Mechanism of futile creatine cycling in thermogenesis.
Mechanism of futile creatine cycling in thermogenesis.
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生热作用中无效肌酸循环的机制。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpendo.00444.2020
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2020
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Spiegelman,BruceM
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Kazak,Lawrence;Spiegelman,BruceM
The forward and reverse phosphotransfer reactions of phosphocreatine–creatine in most cells occur in a strict 1: 1 stoichiometry with the ATP/ADP couple (9). However, mitochondria in thermogenic adipocytes liberate a large molar excess of ADP with respect to added creatine (2, 10). Based on bioenergetics principles and the established stoichiometry of the P/O ratio (ATP molecules synthesized per oxygen atom consumed)(23), we proposed two models wherein creatine might support this super-stoichiometric regeneration of ADP to drive thermogenic respiration in fat (10, 12, 18).The first and simplest model is that a mitochondrial creatine kinase will use mitochondrial ATP to phosphorylate creatine to phosphocreatine (PCr), and the ensuing liberation of ADP locally within the organelle would be a powerful respiratory stimulus. Next, PCr would be the direct substrate of a phosphatase, which would replenish the mitochondrial creatine pool. The regenerated creatine from direct hydrolysis of PCr would act as a substrate for another round of this futile creatine cycle. Since we identified creatine-elicited respiration in isolated mitochondria (2, 10), but because crude mitochondrial preparations are not 100% pure, PCr hydrolase activity could be present within mitochondria themselves or on organelles that co-purify with them. Thus, either a pool of PCr and creatine circulate within the intermembrane space (IMS) or PCr is channeled out of the IMS toward PCr phosphatase activity that is external from mitochondria. The experimental data are consistent with either scenario (2, 10). We also proposed a second model where multiple phosphotransfer reactions might occur before phosphate hydrolysis from a phosphometabolite that lies downstream of PCr (10, 12). These variations on the futile creatine cycle have recently been extensively reviewed (12, 18). Based on theoretical points founded in non-adipocyte work, Wallimann and colleagues (22) hypothesize that thermogenic adipocytes utilize the PCr/creatine kinase circuit (3) to fuel thermogenesis. In this circuit, mitochondrial creatine kinase generates PCr, which can diffuse throughout the cell to maintain high ATP/ADP ratios locally near sites of ATP consumption. In their hypothetical model, Wallimann et al. propose a creatine-driven calcium cycle wherein the PCr/creatine kinase circuit would support calcium cycling by sustaining a high ATP/ADP ratio at the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) pump (20). Operation of a PCr/creatine kinase circuit in adipocytes is not mutually exclusive with thermogenic futile creatine cycling in mitochondria. Nevertheless, the experimental evidence from