title: Turnover of hepatic phosphofructokinase in normal and diabetic rats. Role of insulin and peptide stabilizing factor.
abstract: Earlier work demonstrated that the activity of liver phosphofructokinase (PFK-L2) and immunoreactive PFK-L2 were decreased in diabetic rats and increased to normal or super-normal amounts following insulin treatment (Dunaway, G.A., and Weber, G., (1974) Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 162, 629-637). This report indicates that the decrease in levels of PFK-L2 in diabetic rats is a result of an accelerated degradation rate while the synthetic rate remains nearly normal. Following insulin treatment, the rate of PFK-L2 synthesis is enhanced 2-fold, whereas the rate of degradation appears to be greatly diminished. An inverse relationship is shown to exist between the PFK-L2 levels and the rates of PFK-L2 degradation, suggesting that the levels of PFK-L2 are primarily regulated by degradation rate. In addition, the levels of the PFK-L2 peptide stabilizing factor are inversely proportional to rates of PFK-L2 degradation. These results indicate that insulin mediates the rate of degradation of PFK-L2 by controlling the level of the peptide stabilizing factor.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000201:enzymology*; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D010455:Peptides; C018124:peptide stabilizing factor; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1