title: Hormonal regulation of the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex in the isolated perfused rat liver.
abstract: The metabolic flux through the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase reaction in perfused livers was monitored by measuring the rate of 14CO2 production from [1-14C]alpha-ketoglutarate. The rates of 14CO2 production and glucose production from [1-14C]alpha-ketoglutarate were increased with increasing perfusate alpha-ketoglutarate concentrations. Vasopressin, angiotensin II, and the alpha 1-adrenergic agonist phenylephrine stimulated transiently by 2.5-fold the metabolic flux through the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase reaction in the presence and absence of Ca2+ in the perfusion medium. High concentrations of glucagon (1 x 10(-8) M) and 8-p-chlorophenylthio-cAMP (100 microM) (data not shown) also stimulated transiently the metabolic flux through the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase reaction. However, lower glucagon concentrations (1 x 10(-9) M) stimulated the rate of 14CO2 production from [1-14C]alpha-ketoglutarate only under conditions optimized to fix the cellular oxidation-reduction state at an intermediate level, when glucagon (1 x 10(-9) M)-mediated elevation of cAMP content was greater than that observed under highly oxidizing and reducing conditions. These data indicate that agonists which increase cytosolic free Ca2+ levels stimulate the metabolic flux through the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex. Furthermore, the data presented here demonstrate for the first time that physiological glucagon concentrations stimulate the metabolic flux through the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase reaction only under conditions known to be optimal for glucagon-mediated Ca2+ mobilization in the isolated perfused rat liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Rashed
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Waller
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology; D006728:Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007655:Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Complex / Q000378:metabolism*; D007656:Ketoglutaric Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D007658:Ketone Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013873:Thionucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones; D007656:Ketoglutaric Acids; D013873:Thionucleotides; D014667:Vasopressins; D000804:Angiotensin II; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010656:Phenylephrine; C015929:8-((4-chlorophenyl)thio)cyclic-3',5'-AMP; D005934:Glucagon; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D007658:Ketone Oxidoreductases; D007655:Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Complex; D002118:Calcium