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Liang Z, Ralph-Epps T, Schmidtke MW, Kumar V, Greenberg ML. Decreased pyruvate dehydrogenase activity in Tafazzin-deficient cells is caused by dysregulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase 1 (PDP1). J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105697. [PMID: 38301889 PMCID: PMC10884759 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.105697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
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Cardiolipin (CL), the signature lipid of the mitochondrial inner membrane, is critical for maintaining optimal mitochondrial function and bioenergetics. Disruption of CL metabolism, caused by mutations in the CL remodeling enzyme TAFAZZIN, results in the life-threatening disorder Barth syndrome (BTHS). While the clinical manifestations of BTHS, such as dilated cardiomyopathy and skeletal myopathy, point to defects in mitochondrial bioenergetics, the disorder is also characterized by broad metabolic dysregulation, including abnormal levels of metabolites associated with the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. Recent studies have identified the inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), the gatekeeper enzyme for TCA cycle carbon influx, as a key deficiency in various BTHS model systems. However, the molecular mechanisms linking aberrant CL remodeling, particularly the primary, direct consequence of reduced tetralinoleoyl-CL (TLCL) levels, to PDH activity deficiency are not yet understood. In the current study, we found that remodeled TLCL promotes PDH function by directly binding to and enhancing the activity of PDH phosphatase 1 (PDP1). This is supported by our findings that TLCL uniquely activates PDH in a dose-dependent manner, TLCL binds to PDP1 in vitro, TLCL-mediated PDH activation is attenuated in the presence of phosphatase inhibitor, and PDP1 activity is decreased in Tafazzin-knockout (TAZ-KO) C2C12 myoblasts. Additionally, we observed decreased mitochondrial calcium levels in TAZ-KO cells and treating TAZ-KO cells with calcium lactate (CaLac) increases mitochondrial calcium and restores PDH activity and mitochondrial oxygen consumption rate. Based on our findings, we conclude that reduced mitochondrial calcium levels and decreased binding of PDP1 to TLCL contribute to decreased PDP1 activity in TAZ-KO cells.
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- Zhuqing Liang
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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Li YM, He HW, Zhang N. Targeting Protein Phosphatases for the Treatment of Chronic Liver Disease. Curr Drug Targets 2024; 25:171-189. [PMID: 38213163 DOI: 10.2174/0113894501278886231221092522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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There exists a huge number of patients suffering from chronic liver disease worldwide. As a disease with high incidence and mortality worldwide, strengthening the research on the pathogenesis of chronic liver disease and the development of novel drugs is an important issue related to the health of all human beings. Phosphorylation modification of proteins plays a crucial role in cellular signal transduction, and phosphatases are involved in the development of liver diseases. Therefore, this article summarized the important role of protein phosphatases in chronic liver disease with the aim of facilitating the development of drugs targeting protein phosphatases for the treatment of chronic liver disease.
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- Yi-Ming Li
- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Microbial Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Microbial Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Microbial Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100050, China
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Vaneynde P, Verbinnen I, Janssens V. The role of serine/threonine phosphatases in human development: Evidence from congenital disorders. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:1030119. [PMID: 36313552 PMCID: PMC9608770 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.1030119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Reversible protein phosphorylation is a fundamental regulation mechanism in eukaryotic cell and organismal physiology, and in human health and disease. Until recently, and unlike protein kinases, mutations in serine/threonine protein phosphatases (PSP) had not been commonly associated with disorders of human development. Here, we have summarized the current knowledge on congenital diseases caused by mutations, inherited or de novo, in one of 38 human PSP genes, encoding a monomeric phosphatase or a catalytic subunit of a multimeric phosphatase. In addition, we highlight similar pathogenic mutations in genes encoding a specific regulatory subunit of a multimeric PSP. Overall, we describe 19 affected genes, and find that most pathogenic variants are loss-of-function, with just a few examples of gain-of-function alterations. Moreover, despite their widespread tissue expression, the large majority of congenital PSP disorders are characterised by brain-specific abnormalities, suggesting a generalized, major role for PSPs in brain development and function. However, even if the pathogenic mechanisms are relatively well understood for a small number of PSP disorders, this knowledge is still incomplete for most of them, and the further identification of downstream targets and effectors of the affected PSPs is eagerly awaited through studies in appropriate in vitro and in vivo disease models. Such lacking studies could elucidate the exact mechanisms through which these diseases act, and possibly open up new therapeutic avenues.
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- Pieter Vaneynde
- Laboratory of Protein Phosphorylation and Proteomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
- Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Protein Phosphorylation and Proteomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
- Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Protein Phosphorylation and Proteomics, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
- Leuven Brain Institute (LBI), Leuven, Belgium
- *Correspondence: Veerle Janssens,
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Pan J, Zhou L, Zhang C, Xu Q, Sun Y. Targeting protein phosphatases for the treatment of inflammation-related diseases: From signaling to therapy. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2022; 7:177. [PMID: 35665742 PMCID: PMC9166240 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-022-01038-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Inflammation is the common pathological basis of autoimmune diseases, metabolic diseases, malignant tumors, and other major chronic diseases. Inflammation plays an important role in tissue homeostasis. On one hand, inflammation can sense changes in the tissue environment, induce imbalance of tissue homeostasis, and cause tissue damage. On the other hand, inflammation can also initiate tissue damage repair and maintain normal tissue function by resolving injury and restoring homeostasis. These opposing functions emphasize the significance of accurate regulation of inflammatory homeostasis to ameliorate inflammation-related diseases. Potential mechanisms involve protein phosphorylation modifications by kinases and phosphatases, which have a crucial role in inflammatory homeostasis. The mechanisms by which many kinases resolve inflammation have been well reviewed, whereas a systematic summary of the functions of protein phosphatases in regulating inflammatory homeostasis is lacking. The molecular knowledge of protein phosphatases, and especially the unique biochemical traits of each family member, will be of critical importance for developing drugs that target phosphatases. Here, we provide a comprehensive summary of the structure, the "double-edged sword" function, and the extensive signaling pathways of all protein phosphatases in inflammation-related diseases, as well as their potential inhibitors or activators that can be used in therapeutic interventions in preclinical or clinical trials. We provide an integrated perspective on the current understanding of all the protein phosphatases associated with inflammation-related diseases, with the aim of facilitating the development of drugs that target protein phosphatases for the treatment of inflammation-related diseases.
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- Jie Pan
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Science, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Science, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Science, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Science, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, 210023, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, 209 Tongshan Road, Xuzhou, 221004, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Chemistry and Biomedicine Innovation Center (ChemBIC), Department of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Life Science, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, 210023, China.
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, 209 Tongshan Road, Xuzhou, 221004, Jiangsu, China.
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Rheb mediates neuronal-activity-induced mitochondrial energetics through mTORC1-independent PDH activation. Dev Cell 2021; 56:811-825.e6. [PMID: 33725483 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Neuronal activity increases energy consumption and requires balanced production to maintain neuronal function. How activity is coupled to energy production remains incompletely understood. Here, we report that Rheb regulates mitochondrial tricarboxylic acid cycle flux of acetyl-CoA by activating pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) to increase ATP production. Rheb is induced by synaptic activity and lactate and dynamically trafficked to the mitochondrial matrix through its interaction with Tom20. Mitochondria-localized Rheb protein is required for activity-induced PDH activation and ATP production. Cell-type-specific gain- and loss-of-function genetic models for Rheb reveal reciprocal changes in PDH phosphorylation/activity, acetyl-CoA, and ATP that are not evident with genetic or pharmacological manipulations of mTORC1. Mechanistically, Rheb physically associates with PDH phosphatase (PDP), enhancing its activity and association with the catalytic E1α-subunit of PDH to reduce PDH phosphorylation and increase its activity. Findings identify Rheb as a nodal point that balances neuronal activity and neuroenergetics via Rheb-PDH axis.
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Gherardi G, Monticelli H, Rizzuto R, Mammucari C. The Mitochondrial Ca 2+ Uptake and the Fine-Tuning of Aerobic Metabolism. Front Physiol 2020; 11:554904. [PMID: 33117189 PMCID: PMC7575740 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.554904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Recently, the role of mitochondrial activity in high-energy demand organs and in the orchestration of whole-body metabolism has received renewed attention. In mitochondria, pyruvate oxidation, ensured by efficient mitochondrial pyruvate entry and matrix dehydrogenases activity, generates acetyl CoA that enters the TCA cycle. TCA cycle activity, in turn, provides reducing equivalents and electrons that feed the electron transport chain eventually producing ATP. Mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake plays an essential role in the control of aerobic metabolism. Mitochondrial Ca2+ accumulation stimulates aerobic metabolism by inducing the activity of three TCA cycle dehydrogenases. In detail, matrix Ca2+ indirectly modulates pyruvate dehydrogenase via pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase 1, and directly activates isocitrate and α-ketoglutarate dehydrogenases. Here, we will discuss the contribution of mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake to the metabolic homeostasis of organs involved in systemic metabolism, including liver, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue. We will also tackle the role of mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake in the heart, a high-energy consuming organ whose function strictly depends on appropriate Ca2+ signaling.
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- Gaia Gherardi
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Guo Y, Qiu W, Roche TE, Hackert ML. Crystal structure of the catalytic subunit of bovine pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION F-STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS 2020; 76:292-301. [PMID: 32627744 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x20007943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) activity is tightly regulated by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation, which is catalyzed by PDH kinase isomers and PDH phosphatase isomers, respectively. PDH phosphatase isomer 1 (PDP1) is a heterodimer consisting of a catalytic subunit (PDP1c) and a regulatory subunit (PDP1r). Here, the crystal structure of bovine PDP1c determined at 2.1 Å resolution is reported. The crystals belonged to space group P3221, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 75.3, c = 173.2 Å. The structure was solved by molecular-replacement methods and refined to a final R factor of 21.9% (Rfree = 24.7%). The final model consists of 402 of a possible 467 amino-acid residues of the PDP1c monomer, two Mn2+ ions in the active site, an additional Mn2+ ion coordinated by His410 and His414, two MnSO4 ion pairs at special positions near the crystallographic twofold symmetry axis and 226 water molecules. Several new features of the PDP1c structure are revealed. The requirements are described and plausible bases are deduced for the interaction of PDP1c with PDP1r and other components of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex.
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- Youzhong Guo
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Tovar-Mendez A, Miernyk JA, Hoyos E, Randall DD. A functional genomic analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana PP2C clade D. PROTOPLASMA 2014; 251:265-271. [PMID: 23832523 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-013-0526-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In the reference dicot plant Arabidopsis thaliana, the PP2C family of P-protein phosphatases includes the products of 80 genes that have been separated into ten multi-protein clades plus six singletons. Clade D includes the products of nine genes distributed among three chromosomes (APD1, At3g12620; APD2, At3g17090; APD3, At3g51370; APD4, At3g55050; APD5, At4g33920; APD6, At4g38520; APD7, At5g02760; APD8, At5g06750; and APD9, At5g66080). As part of a functional genomics analysis of protein phosphorylation, we retrieved expression data from public databases and determined the subcellular protein localization of the members of clade D. While the nine proteins have been grouped together based upon primary sequence alignments, we observed no obvious common patterns in expression or localization. We found chimera with the GFP associated with the nucleus, plasma membrane, the endomembrane system, and mitochondria in transgenic plants.
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O'Rourke B, Van Eyk JE, Foster DB. Mitochondrial protein phosphorylation as a regulatory modality: implications for mitochondrial dysfunction in heart failure. CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (GREENWICH, CONN.) 2011; 17:269-82. [PMID: 22103918 PMCID: PMC4067253 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2011.00266.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Phosphorylation of mitochondrial proteins has been recognized for decades, and the regulation of pyruvate- and branched-chain α-ketoacid dehydrogenases by an atypical kinase/phosphatase cascade is well established. More recently, the development of new mass spectrometry-based technologies has led to the discovery of many novel phosphorylation sites on a variety of mitochondrial targets. The evidence suggests that the major classes of kinase and several phosphatases may be present at the mitochondrial outer membrane, intermembrane space, inner membrane, and matrix, but many questions remain to be answered as to the location, timing, and reversibility of these phosphorylation events and whether they are functionally relevant. The authors review phosphorylation as a mitochondrial regulatory strategy and highlight its possible role in the pathophysiology of cardiac hypertrophy and failure.
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- Brian O'Rourke
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205-2195, USA.
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Love LK, LeBlanc PJ, Inglis JG, Bradley NS, Choptiany J, Heigenhauser GJF, Peters SJ. The relationship between human skeletal muscle pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase activity and muscle aerobic capacity. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2011; 111:427-34. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00672.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) is a mitochondrial enzyme responsible for regulating the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA for use in the tricarboxylic acid cycle. PDH is regulated through phosphorylation and inactivation by PDH kinase (PDK) and dephosphorylation and activation by PDH phosphatase (PDP). The effect of endurance training on PDK in humans has been investigated; however, to date no study has examined the effect of endurance training on PDP in humans. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine differences in PDP activity and PDP1 protein content in human skeletal muscle across a range of muscle aerobic capacities. This association is important as higher PDP activity and protein content will allow for increased activation of PDH, and carbohydrate oxidation. The main findings of this study were that 1) PDP activity ( r2 = 0.399, P = 0.001) and PDP1 protein expression ( r2 = 0.153, P = 0.039) were positively correlated with citrate synthase (CS) activity as a marker for muscle aerobic capacity; 2) E1α ( r2 = 0.310, P = 0.002) and PDK2 protein ( r2 = 0.229, P =0.012) are positively correlated with muscle CS activity; and 3) although it is the most abundant isoform, PDP1 protein content only explained ∼18% of the variance in PDP activity ( r2 = 0.184, P = 0.033). In addition, PDP1 in combination with E1α explained ∼38% of the variance in PDP activity ( r2 = 0.383, P = 0.005), suggesting that there may be alternative regulatory mechanisms of this enzyme other than protein content. These data suggest that with higher muscle aerobic capacity (CS activity) there is a greater capacity for carbohydrate oxidation (E1α), in concert with higher potential for PDH activation (PDP activity).
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- Lorenzo K. Love
- Department of Kinesiology,
- Centre for Muscle Metabolism and Biophysics, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
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- Centre for Muscle Metabolism and Biophysics, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
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- Centre for Muscle Metabolism and Biophysics, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
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- Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Kinesiology,
- Centre for Muscle Metabolism and Biophysics, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
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- Department of Kinesiology,
- Centre for Muscle Metabolism and Biophysics, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario
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Umbrasaite J, Schweighofer A, Meskiene I. Substrate analysis of Arabidopsis PP2C-type protein phosphatases. Methods Mol Biol 2011; 779:149-161. [PMID: 21837565 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-264-9_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Protein phosphorylation by protein kinases can be reversed by the action of protein phosphatases. In plants, the Ser/Thr-specific phosphatases dominate among the protein phosphatase families with the type 2C protein phosphatases (PP2Cs) being the most abundant among them. PP2Cs are monomeric enzymes that require metal cations for their activity and are insensitive to known phosphatase inhibitors. PP2Cs were shown to counteract the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase/MAPK) activities in plants and to regulate developmental and stress signaling pathways. Studies of PP2C activities can be performed in vitro using recombinant proteins. The potential substrates of PP2Cs can be tested for dephosphorylation by the phosphatase in vitro. We have found that the stress-induced PP2Cs from alfalfa and Arabidopsis interact with stress-activated MAPKs in yeast two-hybrid (Y2H) screens. Consequently, recombinant MAPKs were employed as substrates for dephosphorylation by selected PP2Cs from different family clusters. The members of the PP2C phosphatase family demonstrated specificity toward the substrate already in vitro, supporting the notion that protein phosphatases are specific enzymes. The PP2C from Arabidopsis thaliana cluster B, Arabidopsis PP2C-type phosphatase (AP2C1), and its homolog from Medicago sativa, Medicago PP2C-type phosphatase (MP2C), were able to dephosphorylate and inactivate MAPKs, whereas the ABSCISIC ACID (ABA)-INSENSITIVE 2 (ABI2) and HOMOLOGY TO ABI1 (HAB1) PP2Cs from the distinct Arabidopsis cluster A were not able to do so. The method described here can be used for the determination of PP2C protein activity and for studying the effect of mutations introduced into their catalytic domains.
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In 1963, Lancet published a paper by Randle et al. that proposed a "glucose-fatty acid cycle" to describe fuel flux between and fuel selection by tissues. The original biochemical mechanism explained the inhibition of glucose oxidation by fatty acids. Since then, the principle has been confirmed by many investigators. At the same time, many new mechanisms controlling the utilization of glucose and fatty acids have been discovered. Here, we review the known short- and long-term mechanisms involved in the control of glucose and fatty acid utilization at the cytoplasmic and mitochondrial level in mammalian muscle and liver under normal and pathophysiological conditions. They include allosteric control, reversible phosphorylation, and the expression of key enzymes. However, the complexity is formidable. We suggest that not all chapters of the Randle cycle have been written.
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- Louis Hue
- Université Catholique de Louvain and de Duve Institute, Hormone and Metabolic Research Unit, Brussels, Belgium.
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Expression, purification and characterization of recombinant protein tyrosine phosphatase from Thermus thermophilus HB27. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2009; 41:689-98. [DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmp057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Denton RM. Regulation of mitochondrial dehydrogenases by calcium ions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2009; 1787:1309-16. [PMID: 19413950 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2009.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 591] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2008] [Revised: 01/08/2009] [Accepted: 01/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Studies in Bristol in the 1960s and 1970s, led to the recognition that four mitochondrial dehydrogenases are activated by calcium ions. These are FAD-glycerol phosphate dehydrogenase, pyruvate dehydrogenase, NAD-isocitrate dehydrogenase and oxoglutarate dehydrogenase. FAD-glycerol phosphate dehydrogenase is located on the outer surface of the inner mitochondrial membrane and is influenced by changes in cytoplasmic calcium ion concentration. The other three enzymes are located within mitochondria and are regulated by changes in mitochondrial matrix calcium ion concentration. These and subsequent studies on purified enzymes, mitochondria and intact cell preparations have led to the widely accepted view that the activation of these enzymes is important in the stimulation of the respiratory chain and hence ATP supply under conditions of increased ATP demand in many stimulated mammalian cells. The effects of calcium ions on FAD-isocitrate dehydrogenase involve binding to an EF-hand binding motif within this enzyme but the binding sites involved in the effects of calcium ions on the three intramitochondrial dehydrogenases remain to be fully established. It is also emphasised in this article that these three dehydrogenases appear only to be regulated by calcium ions in vertebrates and that this raises some interesting and potentially important developmental issues.
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- Richard M Denton
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 ITD, UK.
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Fan J, Wu M, Jiang L, Shen SH. A serine/threonine protein phosphatase-like protein, CaPTC8, from Candida albicans defines a new PPM subfamily. Gene 2008; 430:64-76. [PMID: 19049858 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2008] [Revised: 10/11/2008] [Accepted: 10/21/2008] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Protein phosphatase M family (PPM; Mg(2+)-dependent protein phosphatases), which specifically dephosphorylates serine/threonine residues, consists of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatases, SpoIIE, adenylate cyclase and protein phosphatase type 2Cs (PP2Cs). To identify Candida albicans PP2Cs, the archetype of the PPM Ser/Thr phosphatases, we thoroughly searched the public C. albicans genome database and identified seven PP2C members. One of the PP2Cs in C. albicans, designated as CaPTC8 gene, represents a new member of PP2C genes. Northern blot analysis showed that the expression of CaPTC8 was positively responsive to high osmolarity, temperature or serum-stimulated filamentous growth. Gene disruption further demonstrated that deletion of CaPTC8 gene caused the defect of hyphal formation. Sequence analysis revealed that two conserved amino acids His and Asn in the prototypical members of the PPM family were substituted by Val and Asp in the PTC8p-like proteins. In addition, posterior analysis for site-specific profile showed that seven more sites are under the selection of functional divergence between these two groups of proteins. Three-dimensional homology modeling illustrated the signatures of the two groups in the conserved catalytic region of the protein phosphatases. Hence, CaPTC8 plays a role in stress responses and is required for the yeast-hyphal transition, and the CaPTC8-related genes are evolutionarily conserved. The phylogenetic relationships of all members of the PPM family strongly support the existence of a distinct and new subfamily of the PP2C-related proteins, PP2CR.
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- Jinjiang Fan
- Mammalian Cell Genetics Group, Health Sector, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4P 2R2.
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Lammers T, Lavi S. Role of type 2C protein phosphatases in growth regulation and in cellular stress signaling. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2008; 42:437-61. [PMID: 18066953 DOI: 10.1080/10409230701693342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A number of interesting features, phenotypes, and potential clinical applications have recently been ascribed to the type 2C family of protein phosphatases. Thus far, 16 different PP2C genes have been identified in the human genome, encoding (by means of alternative splicing) for at least 22 different isozymes. Virtually ever since their discovery, type 2C phosphatases have been predominantly linked to cell growth and to cellular stress signaling. Here, we provide an overview of the involvement of type 2C phosphatases in these two processes, and we show that four of them (PP2Calpha, PP2Cbeta, ILKAP, and PHLPP) can be expected to function as tumor suppressor proteins, and one as an oncoprotein (PP2Cdelta /Wip1). In addition, we demonstrate that in virtually all cases in which they have been linked to the stress response, PP2Cs act as inhibitors of cellular stress signaling. Based on the vast amount of experimental evidence obtained thus far, it therefore seems justified to conclude that type 2C protein phosphatases are important physiological regulators of cell growth and of cellular stress signaling.
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- Twan Lammers
- Department of Innovative Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
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Vassylyev DG, Symersky J. Crystal structure of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase 1 and its functional implications. J Mol Biol 2007; 370:417-26. [PMID: 17532339 PMCID: PMC1994205 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2006] [Revised: 04/18/2007] [Accepted: 05/03/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase 1 (PDP1) catalyzes dephosphorylation of pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1) in the mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC), whose activity is regulated by the phosphorylation-dephosphorylation cycle by the corresponding protein kinases (PDHKs) and phosphatases. The activity of PDP1 is greatly enhanced through Ca2+ -dependent binding of the catalytic subunit (PDP1c) to the L2 (inner lipoyl) domain of dihydrolipoyl acetyltransferase (E2), which is also integrated in PDC. Here, we report the crystal structure of the rat PDP1c at 1.8 A resolution. The structure reveals that PDP1 belongs to the PPM family of protein serine/threonine phosphatases, which, in spite of a low level of sequence identity, share the structural core consisting of the central beta-sandwich flanked on both sides by loops and alpha-helices. Consistent with the previous studies, two well-fixed magnesium ions are coordinated by five active site residues and five water molecules in the PDP1c catalytic center. Structural analysis indicates that, while the central portion of the PDP1c molecule is highly conserved among the members of the PPM protein family, a number of structural insertions and deletions located at the periphery of PDP1c likely define its functional specificity towards the PDC. One notable feature of PDP1c is a long insertion (residues 98-151) forming a unique hydrophobic pocket on the surface that likely accommodates the lipoyl moiety of the E2 domain in a fashion similar to that of PDHKs. The cavity, however, appears more open than in PDHK, suggesting that its closure may be required to achieve tight, specific binding of the lipoic acid. We propose a mechanism in which the closure of the lipoic acid binding site is triggered by the formation of the intermolecular (PDP1c/L2) Ca2+ binding site in a manner reminiscent of the Ca2+ -induced closure of the regulatory domain of troponin C.
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- Dmitry G Vassylyev
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kaul Genetics Building, Birmingham, Al 35294, USA.
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Maj MC, Cameron JM, Robinson BH. Pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase deficiency: orphan disease or an under-diagnosed condition? Mol Cell Endocrinol 2006; 249:1-9. [PMID: 16574315 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2006.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2005] [Revised: 02/01/2006] [Accepted: 02/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase (PDP) is an enzyme which regulates the activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHc). In the past, PDHc deficiency has been attributed to mutations in the complex itself and the regulatory enzymes have not been considered. We have recently reported the first mutation in PDP1, one of the two isoforms of PDP, which results in severe exercise intolerance and mild developmental delay in patients. This novel process of aberrant pyruvate metabolism opens up a new avenue for investigation into PDHc deficiency, that has hitherto been underappreciated.
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- M C Maj
- Metabolism Research Programme, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5G 1X8
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Phosphorylation of the SSXS motif of Smads is critical in activating the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) pathways. However, the phosphatase(s) involved in dephosphorylating and hence inactivating Smads remained elusive. Through RNA interference (RNAi)-based screening of serine/threonine phosphatases in Drosophila S2 cells, we identified pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase (PDP) to be required for dephosphorylation of Mothers against Decapentaplegic (MAD), a Drosophila Smad. Biochemical and genetic evidence suggest that PDP directly dephosphorylates MAD and inhibits signal transduction of Decapentaplegic (DPP). We show that the mammalian PDPs are important in dephosphorylation of BMP-activated Smad1 but not TGF-beta-activated Smad2 or Smad3. Thus, PDPs specifically inactivate Smads in the BMP/DPP pathway.
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- Hong B Chen
- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
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Ames BN, Atamna H, Killilea DW. Mineral and vitamin deficiencies can accelerate the mitochondrial decay of aging. Mol Aspects Med 2005; 26:363-78. [PMID: 16102804 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2005.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Mitochondrial oxidative decay, which is a major contributor to aging, is accelerated by many common micronutrient deficiencies. One major mechanism is inhibition of the pathway of heme biosynthesis in mitochondria, which causes a deficit of heme-a. Heme-a, only found in Complex IV, is selectively diminished, resulting in oxidant leakage and accelerated mitochondrial decay, which leads to DNA damage, neural decay, and aging. We emphasize those deficiencies, which appear to cause damage through this mechanism, particularly minerals such as iron (25% of menstruating women ingest <50% of the RDA) or zinc (10% of the population ingest <50% of the RDA). Several vitamin deficiencies, such as biotin or pantothenic acid, also increase mitochondrial oxidants through this mechanism. Additionally, other minerals such as magnesium and manganese that play a role in mitochondrial metabolism, but do not affect heme directly, are discussed. An optimum intake of micronutrients could tune up metabolism and give a marked increase in health, particularly for the poor, elderly, and obese, at little cost.
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- Bruce N Ames
- Nutrition, Metabolisms and Genomics Center, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA 94609, U States.
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Maj MC, MacKay N, Levandovskiy V, Addis J, Baumgartner ER, Baumgartner MR, Robinson BH, Cameron JM. Pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase deficiency: identification of the first mutation in two brothers and restoration of activity by protein complementation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005; 90:4101-7. [PMID: 15855260 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-0123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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CONTEXT Pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase (PDP) deficiency has been previously reported as an enzymopathy, but the genetic basis for such a defect has never been established. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify the cause of the defect in two patients who presented with PDP deficiency. PATIENTS We studied two brothers of consanguineous parents who presented with neonatal hypotonia, elevated lactate, and less than 25% native pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHc) activity in skin fibroblasts compared with controls. The activity of the complex could be restored to normal values by preincubation of the cells with dichloroacetate or by treating cell extracts with calcium. RESULTS These two individuals were found to be homozygous for a 3-bp deletion in the coding sequence of the PDP isoform 1 (PDP1), which removes the amino acid residue leucine from position 213 of the protein. A recombinant version of this protein was synthesized and found to have a very reduced (<5%) ability to activate purified PDHc. Reduced steady-state levels of PDP1 in the patient's fibroblasts coupled with the low catalytic activity of the mutant PDP1 resulted in native PDHc activity being reduced, but this could be corrected by the addition of recombinant PDP1 (wild type). CONCLUSION We have identified mutations in PDP1 in two brothers with PDP deficiency and have proven that the mutation is disease-causing. This is the first demonstration of human disease due to a mutation in PDP1.
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- Mary C Maj
- Metabolic Research Program, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8
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Reifel-Miller A, Otto K, Hawkins E, Barr R, Bensch WR, Bull C, Dana S, Klausing K, Martin JA, Rafaeloff-Phail R, Rafizadeh-Montrose C, Rhodes G, Robey R, Rojo I, Rungta D, Snyder D, Wilbur K, Zhang T, Zink R, Warshawsky A, Brozinick JT. A Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor α/γ Dual Agonist with a Unique in Vitro Profile and Potent Glucose and Lipid Effects in Rodent Models of Type 2 Diabetes and Dyslipidemia. Mol Endocrinol 2005; 19:1593-605. [PMID: 15831517 DOI: 10.1210/me.2005-0015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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AbstractLSN862 is a novel peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)α/γ dual agonist with a unique in vitro profile that shows improvements on glucose and lipid levels in rodent models of type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia. Data from in vitro binding, cotransfection, and cofactor recruitment assays characterize LSN862 as a high-affinity PPARγ partial agonist with relatively less but significant PPARα agonist activity. Using these same assays, rosiglitazone was characterized as a high-affinity PPARγ full agonist with no PPARα activity. When administered to Zucker diabetic fatty rats, LSN862 displayed significant glucose and triglyceride lowering and a significantly greater increase in adiponectin levels compared with rosiglitazone. Expression of genes involved in metabolic pathways in the liver and in two fat depots from compound-treated Zucker diabetic fatty rats was evaluated. Only LSN862 significantly elevated mRNA levels of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isozyme 4 and bifunctional enzyme in the liver and lipoprotein lipase in both fat depots. In contrast, both LSN862 and rosiglitazone decreased phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase in the liver and increased malic enzyme mRNA levels in the fat. In addition, LSN862 was examined in a second rodent model of type 2 diabetes, db/db mice. In this study, LSN862 demonstrated statistically better antidiabetic efficacy compared with rosiglitazone with an equivalent side effect profile. LSN862, rosiglitazone, and fenofibrate were each evaluated in the humanized apoA1 transgenic mouse. At the highest dose administered, LSN862 and fenofibrate reduced very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, whereas, rosiglitazone increased very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. LSN862, fenofibrate, and rosiglitazone produced maximal increases in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol of 65, 54, and 30%, respectively. These findings show that PPARγ full agonist activity is not necessary to achieve potent and efficacious insulin-sensitizing benefits and demonstrate the therapeutic advantages of a PPARα/γ dual agonist.
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MESH Headings
- Adiponectin
- Alkynes/chemistry
- Alkynes/pharmacology
- Animals
- Binding, Competitive
- Body Weight
- Cholesterol/metabolism
- Cholesterol, HDL/metabolism
- Cholesterol, VLDL/metabolism
- Cinnamates/chemistry
- Cinnamates/pharmacology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/drug therapy
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/metabolism
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Fenofibrate/pharmacology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Glucose/metabolism
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Hyperlipidemias/drug therapy
- Hyperlipidemias/metabolism
- In Vitro Techniques
- Insulin/metabolism
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism
- Kinetics
- Lipid Metabolism
- Liver/enzymology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Models, Chemical
- PPAR alpha/agonists
- PPAR alpha/metabolism
- PPAR gamma/agonists
- PPAR gamma/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Protein Isoforms
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rosiglitazone
- Thiazolidinediones/pharmacology
- Transfection
- Triglycerides/metabolism
- Two-Hybrid System Techniques
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- Anne Reifel-Miller
- Endocrinology Division, Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285, USA.
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Takezawa D. Characterization of a novel plant PP2C-like protein Ser/Thr phosphatase as a calmodulin-binding protein. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:38076-83. [PMID: 12860996 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301369200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Protein phosphatases regulated by calmodulin (CaM) mediate the action of intracellular Ca2+ and modulate functions of various target proteins by dephosphorylation. In plants, however, the role of Ca2+ in the regulation of protein dephosphorylation is not well understood due to a lack of information on characteristics of CaM-regulated protein phosphatases. Screening of a cDNA library of the moss Physcomitrella patens by using 35S-labeled calmodulin as a ligand resulted in identification of a gene, PCaMPP, that encodes a protein serine/threonine phosphatase with 373 amino acids. PCaMPP had a catalytic domain with sequence similarity to type 2C protein phosphatases (PP2Cs) with six conserved metal-associating amino acid residues and also had an extra C-terminal domain. Recombinant GST fusion proteins of PCaMPP exhibited Mn2+-dependent phosphatase activity, and the activity was inhibited by pyrophosphate and 1 mm Ca2+ but not by okadaic acid, orthovanadate, or beta-glycerophosphate. Furthermore, the PCaMPP activity was increased 1.7-fold by addition of CaM at nanomolar concentrations. CaM binding assays using deletion proteins and a synthetic peptide revealed that the CaM-binding region resides within the basic amphiphilic amino acid region 324-346 in the C-terminal domain. The CaM-binding region had sequence similarity to amino acids in one of three alpha-helices in the C-terminal domain of human PP2Calpha, suggesting a novel role of the C-terminal domains for the phosphatase activity. These results provide the first evidence showing possible regulation of PP2C-related phosphatases by Ca2+/CaM in plants. Genes similar to PCaMPP were found in genomes of various higher plant species, suggesting that PCaMPP-type protein phosphatases are conserved in land plants.
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- Daisuke Takezawa
- Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0819, Japan.
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Huang B, Wu P, Popov KM, Harris RA. Starvation and diabetes reduce the amount of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase in rat heart and kidney. Diabetes 2003; 52:1371-6. [PMID: 12765946 PMCID: PMC2147665 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.52.6.1371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) is inactivated in many tissues during starvation and diabetes to conserve three-carbon compounds for gluconeogenesis. This is achieved by an increase in the extent of PDC phosphorylation caused in part by increased pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) activity due to increased PDK expression. This study examined whether altered pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase (PDP) expression also contributes to changes in the phosphorylation state of PDC during starvation and diabetes. Of the two PDP isoforms expressed in mammalian tissues, the Ca(2+)-sensitive isoform (PDP1) is highly expressed in rat heart, brain, and testis and is detectable but less abundant in rat muscle, lung, kidney, liver, and spleen. The Ca(2+)-insensitive isoform (PDP2) is abundant in rat kidney, liver, heart, and brain and is detectable in spleen and lung. Starvation and streptozotocin-induced diabetes cause decreases in PDP2 mRNA abundance, PDP2 protein amount, and PDP activity in rat heart and kidney. Refeeding and insulin treatment effectively reversed these effects of starvation and diabetes, respectively. These findings indicate that opposite changes in expression of specific PDK and PDP isoenzymes contribute to hyperphosphorylation and therefore inactivation of the PDC in heart and kidney during starvation and diabetes.
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- Boli Huang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Sugden MC, Holness MJ. Recent advances in mechanisms regulating glucose oxidation at the level of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex by PDKs. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2003; 284:E855-62. [PMID: 12676647 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00526.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 364] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate, linking glycolysis to the tricarboxylic acid cycle and fatty acid (FA) synthesis. Knowledge of the mechanisms that regulate PDC activity is important, because PDC inactivation is crucial for glucose conservation when glucose is scarce, whereas adequate PDC activity is required to allow both ATP and FA production from glucose. The mechanisms that control mammalian PDC activity include its phosphorylation (inactivation) by a family of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases (PDKs 1-4) and its dephosphorylation (activation, reactivation) by the pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphate phosphatases (PDPs 1 and 2). Isoform-specific differences in kinetic parameters, regulation, and phosphorylation site specificity of the PDKs introduce variations in the regulation of PDC activity in differing endocrine and metabolic states. In this review, we summarize recent significant advances in our knowledge of the mechanisms regulating PDC with emphasis on the PDKs, in particular PDK4, whose expression is linked with sustained changes in tissue lipid handling and which may represent an attractive target for pharmacological interventions aimed at modulating whole body glucose, lipid, and lactate homeostasis in disease states.
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- Mary C Sugden
- Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, Division of General and Developmental Medicine, Bart's and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom.
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Roche TE, Hiromasa Y, Turkan A, Gong X, Peng T, Yan X, Kasten SA, Bao H, Dong J. Essential roles of lipoyl domains in the activated function and control of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases and phosphatase isoform 1. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2003; 270:1050-6. [PMID: 12631265 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03468.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Four pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase and two pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase isoforms function in adjusting the activation state of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) through determining the fraction of active (nonphosphorylated) pyruvate dehydrogenase component. Necessary adaptations of PDC activity with varying metabolic requirements in different tissues and cell types are met by the selective expression and pronounced variation in the inherent functional properties and effector sensitivities of these regulatory enzymes. This review emphasizes how the foremost changes in the kinase and phosphatase activities issue from the dynamic, effector-modified interactions of these regulatory enzymes with the flexibly held outer domains of the core-forming dihydrolipoyl acetyl transferase component.
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- Thomas E Roche
- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA.
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Yu LP, Miller AK, Clark SE. POLTERGEIST encodes a protein phosphatase 2C that regulates CLAVATA pathways controlling stem cell identity at Arabidopsis shoot and flower meristems. Curr Biol 2003; 13:179-88. [PMID: 12573213 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00042-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Receptor kinases are a large gene family in plants and have more than 600 members in Arabidopsis. Receptor kinases in plants regulate a broad range of developmental processes, including steroid hormone perception, organ elongation, self-incompatibility, and abscission. Intracellular signaling components for receptor kinases in plants are largely unknown. The CLAVATA 1 (CLV1) receptor kinase in Arabidopsis regulates stem cell identity and differentiation through its repression of WUSCHEL (WUS) expression. Mutations at the POLTERGEIST (POL) gene were previously described as phenotypic suppressors of mutations within the CLV1 gene. Genetic evidence placed POL as a downstream regulator of CLAVATA1 signaling. RESULTS We provide evidence that POL functions in both the CLV1-WUS pathway and a novel WUS-independent CLV1 pathway regulating stem cell identity. We demonstrate that POL encodes a protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C) with a predicted nuclear localization sequence, indicating that it has a role in signal transduction downstream of the CLV1 receptor. The N terminus of POL has a possible regulatory function, and the C terminus has PP2C-like phosphatase catalytic activity. Although the POL catalytic domain is conserved in other PP2Cs, the POL protein represents a unique subclass of plant PP2Cs. POL is broadly expressed throughout the plant. CONCLUSIONS POL represents a novel component of the CLV1 receptor kinase signaling pathway. The ubiquitous expression of POL and pol phenotypes outside the meristem suggest that POL may be a common regulator of many signaling pathways.
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- Lita P Yu
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USA
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Johnson SA, Denton RM. Insulin stimulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase in adipocytes involves two distinct signalling pathways. Biochem J 2003; 369:351-6. [PMID: 12374570 PMCID: PMC1223089 DOI: 10.1042/bj20020920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2002] [Revised: 09/05/2002] [Accepted: 10/09/2002] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In isolated rat adipocytes, the insulin stimulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase can be partially inhibited by inhibitors of PI3K (phosphoinositide 3-kinase) and MEK1/2 (mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase). In combination, U0126 and wortmannin completely block the insulin stimulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase. It is concluded that the effect of insulin on pyruvate dehydrogenase in rat adipocytes involves two distinct signalling pathways: one is sensitive to wortmannin and the other to U0126. The synthetic phosphoinositolglycan PIG41 can activate pyruvate dehydrogenase but the activation is only approx. 30% of the maximal effect of insulin. This modest activation can be completely blocked by wortmannin alone, suggesting that PIG41 acts through only one of the pathways leading to the activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase.
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- Sam A Johnson
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1TD, U.K
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Harris RA, Bowker-Kinley MM, Huang B, Wu P. Regulation of the activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 2002; 42:249-59. [PMID: 12123719 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2571(01)00061-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Robert A Harris
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis 46202-5122, USA
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Tovar-Mendez A, Miernyk JA, Randall DD. Histidine mutagenesis of Arabidopsis thaliana pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:2601-6. [PMID: 12027899 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.02933.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) is the primary regulator of flux through the mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC). Analysis of the primary amino-acid sequences of PDK from various sources reveals that these enzymes include the five domains characteristic of prokaryotic two-component His-kinases, despite the fact that PDK exclusively phosphorylates Ser residues in the E1alpha subunit of the PDC. This seeming contradiction might be resolved if the PDK-catalyzed reaction employed a phospho-His intermediate. The results from pH-stability studies of autophosphorylated Arabidopsis thaliana PDK did not provide any support for a phospho-His intermediate. Furthermore, site-directed mutagenesis of the two most likely phosphotransfer His residues (H121 and H168) did not abolish either PDK autophosphorylation or the ability to transphosphorylate E1alpha. Thus, PDK is a unique type of protein kinase having a His-kinase-like sequence but Ser-kinase activity.
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Turkan A, Gong X, Peng T, Roche TE. Structural requirements within the lipoyl domain for the Ca2+-dependent binding and activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase isoform 1 or its catalytic subunit. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:14976-85. [PMID: 11842080 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m108434200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The inner lipoyl domain (L2) of the dihydrolipoyl acetyltransferase (E2) 60-mer forms a Ca(2+)-dependent complex with the pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase 1 (PDP1) or its catalytic subunit, PDP1c, in facilitating large enhancements of the activities of PDP1 (10-fold) or PDP1c (6-fold). L2 binding to PDP1 or PDP1c requires the lipoyl-lysine prosthetic group and specificity residues that distinguish L2 from the other lipoyl domains (L1 in E2 and L3 in the E3-binding component). The L2-surface structure contributing to binding was mapped by comparing the capacities of well folded mutant or lipoyl analog-substituted L2 domains to interfere with E2 activation by competitively binding to PDP1 or PDP1c. Our results reveal the critical importance of a regional set of residues near the lipoyl group and of the octanoyl but not the dithiolane ring structure of the lipoyl group. At the other end of the lipoyl domain, substitution of Glu(182) by alanine or glutamine removed L2 binding to PDP1 or PDP1c, and these substitutions for the neighboring Glu(179) also greatly hindered complex formation (E179A > E179Q). Among 11 substitutions in L2 at sites of major surface residue differences between the L1 and L2 domains, only the conversion of Val-Gln(181) located between the critical Glu(179) and Glu(182) to the aligned Ser-Leu sequence of the L1 domain greatly reduced L2 binding. Certain modified L2 altered E2 activation of PDP1 differently than PDP1c, supporting significant impact of the regulatory PDP1r subunit on PDP1 binding to L2. Our results indicate hydrophobic binding via the extended aliphatic structure of the lipoyl group and required adjacent L2 structure anchor PDP1 by acting in concert with an acidic cluster at the other end of the domain.
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- Ali Turkan
- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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Nicholls LI, Ainscow EK, Rutter GA. Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion does not require activation of pyruvate dehydrogenase: impact of adenovirus-mediated overexpression of PDH kinase and PDH phosphate phosphatase in pancreatic islets. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 291:1081-8. [PMID: 11866475 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2002.6567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Glucose-stimulated increases in mitochondrial metabolism are generally thought to be important for the activation of insulin secretion. Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) is a key regulatory enzyme, believed to govern the rate of pyruvate entry into the citrate cycle. We show here that elevated glucose concentrations (16 or 30 vs 3 mM) cause an increase in PDH activity in both isolated rat islets, and in a clonal beta-cell line (MIN6). However, increases in PDH activity elicited with either dichloroacetate, or by adenoviral expression of the catalytic subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase, were without effect on glucose-induced increases in mitochondrial pyridine nucleotide levels, or cytosolic ATP concentration, in MIN6 cells, and insulin secretion from isolated rat islets. Similarly, the above parameters were unaffected by blockade of the glucose-induced increase in PDH activity by adenovirus-mediated over-expression of PDH kinase (PDK). Thus, activation of the PDH complex plays an unexpectedly minor role in stimulating glucose metabolism and in triggering insulin release.
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- Linda I Nicholls
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD, United Kingdom
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Roche TE, Baker JC, Yan X, Hiromasa Y, Gong X, Peng T, Dong J, Turkan A, Kasten SA. Distinct regulatory properties of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase and phosphatase isoforms. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2002; 70:33-75. [PMID: 11642366 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(01)70013-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) plays central and strategic roles in the control of the use of glucose-linked substrates as sources of oxidative energy or as precursors in the biosynthesis of fatty acids. The activity of this mitochondrial complex is regulated by the continuous operation of competing pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) and pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase (PDP) reactions. The resulting interconversion cycle determines the fraction of active (nonphosphorylated) pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1) component. Tissue-specific and metabolic state-specific control is achieved by the selective expression and distinct regulatory properties of at least four PDK isozymes and two PDP isozymes. The PDK isoforms are members of a family of serine kinases that are not structurally related to cytoplasmic Ser/Thr/Tyr kinases. The catalytic subunits of the PDP isoforms are Mg2+-dependent members of the phosphatase 2C family that has binuclear metal-binding sites within the active site. The dihydrolipoyl acetyltransferase (E2) and the dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase-binding protein (E3BP) are multidomain proteins that form the oligomeric core of the complex. One or more of their three lipoyl domains (two in E2) selectively bind each PDK and PDP1. These adaptive interactions predominantly influence the catalytic efficiencies and effector control of these regulatory enzymes. When fatty acids are the preferred source of acetyl-CoA and NADH, feedback inactivation of PDC is accomplished by the activity of certain kinase isoforms being stimulated upon preferentially binding a lipoyl domain containing a reductively acetylated lipoyl group. PDC activity is increased in Ca2+-sensitive tissues by elevating PDP1 activity via the Ca2+-dependent binding of PDP1 to a lipoyl domain of E2. During starvation, the irrecoverable loss of glucose carbons is restricted by minimizing PDC activity due to high kinase activity that results from the overexpression of specific kinase isoforms. Overexpression of the same PDK isoforms deleteriously hinders glucose consumption in unregulated diabetes.
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- T E Roche
- Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506-3702, USA
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Wu P, Peters JM, Harris RA. Adaptive increase in pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 during starvation is mediated by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 287:391-6. [PMID: 11554740 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isoform 4 (PDK4) is upregulated by starvation in many tissues of the body during starvation. This causes inactivation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex which blocks pyruvate oxidation and conserves lactate and alanine for gluconeogenesis. Enhanced PDK4 expression may be caused by the increase in free fatty acids that occurs during starvation. Free fatty acids can activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha), and activation of PPARalpha can promote PDK4 expression. This model is supported by the findings reported here that WY-14,643, a synthetic PPARalpha activator, increases PDK4 expression in wild-type mice but not in PPARalpha-null mice. Starvation likewise increases the expression of PDK4 in tissues of wild-type mice but not in tissues of PPARalpha-null mice. These findings document the functional importance of PPARalpha for PDK4 expression during starvation and suggest an important role for elevated free fatty acids in the induction.
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- P Wu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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- P J Kennelly
- Department of Biochemistry-0308, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA.
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Harris RA, Huang B, Wu P. Control of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase gene expression. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 2001; 41:269-88. [PMID: 11384751 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2571(00)00020-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
MESH Headings
- Adipose Tissue/metabolism
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- Brain/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Dexamethasone/pharmacology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/metabolism
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Enzyme Activation
- Food Deprivation
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Glucocorticoids/metabolism
- Insulin/pharmacology
- Isoenzymes/biosynthesis
- Isoenzymes/chemistry
- Male
- Mitochondria/metabolism
- Models, Biological
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism
- Protein Isoforms
- Protein Kinases/biosynthesis
- Protein Kinases/chemistry
- Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
- Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex/chemistry
- Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex/genetics
- Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Up-Regulation
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- R A Harris
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5122, USA
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Soo Choi W, Yan J, McCarthy DB, Hee Park S, Reed LJ. One-step purification of the recombinant catalytic subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase. Protein Expr Purif 2000; 20:128-31. [PMID: 11035961 DOI: 10.1006/prep.2000.1294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A facile one-step affinity chromatographic purification of the recombinant catalytic subunit (PDPc) of bovine pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase (PDP) to near homogeneity is described. PDPc binds in the presence of Ca(2+) to the inner lipoyl domain (L2) of the dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase component (E2) of the mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. The affinity column consists of a glutathione S-transferase (GST)-L2 fusion protein bound to glutathione-Sepharose 4B beads. An extract of transformed Escherichia coli cells containing 50 mM Tris buffer (pH 7.5), 2 mM CaCl(2), 5 mM MgCl(2,) 150 mM NaCl, 0.5 mM dithiothreitol, 1% Triton X-100, and l M urea was passed through the affinity column, and the column was washed extensively with this buffer mixture. PDPc was eluted with 50 mM Tris buffer (pH 7.5) containing 5 mM MgCl(2), 0.5 mM dithiothreitol, and 1 mM EGTA. Approximately 22 mg of highly purified PDPc was obtained from 10 g (wet weight) of transformed cells. The preparation contained a small amount of a "nicked" form of PDPc. The cleavage is between Arg-394 and Arg-395.
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- W Soo Choi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biochemical Institute, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Mann WR, Dragland CJ, Vinluan CC, Vedananda TR, Bell PA, Aicher TD. Diverse mechanisms of inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase by structurally distinct inhibitors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1480:283-92. [PMID: 11004568 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(00)00079-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The mechanism of action of structurally distinct pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) inhibitors was examined in assays with experimental contexts ranging from an intact pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) with and without supplemental ATP or ADP to a synthetic peptide substrate to PDK autophosphorylation. Some compounds directly inhibited the catalytic activity of PDKs. Some of the inhibitor classes tested inhibited autophosphorylation of recombinant PDK1 and PDK2. During these studies, PDC was shown to be directly inhibited by a novel mechanism; the addition of supplemental recombinant PDKs, an effect that is ADP-dependent and partly alleviated by members of each of the compound classes tested. Overall, these data demonstrate that small molecules acting at diverse sites can inhibit PDK activity.
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- W R Mann
- Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases Research, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, 556 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901-1398, USA.
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Ruiz-Medrano R, Xoconostle-Cázares B, Lucas WJ. Phloem long-distance transport of CmNACP mRNA: implications for supracellular regulation in plants. Development 1999; 126:4405-19. [PMID: 10498677 DOI: 10.1242/dev.126.20.4405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 248] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Direct support for the concept that RNA molecules circulate throughout the plant, via the phloem, is provided through the characterisation of mRNA from phloem sap of mature pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) leaves and stems. One of these mRNAs, CmNACP, is a member of the NAC domain gene family, some of whose members have been shown to be involved in apical meristem development. In situ RT-PCR analysis revealed the presence of CmNACP RNA in the companion cell-sieve element complex of leaf, stem and root phloem. Longitudinal and transverse sections showed continuity of transcript distribution between meristems and sieve elements of the protophloem, suggesting CmNACP mRNA transport over long distances and accumulation in vegetative, root and floral meristems. In situ hybridization studies conducted on CmNACP confirmed the results obtained using in situ RT-PCR. Phloem transport of CmNACP mRNA was proved directly by heterograft studies between pumpkin and cucumber plants, in which CmNACP transcripts were shown to accumulate in cucumber scion phloem and apical tissues. Similar experiments were conducted with 7 additional phloem-related transcripts. Collectively, these studies established the existence of a system for the delivery of specific mRNA transcripts from the body of the plant to the shoot apex. These findings provide insight into the presence of a novel mechanism likely used by higher plants to integrate developmental and physiological processes on a whole-plant basis.
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- R Ruiz-Medrano
- Section of Plant Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA95616, USA
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Brevini-Gandolfi TA, Favetta LA, Mauri L, Luciano AM, Cillo F, Gandolfi F. Changes in poly(A) tail length of maternal transcripts during in vitro maturation of bovine oocytes and their relation with developmental competence. Mol Reprod Dev 1999; 52:427-33. [PMID: 10092123 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2795(199904)52:4<427::aid-mrd12>3.0.co;2-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Molecules of mRNA are stored in the oocyte cytoplasm in order to be used during the initial phases of embryonic development. The storage takes place during oocyte growth and the extent of poly(A) tail at the 3' end of the transcripts has emerged as an important regulatory element for determining their stability. The objective of the present study was to analyse changes in polyadenylation levels of mRNA transcripts, stored in bovine oocytes, during in vitro maturation and their possible relation with developmental competence. Oocyte developmental competence was predicted on the basis of the morphological appearance of their originating ovary as previously established (Gandolfi et al. 1997a. Theriogenology 48:1153-1160) and were divided into groups H (high competence) and L (low competence). The length of the poly(A) tail of the following genes, beta-actin (beta-Act), connexin 43, glucose transporter type 1, heat shock protein 70, oct-4, plakophilin, pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase (PDP), and RNA poly(A) polymerase, was determined at the germinal vesicle (GV) and metaphase II (MII) stage. The results indicated that the poly(A) tail of all genes except for beta-Act and PDP, is shorter after in vitro maturation (IVM) in both groups. Moreover, group L oocytes showed a shorter poly(A) tail than group H oocytes in all genes except for beta-Act and PDP, both at GV and MII stage. We conclude that most of the examined transcripts follow the default deadenylation pattern described during oocyte maturation in other species and that a shorter poly(A) tail is correlated with low developmental competence.
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Huang LC, Heimark D, Linko J, Nolan R, Larner J. A model phosphatase 2C --> phosphatase 1 activation cascade via dual control of inhibitor-1 (INH-1) and DARPP-32 dephosphorylation by two inositol glycan putative insulin mediators from beef liver. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 255:150-6. [PMID: 10082671 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.0111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Two inositol phosphoglycans (IPG) isolated from beef liver and designated as putative insulin mediators were demonstrated to reciprocally enhance the dephosphorylation of inhibitor-1 (INH-1) and DARPP-32, thus directly activating phosphatase 2C and disinhibiting phosphatase 1 in a potential protein phosphatase 2C --> phosphatase 1 cascade mechanism. One IPG termed pH 2.0, containing Dchiro-inositol and galactosamine, stimulated the dephosphorylation of INH-1 and DARPP-32 in a dose-dependent manner in the low micromolar range. A second, termed pH 1.3, containing myo-inositol glucosamine and mannose acted reciprocally to inhibit the cAMP-dependent protein kinase phosphorylation of INH-1 and DARPP-32 in a dose-dependent manner in the low micromolar range. These model experiments are discussed in terms of the observed dephosphorylation of INH-1 with insulin action documented in the literature and the activation of both phosphatase 1 and 2C described in intact cells and in vivo with insulin action.
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- L C Huang
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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PP2C is a structurally diversified protein phosphatase family with a wide range of functions in cellular signal transduction. A novel PP2C subtype, designated PP2Cdelta, was identified from a rat cDNA clone, which encodes a protein of 392 amino acid residues. While PP2Cdelta shares approximately 30% sequence identity in its catalytic domain with the mammalian PP2C, it lacks a 90-residue carboxyl-terminal sequence conserved in mammalian PP2C. Northern blot analysis showed that PP2Cdelta is widely expressed in rat tissues. The transcription of the PP2Cdelta gene was activated in response to stress, such as the addition of ethanol to the culture medium or UV irradiation of cells. Recombinant PP2Cdelta purified from bacteria exhibited a potent Mn2+-dependent serine/threonine phosphatase activity. Unlike other members of the PP2C family, the activity of PP2Cdelta was inhibited, rather than stimulated, by Mg2+. Transfection with PP2Cdelta resulted in inhibition of cell growth, precluding generation of stable 293 or CHO transfectants. Using a modified tetracycline-regulated PP2Cdelta-GFP dicistronic expression cassette, it was revealed that overexpression of PP2Cdelta blocked cell cycle progression and arrested cells at early S phase, resulting in inhibition of DNA synthesis and leading to cell death. These results suggest that PP2Cdelta plays a role in regulation of cell cycle progression via dephosphorylation of its substrates whose appropriate phosphorylation states might be crucial for cell proliferation.
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- Y Tong
- Biotechnology Research Institute of Montreal, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H4P 2R2
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Jackson JC, Vinluan CC, Dragland CJ, Sundararajan V, Yan B, Gounarides JS, Nirmala NR, Topiol S, Ramage P, Blume JE, Aicher TD, Bell PA, Mann WR. Heterologously expressed inner lipoyl domain of dihydrolipoyl acetyltransferase inhibits ATP-dependent inactivation of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. Identification of important amino acid residues. Biochem J 1998; 334 ( Pt 3):703-11. [PMID: 9729480 PMCID: PMC1219741 DOI: 10.1042/bj3340703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase multienzyme complex (PDC), which catalyses the oxidation of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA within the mitochondrion, is diminished in animal models of diabetes. Studies with purified PDC components have suggested that the kinases responsible for inactivating the decarboxylase catalytic subunits of the complex are most efficient in their regulatory role when they are bound to dihydrolipoyl acetyltransferase (E2) subunits, which form the structural core of the complex. We report that the addition of an exogenous E2 subdomain (inner lipoyl domain) to an intact PDC inhibits ATP-dependent inactivation of the complex. By combining molecular modelling, site-directed mutagenesis and biophysical characterizations, we have also identified two amino acid residues in this subdomain (Ile229 and Phe231) that largely determine the magnitude of this effect.
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- J C Jackson
- Metabolic and Cardiovascular Diseases Research, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, 556 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901-1398, USA
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Vandenbroeck K, Billiau A. Interferon-gamma is a target for binding and folding by both Escherichia coli chaperone model systems GroEL/GroES and DnaK/DnaJ/GrpE. Biochimie 1998; 80:729-37. [PMID: 9865495 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(99)80026-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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IFN-gamma can be physicochemically distinguished from interferons-alpha, -beta or -omega through the loss of its tertiary structure and biological activity upon exposure to acid or heat. This loss is due to the irreversible aggregation of an unfolded or partially folded state. The conformational instability of IFN-gamma is reflected by its impairment to fold properly when overexpressed in Escherichia coli, resulting in its accumulation in cytoplasmic inclusion bodies. Chaperones were originally identified as a heterogeneous group of proteins that mediate the folding and correct assembly of various polypeptide substrates, and protect thermolabile proteins against inactivation. In either of both cases, chaperones prevent irreversible misfolding by assisting the substrate protein along its pathway to a stable tertiary conformation. Among the best characterized chaperones are the Escherichia coli Hsp60 and Hsp70 heat shock protein complexes, i.e., GroEL/GroES and DnaK/DnaJ/GrpE. They exhibit entirely different reaction mechanisms, which, however, both depend on hydrolysis of ATP. The unfolding of recombinant IFN-gamma by acid or heat can be used as a tool to assess its in vitro interaction with each of both chaperone systems at physiological temperature (35 degrees C). Using such an experimental set-up, both the DnaK and GroEL chaperone systems appeared to form complexes with IFN-gamma from which correctly folded protein was released in an ATP-dependent manner. In addition to the biotechnological implication of these observations, the relevance to de novo folding of IFN-gamma is discussed.
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- K Vandenbroeck
- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
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Huang B, Gudi R, Wu P, Harris RA, Hamilton J, Popov KM. Isoenzymes of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase. DNA-derived amino acid sequences, expression, and regulation. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:17680-8. [PMID: 9651365 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.28.17680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase (PDP) is one of the few mammalian phosphatases residing within the mitochondrial matrix space. It is responsible for dephosphorylation and reactivation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) and, by this means, is intimately involved in the regulation of utilization of carbohydrate fuels in mammals. PDP is a dimeric enzyme consisting of catalytic and regulatory subunits. The catalytic subunit of PDP is a Mg2+-dependent enzyme homologous to the cytosolic phosphatases of the 2C family. In the present study, we isolated two cDNAs encoding for mitochondrial phosphatases. The first cDNA is highly homologous to the previously identified cDNA encoding for the catalytic subunit of PDP (PDP1). The second cDNA encodes a previously unknown catalytic subunit of PDP (PDP2). The new phosphatase, expressed as the recombinant protein in Escherichia coli, shows strict substrate specificity toward PDC and does not use phosphorylated branched chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase as substrate. Like PDP1, PDP2 is a Mg2+-dependent enzyme, but its sensitivity to Mg2+ ions is almost 10-fold lower than that of PDP1. In contrast to PDP1, PDP2 is not regulated by Ca2+ ions. Instead, it is sensitive to the biological polyamine spermine, which, in turn, has no effect on the enzymatic activity of PDP1. Western blot analysis of PDP extracted from mitochondria isolated from liver and skeletal muscle revealed that PDP1 is predominantly expressed in mitochondria from skeletal muscle, whereas PDP2 is much more abundant in the liver rather than muscle mitochondria. Both isoenzymes are expressed in mitochondria from 3T3-L1 adipocytes, but the level of expression of PDP2 is considerably higher. These observations are consistent with previous findings on the enzymatic parameters of PDP in adipose tissue. Thus, our results provide the first evidence that there are at least two isoenzymes of PDP in mammals that are different with respect to tissue distribution and kinetic parameters and, therefore, are likely to be different functionally.
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- B Huang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5122, USA
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Barford D, Das AK, Egloff MP. The structure and mechanism of protein phosphatases: insights into catalysis and regulation. ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE 1998; 27:133-64. [PMID: 9646865 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.27.1.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 502] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Eukaryotic protein phosphatases are structurally and functionally diverse enzymes that are represented by three distinct gene families. Two of these, the PPP and PPM families, dephosphorylate phosphoserine and phosphothreonine residues, whereas the protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) dephosphorylate phosphotyrosine amino acids. A subfamily of the PTPs, the dual-specificity phosphatases, dephosphorylate all three phosphoamino acids. Within each family, the catalytic domains are highly conserved, with functional diversity endowed by regulatory domains and subunits. The protein Ser/Thr phosphatases are metalloenzymes and dephosphorylate their substrates in a single reaction step using a metal-activated nucleophilic water molecule. In contrast, the PTPs catalyze dephosphorylation by use of a cysteinyl-phosphate enzyme intermediate. The crystal structures of a number of protein phosphatases have been determined, enabling us to understand their catalytic mechanisms and the basis for substrate recognition and to begin to provide insights into molecular mechanisms of protein phosphatase regulation.
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- D Barford
- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Lawson JE, Park SH, Mattison AR, Yan J, Reed LJ. Cloning, expression, and properties of the regulatory subunit of bovine pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:31625-9. [PMID: 9395502 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.50.31625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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cDNA encoding the regulatory subunit of bovine mitochondrial pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase (PDPr) has been cloned. Overlapping cDNA fragments were generated by the polymerase chain reaction from bovine genomic DNA and from cDNA synthesized from bovine poly(A)+ RNA and total RNA. The complete cDNA (2885 base pairs) contains an open reading frame of 2634 nucleotides encoding a putative presequence of 31 amino acid residues and a mature protein of 847 residues with a calculated Mr of 95,656. This value is in agreement with the molecular mass of native PDPr (95,800 +/- 200 Da) determined by matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization mass spectrometry. The mature form of PDPr was expressed in Escherichia coli as a maltose-binding protein fusion, and the recombinant protein was purified to near homogeneity. It exhibited properties characteristic of the native PDPr, including recognition by antibodies against native bovine PDPr, ability to decrease the sensitivity of the catalytic subunit to Mg2+, and reversal of this inhibitory effect by the polyamine spermine. A BLAST search of protein data bases revealed that PDPr is distantly related to the mitochondrial flavoprotein dimethylglycine dehydrogenase, which functions in choline degradation.
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- J E Lawson
- Biochemical Institute and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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We report the molecular cloning, chromosome mapping and developmental transcription pattern of a putative serine/threonine protein phosphatase 2C (PP2C), DPP2C1, from Drosophila melanogaster. The 6-kb transcript of this first Drosophila PP2C gene encodes a 1428-aa deduced protein. The DPP2C1 protein contains a approximately 330-aa PP2C-like catalytic domain flanked by extensive N- and C-terminal sequences showing no similarities to other PP2Cs. The dpp2c1 gene maps to 4E1-2 on the X chromosome, 1.5 kb upstream of the ddlc1 gene. Northern blot analyses showed that dpp2c1 transcription is developmentally regulated, accumulating maximally during early (0-6 h) and late (12-24 h) embryogensis. The presented molecular characterisation provides the basis for a genetic dissection of DPP2C1 function.
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- T Dick
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Harris RA, Hawes JW, Popov KM, Zhao Y, Shimomura Y, Sato J, Jaskiewicz J, Hurley TD. Studies on the regulation of the mitochondrial alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complexes and their kinases. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 1997; 37:271-93. [PMID: 9381974 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2571(96)00009-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Five mitochondrial protein kinases, all members of a new family of protein kinases, have now been identified, cloned, expressed as recombinant proteins, and partially characterized with respect to catalytic and regulatory properties. Four members of this unique family of eukaryotic protein kinases correspond to pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isozymes which regulate the activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, an important regulatory enzyme at the interface between glycolysis and the citric acid cycle. The fifth member of this family corresponds to the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase, an enzyme responsible for phosphorylation and inactivation of the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex, the most important regulatory enzyme in the pathway for the disposal of branched-chain amino acids. At least three long-term control mechanisms have evolved to conserve branched chain amino acids for protein synthesis during periods of dietary protein insufficiency. Increased expression of the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase is perhaps the most important because this leads to phosphorylation and nearly complete inactivation of the liver branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex. Decreased amounts of the liver branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex secondary to a decrease in liver mitochondria also decrease the liver's capacity for branched-chain keto acid oxidation. Finally, the number of E1 subunits of the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex is reduced to less than a full complement of 12 heterotetramers per complex in the liver of protein-starved rats. Since the E1 component is rate-limiting for activity and also the component of the complex inhibited by phosphorylation, this decrease in number further limits overall enzyme activity and makes the complex more sensitive to regulation by phosphorylation in this nutritional state. The branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase phosphorylates serine 293 of the E1 alpha subunit of the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex. Site-directed mutagenesis of amino acid residues surrounding serine 293 reveals that arginine 288, histidine 292 and aspartate 296 are critical to dehydrogenase activity, that histidine 292 is critical to binding the coenzyme thiamine pyrophosphate, and that serine 293 exists at or in close proximity to the active site of the dehydrogenase. Alanine scanning mutagenesis of residues in the immediate vicinity of the phosphorylation site (serine 293) indicates that only arginine 288 is required for recognition of serine 293 as a phosphorylation site by the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase. Phosphorylation appears to inhibit dehydrogenase activity by introducing a negative charge directly into the active site pocket of the E1 dehydrogenase component of the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex. A model based on the X-ray crystal structure of transketolase is being used to predict residues involved in thiamine pyrophosphate binding and to help visualize how phosphorylation within the channel leading to the reactive carbon of thiamine pyrophosphate inhibits catalytic activity. The isoenzymes of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase differ greatly in terms of their specific activities, kinetic parameters and regulatory properties. Chemically-induced diabetes in the rat induces significant changes in the pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isoenzyme 2 in liver. Preliminary findings suggest hormonal control of the activity state of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex may involves tissue specific induced changes in expression of the pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isoenzymes.
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- R A Harris
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5122, USA
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Thomas JG, Ayling A, Baneyx F. Molecular chaperones, folding catalysts, and the recovery of active recombinant proteins from E. coli. To fold or to refold. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 1997; 66:197-238. [PMID: 9276922 DOI: 10.1007/bf02785589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The high-level expression of recombinant gene products in the gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli often results in the misfolding of the protein of interest and its subsequent degradation by cellular proteases or its deposition into biologically inactive aggregates known as inclusion bodies. It has recently become clear that in vivo protein folding is an energy-dependent process mediated by two classes of folding modulators. Molecular chaperones, such as the DnaK-DnaJ-GrpE and GroEL-GroES systems, suppress off-pathway aggregation reactions and facilitate proper folding through ATP-coordinated cycles of binding and release of folding intermediates. On the other hand, folding catalysts (foldases) accelerate rate-limiting steps along the protein folding pathway such as the cis/trans isomerization of peptidyl-prolyl bonds and the formation and reshuffling of disulfide bridges. Manipulating the cytoplasmic folding environment by increasing the intracellular concentration of all or specific folding modulators, or by inactivating genes encoding these proteins, holds great promise in facilitating the production and purification of heterologous proteins. Purified folding modulators and artificial systems that mimic their mode of action have also proven useful in improving the in vitro refolding yields of chemically denatured polypeptides. This review examines the usefulness and limitations of molecular chaperones and folding catalysts in both in vivo and in vitro folding processes.
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- J G Thomas
- University of Washington, Department of Chemical Engineering, Seattle 98195-1750, USA
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