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Query: EC:4.1.1.32 (
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
)
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A system for in situ perfusion of rat hindquarters using a fluorocarbon for oxygen and CO2 exchange, and a polyol to provide oncotic pressure is described. Perfusion with glucose plus insulin resulted in no significant change in the tissue level of citrate cycle intermediates, phosphocreatine, ATP, ADP,
AMP
, and glycogen. Glucose was consumed at a linear rate, and lactate, pyruvate, alanine, glutamine, glutamate, and citrate were released into the perfusing medium. Inclusion of pyruvate resulted in elevation of citrate cycle intermediates and alanine, whereas acetate elevated the level of cycle intermediates without significant effect on tissue alanine or its release. Radioactivity from NaH[14C]O3 was incorporated into citrate cycle intermediates, glutamate, aspartate, and lactate by glucose-perfused hindquarters, the extent of which was markedly elevated as the tissue pyruvate was increased. When pyruvate was in the physiological range, acetate caused elevation in incorporation of CO2 into these metabolites, increased the concentration of citrate, and doubled the concentration of acetyl-CoA. Thirty-five to forty-four per cent of 14C incorporated into citrate was retained after enzymic degradation to 2-oxoglutarate. Perfusion with [2-14C-]propionate led to elevation in the level of citrate cycle intermediates, and radioactivity was incorporated into the latter, as well as glutamate, aspartate, lactate, pyruvate, alanine, and CO2. Two independent calculations estimated the rate of flux of 4-carbon cycle intermediates to 3-carbon metabolites of about 68 mumol/h (approximately 38 nmol/min/g of tissue), a rate in excess of those reported for alanine release from human or rat muscle during starvation. Arsenite blocked carbohydrate flux through the citrate cycle and effected accumulation of lactate, pyruvate, alanine, and 2-oxoglutarate. Flux from 4- to 3-carbon acids was diminished by arsenite, apparently as a result of lowered substrate concentration for decarboxylation. 3-Mercaptopicolinic acid, an inhibitor of
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
, was without effect on the parameters studied, suggesting that this enzyme is not involved in the decarboxylation reaction. It is concluded that (a) a constant level of citrate cycle intermediates is maintained in part by continuous flux of carbon into and out of the cycle by carboxylation and decarboxylation reactions; (b) the carbon skeleton of alanine released from skeletal muscle is derived in part from other amino acids which are catabolized to cycle intermediates; and (c) the subsequent removal of these intermediates is probably mediated by malic enzyme(s) (EC 1.1.1.40, or 1.1.1.36, or both.
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PMID:Carboxylation and decarboxylation reactions. Anaplerotic flux and removal of citrate cycle intermediates in skeletal muscle. 76 69
1. The regulation of the synthesis of
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP)
(
EC 4.1.1.32
) in epididymal adipose tissue, liver and kidney in vivo was studied immunochemically. 2.
Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP)
synthesis in adipose tissue is increased by starvation, diabetes and noradrenaline, and decreased by re-feeding and insulin. These changes were also seen in adrenalectomized rats and are qualitatively similar to those observed for the liver enzyme. This indicates the involvement of cyclic
AMP
as an inducer and insulin as a de-inducer in the regulation of
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP)
in both tissues. (Induction and de-induction are defined as selective increase and decrease respectively in the rate of enzyme synthesis, regardless of the mechanism involved.)3. Adrenalectomy had little effect on
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP)
synthesis in liver and kidney, but increased the synthesis rate of the adipose-tissue enzyme. Starvation and adrenalectomy had additive effects in increasing the synthesis rate of adipose-tissue
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP)
. In adrenalectomized diabetic rats glucocorticoids increased
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP)
synthesis in liver and kidney while decreasing enzyme synthesis in adipose tissue. De-induction of adipose tissue
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP)
is therefore regulated independently by glucocorticoids and insulin. 4. Although liver, kidney and adipose-tissue phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinases (GTP) are seemingly identical, there is an apparent tissue-specific differentiation in regulatory systems for the enzyme.
...
PMID:Regulation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP) in adipose tissue in vivo by glucocorticoids and insulin. 96 85
Human blood platelets contain no detectable activity of the enzymes fructose diphosphatase (EC 3.1.3.11), phospho-enolpyruvate carboxykinase (
EC 4.1.1.32
) and pyruvate carboxylase (EC 6.4.1.1.). Glucose-6-phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.9) activity is very low. Phosphofructokinase present in human blood platelets, catalyzes a reaction which can be stimulated by
AMP
in a platelet homogenate, due to the presence of endogenous ADP and myokinase. These enzymes are responsible for the formation of fructose-6-phosphate from fructose-1, 6-diphosphate. Pyruvate kinase (EC 2.7.1.40) in human blood platelets belongs to the M-type, which is not inhibited by ATP, at least not under the conditions applied. The results obtained indicate that gluconeogenesis in human blood platelets is not present in the way which has been established for liver and kidney.
...
PMID:Insignificance of gluconeogenesis in human blood platelets. 112 26
Cyclic AMP treatment of hepatoma cells leads to increased protein binding at the cyclic
AMP
response element (CRE) of the tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) gene in vivo, as revealed by genomic footprinting, whereas no increase is observed at the CRE of the
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(
PEPCK
) gene. Several criteria establish that the 43 kDa CREB protein is interacting with both of these sites. Two classes of CRE with different affinity for CREB are described. One class, including the TATCRE, is characterized by asymmetric and weak binding sites (CGTCA), whereas the second class containing symmetrical TGACGTCA sites shows a much higher binding affinity for CREB. Both classes show an increase in binding after phosphorylation of CREB by protein kinase A (PKA). An in vivo phosphorylation-dependent change in binding of CREB increases the occupancy of weak binding sites used for transactivation, such as the TATCRE, while high affinity sites may have constitutive binding of transcriptionally active and inactive CREB dimers, as demonstrated by in vivo footprinting at the
PEPCK
CRE. Thus, lower basal level and higher relative stimulation of transcription by cyclic
AMP
through low affinity CREs should result, allowing finely tuned control of gene activation.
...
PMID:Phosphorylation of CREB affects its binding to high and low affinity sites: implications for cAMP induced gene transcription. 135 12
We used an enhancerless U3 mutant retroviral vector to deliver chimeras of the
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(
PEPCK
) promoter region to a renal epithelial cell line capable of expressing
PEPCK
mRNA. Chimeras consisting of the
PEPCK
promoter and chloramphenicol acetyltransferase, neomycin phosphotransferase or human growth hormone genes were expressed after viral infection of the NRK52E renal epithelial cell line. Virus-delivered sequences in which the direction of
PEPCK
promoter transcription was antegrade to the normal direction of the long terminal repeat (LTR)-initiated transcription correctly upon stimulation with dexamethasone or 8-bromo cyclic
AMP
and upon lowering of the extracellular pH. Fluorescent primer extension in situ using primers specific for virus-delivered sequences of antegrade constructs indicated that a large fraction of NRK52E cells could be infected by co-cultivation with virus-producing psi-2 cells without G418 selection. Virus-delivered constructs whose orientation was opposite to that of the LTRs were expressed at very low levels, with transcripts detectable by PCR only in RNA from cyclic
AMP
-treated cells. Using reverse transcription/PCR, we demonstrated that the chimeric transcripts were from the internal
PEPCK
promoter rather than a functional or reconstituted Moloney LTR.
PEPCK
-reporter chimeras delivered by retroviral vectors demonstrated a level of expression more consistent with the level of expression of the native
PEPCK
gene than did transfected chimeras. This expression system should prove useful for studies of the physiological modulation of gene expression in renal tissues.
...
PMID:Expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) chimeras in renal epithelial cells. Retention of appropriate physiological responsiveness using enhancerless retroviral vectors. 137 12
The present study investigates the effect of glucose on the gene expression of the hepatic glucoregulatory enzyme,
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(PPrvck). By use of hepatocytes in culture and FAO hepatoma cells it could be demonstrated that glucose suppressed the effect of dibutyryl cyclic
AMP
(Bt2cAMP), glucocorticoids or both, to increase PPrvck mRNA and consequently PPrvck enzyme activity. Glucose had a dual effect; it reduced PPrvck gene transcription and it accelerated the rate of PPrvck mRNA degradation. The effect was specific for glucose, as glucose-related carbohydrates such as mannose, galactose and sorbitol were without effect on PPrvck mRNA. The repressive effect of glucose was limited to certain proteins; glucose had no effect on Bt2cAMP and glucocorticoid provoked induction of tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT). Also the pattern of mRNA in vitro translation products was virtually unaffected when FAO hepatoma cells were incubated either in the presence or absence of glucose, demonstrating the specificity of the effect of glucose on gene expression of selected proteins. In FAO hepatoma cells and in hepatocytes in culture, insulin, like glucose, also decreased PPrvck mRNA. While the effect of glucose and insulin was additive in FAO hepatoma cells, in primary hepatocytes in culture an effect of glucose by itself on PPrvck mRNA could only be demonstrated in the absence of insulin. Correspondingly also in vivo, the effect of glucose was demonstrated in the absence of insulin (provoked by streptozotocin diabetes); glucose application reduced the amount of hepatic PPrvck mRNA. To summarize, glucose is capable of suppressing the effect of glucocorticoids and Bt2cAMP on increasing the PPrvck mRNA level. The carbohydrate reduces the rate of PPrvck gene transcription and accelerates the rate of PPrvck mRNA degradation. While in FAO hepatoma cells the effect is evident in the presence of insulin, in hepatocytes in culture the effect of glucose cannot be demonstrated in the presence of insulin, questioning its role under physiological conditions.
...
PMID:Transcriptional and post-transcriptional effects of glucose on liver phosphoenolpyruvate-carboxykinase gene expression. 166 21
Insulin was observed to modulate the growth and the
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(
PEPCK
) activity of primary cultures of rabbit renal proximal tubule cells in serum free medium. Insulin was stimulatory to primary proximal tubule cell growth at a concentration of 10(-8) M. In contrast, insulin was inhibitory to a proximal tubule function,
PEPCK
activity, following a 5-minute incubation period. An insulin dosage as low as 10(-10) M was inhibitory to
PEPCK
activity, suggesting the involvement of insulin receptors. Although insulin was required at a significantly higher dosage to stimulate the growth of the primary renal proximal tubule cells than to inhibit
PEPCK
activity, the elevated dosage required in order to observe a growth effect may be explained by the degradation of insulin by the primary renal proximal tubule cells. However the possible involvement of receptors for Insulin-like Growth Factor I (IGF-I) and Insulin-like Growth Factor II (IGF-II) in mediating the effects of insulin cannot be excluded. Other effector molecules were also examined with respect to their effects on
PEPCK
activity. The possible involvement of cyclic
AMP
in the control of the
PEPCK
activity of the primary renal cells was indicated by the stimulatory effects of 8 bromocyclic
AMP
, isobutyl methylxanthine (a cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase inhibitor), and forskolin (an activator of adenylate cyclase). Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (TPA), which activates protein kinase C, was inhibitory. The actions of these effector molecules and insulin on the
PEPCK
activity of the primary renal cultures are remarkably similar to their effects on hepatic
PEPCK
. Several growth factors, fibroblast growth factor (FGF), and transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) were also examined. FGF was observed to be stimulatory, whereas TGF beta was inhibitory to the
PEPCK
activity of the primary renal proximal tubule cells.
...
PMID:Insulin and other regulatory factors modulate the growth and the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) activity of primary rabbit kidney proximal tubule cells in serum free medium. 171 Feb 31
The inactivation of the peroxisomal enzyme alcohol oxidase and the cytoplasmic enzymes fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase, malate dehydrogenase and
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
was found to occur after addition of glucose to methanol-grown cells of the yeast Hansenula polymorpha. The concentration of cyclic
AMP
increased nearly twofold within 3 min under the same conditions. In crude extracts of H. polymorpha about 20 proteins are phosphorylated by cyclic
AMP
dependent protein kinases, among them also fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. No phosphorylation of the alcohol oxidase protein could be detected. From this fact, it was concluded that the inactivation of the peroxisomal alcohol oxidase is independent of cyclic
AMP
-dependent protein phosphorylation.
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PMID:Catabolite inactivation, cyclic AMP and protein phosphorylation in the methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha. 172 94
Nuclear extracts from cultured rat hepatocytes were analyzed by gel mobility shift assay for protein binding to the cyclic
AMP
responsive elements CRE1 (-96/-77) and CRE2 (-152/-132) and the NF1-CTF binding site (-121/-99) of the
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(PCK) promotor. Binding was very weak to the CRE2 and CRE1. The NF1-CTF site formed two complexes with nuclear protein. Protein binding was increased, when the NF1-CTF site was coupled to the CRE1, and further, when it was coupled to both the CRE1 and the CRE2. Complex formation was not altered by treatment of the hepatocytes with glucagon or with glucagon and insulin. Thus, protein binding was most efficient when all three elements were in context, which might be necessary for full transcriptional activation of the PCK gene.
...
PMID:Interactions of nuclear protein from cultured rat hepatocytes with the cyclic AMP responsive elements and the NF1-CTF site in the promoter of the rat phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene. 183 77
Transcription of
phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
(
PEPCK
) gene is induced in response to cyclic
AMP
(cAMP) or cAMP elevating hormones. The role of transcription factors (DNA binding proteins) in the induction process has been studied. Two nuclear proteins, apparent mol. wt of 53 and 30 kDa, have been shown to bind to the 5'-flanking DNA of
PEPCK
gene which contains hormonal responsive elements as well as TATA box. DNA binding activity of 53 kDa protein increases by 3.5 fold in cells treated with 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-cAMP (8-CPT-cAMP). The increased binding activity may be due to the phosphorylation of this protein by an activated cAMP-dependent protein kinase (cA kinase) in treated cells. Based on this observation, a hypothesis that 53 kDa may be specific transcription factor for
PEPCK
and therefore, play a major role in the regulation of this gene is proposed.
...
PMID:Identification of DNA binding proteins which may regulate phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene. 191 37
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