scholarly journals The mode of regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase of lactating rat mammary gland. Effects of starvation and insulin

1978 ◽  
Vol 174 (2) ◽  
pp. 553-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Baxter ◽  
Haldane G. Coore
Keyword(s):  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Total Activity ◽  
Mammary Glands ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase ◽  
Enzyme Complex ◽  
Initial Activity ◽  
Tissue Extracts ◽  
Rat Mammary Gland ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Phosphatase

1. The ‘initial activity’ of the pyruvate dehydrogenase enzyme complex in whole tissue or mitochondrial extracts of lactating rat mammary glands was greatly decreased by 24 or 48h starvation of the rats. Injection of insulin and glucose into starved rats 60min before removal of the glands abolished this difference in ‘initial activities’. 2. The ‘total activity’ of the enzyme complex in such extracts was revealed by incubation in the presence of free Mg2+ and Ca2+ ions (more than 10 and 0.1mm respectively) and a crude preparation of pig heart pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase. Starvation did not alter this ‘total activity’. It is assumed that the decline in ‘initial activity’ of the enzyme complex derived from the glands of starved animals was due to increased phosphorylation of its α-subunit by intrinsic pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase. 3. Starvation led to an increase in intrinsic pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase activity in both whole tissue and mitochondrial extracts. Injection of insulin into starved animals 30min before removal of the lactating mammary glands abolished the increase in pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase activity in whole-tissue extracts. 4. Pyruvate (1mm) prevented ATP-induced inactivation of the enzyme complex in mitochondrial extracts from glands of fed animals. In similar extracts from starved animals pyruvate was ineffective. 5. Starvation led to a decline in activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase in mitochondrial extracts, but not in whole-tissue extracts. 6. These changes in activity of the intrinsic kinase and phosphatase of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex of lactating rat mammary gland are not explicable by current theories of regulation of the complex.

scholarly journals Increased pyruvate dehydrogenase activity in skeletal muscle of growth-restricted ovine fetuses

2019 ◽  
Vol 317 (4) ◽  
pp. R513-R520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander L. Pendleton ◽  
Laurel R. Humphreys ◽  
Melissa A. Davis ◽  
Leticia E. Camacho ◽  
Miranda J. Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Intrauterine Growth Restriction ◽  
Citrate Synthase ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase ◽  
Semitendinosus Muscle ◽  
Fetal Sheep ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Phosphatase ◽  
And Control ◽  
Fetal Muscle

Fetal sheep with placental insufficiency-induced intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) have lower fractional rates of glucose oxidation and greater gluconeogenesis, indicating lactate shuttling between skeletal muscle and liver. Suppression of pyruvate dehydrogenase ( PDH) activity was proposed because of greater pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) 4 and PDK1 mRNA concentrations in IUGR muscle. Although PDK1 and PDK4 inhibit PDH activity to reduce pyruvate metabolism, PDH protein concentrations and activity have not been examined in skeletal muscle from IUGR fetuses. Therefore, we evaluated the protein concentrations and activity of PDH and the kinases and phosphatases that regulate PDH phosphorylation status in the semitendinosus muscle from placenta insufficiency-induced IUGR sheep fetuses and control fetuses. Immunoblots were performed for PDH, phosphorylated PDH (E1α), PDK1, PDK4, and pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase 1 and 2 (PDP1 and PDP2, respectively). Additionally, the PDH, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and citrate synthase (CS) enzymatic activities were measured. Phosphorylated PDH concentrations were 28% lower (P < 0.01) and PDH activity was 67% greater (P < 0.01) in IUGR fetal muscle compared with control. PDK1, PDK4, PDP1, PDP2, and PDH concentrations were not different between groups. CS and LDH activities were also unaffected. Contrary to the previous speculation, PDH activity was greater in skeletal muscle from IUGR fetuses, which parallels lower phosphorylated PDH. Therefore, greater expression of PDK1 and PDK4 mRNA did not translate to greater PDK1 or PDK4 protein concentrations or inhibition of PDH as proposed. Instead, these findings show greater PDH activity in IUGR fetal muscle, which indicates that alternative regulatory mechanisms are responsible for lower pyruvate catabolism.

Increased hepatic pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase activity in fed hyperthyroid rats: studies in vivo and with cultured hepatocytes

1996 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary C. Sugden ◽  
Lee G.D. Fryer ◽  
David A. Priestman ◽  
Karen A. Orfali ◽  
Mark J. Holness
Keyword(s):  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase ◽  
Cultured Hepatocytes

Increased pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase activity in response to sepsis

1991 ◽  
Vol 260 (5) ◽  
pp. E669-E674 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. C. Vary
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase ◽  
Sterile Inflammation ◽  
Stable Factor ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Mitochondria ◽  
Dependent Inactivation ◽  
Significant Difference

The effect of sterile inflammation and sepsis on the proportion of active pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDH) in mitochondria isolated from skeletal muscle has been investigated. The proportion of active PDH in mitochondria isolated from septic animals was significantly reduced compared with control under all incubation conditions examined, even in the presence of inhibitors of the PDH kinase. There was no significant difference between control and sterile inflammation in any of the incubations examined. The rate constant for ATP-dependent inactivation of the PDH complex in mitochondrial extracts from control animals was -0.42 min-1 (r = 0.993; P less than 0.001) and was not altered in mitochondrial extracts from sterile inflammatory animals (-0.43 min-1; r = 0.999; P less than 0.001). However, rate constants for inactivation in septic animals was significantly increased over twofold to -1.08 min-1 (r = 0.987; P less than 0.001) (P less than 0.001 vs. control or sterile inflammation). In the presence of inhibitors of the PDH kinase reaction (2.5 mM pyruvate or 1 mM dichloroacetate), inactivation of PDH after addition of ATP was significantly greater in mitochondrial extracts from septic than either control or sterile inflammatory animals. These results suggest that sepsis, but not sterile inflammation, induces a stable factor in skeletal muscle mitochondria that increased PDH kinase activity.

scholarly journals Use of toluene-permeabilized mitochondria to study the regulation of adipose tissue pyruvate dehydrogenase in situ. Further evidence that insulin acts through stimulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphate phosphatase

1986 ◽  
Vol 238 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
A P Thomas ◽  
R M Denton
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Phosphatase Activity ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase ◽  
Epididymal Adipose Tissue ◽  
Ionophore A23187 ◽  
Dilute Suspensions ◽  
Dehydrogenase System ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Phosphatase

Rat epididymal-adipose-tissue mitochondria were made selectively permeable to small molecules without the loss of matrix enzymes by treating the mitochondria with toluene under controlled conditions. With this preparation the entire pyruvate dehydrogenase system was shown to be retained within the mitochondrial matrix and to retain its normal catalytic activity. By using dilute suspensions of these permeabilized mitochondria maintained in the cuvette of a spectrophotometer, it was possible to monitor changes of pyruvate dehydrogenase activity continuously while the activities of the interconverting kinase and phosphatase could be independently manipulated. Permeabilized mitochondria were prepared from control and insulin-treated adipose tissue, and the properties of both the pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase and the phosphatase were compared in situ. No difference in kinase activity was detected, but increases in phosphatase activity were observed in permeabilized mitochondria from insulin-treated tissue. Further studies showed that the main effect of insulin treatment was a decrease in the apparent Ka of the phosphatase for Mg2+, in agreement with earlier studies with mitochondria made permeable to Mg2+ by using the ionophore A23187 [Thomas, Diggle & Denton (1986) Biochem. J. 238, 83-91]. No effects of spermine were detected, although spermine diminishes the Ka of purified phosphatase preparations for Mg2+. Since effects of insulin on pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase activity are not evident in mitochondrial extracts, it is concluded that insulin may act by altering some high-Mr component which interacts with the pyruvate dehydrogenase system within intact or permeabilized mitochondria, but not when the mitochondrial membranes are disrupted.

scholarly journals Mechanism of activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase by mitogens in pig lymphocytes

1983 ◽  
Vol 216 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Baumgarten ◽  
M D Brand ◽  
T Pozzan
Keyword(s):  
Dehydrogenase Activity ◽  
Concanavalin A ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase ◽  
Ionophore A23187 ◽  
Intact Cells ◽  
Permeabilized Cells ◽  
Maximal Activation ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Phosphatase

The activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase in extracts of pig mesenteric lymphocytes was measured under different preincubation conditions. The mitogens concanavalin A and ionophore A23187 both increased pyruvate dehydrogenase activity. In both cases activation required extracellular Ca2+. Digitonin-permeabilized cells required 0.5 microM free Ca2+ for half-maximal activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase. The stimulation by concanavalin A in intact cells was probably not due to changes in effectors of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase. This evidence suggests that activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase is by Ca2+ activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase and supports the view that the cytoplasmic free [Ca2+] rises to something less than 1 microM on stimulation with mitogens.

scholarly journals Interaction between the individual isoenzymes of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase and the inner lipoyl-bearing domain of transacetylase component of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex

2002 ◽  
Vol 366 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alina TUGANOVA ◽  
Igor BOULATNIKOV ◽  
Kirill M. POPOV
Keyword(s):  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex ◽  
Tight Binding ◽  
Enzymic Activity ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase ◽  
Size Exclusion ◽  
Apparent Dissociation Constant ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Dehydrogenase Complex

Protein—protein interactions play an important role in the regulation of enzymic activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK). It is generally believed that the binding of PDK to the inner lipoyl-bearing domain L2 of the transacetylase component E2 of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex largely determines the level of kinase activity. In the present study, we characterized the interaction between the individual isoenzymes of PDK (PDK1—PDK4) and monomeric L2 domain of human E2, as well as the effect of this interaction on kinase activity. It was found that PDK isoenzymes are markedly different with respect to their affinities for L2. PDK3 demonstrated a very tight binding, which persisted during isolation of PDK3—L2 complexes using size-exclusion chromatography. Binding of PDK1 and PDK2 was readily reversible with the apparent dissociation constant of approx. 10μM for both isoenzymes. PDK4 had a greatly reduced capacity for L2 binding (relative order PDK3>PDK1 = PDK2>PDK4). Monomeric L2 domain alone had very little effect on the activities of either PDK1 or PDK2. In contrast, L2 caused a 3-fold increase in PDK3 activity and approx. 37% increase in PDK4 activity. These results strongly suggest that the interactions between the individual isoenzymes of PDK and L2 domain are isoenzyme-specific and might be among the major factors that determine the level of kinase activity of particular isoenzyme towards the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.

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