scholarly journals Inactivation of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase 2 by Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species

2012 ◽  
Vol 287 (42) ◽  
pp. 35153-35160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Hurd ◽  
Yvonne Collins ◽  
Irina Abakumova ◽  
Edward T. Chouchani ◽  
Bartlomiej Baranowski ◽  
...  

Reactive oxygen species are byproducts of mitochondrial respiration and thus potential regulators of mitochondrial function. Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2 (PDHK2) inhibits the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, thereby regulating entry of carbohydrates into the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. Here we show that PDHK2 activity is inhibited by low levels of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) generated by the respiratory chain. This occurs via reversible oxidation of cysteine residues 45 and 392 on PDHK2 and results in increased pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity. H2O2 derives from superoxide (O2̇̄), and we show that conditions that inhibit PDHK2 also inactivate the TCA cycle enzyme, aconitase. These findings suggest that under conditions of high mitochondrial O2̇̄ production, such as may occur under nutrient excess and low ATP demand, the increase in O2̇̄ and H2O2 may provide feedback signals to modulate mitochondrial metabolism.

2015 ◽  
Vol 117 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michal K Handzlik ◽  
Dumitru Constantin-Teodosiu ◽  
Paul L Greenhaff ◽  
Mark A Cole

Modulation of cardiac pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) flux is known to alter post-ischemic myocardial injury. Hypoxia is intrinsic to ischemia, but its specific role in cardiac injury is unknown. We hypothesized that post-hypoxic cardiac injury would be attenuated with activation of the PDC complex during hypoxia. Mouse hearts were isolated and Langendorff perfused with 0.4mM palmitate and 11mM glucose. Following 30min of normoxia, hearts were subjected to 30min hypoxia (20% of normoxic pO2) followed by 30min of reoxygenation. PDC flux was increased by infusion of 1mM dichloroacetate (DCA), either from onset of hypoxia, or with onset of reoxygenation. Cardiac function was measured using an IV balloon, and fatty acid β-oxidation determined via 3H-labelling. Lactate efflux was assayed from timed buffer collections. Hearts were frozen at end-normoxia, end-hypoxia and end-reoxygenation, and assayed for PDC flux, and phosphate metabolites. Reactive oxygen species formation was assessed by Western blotting of protein carbonyls. End-hypoxic cardiac PDC flux fell to 41±5% of pre-hypoxic values (0.96 of 2.37 μmol/gdwt, p<0.001) with β-oxidation also lower (25±11%, 0.06 of 0.24 μmol/min/gwwt, p<0.025). Lactate efflux increased 2.3-fold (4.7 to 10.6 μmol/min/gwwt, p<0.028) and AMP/ATP ratio 5.3-fold (0.04 to 0.21 p<0.002). DCA infusion increased end-hypoxic PDC flux (170±16%, 1.64 of 0.96 μmol/gdwt, p<0.003), reducing lactate efflux (47±8%, 5 of 11 μmol/min/gwwt, p<0.021) and AMP/ATP ratio (43±12%, 0.09 of 0.21, p<0.025). Control hearts were damaged by hypoxia, final recovery being 63±7% of pre-hypoxic function (18 of 29 bpm.mmHg.103). Hypoxic DCA infusion impaired recovery (49±4%, 15 of 31 bpm.mmHg.103), compared to DCA infusion during reoxygenation (63±3%, 19 of 30 bpm.mmHg.103, p<0.023). Reactive oxygen species formation was not altered. Increasing PDC flux during hypoxia significantly modified myocardial substrate metabolism. In contrast to the reported beneficial effects of augmented PDC flux during ischemia, increasing PDC flux in the hypoxic heart exacerbated myocardial injury. These results indicate that the potentially therapeutic effects of increasing PDC flux are not dependent on the hypoxic aspect of myocardial ischemia.


1998 ◽  
Vol 329 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa M. BOWKER-KINLEY ◽  
I. Wilhelmina DAVIS ◽  
Pengfei WU ◽  
A. Robert HARRIS ◽  
M. Kirill POPOV

Tissue distribution and kinetic parameters for the four isoenzymes of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK1, PDK2, PDK3 and PDK4) identified thus far in mammals were analysed. It appeared that expression of these isoenzymes occurs in a tissue-specific manner. The mRNA for isoenzyme PDK1 was found almost exclusively in rat heart. The mRNA for PDK3 was most abundantly expressed in rat testis. The message for PDK2 was present in all tissues tested but the level was low in spleen and lung. The mRNA for PDK4 was predominantly expressed in skeletal muscle and heart. The specific activities of the isoenzymes varied 25-fold, from 50 nmol/min per mg for PDK2 to 1250 nmol/min per mg for PDK3. Apparent Ki values of the isoenzymes for the synthetic analogue of pyruvate, dichloroacetate, varied 40-fold, from 0.2 mM for PDK2 to 8 mM for PDK3. The isoenzymes were also different with respect to their ability to respond to NADH and NADH plus acetyl-CoA. NADH alone stimulated the activities of PDK1 and PDK2 by 20 and 30% respectively. NADH plus acetyl-CoA activated these isoenzymes nearly 200 and 300%. Under comparable conditions, isoenzyme PDK3 was almost completely unresponsive to NADH, and NADH plus acetyl-CoA caused inhibition rather than activation. Isoenzyme PDK4 was activated almost 2-fold by NADH, but NADH plus acetyl-CoA did not activate above the level seen with NADH alone. These results provide the first evidence that the unique tissue distribution and kinetic characteristics of the isoenzymes of PDK are among the major factors responsible for tissue-specific regulation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity.


Cell ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 159 (7) ◽  
pp. 1615-1625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rommel A. Mathias ◽  
Todd M. Greco ◽  
Adam Oberstein ◽  
Hanna G. Budayeva ◽  
Rumela Chakrabarti ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (18) ◽  
pp. 5566-5575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Buchholz ◽  
Andreas Schwentner ◽  
Britta Brunnenkan ◽  
Christina Gabris ◽  
Simon Grimm ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTExchange of the nativeCorynebacterium glutamicumpromoter of theaceEgene, encoding the E1p subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC), with mutateddapApromoter variants led to a series ofC. glutamicumstrains with gradually reduced growth rates and PDHC activities. Upon overexpression of thel-valine biosynthetic genesilvBNCE, all strains producedl-valine. Among these strains,C. glutamicum aceEA16 (pJC4ilvBNCE) showed the highest biomass and product yields, and thus it was further improved by additional deletion of thepqoandppcgenes, encoding pyruvate:quinone oxidoreductase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, respectively. In fed-batch fermentations at high cell densities,C. glutamicum aceEA16 Δpqo Δppc(pJC4ilvBNCE) produced up to 738 mM (i.e., 86.5 g/liter)l-valine with an overall yield (YP/S) of 0.36 mol per mol of glucose and a volumetric productivity (QP) of 13.6 mM per h [1.6 g/(liter × h)]. Additional inactivation of the transaminase B gene (ilvE) and overexpression ofilvBNCDinstead ofilvBNCEtransformed thel-valine-producing strain into a 2-ketoisovalerate producer, excreting up to 303 mM (35 g/liter) 2-ketoisovalerate with aYP/Sof 0.24 mol per mol of glucose and aQPof 6.9 mM per h [0.8 g/(liter × h)]. The replacement of theaceEpromoter by thedapA-A16 promoter in the twoC. glutamicuml-lysine producers DM1800 and DM1933 improved the production by 100% and 44%, respectively. These results demonstrate thatC. glutamicumstrains with reduced PDHC activity are an excellent platform for the production of pyruvate-derived products.


1988 ◽  
Vol 253 (3) ◽  
pp. 819-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Pawelczyk ◽  
R A Easom ◽  
M S Olson

The activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) purified from pig kidney cortex was found to be affected by various uni- and bi-valent ions. At a constant strength of 0.13 M at pH 7.8, K+, Na+, Cl-, HCO3- and HPO4(2-) had significant effects on the activity of PDC: Na+, K+ and HPO4(2-) stimulated, but HCO3- and Cl- inhibited. The stimulatory effect of Na+ was mediated by a change in the Vmax. of PDC only, whereas K+ produced an increase in Vmax. and a change in the Hill coefficient (h). The extent of stimulation produced by HPO4(2-)4 on the activity of PDC was dependent on the concentrations of K+ and Na+. Both cations at concentrations higher than 40 mM partially prevented the effect of HPO4(2-)4. Cl- and HCO3- anions decreased the Vmax. of the enzyme and increased the S0.5 for pyruvate. The effects of Na+, K+, Cl-, HPO4(2-) and HCO3- on the activity of PDC were additive. In the presence of 80 mM-K+, 20 mM-Na+, 10 mM-HPO4(2-), 20 mM-Cl- and 20 mM-HCO3- the activity of PDC was increased by 30%, the S0.5 for pyruvate was increased from 75 to 158 microM and h was decreased from 1.3 to 1.1. Under these conditions and at 1.0 mM-pyruvate, the activity of PDC was 80% of the maximal activity achieved in the presence of these ions and 4.5 mM-pyruvate. The present study suggests that PDC may operate under non-saturating concentrations for substrate in vivo.


1973 ◽  
Vol 134 (2) ◽  
pp. 539-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Land ◽  
John B. Clark

1. The effects of phenylpyruvate, a metabolite produced in phenylketonuria, on the pyruvate dehydrogenase-complex activity were investigated in rat brain mitochondria. 2. Pyruvate dehydrogenase activity was measured by two methods, one measuring the release of 14CO2 from [1-14C]pyruvate and the other measuring the acetyl-CoA formed by means of the coupling enzyme, pigeon liver arylamine acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.5). In neither case was there significant inhibition of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex by phenylpyruvate at concentrations below 2mm. 3. However, phenylpyruvate acted as a classical competitive inhibitor of the coupling enzyme arylamine acetyltransferase, with a Ki of 100μm. 4. It was concluded that the inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase by phenylpyruvate is unlikely to be a primary enzyme defect in phenylketonuria.


Cancers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carina Neitzel ◽  
Philipp Demuth ◽  
Simon Wittmann ◽  
Jörg Fahrer

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is among the most frequent cancer entities worldwide. Multiple factors are causally associated with CRC development, such as genetic and epigenetic alterations, inflammatory bowel disease, lifestyle and dietary factors. During malignant transformation, the cellular energy metabolism is reprogrammed in order to promote cancer cell growth and proliferation. In this review, we first describe the main alterations of the energy metabolism found in CRC, revealing the critical impact of oncogenic signaling and driver mutations in key metabolic enzymes. Then, the central role of mitochondria and the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in this process is highlighted, also considering the metabolic crosstalk between tumor and stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment. The identified cancer-specific metabolic transformations provided new therapeutic targets for the development of small molecule inhibitors. Promising agents are in clinical trials and are directed against enzymes of the TCA cycle, including isocitrate dehydrogenase, pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase, pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) and α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase (KGDH). Finally, we focus on the α-lipoic acid derivative CPI-613, an inhibitor of both PDC and KGDH, and delineate its anti-tumor effects for targeted therapy.


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