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Bioenerg Commun 2020.2 https://doi:10.26124/bec:2020-0002 Mitochondrial Pathways and Respiratory Control An Introduction to OXPHOS Analysis Erich Gnaiger Bioenergetics Communications 2020 ©2020 The Author Printed by Steiger Druck GmbH, Axams, Austria [email protected] Cover design: Paolo Cocco 5th edition 2020: 7000 prints doi:10.26124/bec:2020-0002 ISBN 978-3-9504814-2-6 2014 4th edition: 4000 prints; ISBN 978-3-9502399-8-0 2012 3rd edition: 2400 prints; ISBN 978-3-9502399-6-6 2007 1st edition: 1000 prints; electronic 1st edition, ISBN 978-3-9502399-0-4 Open Access: https://www.bioenergetics-communications.org/index.php/Gnaiger_2020_BEC MitoPathways Oroboros Instruments GmbH D. Swarovski Research Lab. High-Resolution Respirometry Dept. Visceral, Transplant and Schöpfstr. 18 Thoracic Surgery A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Medical University of Innsbruck [email protected] A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria www.oroboros.at www.bioblast.at www.bioenergetics-communications.org 1 MitoPathways The four previous editions of the Blue Book are Open Access available on the Bioblast website. Three editions are printed as Mitochondrial Physiology Network publications. The 5th Open Access edition is published in the new journal Bioenergetics Communications. The previous chapters have gained as living communications from an informal ‘open review’ system. As a monograph communication the new chapters 7 and 8 of the Blue Book have not undergone peer review, but are open generally for feedback. The 5th edition was elaborated in the frame of the H2020 project NextGen-O2k, from which funding was received for the printed version. Information that is specific for the Oroboros O2k and NextGen-O2k is included here for scientific methodological purposes. Competing financial interests: Erich Gnaiger is founder and CEO of Oroboros Instruments, Innsbruck, Austria. Oroboros Instruments High-Resolution Respirometry The Oroboros O2k-FluoRespirometer provides the basis for high-resolution respirometry (HRR). The O2k represents the technologically leading instrument for quantitative evaluation of mitochondrial function worldwide, represented in 49 countries with 680 O2k-Network Labs (2020). By integrating fluorometry into the O2k, HRR combines two instruments in one to explore O2 consumption, H2O2 production, mt-membrane potential, ATP production, and Ca2+ concentration. Potentiometric and amperometric add-on modules support ion-selective electrodes (TPP+; pH) and NO, H2S and H2O2 sensors. Further extended by novel Q- redox and PhotoBiology modules, the NextGen-O2k is the all-in-one device for real- time monitoring of mitochondrial and microbial respiratory states and rates. Studies of oxygen consumption by the ‘bioblasts’ are extended to oxygen production by the chloroplasts. The NextGen-O2k innovations build upon the Oroboros O2k, distributed since 1992 and further developed since 2001 as the signature of the Oroboros Ecosystem. 2 Gnaiger E (2020) Bioenerg Commun 2020.2 Preface Figure 1. The Blue Book: Mitochondrial Pathways and Respiratory Control 1st edition. 1st Mitochondrial Physiology Summer School, MiPsummer July 2007, Schröcken, Austria. Mitochondrial Pathways and Respiratory Control Preface Mitochondrial physiology is part of our lives. Mitochondrial fitness — the capacity of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) — is essential for the quality of your life, for brain and muscle function, for resistance against preventable and age-related degenerative diseases. Evolutionary background, age, gender (sex), lifestyle, and environment (EAGLE) determine mitochondrial fitness, which is OXPHOS capacity and multiple mitochondrial functions. Comprehensive OXPHOS analysis is vital for understanding your cells, and for our health care systems. These deserve reliability of analytical and diagnostic methods. The Blue Book on Mitochondrial Pathways and Respiratory Control presents a fundamental introduction to OXPHOS analysis. It combines concepts of bioenergetics and biochemical pathways related to mitochondrial (mt) core energy metabolism and provides the basis for the substrate-uncoupler-inhibitor titration (SUIT) protocols in high-resolution respirometry, which have been established since publication of the first edition of MitoPathways in 2007 (Figure 1). Figure 2. High-resolution respirometry (HRR) and OXPHOS analysis. O2k experiment performed at an O2k-Workshop (IOC39, April 2007, Schröcken, Vorarlberg, Austria). SUIT protocols for real-time OXPHOS analysis are a component of metabolic phenotyping (Figure 2). OXPHOS analysis extends conventional bioenergetics to the level of mitochondrial physiology for functional diagnosis in health and disease. The Oroboros O2k for HRR has the high signal stability and unrestricted flexibility of titrations suited for application of elementary and complex SUIT protocols. The emphasis on clarity, reproducibility, and innovation is matched by canonical referencing between chapters in the Blue Book, revealing isomorphic links between traditionally separated concepts. www.bioenergetics-communications.org 3 MitoPathways Mitochondrial pathways integrate respiratory control with anaplerotic and cataplerotic metabolism as a communication network between mitochondria and the cell, which is a hallmark of mitochondrial physiology. Since 2007, research in mitochondrial physiology sparked a revolution of bioenergetics by experimental design that appreciates the convergent architecture of the electron transfer system (ETS) with multiple branches of mitochondrial pathways converging at the Q-junction, leading to a novel concept of additivity introduced in the new Chapter 7 of the Blue Book. These advancements are documented by >1,300 reports listed under ‘NS-pathway control state’ (https://wiki.oroboros.at/index.php/NS-pathway_control_state) in MitoPedia. To study respiratory control at the Q-junction, SUIT protocols are applied with physiological substrate cocktails, particularly NADH-linked substrates (N) in combination with succinate (NS), fatty acids (FNS), and glycerophosphate (FNSGp), which have been introduced for the first time in the 1st edition of MitoPathways (2007). Since then, ‘MitoPedia’ was initiated and the COST Action MitoEAGLE flies. 666 coauthors joined forces to present a harmonized nomenclature on Mitochondrial Physiology (Bioenerg Commun 2020.1), with an emphasis on conceptual consistency for establishing a quality-controlled database on mitochondrial respiratory physiology. The 5th edition of MitoPathways gained from this collaboration. Many terms and symbols are simplified or presented in a more explicit form compared to the 2014 edition. Terms and iconic symbols develop meaning in context. Contextual meaning is best communicated by stories told in entertaining lectures, or by equations even if they turn off the most motivated student. Motivation is never enough. We need passion, persistence, resilience to transpose equations, terms and stories into the domain of personal experience, gaining perspective from perception to conception. The best scientific experience is the experiment driven by a hypothetical story written in clear words and forged into meaningful equations. This may provide a guideline to the critical discussion of the ergodynamic concept of the protonmotive force and protonmotive pressure, inspired by the Grey Book of Peter Mitchell and added as the new Chapter 8 of the Blue Book. Mitochondria are the structural and functional elementary units of cell respiration. MitoPathways is an element of the Oroboros Ecosystem driven by high-resolution respirometry and shaping mitochondrial physiology. A mosaic evolves by combining the elements into a picture of modern mitochondrial respiratory physiology. I thank all collaborators of the NextGen-O2k project and the authors and coauthors of various publications emerging from international cooperations, particularly the Horizon 2020 funded COST Action CA15203 MitoEAGLE. Without the team of Oroboros Instruments, including our partners in electromechanical engineering (O2k; WGT-Elektronik, Kolsass, Austria) and DatLab software development the experimental advances on MitoPathways would not have been possible. Erich Gnaiger Innsbruck, 2007 - 2020 4 Gnaiger E (2020) Bioenerg Commun 2020.2 Contents Contents 1. Real-time OXPHOS analysis ........................................................................................................... 7 2. Respiratory states and rates: Coupling control .................................................................................................................................. 23 3. Normalization of rate: Flow, flux, and flux ratios ................................................................................................................. 34 4. NADH-linked pathways through Complex CI: Respiratory pathway control with pyruvate, glutamate, malate ..................................... 41 5. S-pathway through Complex CII, F-pathway through CETF, Gp-pathway through CGpDH ..................................................... 48 6. Convergent electron transfer at the Q-junction: NS-pathway through Complexes CI & CII .................................................................................. 52 7. Additivity of convergent electron transfer ......................................................................... 66 8. Protonmotive pressure and respiratory control ............................................................ 73 A. Conversions of metabolic fluxes ............................................................................................