scholarly journals Role of Ca2+ ions in the regulation of intramitochondrial metabolism in rat heart. Evidence from studies with isolated mitochondria that adrenaline activates the pyruvate dehydrogenase and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complexes by increasing the intramitochondrial concentration of Ca2+

1984 ◽  
Vol 218 (1) ◽  
pp. 235-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
J G McCormack ◽  
R M Denton
Keyword(s):  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Rat Heart ◽  
Rabbit Heart ◽  
Similar Degree ◽  
Isolated Mitochondria ◽  
A Value ◽  
Rat Hearts ◽  
Maximal Activation ◽  
Oxoglutarate Dehydrogenase

Increases in the amount of active, non-phosphorylated, pyruvate dehydrogenase which result from the perfusion of rat hearts with adrenaline were still evident during the preparation of mitochondria in sucrose-based media containing EGTA (at 0 degrees C) and their subsequent incubation at 30 degrees C in Na+-free KCl-based media containing respiratory substrates and EGTA. The differences from control values gradually diminished with time of incubation, but were still present after 8 min. Similar increases resulting from an increase in the concentration of Ca2+ in the perfusing medium also persisted. However, similar increases caused by 5 mM-pyruvate were only maintained during the preparation of mitochondria, not their incubation. Parallel increases, within incubated mitochondria, were found in the activity of the 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex assayed at a non-saturating concentration of 2-oxoglutarate. The enhancement of the activities of both of these Ca2+-sensitive enzymes within incubated mitochondria as a result of perfusion with adrenaline or a raised concentration of Ca2+ in the medium could be abolished within 1 min by the presence of 10 mM-NaCl. This effect of Na+ was blocked by 300 microM-diltiazem, which has been shown to inhibit Na+-induced egress of Ca2+ from rabbit heart mitochondria [Vághy, Johnson, Matlib, Wang & Schwartz (1982) J. Biol. Chem. 257, 6000-6002]. The enhancements could also be abolished by increasing the extramitochondrial concentration of Ca2+ to a value where it caused maximal activation of the enzymes within control mitochondria. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that adrenaline activates rat heart pyruvate dehydrogenase by increasing the intramitochondrial concentration of Ca2+ and that this increase persists through to incubated mitochondria. Support for this conclusion was obtained by the yielding of a similar set of results from parallel experiments performed on control mitochondria that had firstly been preincubated (under conditions of steady-state Ca2+ cycling across the inner membrane) with sufficient proportions of Ca-EGTA buffers to achieve a similar degree of Ca2+-activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase (as caused by adrenaline) and had then undergone the isolation procedure again.

scholarly journals Conversion of inactive (phosphorylated) pyruvate dehydrogenase complex into active complex by the phosphate reaction in heart mitochondria is inhibited by alloxan-diabetes or starvation in the rat

1978 ◽  
Vol 173 (2) ◽  
pp. 669-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
N J Hutson ◽  
A L Kerbey ◽  
P J Randle ◽  
P H Sugden
Keyword(s):  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Rat Heart ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex ◽  
Diabetic Rats ◽  
Atp Depletion ◽  
Heart Mitochondria ◽  
Active Complex ◽  
Phosphate Complex ◽  
Rat Hearts ◽  
Dehydrogenase Complex

1. The conversion of inactive (phosphorylated) pyruvate dehydrogenase complex into active (dephosphorylated) complex by pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphate phosphatase is inhibited in heart mitochondria prepared from alloxan-diabetic or 48h-starved rats, in mitochondria prepared from acetate-perfused rat hearts and in mitochondria prepared from normal rat hearts incubated with respiratory substrates for 6 min (as compared with 1 min). 2. This conclusion is based on experiments with isolated intact mitochondria in which the pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase reaction was inhibited by pyruvate or ATP depletion (by using oligomycin and carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone), and in experiments in which the rate of conversion of inactive complex into active complex by the phosphatase was measured in extracts of mitochondria. The inhibition of the phosphatase reaction was seen with constant concentrations of Ca2+ and Mg2+ (activators of the phosphatase). The phosphatase reaction in these mitochondrial extracts was not inhibited when an excess of exogenous pig heart pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphate was used as substrate. It is concluded that this inhibition is due to some factor(s) associated with the substrate (pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphate complex) and not to inhibition of the phosphatase as such. 3. This conclusion was verified by isolating pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphate complex, free of phosphatase, from hearts of control and diabetic rats an from heart mitochondria incubed for 1min (control) or 6min with respiratory substrates. The rates of re-activation of the inactive complexes were then measured with preparations of ox heart or rat heart phosphatase. The rates were lower (relative to controls) with inactive complex from hearts of diabetic rats or from heart mitochondria incubated for 6min with respiratory substrates. 4. The incorporation of 32Pi into inactive complex took 6min to complete in rat heart mitocondria. The extent of incorporation was consistent with three or four sites of phosphorylation in rat heart pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. 5. It is suggested that phosphorylation of sites additional to an inactivating site may inhibit the conversion of inactive complex into active complex by the phosphatase in heart mitochondria from alloxan-diabetic or 48h-starved rats or in mitochondria incubated for 6min with respiratory substrates.

Changes in intracellular Na+and pH in rat heart during ischemia: role of Na+/H+exchanger

1999 ◽  
Vol 276 (5) ◽  
pp. H1581-H1590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Choon-Ok Park ◽  
Xiao-Hui Xiao ◽  
David G. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Rat Heart ◽  
Sodium Lactate ◽  
Significant Rise ◽  
Ischemia And Reperfusion ◽  
Rapid Rise ◽  
Exchange Inhibitor ◽  
Transient Rise ◽  
Rat Hearts ◽  
Metabolic Mechanism

The role of the Na+/H+exchanger in rat hearts during ischemia and reperfusion was investigated by measurements of intracellular Na+ concentration ([Na+]i) and intracellular and extracellular pH. Under our standard conditions (2-Hz stimulation), 10 min of ischemia caused no significant rise in [Na+]ibut an acidosis of 1.0 pH unit, suggesting that the Na+/H+exchanger was inactive during ischemia. This was confirmed by showing that the Na+/H+exchange inhibitor methylisobutyl amiloride (MIA) had no effect on [Na+]ior on intracellular pH during ischemia. However, there was a short-lived increase in [Na+]iof 8.2 ± 0.6 mM on reperfusion, which was reduced by MIA, showing that the Na+/H+exchanger became active on reperfusion. To investigate the role of metabolic changes, we measured [Na+]iduring anoxia. The [Na+]idid not change during 10 min of anoxia, but there was a small, transient rise of [Na+]ion reoxygenation, which was inhibited by MIA. In addition, we show that the Na+/H+exchanger, tested by sodium lactate exposure, was inhibited during anoxia. These results show that the Na+/H+exchanger is inhibited during ischemia and anoxia, probably by an intracellular metabolic mechanism. The exchanger activates rapidly on reperfusion and can cause a rapid rise in [Na+]i.

scholarly journals Role of calcium ions in the regulation of intramitochondrial metabolism. Properties of the Ca2+-sensitive dehydrogenases within intact uncoupled mitochondria from the white and brown adipose tissue of the rat

1980 ◽  
Vol 190 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
J G McCormack ◽  
R M Denton
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Brown Adipose Tissue ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Isocitrate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Epididymal Adipose Tissue ◽  
Ionophore A23187 ◽  
Mitochondrial Inner Membrane ◽  
Brown Adipose ◽  
Oxoglutarate Dehydrogenase

1. Increasing concentrations of both Ca2+ and Sr2+ (generated by using EGTA buffers) resulted in 4-fold increases in the initial activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase within intact uncoupled mitochondria from rat epididymal adipose tissue incubated in the presence of the ionophore A23187, ATP, Mg2+ and oligomycin. The k0.5 values (concentrations required for half-maximal effects) for Ca2+ and Sr2+ were 0.54 and 7.1 microM respectively. In extracts of the mitochondria, pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphate phosphatase activity was stimulated about 4-fold by Ca2+ and Sr2+, with k0.5 values of 1.08 and 6.4 microM respectively. 2. NAD+-isocitrate dehydrogenase and oxoglutarate dehydrogenase appeared to be rate-limiting in the oxidation of threo-Ds-isocitrate and oxoglutarate by uncoupled mitochondria from brown adipose tissue of cold-adapted rats. Ca2+ (and Sr2+) diminished the Km for the oxidation of both threo-Ds-isocitrate and oxoglutarate. The kinetic constants for these oxidations were very similar to those obtained for the activities of NAD+-isocitrate dehydrogenase and oxoglutarate dehydrogenase in extracts of the mitochondria. In particular, the k0.5 values for Ca2+ were all in the range 0.2–1.6 microM and Sr2+ was found to mimic Ca2+, but with k0.5 values about 10 times greater. 3. Overall, the results of this study demonstrate that the activities of pyruvate dehydrogenase, NAD+-isocitrate dehydrogenase and oxoglutarate dehydrogenase may all be increased by Ca2+ and Sr2+ within intact mitochondria. In all cases the k0.5 values are close to 1 and 10 microM respectively, as found for the separated enzymes. Experiments on brown-adipose-tissue mitochondria incubated in the presence of albumin suggest that it may be possible to use the sensitivity of the dehydrogenases to Ca2+ as a means of assessing the distribution of Ca2+ across the mitochondrial inner membrane.

scholarly journals Role of calcium ions in the regulation of intramitochondrial metabolism. Effects of Na+, Mg2+ and ruthenium red on the Ca2+-stimulated oxidation of oxoglutarate and on pyruvate dehydrogenase activity in intact rat heart mitochondria

1980 ◽  
Vol 190 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
R M Denton ◽  
J G McCormack ◽  
N J Edgell
Keyword(s):  
Dehydrogenase Activity ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Rat Heart ◽  
Ruthenium Red ◽  
Heart Mitochondria ◽  
Heart Cells ◽  
Maximal Effect ◽  
Rat Heart Mitochondria ◽  
20 Nm

1. In uncoupled rat heart mitochondria, the kinetic parameters for oxoglutarate oxidation were very close to those found for oxoglutarate dehydrogenase activity in extracts of the mitochondria. In particular, Ca2+ greatly diminished the Km for oxoglutarate and the k0.5 value (concentration required for half-maximal effect) for this effect of Ca2+ was close to 1 microM. 2. In coupled rat heart mitochondria incubated with ADP, increases in the extramitochondrial concentration of Ca2+ greatly stimulated oxoglutarate oxidation at low concentrations of oxoglutarate, but not at saturating concentrations of oxoglutarate. The k0.5 value for the activation by extramitochondrial Ca2+ was about 20 nM. In the presence of either Mg2+ or Na+ this value was increased to about 90 nM, and in the presence of both to about 325 nM. 3. In coupled rat heart mitochondria incubated without ADP, increases in the extramitochondrial concentration of Ca2+ resulted in increases in the proportion of pyruvate dehydrogenase in its active non-phosphorylated form. The sensitivity to Ca2+ closely matched that found to affect oxoglutarate oxidation, and Mg2+ and Na+ gave similar effects. 4. Studies of others have indicated that the distribution of Ca2+ across the inner membrane of heart mitochondria is determined by a Ca2+-transporting system which is composed of a separate uptake component (inhibited by Mg2+ and Ruthenium Red) and an efflux component (stimulated by Na+). The present studies are entirely consistent with this view. They also indicate that the intramitochondrial concentration of Ca2+ within heart cells is probably about 2–3 times that in the cytoplasm, and thus the regulation of these intramitochondrial enzymes by Ca2+ is of likely physiological significance. It is suggested that the Ca2+-transporting system in heart mitochondria may be primarily concerned with the regulation of mitochondrial Ca2+ rather than cytoplasmic Ca2+; the possible role of Ca2+ as a mediator of the effects of hormones and neurotransmitters on mammalian mitochondrial oxidative metabolism is discussed.

Altered pyruvate dehydrogenase control and mitochondrial free Ca2+ in hearts of cardiomyopathic hamsters

1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (6) ◽  
pp. H2188-H2197 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Di Lisa ◽  
C. Z. Fan ◽  
G. Gambassi ◽  
B. A. Hogue ◽  
I. Kudryashova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Adrenergic Stimulation ◽  
Isolated Hearts ◽  
Maximal Activation ◽  
Cardiomyopathic Hamsters ◽  
Healthy Control ◽  
Oxoglutarate Dehydrogenase ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Tricarboxylate Cycle

The fraction of total pyruvate dehydrogenase in the active, dephosphorylated form is much lower in the glucose-perfused isolated hearts of two myopathic strains of Syrian hamster (BIO 14.6 and TO-2) than in the hearts of healthy control animals (F1B). The myopathic hearts also develop significantly less pressure under these conditions. Experiments with isolated myocytes from the BIO 14.6 heart reveal that intramitochondrial free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]m), a positive effector of pyruvate dehydrogenase interconversion, rises much less in response to a protocol of increased frequency of electrical stimulation and adrenergic stimulation than does [Ca2+]m in cells from the healthy control animals (viz from 248 +/- 15 to 348 +/- 44 nM in BIO 14.6 vs. from 241 +/- 35 to 830 +/- 124 nM in F1B, at 4 Hz). As the concentration of Ca2+ that produces half-maximal activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase within mitochondria is 650 nM, this difference between strains is likely the mechanism of the altered enzyme interconversion. The lesser response of [Ca2+]m to electrical stimulation in the BIO 14.6 cells probably results mainly from smaller systolic transients in cytosolic free Ca2+ in response to excitation of single myocytes from the BIO 14.6 animal. Lowered values of [Ca2+]m within the range described would compromise not only pyruvate dehydrogenase activity, but also flux through the tricarboxylate cycle in the myopathic heart, owing to the sensitivity of 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase to Ca2+. This may explain the decreased activity of oxidative phosphorylation and performance of work in the myopathic heart.

scholarly journals Studies on the activation of rat liver pyruvate dehydrogenase and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase by adrenaline and glucagon. Role of increases in intramitochondrial Ca2+ concentration

1985 ◽  
Vol 231 (3) ◽  
pp. 597-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
J G McCormack
Keyword(s):  
Rat Liver ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Liver Mitochondria ◽  
Active Enzyme ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Rat Liver Mitochondria ◽  
Na Ions ◽  
Oxoglutarate Dehydrogenase

The administration in vivo of either adrenaline or glucagon alone resulted in increases of about 2-fold in the amounts of active, non-phosphorylated, pyruvate dehydrogenase in the livers of fed male or female rats, whereas when administered together increases of about 4-fold were obtained. Ca2+-dependent increases in the amount of active enzyme of up to about 5-fold could be achieved in isolated rat liver mitochondria by incubating them with increasing extramitochondrial [Ca2+]; from this, two conditions of Ca loading were chosen which caused increases in active enzyme similar to those with the hormone treatments given above. The increases in enzyme activity owing to these Ca loads persisted through the ‘re-isolation’ of mitochondria and their incubation in Na+-free KCl-based media containing EGTA. Differences from values obtained with unloaded controls could be diminished by adding Na+ ions to cause the egress of Ca2+ from the mitochondria, or enough extramitochondrial Ca2+ to saturate the enzyme in its Ca2+-dependent activation; the effects of Na+ could be blocked by diltiazem, an inhibitor of mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchange. The re-isolated, Ca-preloaded, mitochondria also exhibited enhanced activities of 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase when assayed at non-saturating [2-oxoglutarate] by two different methods; effects of Na+, Ca2+ or diltiazem on the persistent activations of this enzyme were similar to those for pyruvate dehydrogenase. Na+ caused a marked depletion, which could be blocked by diltiazem, of the 45Ca content of re-isolated mitochondria which had pre-loaded with Ca, containing 45Ca, to the same degrees as above. The activities of pyruvate dehydrogenase and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase in incubated liver mitochondria prepared from rats subjected to the hormone treatments given above were found to behave in a very similar manner to those exhibited in the re-isolated, Ca-preloaded, mitochondria. It is concluded that these hormones each bring about the activations of these rat liver enzymes by causing increases in intramitochondrial [Ca2+], and that their effects, as such, are additive.

scholarly journals Acyloin production from aldehydes in the perfused rat heart: the potential role of pyruvate dehydrogenase

1993 ◽  
Vol 294 (3) ◽  
pp. 727-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
J A Montgomery ◽  
M Jetté ◽  
S Huot ◽  
C Des Rosiers
Keyword(s):  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Myocardial Infarct ◽  
Hexanoic Acid ◽  
Unsaturated Aldehyde ◽  
Important Class ◽  
Rat Hearts ◽  
Reperfusion Period

Aldehydes represent an important class of cytotoxic products derived from free radical-induced lipid peroxidation which may contribute to reperfusion injury following myocardial infarct. Metabolism of aldehydes in the heart has not been well characterized aside from conjugation of unsaturated aldehydes with glutathione. However, aliphatic aldehydes like hexanal do not form stable glutathione conjugates. We have recently demonstrated in vitro that pig heart pyruvate dehydrogenase catalyses a reaction between pyruvate and saturated aldehydes to produce acyloins (3-hydroxyalkan-2-ones). In the present study, rat hearts were perfused with various aldehydes and pyruvate. Acyloins were generated from saturated aldehydes (butanal, hexanal or nonanal), but not from 2-hexanal (an unsaturated aldehyde) or malondialdehyde. Hearts perfused with 2 mM pyruvate and 10-100 microM hexanal rapidly took up hexanal in a dose-related manner (140-850 nmol/min), and released 3-hydroxyoctan-2-one (0.7-30 nmol/min), 2,3-octanediol (0-12 nmol/min) and hexanol (10-200 nmol/min). Small quantities of hexanoic acid (about 10 nmol/min) were also released. The rate of release of acyloin metabolites rose with increased concentration of hexanal, whereas hexanol release attained a plateau when hexanal infusion concentrations rose above 50 microM. Up to 50% of hexanal uptake could be accounted for by metabolite release. Less than 0.5% of hexanal uptake was found to be bound to acid-precipitable macromolecules. When hearts perfused with 50 microM hexanal and 2 mM pyruvate were subjected to a 15 min ischaemic period, the rates of release of 2,3-octanediol, 3-hydroxyoctan-2-one, hexanol and hexanoate during the reperfusion period were not significantly different from those in the pre-ischaemic period. Our results indicate that saturated aldehydes can be metabolically converted by the heart into stable diffusible compounds.

Ca2+ transport by mammalian mitochondria and its role in hormone action

1985 ◽  
Vol 249 (6) ◽  
pp. E543-E554 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Denton ◽  
J. G. McCormack
Keyword(s):  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Calcium Transport ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Maximal Effect ◽  
Mitochondrial Matrix ◽  
Hormone Action ◽  
Normal Cells ◽  
Mammalian Mitochondria ◽  
Oxoglutarate Dehydrogenase

Three key dehydrogenases in mammalian mitochondria have been found to be activated by Ca2+ with a half-maximal effect at approximately 1 microM. These are pyruvate dehydrogenase, NAD+-isocitrate dehydrogenase, and oxoglutarate dehydrogenase. Activation of these enzymes can also be demonstrated in intact coupled mitochondria when extra mitochondrial Ca2+ is increased in the range of concentrations (0.1 to 2 microM) generally considered to occur in the cytoplasm of normal cells. It is argued that the main role of the calcium transport system in mammalian mitochondria is to relay changes in cytoplasmic Ca2+ into the mitochondrial matrix. Hormones and other extracellular messengers which stimulate ATP-requiring processes such as secretion or muscle contraction through increasing the cytoplasmic concentration of Ca2+ could in this way also increase intramitochondrial oxidative metabolism and hence promote the replenishment of ATP. Recent evidence obtained with heart and liver preparations in support of this view is reviewed.

scholarly journals Expression and regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isoforms in the developing rat heart and in adulthood: role of thyroid hormone status and lipid supply

2000 ◽  
Vol 352 (3) ◽  
pp. 731-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary C. SUGDEN ◽  
Maria L. LANGDOWN ◽  
Robert A. HARRIS ◽  
Mark J. HOLNESS
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Hormone ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase ◽  
Rat Heart ◽  
Glucose Oxidation ◽  
Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase ◽  
Glucose Disposal ◽  
Hormone Status ◽  
Isoform Expression ◽  
Developing Rat

Activation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex (PDHC) promotes glucose disposal, whereas inactivation conserves glucose. The PDH kinases (PDHKs) regulate glucose oxidation through inhibitory phosphorylation of PDHC. The adult rat heart contains three PDHK isoforms PDHK1, PDHK2 and PDHK4. Using Western-blot analysis, with specific antibodies raised against individual recombinant PDHK1, PDHK2 and PDHK4, the present study investigated PDHK isoform expression in the developing rat heart and adulthood. We identified clear differences in the patterns of protein expression of each of these PDHK isoforms during the first 3 weeks of post-natal development, with most marked up-regulation of isoforms PDHK1 and PDHK4. Distinctions between the three cardiac PDHK isoforms were also demonstrated with respect to post-neonatal maturational up-regulation; with greatest up-regulation of PDHK1 and least up-regulation of PDHK4 from the post-neonatal period until maturity. The study also examined the role of thyroid hormone status and lipid supply on PDHK isoform expression. We observed marked selective increases in the amount of PDHK4 protein present relative to total cardiac protein in both hyperthyroidism and high-fat feeding. Overall, our data identify PDHK isoform PDHK1 as being of more potential regulatory importance for glucose oxidation in the adult compared with the neonatal heart, and cardiac PDHK4 as a PDHK isoform whose expression is specifically responsive to changes in lipid supply, suggesting that its up-regulation during early post-natal life may be the perinatal switch to use fatty acids as the energy source. We also identify regulation of pyruvate sensitivity of cardiac PDHK as a physiological variable, a change in which requires factors in addition to a change in lipid supply.

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