title: Hormonal regulation of L-type pyruvate kinase in rat liver cells in culture.
abstract: An immortalized rat liver cell line (RLC) expresses two isozymes of pyruvate kinase, the adult liver or L-type isozyme and an M-type isozyme presumed to be the M2-type. In RLC cells incubated in serum-free medium, the addition of 0.1 microM insulin maintained the initial level of L-type pyruvate kinase when it was high and induced the L-type isozyme when it was low. The addition of 1.0 mM dibutyryl cAMP and 0.5 mM theophylline decreased the L-type isozyme, even in the presence of insulin. The amount of M2-type isozyme was relatively constant under the conditions used. Regulation of the amount of L-type pyruvate kinase by both insulin and cAMP occurred primarily through changes in the rate of L-pyruvate kinase protein synthesis and translatable mRNA levels. These results are consistent with the in vivo observations that both insulin and glucagon regulate the rate of L-pyruvate kinase gene transcription and that cAMP is the dominant regulator of L-pyruvate kinase gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas 75235.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Cottam
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006207:Half-Life; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013806:Theophylline / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D007527:Isoenzymes; D003994:Bucladesine; D013806:Theophylline; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase