The effects of iron deficiency and iron overloading on the mitochondrial enzymes involved in heme synthesis were studied in rat livers. The in vitro activities of several of the enzymes in this pathway were differentially influenced by the in vivo iron status of the animals. delta-Aminolevulinic acid synthase was slightly increased in iron-overloaded animals, but remained normal in iron-deficient animals (0.58 +/- 0.09, 0.91 +/- 0.19 and 0.61 +/- 0.12 nmol delta-aminolevulinic acid/mg per h). Copro- and protoporphyrinogen oxidase activities were increased (20 and 60% above controls) in iron-deficient animals. In contrast, coproporphyrinogen oxidase was decreased by 20%, while protoporphyrinogen oxidase remained unchanged in iron-overloaded rats. These variations of activities were not due to changes in the affinity of these enzymes toward their substrates, as coporphyrinogen had the same Km in each case (0.62 +/- 0.05 M) as did protoporphyrinogen (0.22 +/- 0.035 M). Thus, the Km did not vary with the treatment received by the animals. Ferrochelatase activity was measured by both the pyridine hemochromogen method and by measurement of zinc protoporphyrin with endogenous zinc as substrate. In all cases, ferrochelatase was found to be able to synthesize zinc protoporphyrin with endogenous zinc as substrate. However, the apparent Km of zinc chelatase for protoporphyrin was significantly different in the three groups of animals with Km,appProto, app = 2.4 +/- 0.1 10(-7), 4 +/- 0.3 10(-7) and 9.10 +/- 0.05 10(-7) M in iron-overloaded, control and iron-deficient animals, respectively. When ferrochelatase activity was measured by pyridine hemochromogen, identical results were observed in iron-deficient and control animals but decreased by 45% in iron-overloaded animals. The mitochondrial heme content was also decreased by 40% in iron-overloaded rats but unchanged in either iron-deficient or control rats.
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