Succinate transport inhibition by valproate in rat renal mitochondria

European Journal of Pharmacology
L RumbachA Waksman

Abstract

Sodium valproate is an antiepileptic drug which may have side effects on different organs. Its mechanism of action, as yet unclear, may involve an effect on membranes. One possibility, an effect on mitochondrial membranes via an inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation, has been studied here by observing the transmembranal transport of a respiratory substrate, succinate, in rat kidney mitochondria incubated with valproate, or from rats injected with valproate. Succinate transport was inhibited in both conditions, which suggests that the effect was probably due to a direct effect of valproate rather than to an action of a valproate metabolite. For the valproate-incubated mitochondria, inhibition, described by a bell-shaped curve, started at a valproate concentration of 10(-7) M and was maximum at valproate 10(-5)M. Valproate's effect on mitochondrial transmembranal succinate transport can be compared to other evidence for membranal actions of valproate, actions which may clarify certain therapeutic or toxic properties of this drug.

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