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Pecinová A, Alán L, Brázdová A, Vrbacký M, Pecina P, Drahota Z, Houštěk J, Mráček T. Role of Mitochondrial Glycerol-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase in Metabolic Adaptations of Prostate Cancer. Cells 2020; 9:cells9081764. [PMID: 32717855 PMCID: PMC7464303 DOI: 10.3390/cells9081764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Prostate cancer is one of the most prominent cancers diagnosed in males. Contrasting with other cancer types, glucose utilization is not increased in prostate carcinoma cells as they employ different metabolic adaptations involving mitochondria as a source of energy and intermediates required for rapid cell growth. In this regard, prostate cancer cells were associated with higher activity of mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (mGPDH), the key rate limiting component of the glycerophosphate shuttle, which connects mitochondrial and cytosolic processes and plays significant role in cellular bioenergetics. Our research focused on the role of mGPDH biogenesis and regulation in prostate cancer compared to healthy cells. We show that the 42 amino acid presequence is cleaved from N-terminus during mGPDH biogenesis. Only the processed form is part of the mGPDH dimer that is the prominent functional enzyme entity. We demonstrate that mGPDH overexpression enhances the wound healing ability in prostate cancer cells. As mGPDH is at the crossroad of glycolysis, lipogenesis and oxidative metabolism, regulation of its activity by intramitochondrial processing might represent rapid means of cellular metabolic adaptations.
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Pecinová A, Brázdová A, Drahota Z, Houštěk J, Mráček T. Mitochondrial targets of metformin-Are they physiologically relevant? Biofactors 2019; 45:703-711. [PMID: 31343786 DOI: 10.1002/biof.1548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Metformin is the most widely prescribed treatment of hyperglycemia and type II diabetes since 1970s. During the last 15 years, its popularity increased due to epidemiological evidence, that metformin administration reduces incidence of cancer. However, despite the ongoing effort of many researchers, the molecular mechanisms underlying antihyperglycemic or antineoplastic action of metformin remain elusive. Most frequently, metformin is associated with modulation of mitochondrial metabolism leading to lowering of blood glucose or activation of antitumorigenic pathways. Here we review the reported effects of metformin on mitochondrial metabolism and their potential relevance as effective molecular targets with beneficial therapeutic outcome.
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- Alena Pecinová
- Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Bioenergetics, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Cormier RPJ, Champigny CM, Simard CJ, St-Coeur PD, Pichaud N. Dynamic mitochondrial responses to a high-fat diet in Drosophila melanogaster. Sci Rep 2019; 9:4531. [PMID: 30872605 PMCID: PMC6418259 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-36060-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 11/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Mitochondria can utilize different fuels according to physiological and nutritional conditions to promote cellular homeostasis. However, during nutrient overload metabolic inflexibility can occur, resulting in mitochondrial dysfunctions. High-fat diets (HFDs) are usually used to mimic this metabolic inflexibility in different animal models. However, how mitochondria respond to the duration of a HFD exposure is still under debate. In this study, we investigated the dynamic of the mitochondrial and physiological functions in Drosophila melanogaster at several time points following an exposure to a HFD. Our results showed that after two days on the HFD, mitochondrial respiration as well as ATP content of thorax muscles are increased, likely due to the utilization of carbohydrates. However, after four days on the HFD, impairment of mitochondrial respiration at the level of complex I, as well as decreased ATP content were observed. This was associated with an increased contribution of complex II and, most notably of the mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (mG3PDH) to mitochondrial respiration. We suggest that this increased mG3PDH capacity reflects the occurrence of metabolic inflexibility, leading to a loss of homeostasis and alteration of the cellular redox status, which results in senescence characterized by decreased climbing ability and premature death.
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- Robert P J Cormier
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9, Canada.
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“Alternative” fuels contributing to mitochondrial electron transport: Importance of non-classical pathways in the diversity of animal metabolism. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2018; 224:185-194. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2017.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Revised: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 11/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Crisóstomo L, Alves MG, Calamita G, Sousa M, Oliveira PF. Glycerol and testicular activity: the good, the bad and the ugly. Mol Hum Reprod 2017; 23:725-737. [DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gax049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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- Luís Crisóstomo
- Department of Microscopy, Laboratory of Cell Biology, and Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- i3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Microscopy, Laboratory of Cell Biology, and Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Microscopy, Laboratory of Cell Biology, and Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Centre for Reproductive Genetics Professor Alberto Barros, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Microscopy, Laboratory of Cell Biology, and Unit for Multidisciplinary Research in Biomedicine (UMIB), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- i3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’, Bari, Italy
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Mráček T, Drahota Z, Houštěk J. The function and the role of the mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in mammalian tissues. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1827:401-10. [PMID: 23220394 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2012] [Revised: 11/20/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Mitochondrial glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (mGPDH) is not included in the traditional textbook schemes of the respiratory chain, reflecting the fact that it is a non-standard, tissue-specific component of mammalian mitochondria. But despite its very simple structure, mGPDH is a very important enzyme of intermediary metabolism and as a component of glycerophosphate shuttle it functions at the crossroads of glycolysis, oxidative phosphorylation and fatty acid metabolism. In this review we summarize the present knowledge on the structure and regulation of mGPDH and discuss its metabolic functions, reactive oxygen species production and tissue and organ specific roles in mammalian mitochondria at physiological and pathological conditions.
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- Tomáš Mráček
- Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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De Meis L, Ketzer LA, Camacho-Pereira J, Galina A. Brown adipose tissue mitochondria: modulation by GDP and fatty acids depends on the respiratory substrates. Biosci Rep 2012; 32:53-9. [PMID: 21561434 PMCID: PMC3198502 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20100144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2010] [Revised: 04/07/2011] [Accepted: 05/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The UCP1 [first UCP (uncoupling protein)] that is found in the mitochondria of brown adipocytes [BAT (brown adipose tissue)] regulates the heat production, a process linked to non-shivering thermogenesis. The activity of UCP1 is modulated by GDP and fatty acids. In this report, we demonstrate that respiration and heat released by BAT mitochondria vary depending on the respiratory substrate utilized and the coupling state of the mitochondria. It has already been established that, in the presence of pyruvate/malate, BAT mitochondria are coupled by faf-BSA (fatty-acid-free BSA) and GDP, leading to an increase in ATP synthesis and mitochondrial membrane potential along with simultaneous decreases in both the rates of respiration and heat production. Oleate restores the uncoupled state, inhibiting ATP synthesis and increasing the rates of both respiration and heat production. We now show that in the presence of succinate: (i) the rates of uncoupled mitochondria respiration and heat production are five times slower than in the presence of pyruvate/malate; (ii) faf-BSA and GDP accelerate heat and respiration as a result and, in coupled mitochondria, these two rates are accelerated compared with pyruvate/malate; (iii) in spite of the differences in respiration and heat production noted with the two substrates, the membrane potential and the ATP synthesized were the same; and (iv) oleate promoted a decrease in heat production and respiration in coupled mitochondria, an effect different from that observed using pyruvate/malate. These effects are not related to the production of ROS (reactive oxygen species). We suggest that succinate could stimulate a new route to heat production in BAT mitochondria.
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- Leopoldo De Meis
- Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Laboratório de Bioenergética, Programa de Bioquímica e Biofísica Celular, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária, RJ, 21941-902, Brazil.
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Modification of respiratory-chain enzyme activities in brown adipose tissue mitochondria by idebenone (hydroxydecyl-ubiquinone). J Bioenerg Biomembr 2008; 40:85-93. [PMID: 18368470 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-008-9134-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2007] [Accepted: 02/18/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Idebenone (IDE), a synthetic analog of coenzyme Q, strongly activates glycerol phosphate (GP) oxidation in brown adipose tissue mitochondria. GP oxidase, GP cytochrome c oxidoreductase and GP dehydrogenase activities were all significantly stimulated by 13 muM IDE. Substituted derivatives of IDE acetyl- and methoxyidebenone had similar activating effects. When succinate was used as substrate, no activation by IDE could be observed. The activation effect of IDE could be explained as release of the inhibition of glycerol phosphate dehydrogenase by endogenous free fatty acids. NADH oxidoreductase activity and oxidation of NADH-dependent substrates were inhibited by IDE. The extent of the inhibition and IDE concentration dependence varied when various substrates were tested, being highest for pyruvate and lowest for 2-oxoglutarate. This study thus showed that the effect of IDE on various mitochondrial enzymes is very different and thus its therapeutic use should take into account its specific effect on various mitochondrial dehydrogenases in relation to particular defects of mitochondrial respiratory chain.
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Honzík T, Drahota Z, Böhm M, Jesina P, Mrácek T, Paul J, Zeman J, Houstek J. Specific Properties of Heavy Fraction of Mitochondria from Human-term Placenta – Glycerophosphate-dependent Hydrogen Peroxide Production. Placenta 2006; 27:348-56. [PMID: 15949844 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2005.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2004] [Revised: 02/11/2005] [Accepted: 03/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme Complexes are present in placenta at proportion similar to other tissues with exception of glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (mGPDH) which is expressed at a very high rate. As shown by Western blot quantification and respiratory chain enzyme activity measurements, the specific content of mGPDH is similar to that of succinate dehydrogenase or NADH dehydrogenase. Using fluorometric probe dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate we found that placental mitochondria display high rate of glycerophosphate-dependent hydrogen peroxide production. This was confirmed by oxygraphic detection of glycerophosphate-induced, KCN- or antimycin A-insensitive oxygen uptake. Hydrogen peroxide production by mGPDH was highly activated by one-electron acceptor, potassium ferricyanide and it was depressed by inhibitors of mGPDH and by cytochrome c. Our results indicate that mGPDH should be considered as an additional source of reactive oxygen species participating in induction of oxidative stress in placenta.
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- T Honzík
- Department of Pediatrics, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 2, 12000 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Geer BW, Heinstra PW, McKechnie SW. The biological basis of ethanol tolerance in Drosophila. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 105:203-29. [PMID: 8359013 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(93)90221-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- B W Geer
- Department of Biology, Knox College, Galesburg, IL 61401
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Amler E, Jasińska R, Drahota Z, Zborowski J. Membrane lateral pressure as a modulator of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity. FEBS Lett 1990; 271:165-8. [PMID: 2226800 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(90)80398-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Michaelis-Menten kinetics of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity in proteoliposomes from brown adipose tissue mitochondria with exogenously added phospholipids or cholesterol was measured. It was shown that changes in membrane lipid composition affected the membrane lateral pressure and therefore modulated the enzyme activity, namely Vmax value. Contrarily, changes in surface charge caused by minute amounts of phosphatidylserine or charged organic substances influenced only the apparent Km value. The role of bulk phospholipids in regulation of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase is discussed.
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- E Amler
- Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- J Himms-Hagen
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Wojtczak L, Nałecz MJ. Surface change of biological membranes as a possible regulator of membrane-bound enzymes. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1979; 94:99-107. [PMID: 35352 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1979.tb12876.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Scizłowski PW. The effect of some glycolytic intermediates and long-chain acyl-CoA esters on rat skeletal muscle mitochondrial alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase. Mol Cell Biochem 1977; 18:93-9. [PMID: 604785 DOI: 10.1007/bf00280274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Cannon B, Romert L, Sundin U, Barnard T. Morphology and biochemical properties of perirenal adipose tissue from lamb (Ovis aries). A comparison with brown adipose tissue. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1977; 56:87-99. [PMID: 318610 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(77)90227-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ottaway JH, Mowbray J. The role of compartmentation in the control of glycolysis. CURRENT TOPICS IN CELLULAR REGULATION 1977; 12:107-208. [PMID: 140783 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-152812-6.50010-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Swierczynski J, Scislowski P, Aleksandrowicz Z. Regulation of alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity in human term placental mitochondria. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1976; 452:310-9. [PMID: 827310 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2744(76)90181-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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1. alpha-Glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (sn-glycerol-3-phosphate:(acceptor) oxidoreductase, EC 1.1.99.5) activity in mitochondria isolated from human term placenta was found to be inhibited by ethyleneglycolbis (beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N'-tetraacetic acid (EGTA). Addition of an excess of calcium ions to the incubation medium completely restored the original activity. The concentration of free calcium ion required to activate the alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase was found to vary between 10 and 100 nM. 2. The pH optimum for alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity varied with substrate concentration. The pH optima were 7.4 and 8.0 in the presence of 2 or 8 mM alpha-glycerophosphate, respectively. The apparent Km for alpha-glycerophosphate also varied with pH; the values being 0.4 mM at pH 7.05, 1.5 mM at pH 7.8, and 3.5 mM at pH 8.5. 3. alpha-Glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity was inhibited by palmitoyl-CoA in a competitive manner with an apparent Ki value of about 10 muM. This inhibition was less pronounced in the presence of calcium or magnesium ions. 4. The activity of alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase was inhibited by phosphoenolpyruvate, D- and DL-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and 3-phosphoglyceric acid, in a competitive manner, the apparent Ki values being 0.5, 0.95, 0.12 and 1.5 mM, respectively. 5. alpha-Glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity in human placental mitochondria was found to be more sensitive to phosphoenolpyruvate, than the activity of the same enzyme in rat skeletal muscle mitochondria. alpha-Glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity in rat brown adipose tissue mitochondria was only slightly affected by phosphenolpyruvate under the same conditions. 6. The data obtained suggest that the activity of alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase in human placental mitochondria may be controlled by changes of the cytosolic level of palmitoyl-CoA, some glycolytic intermediates, and pH.
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