scholarly journals Inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex by moniliformin

1986 ◽  
Vol 233 (3) ◽  
pp. 719-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
P S Gathercole ◽  
P G Thiel ◽  
J H S Hofmeyr

The mechanism for the inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex from bovine heart by moniliformin was investigated. Thiamin pyrophosphate proved to be necessary for the inhibitory action of moniliformin. The inhibition reaction was shown to be time-dependent and to follow first-order and saturation kinetics. Pyruvate protected the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex against moniliformin inactivation. Extensive dialysis of the moniliformin-inactivated complex only partially reversed inactivation. Moniliformin seems to act by inhibition of the pyruvate dehydrogenase component of the enzyme complex and not by acting on the dihydrolipoamide transacetylase or dehydrogenase components, as shown by monitoring the effect of moniliformin on each component individually. On the basis of these results, a suicide inactivator mechanism for moniliformin on pyruvate dehydrogenase is proposed.

1987 ◽  
Vol 248 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Laber ◽  
N Amrhein

The alanine analogue 1-aminoethylphosphinate [H3C-CH(NH2)-PO2H2] effectively inhibited anthocyanin synthesis in buckwheat hypocotyls and caused an increase in the concentrations of alanine and alanine-derived metabolites. Aminotransferase inhibitors partially alleviated the effects of the analogue. 1-Aminoethylphosphinate did not affect the growth of Klebsiella pneumoniae under anaerobic conditions, but under aerobic conditions it inhibited growth and caused the massive excretion of pyruvate. The analogue inhibited the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in vitro in the presence of an aminotransferase activity. The transamination product of 1-aminoethylphosphinate, acetylphosphinate (H3C-CO-PO2H2), was found to inhibit the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in a time-dependent reaction that followed first-order and saturation kinetics and required the presence of thiamin pyrophosphate.


2001 ◽  
Vol 358 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena KOLOBOVA ◽  
Alina TUGANOVA ◽  
Igor BOULATNIKOV ◽  
Kirill M. POPOV

The enzymic activity of the mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase complex is regulated by the phosphorylation of three serine residues (sites 1, 2 and 3) located on the E1 component of the complex. Here we report that the four isoenzymes of protein kinase responsible for the phosphorylation and inactivation of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDK1, PDK2, PDK3 and PDK4) differ in their abilities to phosphorylate the enzyme. PDK1 can phosphorylate all three sites, whereas PDK2, PDK3 and PDK4 each phosphorylate only site 1 and site 2. Although PDK2 phosphorylates site 1 and 2, it incorporates less phosphate in site 2 than PDK3 or PDK4. As a result, the amount of phosphate incorporated by each isoenzyme decreases in the order PDK1>PDK3PDK4>PDK2. Significantly, binding of the coenzyme thiamin pyrophosphate to pyruvate dehydrogenase alters the rates and stoichiometries of phosphorylation of the individual sites. First, the rate of phosphorylation of site 1 by all isoenzymes of kinase is decreased. Secondly, thiamin pyrophosphate markedly decreases the amount of phosphate that PDK1 incorporates in sites 2 and 3 and that PDK2 incorporates in site 2. In contrast, the coenzyme does not significantly affect the total amount of phosphate incorporated in site 2 by PDK3 and PDK4, but instead decreases the rate of phosphorylation of this site. Furthermore, pyruvate dehydrogenase complex phosphorylated by the individual isoenzymes of kinase is reactivated at different rates by pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase. Both isoenzymes of phosphatase (PDP1 and PDP2) readily reactivate the complex phosphorylated by PDK2. When pyruvate dehydrogenase is phosphorylated by other isoenzymes, the rates of reactivation decrease in the order PDK4PDK3> PDK1. Taken together, results reported here strongly suggest that the major determinants of the activity state of pyruvate dehydrogenase in mammalian tissues include the phosphorylation site specificity of isoenzymes of kinase in addition to the absolute amounts of kinase and phosphatase protein expressed in mitochondria.


1976 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 445-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Stansbie

1. The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex from human heart has been partially purified and shown to be regulated by a phosphorylation-dephosphorylation cycle similar to that previously found for other mammalian tissues. 2. Incubation of the complex with ATP (2 mmol/l) led to its inactivation associated with the concomitant incorporation into the protein of 32P from the terminal phosphate group of the ATP. Pyruvate, ADP, thiamin pyrophosphate and dichloroacetate diminished the rate of inactivation by ATP. 3. Pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase from human heart requires Mg2+ for activity and is sensitive to Ca2+ at concentrations of a few μmol/l. Similar ionic requirements of the skeletal muscle phosphatase have been demonstrated in a crude tissue extract. 4. The activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase in human adipose tissue was less than 10% of typical values in rats. This could be due to the high level of dietary fat consumed by humans, which is known to repress the enzyme activity in rats.


1982 ◽  
Vol 205 (2) ◽  
pp. 389-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard C. Packman ◽  
Richard N. Perham ◽  
Gordon C. K. Roberts

The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex of Escherichia coli was treated with o-phenylene bismaleimide in the presence of the substrate pyruvate, producing almost complete cross-linking of the lipoate acetyltransferase polypeptide chains as judged by sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. This took place without effect on the catalytic activities of the other two component enzymes and with little evidence of cross-links being formed with other types of protein subunit. Limited proteolysis with trypsin indicated that the cross-links were largely confined to the lipoyl domains of the lipoate acetyltransferase component of the same enzyme particle. This intramolecular cross-linking had no effect on the very sharp resonances observed in the 1H n.m.r. spectrum of the enzyme complex, which derive from regions of highly mobile polypeptide chain in the lipoyl domains. Comparison of the spin–spin relaxation times, T2, with the measured linewidths supported the idea that the highly mobile region is best characterized as a random coil. Intensity measurements in spin-echo spectra showed that it comprises a significant proportion (probably not less than one-third) of a lipoyl domain and is thus much more than a small hinge region, but there was insufficient intensity in the resonances to account for the whole lipoyl domain. On the other hand, no evidence was found in the 1H n.m.r. spectrum for a substantial structured region around the lipoyl-lysine residues that was free to move on the end of this highly flexible connection. If such a structured region were bound to other parts of the enzyme complex for a major part of its time, its resonances might be broadened sufficiently to evade detection by 1H n.m.r. spectroscopy.


1980 ◽  
Vol 189 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
C E Henderson ◽  
R N Perham

1. The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex was purified from Bacillus stearothermophilus in high yield. The specific activity (about 40nkat/mg of protein) was substantially lower than that of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex from Escherchia coli (about 570nkat/mg of protein) measured at 30 degrees C under the same conditions. 2. The relative molecular masses of the four types of polypeptide chain i the complex were estimated by means of sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis to be 57 000, 54 000, 42 000 and 36 000 respectively. These polypetide chains showed no evidence of seriously anomalous behavior during tests of electrophoretic mobility. 3. The enzyme complex was resolved into its constituent proteins by means of gelfiltration on Sepharose CL-6B in the presence of 2M-KI, followed by chromatography on hydroxyapatite in the presence of 8M-urea. These harsh conditions were necessary to cause suitable dissociation of the enzyme complex. 4. The amino-acid compositions of the four constituent proteins after resolution were determined and their chain ratios were measured for several preparations of the complex. Some variability was noted between preparations but all samples contained a significant molar excess of the chains thought to contribute the pyruvate decarboxylase (EC 1.2.4.1) activity. 5. From the relative molecular masses and chain ratios of the four constituent proteins, it was calculated that the empirical unit must be repeated at least 50 times to make up the assembled complex. This conclusion is fully consistent with the demonstration by means of electron microscopy of apparent icosahedral symmetry for the Bacillus stearothermophilus complex, implying a 60-fold repeat. The structure stands in sharp contrast with the octahedral symmetry (24-fold repeat) of the Escherichia coli enzyme.


1984 ◽  
Vol 246 (6) ◽  
pp. H858-H864 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. B. Patel ◽  
M. S. Olson

The effect of flow-induced ischemia on the rate of pyruvate decarboxylation and the activation state of the pyruvate dehydrogenase multienzyme complex was investigated in the isolated, perfused rat heart. Pyruvate dehydrogenase activity in the heart decreased significantly during flow-induced ischemia and was a function of changes in the activation state (i.e., active/total activity) of the enzyme complex. In the absence of pyruvate, the activation state of pyruvate dehydrogenase decreased from nearly 100% active at the normal flow rate (10 ml/min) to 20% active as the flow was reduced to 0.5 ml/min. At high pyruvate levels (5 mM), the activation state increased from nearly 70% active at control flow rates to 100% active during ischemia. At an intermediate pyruvate concentration (0.5 mM), the enzyme complex was maintained at a relatively low activation state (30–35% active) throughout the range of flow rates tested. Ischemia caused elevated perfusate lactate concentrations only when the flow rates were less than 5.0 ml/min. The activation state of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in hearts perfused with glucose was also decreased during ischemia.


1984 ◽  
Vol 217 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
L C Packman ◽  
R N Perham ◽  
G C K Roberts

The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex of Bacillus stearothermophilus was treated with Staphylococcus aureus V8 proteinase, causing cleavage of the dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase polypeptide chain (apparent Mr 57 000), inhibition of the enzymic activity and disassembly of the complex. Fragments of the dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase chains with apparent Mr 28 000, which contained the acetyltransferase activity, remained assembled as a particle ascribed the role of an inner core of the complex. The lipoic acid residue of each dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase chain was found as part of a small but stable domain that, unlike free lipoamide, was able still to function as a substrate for reductive acetylation by pyruvate in the presence of intact enzyme complex or isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase (lipoamide) component. The lipoyl domain was acidic and had an apparent Mr of 6500 (by sedimentation equilibrium), 7800 (by sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis) and 10 000 and 20 400 (by gel filtration in the presence and in the absence respectively of 6M-guanidinium chloride). 1H-n.m.r. spectroscopy of the dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase inner core demonstrated that it did not contain the segments of highly mobile polypeptide chain found in the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. 1H-n.m.r. spectroscopy of the lipoyl domain demonstrated that it had a stable and defined tertiary structure. From these and other experiments, a model of the dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase chain is proposed in which the small, folded, lipoyl domain comprises the N-terminal region, and the large, folded, core-forming domain that contains the acetyltransferase active site comprises the C-terminal region. These two regions are separated by a third segment of the chain, which includes a substantial region of polypeptide chain that enjoys high conformational mobility and facilitates movement of the lipoyl domain between the various active sites in the enzyme complex.


1977 ◽  
Vol 32 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 351-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemarie Lüderitz ◽  
Jobst-Heinrich Klemme

Abstract The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhododospirillum rubrum was associated with the membrane fraction both in heterotrophically and photosynthetically grown cells. The complex was separated from the membranes and partially purified by precipitation with MgSO4 and gelfiltration through Sepharose 4B. The purified complex had a specific activity of 1.5 - 2 μmol/min-mg protein and contained the following partial activities: pyruvate dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.4.1), dihydrolipoamide transacetylase (EC 2.3.1.12) and dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (EC 1.6.4.3). Contrary to other bacterial pyruvate dehydrogenase complexes, the enzyme complex from R . rubrum revealed no cooperativity between pyruvate binding sites. The kinetic constants [Km) for the overall reaction were (in mм) : 0.14 (pyruvate), 0.07 (NAD) and 0.025 (coenzyme A). The Km for thiamine pyrophosphate was dependent on the nature and the concentration of the divalent metal ion (Mn or Mg) present in the reaction mixture, the values ranging from 0.5 to 3 μm . NADH was a potent inhibitor (Ki = 5 μm) of the enzyme complex and the dihydrolipo­ amide dehydrogenase. The inhibition was competitive with respect to NAD. In addition to its rapid inhibitory effect, NADH also inactivated the enzyme. Cysteine partially protected the enzyme complex against NADH-inactivation. Acetyl-coenzyme A also inhibited the overall reaction (Ki = 40 μм) . The inhibition was dependent on the concentration of coenzyme A, but independent of the concentration of pyruvate. Sugar phosphates, phosphoenolpyruvate, citric acid cycle intermediates and nucleosidephosphates (1 mм) had no pronounced effect on the overall reaction.


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