Regulation of the hepatic glycine-cleavage system.
Regulation of the hepatic glycine-cleavage system.
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肝脏甘氨酸裂解系统的调节。
DOI:
10.1042/bst0141004
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发表时间:
1986
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Craig,F
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作者:
Olson,MS;Hampson,RK;Craig,F
Glycine cleavage in the isolated perfused rat liver was investigated with a similar experimental rationale as in the mitochondrial studies discussed above (Hampson et al., 19846). Maximal rates of [l-'4C] glycine decarboxylation (eg 125 nmol/min per g) were attained at perfusate glycine concentrations approaching 10 mM. Infusion of metabolic substrates such as 3-hydroxybutyrate or octanoate inhibited the rate of glyciae cleavage by 33 and 50%, respectively. Metabolic conditions (eg NH, CI, 10 mM, plus pyruvate or lactate, 5 mM) which have been demonstrated to cause rapid consumption of intramitochondrial NADPH (Chamalaun & Tager, 1970; Siess et al., 1975) during urea synthesis caused an approximately three-fold increase in glycine decarboxylation by the perfused rat liver. The stimulated rate of glycine decarboxylation and the synthesis of urea were inhibited nearly completely by propionate. It has been suggested that propionyl-CoA and/or methylmalonyl-CoA inhibit selected enzymic reactions in urea synthesis (Gruskay & Rosenberg, 1979; Coude et al., 1979; Martin-Requero et al., 1983) and it is likely that, in the present study, propionate inhibited urea synthesis, thus preventing the consumption of intramitochondrial PIADPH which in turn inhibited the glycine-cleavage reaction. Several laboratories have investigated the inhibitory effects of cysteamine on the glycine-cleavage reaction (eg see Y ud-koff et al., 1981; Hayasaka & Tada, 1983). In the present study the rapid rates of glycine decarboxylation observed under ureogenic conditions were inhibited nearly completely by co-infusion of cysteamine. The precise mechanism by which cysteamine inhibits glycine decarboxylation is presently under investigation. In summary, our experimental approach has demonstrated that the hepatic glycine-cleavage system is regulated primarily by the oxidation-reduction state of the intramitochondrial NAD (H) and NADP (H) couples. Whether this type of regulation is physiologically important under normal metabolic conditions and/or contributes to pathological hyperglycinaemic states, remains to be demonstrated definitively.