title: Ca2+-mediated activation of phosphofructokinase in perfused rat heart.
abstract: Perfusion of the isolated rat heart with Ca2+ concentrations exceeding 3 mM activated phosphofructokinase and phosphorylase, and decreased the concentration of cyclic AMP. Half-maximal activation of phosphofructokinase occurred at 5 mM-CaCl2; significant activation of phosphorylase did not occur until the concentration of CaCl2 exceeded 12 mM. The time course for the activation of phosphofructokinase at 12 mM-CaCl2 indicated that maximal activation occurred within 2 min; when the perfusion-medium Ca2+ concentration was re-adjusted to 3 mM, the phosphofructokinase activity returned to pre-activation values within 30 s. The addition of Ca2+ to extracts of heart did not activate phosphofructokinase. The activation of phosphofructokinase by sub-maximal doses of adrenaline and Ca2+ were not additive. The activation of phosphofructokinase by 1 microM-adrenaline + 10 microM-propranolol and by 1 microM-isoprenaline was inhibited by high concentrations of K+ (22-56 mM). The activation of phosphofructokinase by 1 microM-adrenaline + 10 microM-propranolol, 12 mM-CaCl2 and by 1 microM-isoprenaline was blocked by the slow Ca2+-channel blocker nifedipine. These findings suggest that both the beta- and alpha-adrenergic mechanisms for the activation of rat heart phosphofructokinase involve an increase in the myoplasmic Ca2+ concentration. This increase may result from an inhibition of Ca2+ efflux or a stimulation of Ca2+ influx.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D010477:Perfusion; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D006005:Phosphorylases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D007473:Ion Channels; D006005:Phosphorylases; D010732:Phosphofructokinase-1; D009543:Nifedipine; D002118:Calcium; D004837:Epinephrine