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In previous studies the allosteric inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase at high intramitochondrial ATP/ADP-ratios via binding of the nucleotides to the matrix domain of subunit IV was demonstrated. Here we show that the allosteric ATP-inhibition of the isolated bovine heart enzyme is switched on by cAMP-dependent phosphorylation with protein kinase A of subunits II (and/or III) and Vb, and switched off by subsequent incubation with protein phosphatase 1. It is suggested that after cAMP-dependent phosphorylation of cytochrome c oxidase mitochondrial respiration is controlled by the ATP/ADP-ratio keeping the proton motive force Deltap low, and the efficiency of energy transduction high. After Ca(2+)-induced dephosphorylation this control is lost, accompanied by increase of Deltap, slip of proton pumping (decreased H(+)/e(-) stoichiometry), and increase of the rate of respiration and ATP-synthesis at a decreased efficiency of energy transduction.
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PMID:The allosteric ATP-inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase activity is reversibly switched on by cAMP-dependent phosphorylation. 1064 27

Phosphorylation of isolated cytochrome c oxidase from bovine kidney and heart, and of the reconstituted heart enzyme, with protein kinase A, cAMP and ATP turns on the allosteric ATP-inhibition at high ATP/ADP ratios. Also incubation of isolated bovine liver mitochondria only with cAMP andATP turns on, and subsequent incubation with Ca2+ turns off the allosteric ATP-inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase. In the bovine heart enzyme occur only three consensus sequences for cAMP-dependent phosphorylation (in subunits I, III and Vb). The evolutionary conservation of RRYS441 at the cytosolic side of subunit I, together with the above results, suggest that phosphorylation of Ser441 turns on the allosteric ATP-inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase. The results support the 'molecular-physiological hypothesis' [29], which proposes a low mitochondrial membrane potential through the allosteric ATP-inhibition. A hormone- or agonist-stimulated increase of cellular [Ca2+] is suggested to activate a mitochondrial protein phosphatase which dephosphorylates cytochrome c oxidase, turns off the allosteric ATP-inhibition and results in increase of mitochondrial membrane potential and ROS formation.
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PMID:Control of mitochondrial membrane potential and ROS formation by reversible phosphorylation of cytochrome c oxidase. 1216 61

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells, but not peripheral blood T cells, undergo apoptosis following treatment with inhibitors of type 4 cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase (PDE4), a process that correlates dose dependently with elevation of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) in leukemic cells. We show that treatment of CLL cells with rolipram, a prototypic PDE4 inhibitor, and forskolin, an adenylate cyclase activator, induces mitochondrial depolarization, release of cytochrome c into the cytosol, caspase-9 and -3 activation, and cleavage of poly(adenosine diphosphate [ADP]-ribose)polymerase. Inhibitors of caspase-9, but not caspase-8, block rolipram/forskolin-induced CLL apoptosis. In a subset of CLL patients, B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2)-associated death promoter homolog (Bad), a proapoptotic Bcl-2 family member that when phosphorylated on specific serine residues is sequestered in the cytosol by 14-3-3, was dephosphorylated at Ser112 following rolipram/forskolin treatment of leukemic cells. Rolipram/forskolin treatment also induced Bad to accumulate in CLL heavy-membrane fractions, consistent with Bad translocation to mitochondria. To determine the mechanism for rolipram/forskolin-induced Bad dephosphorylation, we examined CLL phosphatase activity. Rolipram/forskolin treatment augmented protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) activity, as well as levels of immunoreactive PP2A catalytic subunit. Treatment of CLL cells with a concentration of okadaic acid (5 nM) that selectively inhibits PP2A, reduced both rolipram/forskolin-induced mitochondrial cytochrome c release and mitochondrial depolarization. Okadaic acid restored Bad Ser112 phosphorylation and Bad association with 14-3-3 in rolipram/forskolin-treated CLL cells. These results suggest that PDE4 inhibitors may induce CLL apoptosis by activating PP2A-induced dephosphorylation of proapoptotic BH3-only Bcl-2 family members such as Bad.
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PMID:PDE4 inhibitors activate a mitochondrial apoptotic pathway in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells that is regulated by protein phosphatase 2A. 1253 92

Hypoxia triggers a reversible inhibition of protein synthesis thought to be important for energy conservation in O2-deficient environments. The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway integrates multiple environmental cues to regulate translation in response to nutrient availability and stress, suggesting it as a candidate for O2 regulation. We show here that hypoxia rapidly and reversibly triggers hypophosphorylation of mTOR and its effectors 4E-BP1, p70S6K, rpS6, and eukaryotic initiation factor 4G. Hypoxic regulation of these translational control proteins is dominant to activation via multiple distinct signaling pathways such as insulin, amino acids, phorbol esters, and serum and is independent of Akt/protein kinase B and AMP-activated protein kinase phosphorylation, ATP levels, ATP:ADP ratios, and hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1). Finally, hypoxia appears to repress phosphorylation of translational control proteins in a manner analogous to rapamycin and independent of phosphatase 2A (PP2A) activity. These data demonstrate a new mode of regulation of the mTOR pathway and position this pathway as a powerful point of control by O2 of cellular metabolism and energetics.
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PMID:A novel hypoxia-inducible factor-independent hypoxic response regulating mammalian target of rapamycin and its targets. 1277 72

The effects of modulated ADP/ATP and NADPH/NADP(+) ratios, and of protein kinase inhibitors, on the in vitro reformation of phototransformable protochlorophyllide, i.e. the aggregated ternary complexes between NADPH, protochlorophyllide, and NADPH-protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR, EC 1.3.1.33), in etioplast membranes isolated from dark-grown wheat (Triticum aestivum) were investigated. Low temperature fluorescence emission spectra (-196 degrees C) were used to determine the state of the pigments. The presence of spectral intermediates of protochlorophyllide and the reformation of phototransformable protochlorophyllide were reduced at high ATP, but favoured by high ADP. Increased ADP level partly prevented the chlorophyllide blue-shift. The protein kinase inhibitor K252a prevented reformation of phototransformable protochlorophyllide without showing any effect on the chlorophyllide blue-shift. Addition of NADPH did not overcome the inhibition. The results indicate that protein phosphorylation plays a role in the conversion of the non-phototransformable protochlorophyllide to POR-associated phototransformable protochlorophyllide. The possible presence of a plastid ADP-dependent kinase, the activity of which favours the formation of PLBs, is discussed. Reversible protein phosphorylation is suggested as a regulatory mechanism in the prolamellar body formation and its light-dependent dispersal by affecting the membrane association of POR. By the presence of a high concentration of phototransformable protochlorophyllide, prolamellar bodies can act as light sensors for plastid development. The modulation of plastid protein kinase and protein phosphatase activities by the NADPH/NADP(+) ratio is suggested.
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PMID:ADP/ATP and protein phosphorylation dependence of phototransformable protochlorophyllide in isolated etioplast membranes. 1622 51

The virulence of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) is in part mediated by the type III secretion (TTS) of bacterial proteins into eukaryotic hosts. Exoenzyme S (ExoS) is a bifunctional Pa TTS effector protein, with GTPase-activating (GAP) and ADP-ribosyltransferase (ADPRT) activities. Known cellular substrates of TTS-translocated ExoS (TTS-ExoS) ADPRT activity include proteins in the Ras superfamily and ERM family proteins. This study describes the ADP-ribosylation of a non-G-protein substrate of TTS-ExoS, cyclophilin A (CpA), a peptidyl-prolyl isomerase (PPIase). Four novel 17 kDa proteins (pI 6.5-6.8) were recognized in a proteomic screen of lysates of human epithelial cells that had been exposed to ExoS-producing Pa, but not an isogenic non-ExoS producing strain. The proteins were identified as isoforms of CpA using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and confirmed by Western blotting. Mutagenesis analysis identified arginine 55 and 69 of CpA as sites of ExoS ADP-ribosylation. Examination of the effect of ExoS ADP-ribosylation on CpA function found a moderate (19%) decrease in prolyl isomerization of a Xaa-Pro containing peptides. In comparison, GST-CpA co-immunoprecipitation studies found ExoS ADP-ribosylation of CpA to efficiently inhibit CpA binding to calcineurin/PP2B phosphatase. Our results support that ExoS ADP-ribosylates and affects the function of the cytosolic protein, CpA, with the predominant functional effect relating to interference of CpA-cellular protein interactions.
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PMID:ADP-ribosylation of cyclophilin A by Pseudomonas aeruginosa exoenzyme S. 1658 1

AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a heterotrimeric protein kinase that is crucial for cellular energy homeostasis of eukaryotic cells and organisms. Here we report on the activation of AMPK alpha1beta1gamma1 and alpha2beta2gamma1 by their upstream kinases (Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase-beta and LKB1-MO25alpha-STRADalpha), the deactivation by protein phosphatase 2Calpha, and on the extent of stimulation of AMPK by its allosteric activator AMP, using purified recombinant enzyme preparations. An accurate high pressure liquid chromatography-based method for AMPK activity measurements was established, which allowed for direct quantitation of the unphosphorylated and phosphorylated artificial peptide substrate, as well as the adenine nucleotides. Our results show a 1000-fold activation of AMPK by the combined effects of upstream kinase and saturating concentrations of AMP. The two AMPK isoforms exhibit similar specific activities (6 mumol/min/mg) and do not differ significantly by their responsiveness to AMP. Due to the inherent instability of ATP and ADP, it proved impossible to assay AMPK activity in the absolute absence of AMP. However, the half-maximal stimulatory effect of AMP is reached below 2 microm. AMP does not appear to augment phosphorylation by upstream kinases in the purified in vitro system, but deactivation by dephosphorylation of AMPK alpha-subunits at Thr-172 by protein phosphatase 2Calpha is attenuated by AMP. Furthermore, it is shown that neither purified NAD(+) nor NADH alters the activity of AMPK in a concentration range of 0-300 microm, respectively. Finally, evidence is provided that ZMP, a compound formed in 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-beta-D-ribofuranoside-treated cells to activate AMPK in vivo, allosterically activates purified AMPK in vitro, but compared with AMP, maximal activity is not reached. These data shed new light on physiologically important aspects of AMPK regulation.
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PMID:Dissecting the role of 5'-AMP for allosteric stimulation, activation, and deactivation of AMP-activated protein kinase. 1694 94

Exercise produces a multitude of time- and intensity-dependent physiological, biochemical and molecular changes within skeletal muscle. With the onset of contractile activity, cytosolic and mitochondrial [Ca(2+)] levels are rapidly increased and, depending on the relative intensity of the exercise, metabolite concentrations change (i.e. increases in [ADP] and [AMP], decreases in muscle creatine phosphate and glycogen). These contraction-induced metabolic disturbances activate several key kinases and phosphatases involved in signal transduction. Important among these are the calcium dependent signalling pathways that respond to elevated Ca(2+) concentrations (including Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent kinase, Ca(2+)-dependent protein kinase C and the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent phosphatase calcineurin), the 5'-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase, several of the mitogen-activated protein kinases and protein kinase B/Akt. The role of these signal transducers in the regulation of carbohydrate and fat metabolism in response to increased contractile activity has been the focus of intense research efforts during the past decade.
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PMID:Signalling mechanisms in skeletal muscle: role in substrate selection and muscle adaptation. 1714 76

ATP and ADP are known to play inhibitory and activating roles, respectively, in the regulation of dynein motile activity of flagella. To elucidate how these nucleotide functions are related to the regulation of normal flagellar beating, we examined their effects on the motility of reactivated sea urchin sperm flagella at low pH. At pH 7.0-7.2 which is lower than the physiological pH of 8, about 90% of reactivated flagella were motionless at 1 mM ATP, while about 60% were motile at 0.02 mM ATP. The motionless flagella at 1 mM ATP maintained a single large bend or an S-shaped bend, indicating formation of dynein crossbridges in the axoneme. The ATP-dependent inhibition of flagellar movement was released by ADP, and was absent in outer arm-depleted flagella. Similar inhibition was also observed at 0.02 mM ATP when demembranated flagella were reactivated in the presence of Li+ or pretreated with protein phosphatase 1 (PP1). ADP also released this type of ATP-inhibition. In PP1-pretreated axonemes the binding of a fluorescent analogue of ADP to dynein decreased. Under elastase-treatment at pH 8.0, the beating of demembranated flagella at 1 mM ATP and 0.02 mM ATP lasted for approximately 100 and 45 s, respectively. The duration of beating at 0.02 mM ATP was prolonged by Li+, and that at 1 mM ATP was shortened by removal of outer arms. These results indicate that the regulation of on/off switching of dynein motile activity of flagella involves ATP-induced inhibition and ADP-induced activation, probably through phosphorylation/dephosphorylation of outer arm-linked protein(s).
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PMID:Inhibition by ATP and activation by ADP in the regulation of flagellar movement in sea urchin sperm. 1768 40

Protein phosphorylation has been identified as a reversible mechanism for the regulated suppression of metabolism and thermogenesis during mammalian hibernation. The effects of hibernation on the activity of serine/threonine and tyrosine protein phosphatases (PP1, PP2A, PP2C and PTPs) were assessed in five organs of Richardson's ground squirrel. Each phosphatase subfamily responded differently during torpor, and each showed organ-specific patterns of activity changes. The distribution of PP1 catalytic subunit (PP1c) isoforms (alpha, delta, gamma1) was assessed in five organs, and changes in the subcellular distribution of PP1 were observed during hibernation in liver and muscle. For example, in muscle, cytosolic PP1 content increased and myofibril-associated PP1 decreased during torpor. PP1c from ground squirrel liver was purified to homogeneity and characterized; temperature effects on PP1c maximal activity suggested that temperature had little or no effect on relative dephosphorylation potential at low temperatures. However, nucleotide inhibition of PP1c by ATP, ADP and AMP was much weaker at 5 degrees C compared with 37 degrees C assay temperatures. PP2A activity decreased in three organs (brown adipose, kidney, brain) during hibernation whereas PP2C activity was increased in liver and brain. PTPs were assessed using both a general substrate (ENDpYINASL) and a substrate (DADEpYLIPQQG) specific for PTPs containing the SH2-binding site; both revealed hibernation-associated changes in PTP activities. Changes in protein phosphatase activities suggest the relative importance of these modules in controlling metabolic function and cellular processes during mammalian hibernation.
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PMID:The effect of hibernation on protein phosphatases from ground squirrel organs. 1796 76


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