title: Pretranslational regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex subunits in white adipose tissue during the suckling-weaning transition in the rat.
abstract: Total pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity is low in white adipose tissue during the suckling period and increases markedly at weaning on to a high-carbohydrate diet. This is concomitant with an increase in the E1 alpha, E1 beta and E2 subunit protein concentration and their respective mRNAs, suggesting a pretranslational control of this phenomenon. The most marked change is seen for the E1 alpha subunit (17-fold increase in protein concentration). The changes in pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity and subunit abundance induced by weaning on to a high-carbohydrate diet are precluded if the animals are weaned on to a high-fat diet, suggesting that the nutritional and/or related hormonal changes rather than a developmental stage are responsible for the observed adipose-tissue pyruvate dehydrogenase complex pattern.
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000201:enzymology*; D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D011768:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014886:Weaning
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D011768:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex; D012333:RNA, Messenger