The TiO2, which is a main material in the field of photocatalytic reactions, includes rutile and anatase phase. Titanium dioxide has possessed notice due to its promising applications in the environmental photocatalytic degradation of pollutants of organic compound in waste water and utilization of solar energy. The nanosized manganese titanate (pyrophanite) MnTiO3 was collected by oxidation of...

The turnover rates of the protein components of rat liver, kidney, and brain mitochondria were determined. In liver mitochondria, all protein components had an identical halflife of 8.5 days. In kidney mitochondria, the water-soluble proteins had a half-life of 5.9 days which was significantly shorter than that of the whole mitochondria, 8.6 days. The other protein components of kidney mitochon...

The inhibitory effect of extracellular zinc ion on the rate of oxygen consumption of rat brain mitochondria pre-incubated in 1.0 mMol Ca(2+)EDTA were determined. There was a significant increase [P < 0.01] in the rate of oxygen consumption in the rat brain mitochondria pre-incubated in 1.0 mMol Ca(2+)EDTA in a succinate initiated reaction. The reverse was the case when the concentration of Ca(2...

Mouse liver mitochondria were prepared as described and resuspended in MRM buffer (250 mM sucrose, 10 mM HEPES, pH 7.5, 1 mM ATP, 5 mM sodium succinate, 80 mM ADP, 2 mM K2HPO4) at a concentration of 0.5 mg ml 21 (ref. 18). Rat liver mitochondria were isolated from 4–6-month-old Fischer 344 £ brown Norway F1 rats by differential centrifugation as described, except the final wash and resuspension...

Most intracellular Mn is found in mitochondria. We have used the shift in the manganese absorption edge in x-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy to determine the oxidation state of Mn in brain, heart, and liver mitochondria, as well as in PC12 cells. We compared the XANES spectra of Mn in brain, heart, and liver mitochondria over a range of Mn concentrations with those of Mn...

Neuronal function in the brain requires energy in the form of ATP, and mitochondria are canonically associated with ATP production in neurons. The electrochemical gradient, which underlies the mitochondrial transmembrane potential (DeltaPsi(mem)), is harnessed for ATP generation. Here we show that DeltaPsi(mem) and ATP-production can be engaged in mitochondria isolated from human brains up to 8...