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Karaca M, Martin-Levilain J, Grimaldi M, Li L, Dizin E, Emre Y, Maechler P. Liver Glutamate Dehydrogenase Controls Whole-Body Energy Partitioning Through Amino Acid-Derived Gluconeogenesis and Ammonia Homeostasis. Diabetes 2018; 67:1949-1961. [PMID: 30002133 DOI: 10.2337/db17-1561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Ammonia detoxification and gluconeogenesis are major hepatic functions mutually connected through amino acid metabolism. The liver is rich in glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) that catalyzes the reversible oxidative deamination of glutamate to α-ketoglutarate and ammonia, thus bridging amino acid-to-glucose pathways. Here we generated inducible liver-specific GDH-knockout mice (HepGlud1-/- ) to explore the role of hepatic GDH on metabolic homeostasis. Investigation of nitrogen metabolism revealed altered ammonia homeostasis in HepGlud1-/- mice characterized by increased circulating ammonia associated with reduced detoxification process into urea. The abrogation of hepatic GDH also modified energy homeostasis. In the fasting state, HepGlud1-/- mice could barely produce glucose in response to alanine due to impaired liver gluconeogenesis. Compared with control mice, lipid consumption in HepGlud1-/- mice was favored over carbohydrates as a compensatory energy fuel. The changes in energy partitioning induced by the lack of liver GDH modified the circadian rhythm of food intake. Overall, this study demonstrates the central role of hepatic GDH as a major regulator for the maintenance of ammonia and whole-body energy homeostasis.
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- Melis Karaca
- Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
- Faculty Diabetes Center, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
- Faculty Diabetes Center, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
- Faculty Diabetes Center, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
- Faculty Diabetes Center, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
- Faculty Diabetes Center, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
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Vázquez-Martínez O, Méndez I, Turrubiate I, Valente-Godínez H, Pérez-Mendoza M, García-Tejada P, Díaz-Muñoz M. Restricted feeding modulates the daily variations of liver glutamate dehydrogenase activity, expression, and histological location. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2017; 242:945-952. [PMID: 28440738 PMCID: PMC5407590 DOI: 10.1177/1535370217699533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 02/11/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Glutamate dehydrogenase is an important enzyme in the hepatic regulation of nitrogen and energy metabolism. It catalyzes one of the most relevant anaplerotic reactions. Although its relevance in liver homeostasis has been widely described, its daily pattern and responsiveness to restricted feeding protocols has not been studied. We explored the daily variations of liver glutamate dehydrogenase transcription, protein, activity, and histochemical and subcellular location in a protocol of daytime food synchronization in rats. Restricted feeding involved food access for 2 h each day for three weeks. Control groups included food ad libitum as well as acute fasting (21 h fasting) and refeeding (22 h fasting followed by 2 h of food access). Glutamate dehydrogenase mRNA, protein, activity, and histological location were measured every 3 h by qPCR, Western blot, spectrophotometry, and immunohistochemistry, respectively, to generate 24-h profiles. Restricted feeding promoted higher levels of mitochondrial glutamate dehydrogenase protein and activity, as well as a loss of 24-h rhythmicity, in comparison to ad libitum conditions. The rhythmicity of glutamate dehydrogenase activity detected in serum was changed. The data demonstrated that daytime restricted feeding enhanced glutamate dehydrogenase protein and activity levels in liver mitochondria, changed the rhythmicity of its mRNA and serum activity, but without effect in its expression in hepatocytes surrounding central and portal veins. These results could be related to the adaptation in nitrogen and energy metabolism that occurs in the liver during restricted feeding and the concomitant expression of the food entrainable oscillator. Impact statement For the first time, we are reporting the changes in daily rhythmicity of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) mRNA, protein and activity that occur in the liver during the expression of the food entrained oscillator (FEO). These results are part of the metabolic adaptations that modulate the hepatic timing system when the protocol of daytime restricted feeding is applied. As highlight, it was demonstrated higher GDH protein and activity in the mitochondrial fraction. These results contribute to a better understanding of the influence of the FEO in the energy and nitrogen handling in the liver. They could also be significant in the pathophysiology of hepatic diseases related with circadian abnormalities.
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- Olivia Vázquez-Martínez
- Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Querétaro 76230, QRO, México
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Querétaro 76230, QRO, México
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Querétaro 76230, QRO, México
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Querétaro 76230, QRO, México
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Campus UNAM-Juriquilla, Querétaro 76230, QRO, México
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Querétaro 76230, QRO, México
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- Departamento de Neurobiología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Neurobiología, Querétaro 76230, QRO, México
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Botman D, Tigchelaar W, Van Noorden CJF. Determination of glutamate dehydrogenase activity and its kinetics in mouse tissues using metabolic mapping (quantitative enzyme histochemistry). J Histochem Cytochem 2014; 62:802-12. [PMID: 25124006 PMCID: PMC4230541 DOI: 10.1369/0022155414549071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) catalyses the reversible conversion of glutamate into α-ketoglutarate with the concomitant reduction of NAD(P)(+) to NAD(P)H or vice versa. GDH activity is subject to complex allosteric regulation including substrate inhibition. To determine GDH kinetics in situ, we assessed the effects of various glutamate concentrations in combination with either the coenzyme NAD(+) or NADP(+) on GDH activity in mouse liver cryostat sections using metabolic mapping. NAD(+)-dependent GDH V(max) was 2.5-fold higher than NADP(+)-dependent V(max), whereas the K(m) was similar, 1.92 mM versus 1.66 mM, when NAD(+) or NADP(+) was used, respectively. With either coenzyme, V(max) was determined at 10 mM glutamate and substrate inhibition was observed at higher glutamate concentrations with a K(i) of 12.2 and 3.95 for NAD(+) and NADP(+) used as coenzyme, respectively. NAD(+)- and NADP(+)-dependent GDH activities were examined in various mouse tissues. GDH activity was highest in liver and much lower in other tissues. In all tissues, the highest activity was found when NAD(+) was used as a coenzyme. In conclusion, GDH activity in mice is highest in the liver with NAD(+) as a coenzyme and highest GDH activity was determined at a glutamate concentration of 10 mM.
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- Dennis Botman
- Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (DB, WT, CJFVN)
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- Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (DB, WT, CJFVN)
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- Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (DB, WT, CJFVN)
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Heterogeneous Cellular Distribution of Glutamate Dehydrogenase in Brain and in Non-neural Tissues. Neurochem Res 2014; 39:500-15. [DOI: 10.1007/s11064-013-1235-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2013] [Revised: 12/27/2013] [Accepted: 12/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Intertissue Differences for the Role of Glutamate Dehydrogenase in Metabolism. Neurochem Res 2013; 39:516-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s11064-013-0998-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2012] [Revised: 01/24/2013] [Accepted: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Spanaki C, Plaitakis A. The role of glutamate dehydrogenase in mammalian ammonia metabolism. Neurotox Res 2011; 21:117-27. [PMID: 22038055 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-011-9285-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2011] [Revised: 10/08/2011] [Accepted: 10/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) catalyzes the reversible inter-conversion of glutamate to α-ketoglutarate and ammonia. High levels of GDH activity is found in mammalian liver, kidney, brain, and pancreas. In the liver, GDH reaction appears to be close-to-equilibrium, providing the appropriate ratio of ammonia and amino acids for urea synthesis in periportal hepatocytes. In addition, GDH produces glutamate for glutamine synthesis in a small rim of pericentral hepatocytes. Hence, hepatic GDH can be either a source for ammonia or an ammonia scavenger. In the kidney, GDH function produces ammonia from glutamate to control acidosis. In the human, the presence of two differentially regulated isoforms (hGDH1 and hGDH2) suggests a complex role for GDH in ammonia homeostasis. Whereas hGDH1 is sensitive to GTP inhibition, hGDH2 has dissociated its function from GTP control. Furthermore, hGDH2 shows a lower optimal pH than hGDH1. The hGDH2 enzyme is selectively expressed in human astrocytes and Sertoli cells, probably facilitating metabolic recycling processes essential for their supportive role. Here, we report that hGDH2 is also expressed in the epithelial cells lining the convoluted tubules of the renal cortex. As hGDH2 functions more efficiently under acidotic conditions without the operation of the GTP energy switch, its presence in the kidney may increase the efficacy of the organ to maintain acid base equilibrium.
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- Cleanthe Spanaki
- Department of Neurology, Medical School, University of Crete, Voutes, 71003, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
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Brosnan ME, Brosnan JT. Hepatic glutamate metabolism: a tale of 2 hepatocytes. Am J Clin Nutr 2009; 90:857S-861S. [PMID: 19625684 DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27462z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Glutamate plays a central role in hepatic amino acid metabolism, both because of its role in the transdeamination of most amino acids and because the catabolism of arginine, ornithine, proline, histidine, and glutamine gives rise to glutamate. It is now appreciated that different hepatic functions are restricted to hepatocyte subpopulations within different acinar zones. This is also a feature of glutamate metabolism. Glutamine catabolism and synthesis are physically separated by zonation, with glutamine synthetase restricted to a narrow band of hepatocytes in zone 3 of the hepatic acinus, whereas glutaminase occurs in zone 1. Arginine and ornithine metabolism is also restricted to particular hepatocyte subpopulations. Ornithine aminotransferase, the regulated enzyme of arginine and ornithine catabolism, is restricted to the same zone 3 cells as glutamine synthetase, whereas the urea cycle is found in the remaining hepatocytes. This separation facilitates the independent regulation of these 2 different metabolic processes. We know the acinar localization of only a small fraction of the approximately 15,000 genes expressed in the liver. Knowledge of the acinar localization of metabolic processes is essential for an appreciation of their relation to other hepatic functions and their regulation.
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- Margaret E Brosnan
- Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Canada
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Murayama H, Ikemoto M, Fukuda Y, Nagata A. Superiority of serum type-I arginase and ornithine carbamyltransferase in the detection of toxicant-induced acute hepatic injury in rats. Clin Chim Acta 2008; 391:31-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2007] [Revised: 12/10/2007] [Accepted: 01/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ohno H, Naito Y, Nakajima H, Tomita M. Construction of a biological tissue model based on a single-cell model: a computer simulation of metabolic heterogeneity in the liver lobule. ARTIFICIAL LIFE 2008; 14:3-28. [PMID: 18171128 DOI: 10.1162/artl.2008.14.1.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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An enormous body of information has been obtained by molecular and cellular biology in the last half century. However, even these powerful approaches are not adequate when it comes to higher-level biological structures, such as tissues, organs, and individual organisms, because of the complexities involved. Thus, accumulation of data at the higher levels supports and broadens the context for that obtained on the molecular and cellular levels. Under such auspices, an attempt to elucidate mesoscopic and macroscopic subjects based on plentiful nanoscopic and microscopic data is of great potential value. On the other hand, fully realistic simulation is impracticable because of the extensive cost entailed and enormous amount of data required. Abstraction and modeling that balance the dual requirements of prediction accuracy and manageable calculation cost are of great importance for systems biology. We have constructed an ammonia metabolism model of the hepatic lobule, a histological component of the liver, based on a single-hepatocyte model that consists of the biochemical kinetics of enzymes and transporters. To bring the calculation cost within reason, the porto-central axis, which is an elemental structure of the lobule, is defined as the systems biological unit of the liver, and is accordingly modeled. A model including both histological structure and position-specific gene expression of major enzymes largely represents the physiological dynamics of the hepatic lobule in nature. In addition, heterogeneous gene expression is suggested to have evolved to optimize the energy efficiency of ammonia detoxification at the macroscopic level, implying that approaches like this may elucidate how properties at the molecular and cellular levels, such as regulated gene expression, modify higher-level phenomena of multicellular tissue, organs, and organisms.
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- Hiroshi Ohno
- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, 14-1 Baba-cho, Tsuruoka, 997-0035, Japan.
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Murayama H, Ikemoto M, Fukuda Y, Tsunekawa S, Nagata A. Serum level of ornithine carbamoyltransferase is influenced by the state of Kupffer cells. Clin Chim Acta 2007; 380:170-4. [PMID: 17350606 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2007.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2006] [Revised: 02/05/2007] [Accepted: 02/07/2007] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The ratio of ornithine carbamoyltransferase (OCT) to alanine aminotransferase (ALT) or glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) in serum has been suggested as an indicator for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma and alcoholic liver disease, respectively. However, the mechanisms responsible for the increase in these ratios are still unclear. METHODS Wistar rats were pretreated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or gadolinium chloride (GD) before being administered with thioacetamide (TAA, 200 mg/kg, ip). Serum OCT and ALT levels were compared with control values. Half-lives of the enzymes in circulation were evaluated after the intravenous injection of the purified enzymes into rats with or without the pretreatment. RESULTS The serum level of OCT at 24 h after the administration of TAA was significantly lower in the LPS-treated group, and not influenced by pretreatment with GD. The half-life of OCT was prolonged from 1.06+/-0.14 to 2.07+/-0.29 h (p<0.05) by the pretreatment with GD, but not influenced by the administration of LPS. No change was observed in the clearance of GDH or ALT among the pretreatments. CONCLUSIONS Leakage into and clearance from the circulation of OCT are influenced by whether Kupffer cells are activated or not. OCT alone or in combination with other markers may be a useful indicator for Kupffer cell activation as well as mitochondrial damage in hepatic cells.
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- Hiroshi Murayama
- Immunology Laboratory, Diagnostics Department, YAMASA Corporation, 2-10-1 Araoi-cho, Choshi, Chiba, 288-0056, Japan.
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Easson AM, Pawlik TM, Fischer CP, Conroy JL, Sgroi D, Souba WW, Bode BP. Tumor-influenced amino acid transport activities in zonal-enriched hepatocyte populations. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2000; 279:G1209-18. [PMID: 11093943 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.2000.279.6.g1209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Cancer influences hepatic amino acid metabolism in the host. To further investigate this relationship, the effects of an implanted fibrosarcoma on specific amino acid transport activities were measured in periportal (PP)- and perivenous (PV)-enriched rat hepatocyte populations. Na(+)-dependent glutamate transport rates were eightfold higher in PV than in PP preparations but were relatively unaffected during tumor growth. System N-mediated glutamine uptake was 75% higher in PV than in PP preparations and was stimulated up to twofold in both regions by tumor burdens of 9 +/- 4% of carcass weight compared with hepatocytes from pair-fed control animals. Excessive tumor burdens (26 +/- 7%) resulted in hypophagia, loss of PV-enriched system N activities, and reduced transporter stimulation. Conversely, saturable arginine uptake was enhanced fourfold in PP preparations and was induced twofold only after excessive tumor burden. These data suggest that hepatic amino acid transporters are differentially influenced by cancer in a spatial and temporal manner, and they represent the first report of reciprocal zonal enrichment of system N and saturable arginine uptake in the mammalian liver.
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- A M Easson
- Surgical Oncology Research Laboratories, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Jonker A, Geerts WJ, Charles R, Lamers WH, Van Noorden CJ. The dynamics of local kinetic parameters of glutamate dehydrogenase in rat liver. Histochem Cell Biol 1996; 106:437-43. [PMID: 8911973 DOI: 10.1007/bf02473304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Kinetic parameters of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH, EC 1.4.1.2) for glutamate were determined in periportal and pericentral zones of adult male and female rat liver lobules under normal fed conditions and after starvation for 24 h. GDH activity was measured as formazan production over time against a range of glutamate concentrations in serial cryostat sections using image analysis. Captured gray value images were transformed to absorbance images and local initial velocities (Vini) were calculated. A hyperbolic function was used to describe the relationship between substrate concentration and local Vini. Under fed conditions, Vmax values were similar in male and female rats (8 +/- 2 and 16 +/- 2 mumol min-1 cm-3 liver tissue in periportal and pericentral zones, respectively). Starvation increased Vmax, especially in pericentral zones of females (to 27 +/- 1 mumol min-1 cm-3 liver tissue). Under fed conditions, the affinity of GDH for glutamate was similar in male and female rats (2.5 +/- 0.5 mM and 3.5 +/- 0.8 mM in periportal and pericentral zones, respectively). Starvation had no effect on K(m) values in male rats, but in female rats affinity for glutamate decreased significantly in both zones (K(m) values of 4.0 +/- 0.1 mM and 8.6 +/- 0.8 mM, respectively). These local changes in the kinetic parameters of GDH indicate that conversion of glutamate to alpha-oxoglutarate cannot be predicted on the basis of GDH concentrations or zero-order activity in the different zones of liver lobules alone.
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- A Jonker
- Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, The Netherlands
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Tosh D, Borthwick EB, Sharp S, Burchell A, Burchell B, Coughtrie MW. Heterogeneous expression of sulphotransferases in periportal and perivenous hepatocytes prepared from male and female rat liver. Biochem Pharmacol 1996; 51:369-74. [PMID: 8573204 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(95)02163-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Sulphotransferase (ST) is a family of enzymes responsible for metabolism and detoxication of endobiotics and xenobiotics. We investigated the hepatic acinar distribution of three sulphotransferases: phenol sulphotransferase (PST), oestrogen sulphotransferase (EST), and hydroxysteroid sulphotransferase (HST) in male and female rat livers by measurement of enzyme activities in isolated periportal and perivenous hepatocytes. The distribution was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. EST activity was located predominantly in the perivenous hepatocytes in male rats but not in female rats, where residual activity is catalysed by another ST. HST activity was not significantly different in periportal and perivenous hepatocytes in either male or female rats. For PST, a more widespread distribution was observed, with slight predominance in the periportal regions. The results indicate heterogeneous distribution of ST isoenzymes in the periportal and perivenous hepatocytes isolated from male and female rat livers.
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- D Tosh
- Department of Biochemical Medicine, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, U.K
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Das AT, Salvadó J, Boon L, Biharie G, Moorman AF, Lamers WH. Regulation of glutamate dehydrogenase expression in the developing rat liver: control at different levels in the prenatal period. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1996; 235:677-82. [PMID: 8654417 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00677.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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To study the regulation of the expression of glutamate dehydrogenase (Glu-DH) in rat liver during development, the Glu-DH mRNA concentration in the liver of rats ranging in age from 14 days prenatal development to 3 months after birth was determined. This concentration increased up to two days before birth, decreased rapidly between two days before and one day after birth and increased again in the second and third postnatal week. The ratio of Glu-DH mRNA/protein decreased more than 10-fold in the prenatal period, whereas it did not change significantly after birth. Thus, whereas the ratio between the Glu-DH monomer protein molecules and Glu-DH mRNA molecules is found to be approximately 1400 at 14 days of prenatal development, it is approximately 1700 four weeks after birth. We argue than an increase in the translational efficiency after birth is the most likely cause of the observed developmental changes in Glu-DH mRNA/protein ratio. Our results suggest that the expression after birth is predominantly regulated at the pretranslational level, whereas the prenatal Glu-DH expression is regulated both at the translational level and at the pretranslational level.
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- A T Das
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, The Netherlands
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Nitsch C, Maly IP, Möri D, Scotti AL. Evidence for the colocalization of parvalbumin and glutamate, but not GABA, in the perforant path of the gerbil hippocampal formation: a combined immunocytochemical and microquantitative analysis. J Neurochem 1994; 62:1276-84. [PMID: 7907649 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1994.62041276.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) are known for their seizure sensitivity, which is dependent on an intact perforant path from the entorhinal cortex to the hippocampus. In contrast with other species, the perforant path in gerbils contains parvalbumin, a cytosolic high-affinity calcium-binding protein. Parvalbumin is known to be present in a subpopulation of GABA-containing neurons and is thought to be responsible for their physiological characteristics of fast spiking activity and lack of spike adaptation. Therefore, the question arose of whether this projection in gerbils is GABAergic or glutamatergic as in other species. In a first approach to this question, the effect of lesioning the origin of the perforant path, the entorhinal cortex, on levels of GABA and glutamate was determined by enzymatic-luminometric assay in single layers of the dentate gyrus of lyophilized brain sections. Parallel sections were cryofixed using an acidified acetone-formaldehyde mixture at -20 degrees C for 48 h, and subsequently stained for parvalbumin immunocytochemistry. Seven days after ablation of the entorhinal cortex, parvalbumin staining was undetectable in the termination zone of the perforant path, the outer two-thirds of the stratum moleculare. In parallel, glutamate content was reduced to 80% of controls (and of the unoperated contralateral side) but unchanged in the inner third of the stratum moleculare and in stratum granulare. GABA content was not significantly altered by the lesion. From these results, we conclude that in the gerbil as in other species, the perforant path contains glutamate.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- C Nitsch
- Institute of Anatomy, University of Basel, Switzerland
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Das AT, Ludérus ME, Lamers WH. Identification and analysis of a matrix-attachment region 5' of the rat glutamate-dehydrogenase-encoding gene. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 215:777-85. [PMID: 8354285 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb18092.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Eukaryotic chromatin is thought to be organized into independently regulated loop domains by interaction of matrix-attachment regions (MAR) of the DNA to the nuclear matrix. To define the borders of the chromatin loop containing the glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) gene, we screened the GDH gene and flanking regions for the presence of MAR sequences. We here report identification, mapping and sequencing of an (A + T)-rich MAR located 2010-1397 bp upstream of the transcription initiation site of GDH, that mediates strong binding to the nuclear matrix. Smaller regions can also confer binding capacity, although at a lower affinity. This (A + T)-rich MAR contained 11 bp and 12 bp (A + T)-rich direct repeats, but not any of the sequences previously described to be associated with MAR activity. We here show that the presence of (A + T)-rich domains of DNA is not sufficient to confer binding capacity, since (A + T)-rich sequences located downstream of the identified MAR did not bind to the nuclear matrix. Moreover, a consensus topoisomerase-II-binding site located downstream of the MAR was found to be insufficient to mediate substantial binding. The number of binding sites in the nuclear matrix for MAR-containing fragments was shown to be approximately 15,000/nucleus. Since organization of the entire rat genome in loops with an average loop size of 100 kbp would require 60,000 binding sites, this suggests that only part of the genome is organized in loops. Alternatively, we might have underestimated the number of binding sites. The GDH MAR, and MAR-containing fragments derived from other species, were found to bind to the same binding sites in the nuclear matrix, although the affinity varied.
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- A T Das
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Das AT, Arnberg AC, Malingré H, Moerer P, Charles R, Moorman AF, Lamers WH. Isolation and characterization of the rat gene encoding glutamate dehydrogenase. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 211:795-803. [PMID: 8094669 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb17611.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The concentration of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) varies strongly between different organs and between different regions within organs. To permit further studies on the regulation of GDH expression, we isolated and characterized the rat gene encoding the GDH protein. This gene contains 13 exons and spans approximately 34 kbp. The GDH gene is present as a single, autosomally located copy in the Wistar rat genome, but shows an extensive restriction-fragment-length polymorphism for several enzymes. Promoter activity of the 5'-flanking sequence is shown by transient transfection experiments. The 5'-flanking sequence contains a TTAAAA sequence at position -29, instead of a consensus TATA box and, like many other TATA-less promoters, is characterized by a very high G + C content. In addition, consensus sequences for the binding sites of the transcription factors Sp1 and Zif268 are present in the G + C-rich upstream region.
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- A T Das
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Liver parenchyma shows a remarkable heterogeneity of the hepatocytes along the porto-central axis with respect to ultrastructure and enzyme activities resulting in different cellular functions within different zones of the liver lobuli. According to the concept of metabolic zonation, the spatial organization of the various metabolic pathways and functions forms the basis for the efficient adaptation of liver metabolism to the different nutritional requirements of the whole organism in different metabolic states. The present review summarizes current knowledge about this heterogeneity, its development and determination, as well as about its significance for the understanding of all aspects of liver function and pathology, especially of intermediary metabolism, biotransformation of drugs and zonal toxicity of hepatotoxins.
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- R Gebhardt
- Physiologisch-Chemisches Institut, University of Tübingen, Germany
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