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The Journal of General Physiology, Vol 108, 75-87, Copyright © 1996 by The Rockefeller University Press

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Kinetics of oxygen consumption and light-induced changes of nucleotides in solitary rod photoreceptors

S Poitry, M Tsacopoulos, A Fein and MC Cornwall
Experimental Ophthalmology Laboratory, University of Geneva School of Medicine, Switzerland.

We made simultaneous measurements of light-induced changes in the rate of oxygen consumption (QO2) and transmembrane current of single salamander rod photoreceptors. Since the change of PO2 was suppressed by 2 mM Amytal, an inhibitor of mitochondrial respiration, we conclude that it is mitochondrial in origin. To identify the cause of the change of QO2, we measured, in batches of rods, the concentrations of ATP and phosphocreatine (PCr). After 3 min of illumination, when the QO2 had decreased approximately 25%, ATP levels did not change significantly; in contrast, the amount of PCr had decreased approximately 40%. We conclude that either the light-induced decrease of QO2 is not caused by an increase in [ATP] or [PCr], or that the light-induced change of [PCr] is highly heterogeneous in the rod cell.
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