title: Inhibition of pyruvate carboxylase by sequestration of coenzyme A with sodium benzoate.
abstract: Pyruvate-dependent CO2 fixation by isolated mitochondria was strongly inhibited by sodium benzoate. Pyruvate carboxylase was identified as a site of inhibition by limiting flux measurements to assays of pyruvate carboxylase coupled with malate dehydrogenase. Benzoate reduced pyruvate-dependent incorporation of [14C]KHCO3 into malate and pyruvate-dependent malate accumulation by 74 and 72%, respectively. Aspartate-dependent malate accumulation was insensitive to benzoate, ruling out malate dehydrogenase as a site of action. Inhibition by benzoate was antagonized by glycine, which sharply accelerated conversion of benzoate to hippurate. Assays of coenzyme A and its acyl derivatives revealed inhibition to correlate with depletion of acetyl CoA and accumulation of benzoyl CoA. Depletion of acetyl CoA was sufficient to account for greater than 50% reduction in pyruvate carboxylase activity. Competition between acetyl CoA and benzoyl CoA for the activator site on pyruvate carboxylase was insignificant. Results support the interpretation that the observed inhibition of pyruvate carboxylase occurred primarily by depletion of the activator, acetyl CoA, through sequestration of coenzyme A during benzoate metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Cyr
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Egan
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Tremblay
mesh_terms: D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001565:Benzoates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019817:Benzoic Acid; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000378:metabolism; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D003065:Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism*; D006626:Hippurates / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D011766:Pyruvate Carboxylase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D001565:Benzoates; D001639:Bicarbonates; D006626:Hippurates; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A; D019817:Benzoic Acid; D011766:Pyruvate Carboxylase; C026329:potassium bicarbonate; D003065:Coenzyme A