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Is the fundamental pathology in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy caused by a failure of glycogenolysis–glycolysis in costameres? J Genet 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s12041-022-01410-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The purpose of this review is to summarize our current understanding of the acute and chronic interactions between alcohol and nutrient metabolism in skeletal muscle. Insulin is well known to play an important regulatory role in nutrient, especially glucose, uptake and utilization in skeletal muscle. Several studies have shown that alcohol can acutely reduce the normal metabolic responses of skeletal muscle to the action of insulin. The most obvious of these is an acute impairment in glucose metabolism associated with alcohol consumption. While the exact mechanism(s) underlying this acute insulin resistance is presently unclear, several possible factors are discussed in this review. In contrast to these short-term effects, the effects of alcohol on skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity in chronic alcohol abusers are not as well established. Chronic alcohol abuse is known to be associated with skeletal myopathies, believed to result from alcohol induced abnormalities in muscle protein synthesis. Finally, the alcohol-mediated impairments of many aspects of skeletal muscle metabolism are discussed in relation to the insulin resistance associated broad spectrum of common lifestyle-related disorders, including non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus and obesity, the consequences of which may be important to the pathogenesis of alcohol-related diseases.
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- D Xu
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6907, Australia
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Penso J, Beitner R. Clotrimazole decreases glycolysis and the viability of lung carcinoma and colon adenocarcinoma cells. Eur J Pharmacol 2003; 451:227-35. [PMID: 12242083 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(02)02103-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Glycolysis is known to be the primary energy source in most cancer cells. We investigated here the effect of clotrimazole (1-(alpha-2-chlorotrityl)imidazole), the antifungal azole derivative, which was recently recognized as calmodulin antagonist, on the levels of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, the two stimulatory signal molecules of glycolysis, and on ATP content and cell viability in LL/2 Lewis lung carcinoma cells and CT-26 colon adenocarcinoma cells. We found that clotrimazole induced a significant, dose- and time-dependent reduction in the levels of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate, fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, ATP, and cell viability. These findings suggest that clotrimazole causes a reduction in glycolysis and ATP levels, which eventually leads to cell destruction after 3 h of treatment. Since cell proliferation was also reported to be inhibited by calmodulin antagonists, this substance is most promising agent in treatment of cancer by inhibiting both cell proliferation and the glycolytic supply of ATP required for cancer cell growth.
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- Julia Penso
- Health Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel
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Karniel M, Beitner R. Local anesthetics induce a decrease in the levels of glucose 1, 6-bisphosphate, fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, and ATP, and in the viability of melanoma cells. Mol Genet Metab 2000; 69:40-5. [PMID: 10655156 DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1999.2954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Glycolysis is known to be the primary energy source in cancer cells. We investigated here the effect of local anesthetics, lidocaine and bupivacaine, on the levels of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, the two stimulatory signal molecules of glycolysis, and on ATP levels and cell viability in B16 melanoma cells. We found that both drugs induced a significant, dose-dependent reduction in the levels of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate, fructose 1, 6-bisphosphate, ATP, and cell viability. Bupivacaine was more potent than lidocaine. The decrease in glucose 1,6-bisphosphate and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, induced by the local anesthetics, preceded the reduction in the viability of melanoma cells, indicating that these are early changes and not a result of cell death. Cell viability was reduced in a close correlation with the fall in ATP. These findings suggest that the fall in the levels of the two signal allosteric regulators of glycolysis, induced by the local anesthetics, is one of the mechanisms that causes a reduction in glycolysis and ATP levels, which eventually leads to melanoma cell death. These experiments suggest that local anesthetics, and especially bupivacaine, are most promising agents in the treatment of melanoma.
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- M Karniel
- Health Sciences Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900, Israel
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Glass-Marmor L, Penso J, Beitner R. Ca2+-induced changes in energy metabolism and viability of melanoma cells. Br J Cancer 1999; 81:219-24. [PMID: 10496345 PMCID: PMC2362860 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Cancer cells are characterized by a high rate of glycolysis, which is their primary energy source. We show here that a rise in intracellular-free calcium ion (Ca2+), induced by Ca2+-ionophore A23187, exerted a deleterious effect on glycolysis and viability of B16 melanoma cells. Ca2+-ionophore caused a dose-dependent detachment of phosphofructokinase (EC 2.7.1.11), one of the key enzymes of glycolysis, from cytoskeleton. It also induced a decrease in the levels of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, the two stimulatory signal molecules of glycolysis. All these changes occurred at lower concentrations of the drug than those required to induce a reduction in viability of melanoma cells. We also found that low concentrations of Ca2+-ionophore induced an increase in adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP), which most probably resulted from the increase in mitochondrial-bound hexokinase, which reflects a defence mechanism. This mechanism can no longer operate at high concentrations of the Ca2+-ionophore, which causes a decrease in mitochondrial and cytosolic hexokinase, leading to a drastic fall in ATP and melanoma cell death. The present results suggest that drugs which are capable of inducing accumulation of intracellular-free Ca2+ in melanoma cells would cause a reduction in energy-producing systems, leading to melanoma cell death.
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- L Glass-Marmor
- Health Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Ashkenazy-Shahar M, Beitner R. Effects of Ca(2+)-ionophore A23187 and calmodulin antagonists on regulatory mechanisms of glycolysis and cell viability of NIH-3T3 fibroblasts. Mol Genet Metab 1999; 67:334-42. [PMID: 10444344 DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1999.2877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We studied here, in NIH-3T3 fibroblasts, the effect of the Ca(2+)-ionophore A23187 (which is known to increase intracellular-free Ca(2+)) on the control of glycolysis and cell viability and the action of calmodulin antagonists. Time-response studies with Ca(2+)-ionophore A23187 have revealed dual effects on the distribution of phosphofructokinase (PFK) (EC 2.7.1.11), the rate-limiting enzyme of glycolysis, between the cytoskeletal and cytosolic (soluble) fractions of the cell. A short incubation (maximal effect after 7 min) caused an increase in cytoskeleton-bound PFK with a corresponding decrease in soluble activity. This leads to an enhancement of cytoskeletal glycolysis. A longer incubation with Ca(2+)-ionophore caused a reduction in both cytoskeletal and cytosolic PFK and cell death. Both the "physiological" and "pathological" phases of the Ca(2+)-induced changes in the distribution of PFK were prevented by treatment with three structurally different calmodulin antagonists, thioridazine, an antipsychotic phenothiazine, clotrimazole, from the group of antifungal azole derivatives that were recently recognized as calmodulin antagonists, and CGS 9343B, a more selective inhibitor of calmodulin activity. The longer incubation with Ca(2+)-ionophore also induced a decrease in the levels of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, the two allosteric stimulatory signal molecules of glycolysis. All these pathological changes preceded the reduction in cell viability, and a strong correlation was found between the fall in ATP and cell death. All three calmodulin antagonists prevented the pathological reduction in the levels of the allosteric effectors, ATP and cell viability. These experiments may throw light on the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic action of calmodulin antagonists that we previously found in treatment of the proliferating melanoma cells, on the one hand, and skin injuries, on the other hand.
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Glass-Marmor L, Beitner R. Taxol (paclitaxel) induces a detachment of phosphofructokinase from cytoskeleton of melanoma cells and decreases the levels of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate, fructose 1,6-bisphosphate and ATP. Eur J Pharmacol 1999; 370:195-9. [PMID: 10323269 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(99)00155-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Glucose utilization through glycolysis, which is the primary energy source in cancer cells, is known to be controlled by allosteric regulators, as well as by reversible binding of glycolytic enzymes to cytoskeleton. Here we report of a novel mechanism of action of taxol (paclitaxel; Baccatin III N-benzyl-beta-phenylisoserine ester), the anti-microtubule agent with remarkable anticancer activity. We show that taxol affects both levels of regulation of glycolysis in melanoma cells; it decreases the levels of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, the two allosteric stimulatory signal molecules of glycolysis, and also causes a detachment of phosphofructokinase (ATP: D-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.11), the rate-limiting enzyme of glycolysis, from the cytoskeleton of B16 melanoma cells. These effects of taxol were dose-dependent, and preceded the decrease in ATP levels and cell viability. Thus, taxol not only inhibits the essential dynamic processes of microtubule network, but also reduces glycolysis, through the novel mechanisms described here.
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- L Glass-Marmor
- Health Sciences Research Center, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Ashkenazy-Shahar M, Ben-Porat H, Beitner R. Insulin stimulates binding of phosphofructokinase to cytoskeleton and increases glucose 1,6-bisphosphate levels in NIH-3T3 fibroblasts, which is prevented by calmodulin antagonists. Mol Genet Metab 1998; 65:213-9. [PMID: 9851886 DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1998.2759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We report here a novel mechanism of insulin action in cultures of NIH-3T3 fibroblasts. Our experiments revealed that in these cells, insulin induced a rapid and transient increase in cytoskeleton-bound phosphofructokinase (EC 2.7.1.11), the rate-limiting enzyme in glycolysis, with a corresponding decrease in soluble (cytosolic) activity. Insulin also induced a slower increase in the levels of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate, the potent activator of cytosolic glycolysis. Both the rapid and the slower stimulatory actions of insulin were prevented by treatment with structurally different calmodulin antagonists, which strongly suggest that calmodulin is involved in these effects of insulin. The present and our previous experiments in muscle suggest that rapid, Ca2+-calmodulin-mediated increase in the binding of glycolytic enzymes to cytoskeleton, as well as the slower increase in glucose 1,6-bisphosphate, may be a general mechanism, in different cells, in signal transduction of insulin.
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- M Ashkenazy-Shahar
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900, Israel
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- R Beitner
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52900, Israel
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Penso J, Beitner R. Clotrimazole and bifonazole detach hexokinase from mitochondria of melanoma cells. Eur J Pharmacol 1998; 342:113-7. [PMID: 9544799 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(97)01507-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cancer cells are characterized by a high rate of glycolysis. Hexokinase (ATP: D-hexose 6-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.1), the only glycolytic enzyme which binds to mitochondria, is exceptionally high in cancer cells, and believed to play a key role in regulating cell energy metabolism and cancer cell growth rate. We have previously found that clotrimazole (1-(alpha-2-chlorotrityl)imidazole) and bifonazole (1-(alpha-biphenyl-4-ylbenzyl)imidazole), the antifungal azole derivatives, which were recently recognized as calmodulin antagonists, are calmodulin antagonists which most effectively reduce glycolysis and ATP level in B16 melanoma cells. They act through allosteric regulation and detachment of glycolytic enzymes from cytoskeleton. Here we report of a novel, additional, mechanism of action of these drugs. We show that they induce a dose-dependent detachment of hexokinase from mitochondria of B16 melanoma cells. This effect preceded the decrease in cell viability. These results suggest that clotrimazole and bifonazole may be promising drugs in treatment of melanoma.
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- J Penso
- Department of Life Sciences, Health Sciences Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Glass-Marmor L, Beitner R. Detachment of glycolytic enzymes from cytoskeleton of melanoma cells induced by calmodulin antagonists. Eur J Pharmacol 1997; 328:241-8. [PMID: 9218707 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-2999(97)83051-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Glycolysis, which is the primary energy source in cancer cells, is known to be controlled by allosteric regulators, as well as by reversible binding of glycolytic enzymes to cytoskeleton. We have previously found that different calmodulin antagonists decrease the levels of allosteric activators of glycolysis, and reduce ATP content and cell viability in B16 melanoma cells. Here we report of a novel, additional, mechanism of action of calmodulin antagonists in melanoma cells. We show that these drugs cause a detachment of the glycolytic enzymes, phosphofructokinase (ATP: D-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.11) and aldolase (D-fructose-1,6-bisphosphate D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate-lyase, EC 4.1.2.13), from cytoskeleton of B16 melanoma cells. This effect was dose- and time-dependent, and preceded the decrease in cell viability. The detachment of glycolytic enzymes from cytoskeleton would reduce the provision of local ATP, in the vicinity of the cytoskeleton-membrane and would affect cytoskeleton structure. Since the cytoskeleton is being recognized as an important modulator of cell function, proliferation, differentiation and neoplasia, detachment of the glycolytic enzymes from cytoskeleton induced by calmodulin antagonists, as well as their reported inhibitory action on cell proliferation, make these drugs most promising agents in treatment of cancer.
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- L Glass-Marmor
- Health Sciences Research Center, Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Ashkenazy-Shahar M, Beitner R. Serotonin decreases cytoskeletal and cytosolic glycolytic enzymes and the levels of ATP and glucose 1,6-bisphosphate in skin, which is prevented by the calmodulin antagonists thioridazine and clotrimazole. BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE 1997; 60:187-93. [PMID: 9169102 DOI: 10.1006/bmme.1996.2562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) is believed to play a pathogenic role in skin damage and various skin abnormalities; however, its mechanism of action remains unknown. We show here that intradermal injection of serotonin in rats induced a marked reduction in the activities of the glycolytic enzymes, phosphofructokinase (EC 2.7.1.11) and aldolase (EC 4.1.2.13), in both the cytoskeletal and cytosolic fractions from skin. Serotonin also decreased the levels of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate in skin, the powerful regulator of glucose metabolism. These serotonin-induced changes were accompanied by a marked decrease in ATP content in skin. All these pathological changes induced by serotonin were prevented by treatment with two structurally different calmodulin antagonists: thioridazine, an antipsychotic phenothiazine, or clotrimazole, from the group of the antifungal azole derivatives that were recently recognized as calmodulin antagonists. The present results suggest that calmodulin antagonists may be effective drugs in the treatment of skin damage under various pathological conditions and diseases in which serotonin levels are increased.
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Glass-Marmor L, Morgenstern H, Beitner R. Calmodulin antagonists decrease glucose 1,6-bisphosphate, fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, ATP and viability of melanoma cells. Eur J Pharmacol 1996; 313:265-71. [PMID: 8911923 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00526-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Glycolysis is known to be the primary energy source in cancer cells. We investigated here the effect of four different calmodulin antagonists: thioridazine (10-[2-(1-methyl-2-piperidyl) ethyl]-2-methylthiophenothiazine), CGS 9343B (1,3-dihydro-1-[1-[(4-methyl-4H,6H-pyrrolo[1,2-a] [4,1]-benzoxazepin-4-yl)methyl]-4-piperidinyl]-2 H-benzimidazol-2-one (1:1) maleate), clotrimazole (1-(alpha-2-chlorotrityl)imidazole) and bifonazole (1-(alpha-biphenyl-4-ylbenzyl)imidazole), on the levels of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate, the two stimulatory signal molecules of glycolysis, and on ATP content and cell viability in B16 melanoma cells. We found that all four substances significantly reduced the levels of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate, fructose 1,6-bisphosphate and ATP, in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Cell viability was reduced in a close correlation with the fall in ATP. The decrease in glucose 1,6-bisphosphate and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate did not result from the cytotoxic effects of the calmodulin antagonists, since their content was already reduced before any cytotoxic effect was observed. These findings suggest that the fall in the levels of the two signal molecules of glycolysis, induced by the calmodulin antagonists, causes a reduction in glycolysis and ATP levels, which eventually leads to cell death. Since cell proliferation was also reported to be inhibited by calmodulin antagonists, these substances are most promising agents in treatment of cancer by inhibiting both cell proliferation and the glycolytic supply of ATP required for cell growth.
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- L Glass-Marmor
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Glass-Marmor L, Chen-Zion M, Beitner R. Effects of carbamylcholine and pyridostigmine on cytoskeleton-bound and cytosolic phosphofructokinase and ATP levels in different rat tissues. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1996; 27:1241-6. [PMID: 8981075 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-3623(96)00048-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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1. The effects of carbamylcholine (CaCh) (acetylcholine agonist) and pyridostigmine (Pyr) (acetylcholinesterase inhibitor), on the activity of cytoskeleton-bound and cytosolic phosphofructokinase (PFK), the rate-limiting enzyme in glycolysis, and ATP levels, were studied in rat tibialis anterior (TA) muscle, heart, and brain. 2. In the TA muscle, a marked (about three-fold) increase in the allosteric activity of cytosolic (soluble) PFK was found, 3-5 min following the injection of CaCh or Pyr. The intracellular distribution of the enzyme was not affected by both drugs. Stimulation of glycolysis in this muscle was also expressed by a significant increase in the concentrations of glycolytic intermediates and lactate. Glucose 1,6-bisphosphate (Glc-1,6-P2) levels were unchanged, whereas fructose-2,6-bisphosphate (Fru-2,6-P2) was increased. Glycogenolysis was also stimulated, as deduced from the decrease in glycogen content. The stimulation of glycolysis, induced by both drugs, was accompanied by an increase in ATP level in the TA muscle. 3. In contrast to the stimulatory action of CaCh or Pyr on glycolysis in the TA muscle, both drugs had no effect on cytosolic and cytoskeletal PFK in heart and brain. However, ATP content in both heart and brain was markedly reduced by these drugs, most probably due to their reported harmful effects on mitochondrial function, leading to tissue damage. 4. Electron microscopic studies of TA muscle and heart from rats treated with CaCh or Pyr, revealed severe damage of heart but no harmful effects on TA muscle, which is a muscle with high glycolytic and low oxidative capacity. The present experiments suggest that the accelerated glycolysis in this muscle induced by both drugs, supplies ATP, thus preventing muscle damage.
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- L Glass-Marmor
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Koren-Schwartzer N, Chen-Zion M, Ben-Porat H, Beitner R. Serotonin-induced decrease in brain ATP, stimulation of brain anaerobic glycolysis and elevation of plasma hemoglobin; the protective action of calmodulin antagonists. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1994; 25:1257-62. [PMID: 7875554 DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(94)90147-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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1. Injection of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) to rats, induced a dramatic fall in brain ATP level, accompanied by an increase in P(i). Concomitant to these changes, the activity of cytosolic phosphofructokinase, the rate-limiting enzyme of glycolysis, was significantly enhanced. Stimulation of anaerobic glycolysis was also reflected by a marked increase in lactate content in brain. 2. Brain glucose 1,6-bisphosphate level was decreased, whereas fructose 2,6-bisphosphate was unaffected by serotonin. 3. All these serotonin-induced changes in brain, which are characteristic for cerebral ischemia, were prevented by treatment with the calmodulin (CaM) antagonists, trifluoperazine or thioridazine. 4. Injection of serotonin also induced a marked elevation of plasma hemoglobin, reflecting lysed erythrocytes, which was also prevented by treatment with the CaM antagonists. 5. The present results suggest that CaM antagonists may be effective drugs in treatment of many pathological conditions and diseases in which plasma serotonin levels are known to increase.
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Beitner R, Lilling G. Treatment of muscle damage, induced by high intracellular Ca2+, with calmodulin antagonists. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1993; 24:847-55. [PMID: 8224738 DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(93)90158-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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1. Incubation of rat diaphragm muscles in the presence of Ca(2+)-ionophore A23187, which causes accumulation of free intracellular Ca2+, induced severe myofibrils damage. Electron microscopic studies have revealed that calmodulin (CaM) antagonists, trifluoperazine, thioridazine, pimozide and CGS 9343B, were most effective in preserving muscle structure. 2. The CaM antagonists raised the decreased glucose-1,6-bisphosphate levels, induced by high Ca2+, with a concomitant activation of the reduced cytosolic phosphofructokinase (the rate limiting enzyme of glycolysis) and thereby cytosolic glycolysis. 3. All four CaM inhibitors also prevented solubilization of cytoskeleton-bound glycolytic enzymes by high Ca2+. 4. The protective effect of these compounds on cytosolic and cytoskeletal glycolysis, was also expressed by their action in preserving muscle ATP levels. 5. The present experiments suggest that CaM antagonists may be effective drugs in treatment of muscle damage and various muscle diseases, which are characterized by a high pathological increase in intracellular Ca2+.
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- R Beitner
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Beitner R. Control of glycolytic enzymes through binding to cell structures and by glucose-1,6-bisphosphate under different conditions. The role of Ca2+ and calmodulin. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 25:297-305. [PMID: 8462719 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(93)90616-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- R Beitner
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Garriga J, Cussó R. Effect of starvation on glycogen and glucose metabolism in different areas of the rat brain. Brain Res 1992; 591:277-82. [PMID: 1446241 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)91708-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We have studied the changes in concentration of glycogen, glucose and the bisphosphorylated sugars, glucose 1,6-P2 and fructose 2,6-P2, in several rat brain regions during 72 h of starvation. The animals were killed by focused microwave irradiation. The activities of glycogen metabolizing enzymes in the different areas were measured. A large decrease in glycogen and glucose concentration was observed in all areas. The concentrations of bisphosphorylated sugars changed, suggesting that an increase in glycolysis could take place at the beginning of starvation, with blood glucose as a major energy source. Differences in metabolite concentration before starvation disappeared after 72 h. The activities of glycogen synthase, glycogen phosphorylase and glycogen phosphorylase kinase were similar in all areas, and they did not change during starvation.
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- J Garriga
- Unitat de Bioquímica, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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Chen-Zion M, Livnat T, Beitner R. Insulin rapidly stimulates binding of phosphofructokinase and aldolase to muscle cytoskeleton. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 24:821-6. [PMID: 1534302 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(92)90019-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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1. We report here on a novel action of insulin which shows that the hormone stimulates binding of phosphofructokinase (PFK) and aldolase to muscle cytoskeleton. 2. This effect was demonstrated both in vivo, by injection of insulin, in the tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius muscles, as well as in vitro, in the isolated rat diaphragm muscle incubated with insulin. 3. Insulin exerted this effect at physiologic range of concentrations and very rapidly (about 50% stimulation of binding occurred within 1 min). 4. The possible physiological significance of this rapid action of insulin, is to provide local ATP, generated by the accelerated cytoskeletal glycolysis, for other rapidly insulin-stimulated membrane-cytoskeleton processes.
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- M Chen-Zion
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Bassukevitz Y, Chen-Zion M, Beitner R. Ca(2+)-ionophore A23187 and the Ca(2+)-mobilizing hormones serotonin, vasopressin, and bradykinin increase mitochondrially bound hexokinase in muscle. BIOCHEMICAL MEDICINE AND METABOLIC BIOLOGY 1992; 47:181-8. [PMID: 1515175 DOI: 10.1016/0885-4505(92)90022-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We show that a rise in cytosolic-free Ca2+ in muscle, induced by Ca(2+)-ionophore A23187 or by the Ca(2+)-mobilizing hormones serotonin, vasopressin, and bradykinin, increases the binding of hexokinase to mitochondria in muscle. This increase could be prevented by treatment with the calmodulin antagonists trifluoperazine or CGS 9343B (a novel, potent, and selective inhibitor of calmodulin activity) which strongly suggests that calmodulin is involved in the Ca(2+)-induced binding of the enzyme to muscle mitochondria.
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- Y Bassukevitz
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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Bassols A, Andrés V, Ballarín M, Mahy N, Carreras J, Cussó R. Identification of guanine and adenine nucleotides as activators of glucose-1,6-bisphosphatase activity from rat skeletal muscle. Arch Biochem Biophys 1991; 291:121-5. [PMID: 1656884 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(91)90113-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Glucose-1,6-bisphosphatase activity in rat skeletal muscle extracts was lost after exhaustive dialysis or precipitation with ammonium sulfate. Most of the original activity was recovered when the boiled extract was added to the ammonium sulfate precipitate. Qualitative analysis of the boiled extract revealed that the activator was either a nucleoside or a nucleotide. The results show that at concentrations between 0.05 and 1 mM, only guanine and adenosine derivatives are effective as activators, the former being more powerful. However, only guanosine, ADP, and AMP have an activating effect at the concentrations found in the boiled extract. The results of assays in vitro suggest that adenine nucleotides could be physiological modulators of glucose-1,6-bisphosphatase activity during muscle contraction.
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- A Bassols
- Unitat de Bioquímica, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Zona Universitària Pedralbes, Spain
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Beitner R, Chen-Zion M, Bassukevitz Y. Effect of the calmodulin antagonist CGS 9343B on skin burns. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1991; 22:67-72. [PMID: 2050288 DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(91)90310-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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1. CGS 9343B is a novel, potent and selective inhibitor of calmodulin activity, which unlike other known calmodulin antagonists, does not inhibit protein kinase C activity and does not possess potential antidopaminergic activity. Here we show that CGS 9343B, like other calmodulin antagonists reported previously, is most effective in treatment of burns. 2. The effectiveness of CGS 9343B on skin burns was evaluated by electron microscopic studies, as well as by measurements of hemoglobin, ATP and enzymes which are markedly changed in the burned skin. 3. As CGS 9343B is a more selective probe for calmodulin function than other inhibitors, the similarity of its effects on burns to that of other calmodulin antagonists, strongly suggest that their action on burns is mediated through calmodulin inhibition.
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- R Beitner
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Piatti E, Accorsi A, Piacentini MP, Fazi A. Specificity of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate synthesis in rabbit skeletal muscle. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1991; 100:67-71. [PMID: 1661660 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(91)90086-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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1. To compare glucose 1,6-bisphosphate synthesis in different types of cells, we partially purified (2000-fold) a glycerate 1,3 P2-dependent glucose 1,6-bisphosphate synthase from rabbit skeletal muscle. 2. In agreement with the results reported by others for mouse brain and pig skeletal muscle, the enzyme can be separated from bulk phosphoglucomutase (PGM) activity by DEAE-cellulose chromatography of crude cellular extract. This cannot be achieved on human hemolysates where glycerate 1,3-P2-dependent glucose 1,2-bisphosphate synthesis is displayed only by multifunctional PGM2 isoenzymes. 3. The Km values for glycerate 1,3-P2 (0.50 microM), glucose 1-phosphate (90 microM), Mg2+ (0.22 mM), and also pH optimum (7.8) and mol. wt (70,000) of the rabbit skeletal muscle enzyme are similar to those of the enzymes from mouse brain and human red blood cells, but they differ from those reported for the pig skeletal muscle enzyme.
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- E Piatti
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Giorgio Fornaini, Urbino (PS), Italy
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Oscillatory synthesis of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate and frequency modulation of glycolytic oscillations in skeletal muscle extracts. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)45757-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Lilling G, Beitner R. Decrease in cytoskeleton-bound phosphofructokinase in muscle induced by high intracellular calcium, serotonin and phospholipase A2 in vivo. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1990; 22:857-63. [PMID: 2149116 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(90)90289-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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1. Particulate (cytoskeleton-bound) and soluble phosphofructokinase (PFK), separated from rat muscle, exhibited different allosteric properties; in contrast to the soluble PFK, the bound enzyme was not sensitive to allosteric regulation. 2. Treatment of muscle with Ca2(+)-ionophore A23187, serotonin, or phospholipase A2, reduced the binding of PFK and aldolase. 3. The decrease in enzymes' binding was most probably mediated by the rise in free intracellular Ca2+ induced by these agents, as we found that direct addition of Ca2+ to the particulate fraction of muscle, caused solubilization of bound PFK and aldolase. 4. The reduction in binding of PFK and aldolase to cytoskeletal proteins, may have a deleterious effect on muscle function and structure, and may be involved in the mechanism of muscle damage in pathological conditions where accumulation of Ca2+ occurs.
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- G Lilling
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Beitner R. Regulation of carbohydrate metabolism by glucose 1,6-bisphosphate in extrahepatic tissues; comparison with fructose 2,6-bisphosphate. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1990; 22:553-7. [PMID: 2199249 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(90)90030-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- R Beitner
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Mayr GW. Inositol 1,4-bisphosphate is an allosteric activator of muscle-type 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase. Biochem J 1989; 259:463-70. [PMID: 2541692 PMCID: PMC1138531 DOI: 10.1042/bj2590463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The allosteric effects of various inositol biphosphate (InsP2) isomers and other inositol phosphates, of glycerophosphoinositol phosphates (GroPInsPx) and of phosphoinositides (PtdInsPx) on muscle-type 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase (PFK) were investigated. The binding of these substances to PFK was indirectly estimated by their ability to stabilize the tetrameric enzyme. At near-physiological concentrations of other allosteric effectors, muscle PFK was activated AMP-dependently by Ins(1,4)P2 (Ka = 43 microM), Ins(2,4)P2 (Ka = 70 microM) and GroPIns4P (Ka = 20 microM). These compounds activated PFK by a mechanism similar to that established for activating hexose bisphosphates. Indirect binding experiments indicated minimal Kd,app. values of about 5 microM for the binding of Ins(1,4)P2 in the presence of 0.1 mM-AMP at pH 7.4. This apparent affinity was comparable with that of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate and glucose 1,6-bisphosphate at identical conditions. The enzyme was also found to interact specifically with PtdIns4P (Kd,app. = 37 microM), the inositol phospholipid carrying Ins(1,4)P2 as its head group. The regulatory behaviour of muscle-type PFK in vitro and the concentrations of Ins(1,4)P2 in vivo (between 4 and greater than 50 nmol/g wet wt. of tissue) are consistent with the hypothesis that there is a functional interaction in vivo. Furthermore, a role of PtdIns4P in membrane compartmentation of PFK is suggested. Comparative experiments with liver PFK indicate that these regulatory properties may be relatively specific for the muscle isoform. Unlike muscle PFK, the liver isoform was slightly activated by sub-micromolar concentrations of Ins(1,4,5)P3.
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- G W Mayr
- Abteilung für Biochemie Supramolekularer Systeme, Medizinische Fakultät, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany
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Beitner R, Chen-Zion M, Sofer-Bassukevitz Y, Morgenstern H, Ben-Porat H. Treatment of frostbite with the calmodulin antagonists thioridazine and trifluoperazine. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1989; 20:641-6. [PMID: 2606333 DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(89)90100-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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1. Thioridazine and trifluoperazine, which have been previously found in this laboratory to be the most effective calmodulin antagonists in treatment of burns, are shown here to be also effective in the treatment of frostbite. 2. Electron microscopic studies have revealed a complete reversal of both the vascular and skin tissue damage induced by frostbite. 3. The reversal of the vascular damage was also demonstrated by the ability of these compounds to abolish the increase in hemoglobin content in the skin. 4. The reversal of the skin tissue damage was also revealed by the ability of these compounds to raise the decreased ATP level and the reduced activities of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase and mitochondrial and soluble hexokinase in skin, induced by frostbite, to normal control levels.
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- R Beitner
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Bassukevitz Y, Chen-Zion M, Beitner R. Effects of epinephrine on glucose-1,6-bisphosphate and carbohydrate metabolism in skin. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1989; 21:1229-34. [PMID: 2558923 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(89)90008-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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1. Injection of epinephrine induced in skin a decrease in the level of glucose-1,6-bisphosphate (Glc-1,6-P2), which was accompanied by correlated changes in the activities of several enzymes which are modulated by this regulator. 2. These effects were blocked by the alpha adrenergic blocker phentolamine, in contrast to muscle where the hormone increases Glc-1,6-P2, acting through beta receptors. 3. The changes in the enzymes' activities, as well as in glycogen and lactate content induced by epinephrine, reveal that the hormone causes, in skin, a stimulation of glycogenolysis and glycolysis, as well as an acceleration of pentose phosphate pathway. 4. The reduction in glycogen content induced by epinephrine, was blocked by the beta adrenergic blocker propranolol, whereas the hormone's effects on the other processes were mainly mediated through alpha receptors.
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- Y Bassukevitz
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Beitner R, Chen-Zion M, Sofer-Bassukevitz Y, Oster Y, Ben-Porat H, Morgenstern H. Therapeutic and prophylactic treatment of skin burns with several calmodulin antagonists. GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 1989; 20:165-73. [PMID: 2714615 DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(89)90010-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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1. Several calmodulin antagonists abolished the decrease in ATP level and in the activities of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase and mitochondrial and soluble hexokinase, induced by burns in the rat skin. 2. These antagonists had also a protective action on the blood capillaries and erythrocyte membrane, as judged by the electron microscopic appearance, as well as the abolishment of hemoglobin increase and burn edema. 3. Of all the compounds investigated here, the most effective were trifluoperazine and thioridazine, which are also known as the more potent calmodulin antagonists. 4. The present experiments suggest that calmodulin antagonists may be effective drugs in treatment of burns, having both therapeutic and prophylactic action.
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- R Beitner
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Carreras M, Carreras J, Climent F. Metabolism of glucose 1,6-P2--III. Partial purification and characterization of glucose 1,6-P2 synthase from pig skeletal muscle. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1988; 90:739-44. [PMID: 2854765 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(88)90328-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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1. Glycerate 1,3-P2-dependent glucose, 1,6-P2 synthase has been purified 2000-fold from pig skeletal muscle, with a yield of 75%. 2. The enzyme possesses fructose 1,6-P2-dependent glucose 1,6-P2 synthase and phosphoglucomutase activities, which represent 0.1 and 60% of the main activity, respectively. 3. Both glucose 1-P and glucose 6-P can act as acceptors of the phosphoryl group from glycerate 1,3-P2. 4. The Km values are 19 microM and 67 nM for glucose 1-P and glycerate 1,3-P2, respectively. 5. The enzyme is inhibited by glycerate 2,3-P2, fructose 1,6-P2, glycerate 3-P, phosphoenolpyruvate and lithium, the inhibition pattern varying with the compound.
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- M Carreras
- Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques Humanes i de la Nutrició, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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Espinet C, Bartrons R, Carreras J. Effects of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate and glucose 1,6-bisphosphate on phosphofructokinase from chicken erythrocytes. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1988; 90:453-7. [PMID: 2970364 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(88)90103-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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1. Phosphofructokinase (EC 2.7.1.11) from chicken erythrocytes is activated by fructose 2,6-bisphosphate, glucose 1,6-bisphosphate and AMP, and it is inhibited by 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate and inositol hexaphosphate. 2. The stimulatory effects produced by the two bisphosphorylated hexoses are additive and the effects produced by fructose 2,6-bisphosphate and by AMP are synergistic. 3. The activatory effect produced by fructose 2,6-bisphosphate is counteracted by fructose 1,6-bisphosphate. 4. The inhibition produced by both 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate and inositol hexaphosphate is released by fructose 2,6-bisphosphate. 5. It is concluded that, like phosphofructokinase from mammalian tissues, the enzyme from chicken erythrocytes can be modulated by the relative concentrations of those metabolites.
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- C Espinet
- Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Department de Ciències Fisiològiques Humanes i de la Nutrició, Spain
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Nordenberg J, Beery E, Klein S, Kaplansky M, Frucht H, Beitner R. Exogenous ATP antagonizes the actions of phospholipase A2, local anesthetics, Ca2+ ionophore A23187, and lithium on glucose-1,6-bisphosphate levels and the activities of phosphofructokinase and phosphoglucomutase in rat muscle. BIOCHEMICAL MEDICINE AND METABOLIC BIOLOGY 1987; 38:278-91. [PMID: 2963653 DOI: 10.1016/0885-4505(87)90092-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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ATP, added externally to the incubation medium of rat diaphragm muscles, abolished the decrease in the levels of glucose-1,6-bisphosphate (Glc-1,6-P2), the powerful regulator of carbohydrate metabolism, induced by phospholipase A2, local anesthetics, Ca2+ ionophore A23187, or lithium. Concomitantly to the changes in Glc-1,6-P2, the potent activator of phosphofructokinase (the rate-limiting enzyme in glycolysis) and phosphoglucomutase, the activities of these enzymes were reduced by the myotoxic agents and restored by exogenous ATP, when assayed under conditions in which these enzymes are sensitive to regulation by Glc-1,6-P2. These findings suggest that ATP may have broad therapeutic action, as it may stimulate the impaired glycolysis in muscle induced by various drugs and conditions which cause muscle weakness or damage.
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- J Nordenberg
- Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Espinet C, Bartrons R, Carreras J. Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate and glucose 1,6-bisphosphate in erythrocytes during chicken development. FEBS Lett 1986; 209:254-6. [PMID: 3792546 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(86)81122-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In contrast to mammalian erythrocytes, chicken erythrocytes contain fructose 2,6-bisphosphate at levels (0.5 nmol/10(9) cells) similar to those of 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate (1.2 nmol/10(9) cells) and slightly lower than those of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate (5.2 nmol/10(9) cells). In chick embryo erythrocytes the levels of both fructose 2,6-bisphosphate and glucose 1,6-bisphosphate are much lower. They begin to increase at hatching and reach the levels in chicken in a few days.
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Bassols AM, Carreras J, Cussó R. Changes in glucose 1,6-bisphosphate content in rat skeletal muscle during contraction. Biochem J 1986; 240:747-51. [PMID: 3827864 PMCID: PMC1147482 DOI: 10.1042/bj2400747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Glucose 1,6-bisphosphate, fructose 2,6-bisphosphate, glycogen, lactate and other glycolytic metabolites were measured in rat gastrocnemius muscle, which was electrically stimulated in situ via the sciatic nerve. Both the frequency and the duration of stimulation were varied to obtain different rates of glycolysis. There was no apparent relationship between fructose 2,6-bisphosphate content and lactate accumulation in contracting muscle. In contrast, glucose 1,6-bisphosphate content increased with lactate concentration during contraction. It is suggested that the increase in glucose 1,6-bisphosphate could play a role in phosphofructokinase stimulation and in the activation of the glycolytic flux during muscle contraction.
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Carreras J, Bartrons R, Climent F, Cusso R. Bisphosphorylated metabolites of glycerate, glucose, and fructose: functions, metabolism and molecular pathology. Clin Biochem 1986; 19:348-58. [PMID: 3555887 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9120(86)80008-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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2,3-Bisphosphoglycerate, glucose 1,6-P2 and fructose 2,6-P2 have been recognized as regulatory signals implicated in the control of metabolism, oxygen affinity of red cells and other cellular functions. The alterations of their metabolism constitute a novel area in molecular pathology. The concentration of 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate in erythrocytes changes in a number of pathological conditions. An inherited deficiency of the multifunctional enzyme involved in the synthesis and breakdown of 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate in erythrocytes has been reported. The levels of glucose 1,6-P2 are reduced in the liver and in the muscle of rats with experimentally induced diabetes. In muscle of genetically dystrophic mice a decrease in the levels of glucose 1,6-P2 has been found, probably resulting from enhancement of glucose 1,6-P2 phosphatase activity. Fructose 2,6-P2 levels are decreased in the liver of experimental diabetic mice and rats, and elevated in the liver of genetically obese animals.
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Gil J, Carreras J, Bartrons R. Effects of diabetes on fructose 2, 6-P2, glucose 1, 6-P2 and 6-phosphofructo 2-kinase in rat liver. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1986; 136:498-503. [PMID: 3010981 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(86)90468-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The levels of fructose 2,6-P2 and 6-phosphofructo 2-kinase have been found to be decreased in the liver of both ketotic and non-ketotic diabetic rats, a good correlation between fall of hepatic fructose 2,6-P2, ketonemia and glycemia being observed. The "total" 6-phosphofructo 2-kinase activity and the "active" (non-phosphorylated) from of the enzyme were decreased to a different extent, resulting in a fall of the "active"/"total" activity ratio. Hepatic levels of glucose 1,6-P2 were lowered only in ketotic diabetes. Insulin treatment normalized all the values studied. Insulin administration to control rats decreased the hepatic levels of fructose 2,6-P2 and did not affect glucose 1,6-P2 levels. It also decreased the "active" form of 6-phosphofructo 2-kinase, without significantly altering the "total" activity.
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Bassols A, Cussó R, Carreras J. Metabolism of glucose 1,6-P2--II. Glucose 1,6-P2 phosphatase in pig muscle. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. B, COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1985; 81:981-7. [PMID: 2994952 DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(85)90101-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Most of the glucose 1,6-P2 phosphatase activity of pig skeletal muscle is present in the cytosolic fraction. Four peaks of glucose 1,6-P2 phosphatase activity are obtained when the cytosolic fraction from pig muscle is subjected to DE-cellulose chromatography. All the peaks hydrolyze other phosphocompounds in addition to glucose 1,6-P2. The glucose 1,6-P2 phosphatase activity of the main peak shows an optimal neutral pH. It is activated by divalent cations, Mg2+ being more effective than Mn2+. The addition of Ca2+ or EGTA does not affect the enzymatic activity. IMP does not possess any effect. It is concluded that this enzyme is different from the glucose 1,6-P2 phosphatases found in mouse brain cytosol and rat skeletal muscle.
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Beitner R, Kaplansky M, Frucht H. Trifluoperazine abolishes the actions of bradykinin on glucose 1,6-bisphosphate levels and on the activities of glucose 1,6-bisphosphatase, phosphofructokinase and phosphoglucomutase. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1985; 17:545-50. [PMID: 2989025 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(85)90155-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Injection of trifluoperazine abolished the bradykinin-induced decrease in intracellular concentration of glucose 1,6-bisphosphate (Glc-1,6-P2) in rat tibialis anterior muscle and skin. These changes in Glc-1,6-P2 levels may be attributed to the changes in the activity of glucose 1,6-bisphosphatase (the enzyme that degrades Glc-1,6-P2), which was markedly enhanced by bradykinin and reversed by trifluoperazine. Concomitantly to the changes in Glc-1,6-P2, the potent activator of phosphofructokinase and phosphoglucomutase, the activities of these enzymes were reduced by bradykinin and restored by trifluoperazine. These findings suggest that trifluoperazine treatment may have a beneficial effect on the depressed glycolysis induced by bradykinin in tissue damage.
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Nordenberg J, Aviram R, Beery E, Stenzel KH, Novogrodsky A. Inhibition of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase by glucose 1,6-diphosphate in human normal and malignant colon extracts. Cancer Lett 1984; 23:193-9. [PMID: 6234985 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(84)90154-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Increased activity of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase was found in human colon tumors as compared to the adjacent unaffected mucosa. Glucose 1,6-diphosphate (Glc-1,6-P2), an endogenous potent regulator of glucose metabolism, markedly inhibited the activity of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6-PGD) in extracts of the normal and malignant human colon. Glc-1,6-P2 also inhibited the activity of hexokinase in these extracts. The endogenous levels of Glc-1,6-P2 in the colon and tumors were measured. Since the pentose cycle can be inhibited by Glc-1,6-P2, means to increase endogenous levels of Glc-1,6-P2 or to introduce it into cells, might result in antitumor effects.
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Beitner R, Lilling G. Inhibition of mitochondrial and soluble hexokinase from various rat tissues by glucose 1,6-bisphosphate. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1984; 16:991-6. [PMID: 6479437 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(84)90116-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Mitochondrial and soluble Type I and Type II hexokinase from various rat tissues differed in their susceptibility to inhibition by glucose-1,6-bisphosphate (Glc-1,6-P2). In tissues where Type I is the predominant form, the mitochondrial enzyme was less susceptible to inhibition by Glc-1,6-P2 than the soluble enzyme, especially at high Mg2+ concentration. In tissues where Type II is the predominant form, the mitochondrial enzyme was more susceptible to inhibition by Glc-1,6-P2 than the soluble enzyme, especially at low Mg2+ concentration. The results suggest that changes in the intracellular concentrations of Glc-1,6-P2 and Mg2+ under various conditions would affect the activity of the bound and soluble hexokinase from different tissues in a different manner.
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