title: Feedback inhibition of key glycolytic enzymes in liver: action of free fatty acids.
abstract: Increasing concentrations of sodium octanoate were progressively inhibitory to the activities of glucokinase, hexokinase, phosphofructokinase, and pyruvate kinase. Glucose-6-phosphate and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenases were also markedly inhibited. Other enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism such as lactate dehydrogenase, phosphohexose isomerase, and fructose-1,6-diphosphatase were not decreased. Among the key glycolytic enzymes, the inhibition of pyruvate kinase by the fatty acid was most marked. The biological significance of the inhibition of the key glycolytic enzymes is interpreted as a feedback inhibitory mechanism in regulation of fatty acid biosynthesis. The mechanism may function for rapid adaptation by which the organism can use the fatty acid level as a metabolic directional switch in decreasing glycolysis and turning on gluconeogenesis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002210:Caprylates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000502:physiology*; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000502:physiology; D006597:Fructose-Bisphosphatase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005941:Glucokinase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005956:Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006593:Hexokinase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D009491:Neurospora / Q000254:growth & development*; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D002210:Caprylates; D005227:Fatty Acids; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D006593:Hexokinase; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1; D005941:Glucokinase; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase; D006597:Fructose-Bisphosphatase; D005956:Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase