title: Phospholipids and the regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase from rat adipocyte mitochondria.
abstract: Aqueous dispersions of 4 out of 9 phospholipids added individually to the mitochondrial fraction from rat adipocytes altered the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase in a dose-dependent manner from 1 to 300 microM. Phosphatidylserine increased and phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate decreased enzyme activity. The stimulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase induced by phosphatidylserine may be reversed to below basal activity by phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate and to basal activity by NaF, a pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase inhibitor. The inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase induced by phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate may be restored to basal levels by the addition of calcium. These results suggest that phosphatidylserine activates pyruvate dehydrogenase activity through activation of the phosphatase, perhaps forming a phosphatidylserine-calcium complex. The inhibition by phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate may be mediated by disruption of the enzyme complex. The phospholipids may play a physiological role in the regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase activity.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D011768:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D010743:Phospholipids; D011768:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex