - Spin-probes designed for measuring the intrathylakoid pH in chloroplasts
AU - Tikhonov, Alexander N.
AU - Agafonov, Roman V.
AU - Grigor'ev, Igor A.
AU - Kirilyuk, Igor A.
AU - Ptushenko, Vasilii V.
AU - Trubitsin, Boris V.
PY - 2008/3/1
Y1 - 2008/3/1
N2 - Nitroxide radicals are widely used as molecular probes in different fields of chemistry and biology. In this work, we describe pH-sensitive imidazoline- and imidazolidine-based nitroxides with pK values in the range 4.7-7.6 (2,2,3,4,5,5-hexamethylperhydroimidazol-1-oxyl, 4-amino-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-2,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-1-oxyl, 4-dimethylamino-2,2-diethyl-5,5-dimethyl-2,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-1-oxyl, and 2,2-diethyl-5,5-dimethyl-4-pyrrolidyline-1-yl-2,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-1-oxyl), which allow the pH-monitoring inside chloroplasts. We have demonstrated that EPR spectra of these spin-probes localized in the thylakoid lumen markedly change with the light-induced acidification of the thylakoid lumen in chloroplasts. Comparing EPR spectrum parameters of intrathylakoid spin-probes with relevant calibrating curves, we could estimate steady-state values of lumen pHin established during illumination of chloroplasts with continuous light. For isolated bean (Vicia faba) chloroplasts suspended in a medium with pHout = 7.8, we found that pHin ≈ 5.4-5.7 in the state of photosynthetic control, and pHin ≈ 5.7-6.0 under photophosphorylation conditions. Thus, ATP synthesis occurs at a moderate acidification of the thylakoid lumen, corresponding to transthylakoid pH difference ΔpH ≈ 1.8-2.1. These values of ΔpH are consistent with a point of view that under steady-state conditions the proton gradient ΔpH is the main contributor to the proton motive force driving the operation of ATP synthesis, provided that stoichiometric ratio H+/ATP is n ≥ 4-4.7.
AB - Nitroxide radicals are widely used as molecular probes in different fields of chemistry and biology. In this work, we describe pH-sensitive imidazoline- and imidazolidine-based nitroxides with pK values in the range 4.7-7.6 (2,2,3,4,5,5-hexamethylperhydroimidazol-1-oxyl, 4-amino-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-2,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-1-oxyl, 4-dimethylamino-2,2-diethyl-5,5-dimethyl-2,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-1-oxyl, and 2,2-diethyl-5,5-dimethyl-4-pyrrolidyline-1-yl-2,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-1-oxyl), which allow the pH-monitoring inside chloroplasts. We have demonstrated that EPR spectra of these spin-probes localized in the thylakoid lumen markedly change with the light-induced acidification of the thylakoid lumen in chloroplasts. Comparing EPR spectrum parameters of intrathylakoid spin-probes with relevant calibrating curves, we could estimate steady-state values of lumen pHin established during illumination of chloroplasts with continuous light. For isolated bean (Vicia faba) chloroplasts suspended in a medium with pHout = 7.8, we found that pHin ≈ 5.4-5.7 in the state of photosynthetic control, and pHin ≈ 5.7-6.0 under photophosphorylation conditions. Thus, ATP synthesis occurs at a moderate acidification of the thylakoid lumen, corresponding to transthylakoid pH difference ΔpH ≈ 1.8-2.1. These values of ΔpH are consistent with a point of view that under steady-state conditions the proton gradient ΔpH is the main contributor to the proton motive force driving the operation of ATP synthesis, provided that stoichiometric ratio H+/ATP is n ≥ 4-4.7.
KW - Chloroplast
KW - Electron paramagnetic resonance
KW - Spin-probes
KW - Transthylakoid proton gradient
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U2 - 10.1016/j.bbabio.2007.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.bbabio.2007.12.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 18226594
AN - SCOPUS:39949083015
VL - 1777
SP - 285
EP - 294
JO - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
JF - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
SN - 0005-2728
IS - 3
ER -