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1.
Hum Mol Genet ; 29(21): 3554-3565, 2021 01 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33219378

RESUMO

The glycogenin knockout mouse is a model of Glycogen Storage Disease type XV. These animals show high perinatal mortality (90%) due to respiratory failure. The lungs of glycogenin-deficient embryos and P0 mice have a lower glycogen content than that of wild-type counterparts. Embryonic lungs were found to have decreased levels of mature surfactant proteins SP-B and SP-C, together with incomplete processing of precursors. Furthermore, non-surviving pups showed collapsed sacculi, which may be linked to a significantly reduced amount of surfactant proteins. A similar pattern was observed in glycogen synthase1-deficient mice, which are devoid of glycogen in the lungs and are also affected by high perinatal mortality due to atelectasis. These results indicate that glycogen availability is a key factor for the burst of surfactant production required to ensure correct lung expansion at the establishment of air breathing. Our findings confirm that glycogen deficiency in lungs can cause respiratory distress syndrome and suggest that mutations in glycogenin and glycogen synthase 1 genes may underlie cases of idiopathic neonatal death.


Assuntos
Glucosiltransferases/fisiologia , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Glicoproteínas/fisiologia , Surfactantes Pulmonares/metabolismo , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório/patologia , Animais , Animais Recém-Nascidos , Feminino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório/etiologia , Síndrome do Desconforto Respiratório/metabolismo
2.
J Biol Chem ; 296: 100150, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33277363

RESUMO

Malstructured glycogen accumulates over time in Lafora disease (LD) and precipitates into Lafora bodies (LBs), leading to neurodegeneration and intractable fatal epilepsy. Constitutive reduction of glycogen synthase-1 (GYS1) activity prevents murine LD, but the effect of GYS1 reduction later in disease course is unknown. Our goal was to knock out Gys1 in laforin (Epm2a)-deficient LD mice after disease onset to determine whether LD can be halted in midcourse, or even reversed. We generated Epm2a-deficient LD mice with tamoxifen-inducible Cre-mediated Gys1 knockout. Tamoxifen was administered at 4 months and disease progression assessed at 12 months. We verified successful knockout at mRNA and protein levels using droplet digital PCR and Western blots. Glycogen determination and periodic acid-Schiff-diastase staining were used to analyze glycogen and LB accumulation. Immunohistochemistry using astrocytic (glial fibrillary acidic protein) and microglial (ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1) markers was performed to investigate neuroinflammation. In the disease-relevant organ, the brain, Gys1 mRNA levels were reduced by 85% and GYS1 protein depleted. Glycogen accumulation was halted at the 4-month level, while LB formation and neuroinflammation were significantly, though incompletely, prevented. Skeletal muscle analysis confirmed that Gys1 knockout inhibits glycogen and LB accumulation. However, tamoxifen-independent Cre recombination precluded determination of disease halting or reversal in this tissue. Our study shows that Gys1 knockdown is a powerful means to prevent LD progression, but this approach did not reduce brain glycogen or LBs to levels below those at the time of intervention. These data suggest that endogenous mechanisms to clear brain LBs are absent or, possibly, compromised in laforin-deficient murine LD.


Assuntos
Gliose/prevenção & controle , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Inflamação/prevenção & controle , Doença de Lafora/patologia , Músculo Esquelético/metabolismo , Proteínas Tirosina Fosfatases não Receptoras/deficiência , Animais , Feminino , Gliose/metabolismo , Gliose/patologia , Inflamação/metabolismo , Inflamação/patologia , Doença de Lafora/tratamento farmacológico , Doença de Lafora/genética , Doença de Lafora/metabolismo , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Músculo Esquelético/patologia , Moduladores Seletivos de Receptor Estrogênico/administração & dosagem , Tamoxifeno/administração & dosagem
3.
Mol Metab ; 16: 24-34, 2018 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30093357

RESUMO

OBJECTIVE: A single bout of exercise followed by intake of carbohydrates leads to glycogen supercompensation in prior exercised muscle. Our objective was to illuminate molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon in skeletal muscle of man. METHODS: We studied the temporal regulation of glycogen supercompensation in human skeletal muscle during a 5 day recovery period following a single bout of exercise. Nine healthy men depleted (day 1), normalized (day 2) and supercompensated (day 5) muscle glycogen in one leg while the contralateral leg served as a resting control. Euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamps in combination with leg balance technique allowed for investigating insulin-stimulated leg glucose uptake under these 3 experimental conditions. Cellular signaling in muscle biopsies was investigated by global proteomic analyses and immunoblotting. We strengthened the validity of proposed molecular effectors by follow-up studies in muscle of transgenic mice. RESULTS: Sustained activation of glycogen synthase (GS) and AMPK in combination with elevated expression of proteins determining glucose uptake capacity were evident in the prior exercised muscle. We hypothesize that these alterations offset the otherwise tight feedback inhibition of glycogen synthesis and glucose uptake by glycogen. In line with key roles of AMPK and GS seen in the human experiments we observed abrogated ability for glycogen supercompensation in muscle with inducible AMPK deletion and in muscle carrying a G6P-insensitive form of GS in muscle. CONCLUSION: Our study demonstrates that both AMPK and GS are key regulators of glycogen supercompensation following a single bout of glycogen-depleting exercise in skeletal muscle of both man and mouse.


Assuntos
Exercício Físico/fisiologia , Glicogênio/metabolismo , Músculo Esquelético/metabolismo , Adulto , Animais , Metabolismo dos Carboidratos , Carboidratos , Carboidratos da Dieta/metabolismo , Glucose/metabolismo , Glicogênio/biossíntese , Glicogênio Sintase/metabolismo , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Humanos , Insulina/metabolismo , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Fosforilação , Condicionamento Físico Animal , Proteômica , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos
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Circ Res ; 114(6): 966-75, 2014 Mar 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24503893

RESUMO

RATIONALE: AMP-activated protein kinase is a master regulator of cell metabolism and an attractive drug target for cancer and metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. Point mutations in the regulatory γ2-subunit of AMP-activated protein kinase (encoded by Prkag2 gene) caused a unique form of human cardiomyopathy characterized by cardiac hypertrophy, ventricular preexcitation, and glycogen storage. Understanding the disease mechanisms of Prkag2 cardiomyopathy is not only beneficial for the patients but also critical to the use of AMP-activated protein kinase as a drug target. OBJECTIVE: We sought to identify the pro-growth-signaling pathway(s) triggered by Prkag2 mutation and to distinguish it from the secondary response to glycogen storage. METHODS AND RESULTS: In a mouse model of N488I mutation of the Prkag2 gene (R2M), we rescued the glycogen storage phenotype by genetic inhibition of glucose-6-phosphate-stimulated glycogen synthase activity. Ablation of glycogen storage eliminated the ventricular preexcitation but did not affect the excessive cardiac growth in R2M mice. The progrowth effect in R2M hearts was mediated via increased insulin sensitivity and hyperactivity of Akt, resulting in activation of mammalian target of rapamycin and inactivation of forkhead box O transcription factor-signaling pathways. Consequently, cardiac myocyte proliferation during the postnatal period was enhanced in R2M hearts followed by hypertrophic growth in adult hearts. Inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin activity by rapamycin or restoration of forkhead box O transcription factor activity by overexpressing forkhead box O transcription factor 1 rescued the abnormal cardiac growth. CONCLUSIONS: Our study reveals a novel mechanism for Prkag2 cardiomyopathy, independent of glycogen storage. The role of γ2-AMP-activated protein kinase in cell growth also has broad implications in cardiac development, growth, and regeneration.


Assuntos
Proteínas Quinases Ativadas por AMP/fisiologia , Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica Familiar/genética , Doença de Depósito de Glicogênio/genética , Glicogênio/biossíntese , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Miócitos Cardíacos/patologia , Proteínas Quinases Ativadas por AMP/genética , Animais , Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica Familiar/enzimologia , Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica Familiar/metabolismo , Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica Familiar/fisiopatologia , Divisão Celular , Crescimento Celular , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Proteína Forkhead Box O1 , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/biossíntese , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/genética , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/fisiologia , Técnicas de Introdução de Genes , Teste de Complementação Genética , Glucose-6-Fosfato/metabolismo , Glucose-6-Fosfato/farmacologia , Doença de Depósito de Glicogênio/metabolismo , Doença de Depósito de Glicogênio/fisiopatologia , Glicogênio Sintase/genética , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Resistência à Insulina/genética , Camundongos , Miócitos Cardíacos/metabolismo , Síndromes de Pré-Excitação/genética , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt/fisiologia , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Sirolimo/farmacologia , Serina-Treonina Quinases TOR/fisiologia
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FEBS Lett ; 587(17): 2825-31, 2013 Sep 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23831065

RESUMO

Here we set out to evaluate the role of hexokinase and glycogen synthase in the control of glycogen synthesis in vivo. We used metabolic control analysis (MCA) to determine the flux control coefficient for each of the enzymes involved in the pathway. Acute microinjection experiments in frog oocytes were specifically designed to change the endogenous activities of the enzymes, either by directly injecting increasing amounts of a given enzyme (HK, PGM and UGPase) or by microinjection of a positive allosteric effector (glc-6P for GS). Values of 0.61 ± 0.07, 0.19 ± 0.03, 0.13 ± 0.03, and -0.06 ± 0.08 were obtained for the flux control coefficients of hexokinase EC 2.7.1.1 (HK), phosphoglucomutase EC 5.4.2.1 (PGM), UDPglucose pyrophosphorylase EC 2.7.7.9 (UGPase) and glycogen synthase EC 2.4.1.11 (GS), respectively. These values satisfy the summation theorem since the sum of the control coefficients for all the enzymes of the pathway is 0.87. The results show that, in frog oocytes, glycogen synthesis through the direct pathway is under the control of hexokinase. Phosphoglucomutase and UDPG-pyrophosphorylase have a modest influence, while the control exerted by glycogen synthase is null.


Assuntos
Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Glicogênio/biossíntese , Hexoquinase/fisiologia , Oócitos/enzimologia , Animais , Anuros , Vias Biossintéticas , Células Cultivadas , Feminino , Glucose-6-Fosfato/metabolismo , Microinjeções , Oócitos/metabolismo , Fosfoglucomutase/fisiologia
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Diabetes Metab Res Rev ; 28(8): 635-44, 2012 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22926827

RESUMO

This review deals with the role of glycogen storage in skeletal muscle for the development of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Specifically, the role of the enzyme glycogen synthase, which seems to be locked in its hyperphosphorylated and inactivated state, is discussed. This defect seems to be secondary to ectopic lipid disposition in the muscle cells. These molecular defects are discussed in the context of the overall pathophysiology of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetic subjects.


Assuntos
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/fisiopatologia , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Resistência à Insulina/fisiologia , Glucose/metabolismo , Hemoglobinas Glicadas/metabolismo , Glicogênio/metabolismo , Glicogênio Sintase/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Hiperglicemia/enzimologia , Hiperglicemia/etiologia , Insulina/farmacologia , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Músculo Esquelético/fisiopatologia , Fosforilação
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Aging Cell ; 7(6): 894-907, 2008 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18782348

RESUMO

Glycogen biogenesis and its response to physiological stimuli have often been implicated in age-related diseases. However, their direct relationships to cell senescence and aging have not been clearly elucidated. Here, we report the central involvement of enhanced glycogenesis in cellular senescence. Glycogen accumulation, glycogen synthase (GS) activation, and glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) inactivation commonly occurred in diverse cellular senescence models, including the liver tissues of aging F344 rats. Subcytotoxic concentrations of GSK3 inhibitors (SB415286 and LiCl) were sufficient to induce cellular senescence with increased glycogenesis. Interestingly, the SB415286-induced glycogenesis was irreversible, as were increased levels of reactive oxygen species and gain of senescence phenotypes. Blocking GSK3 activity using siRNA or dominant negative mutant (GSK3beta-K85A) also effectively induced senescence phenotypes, and GS knock-down significantly attenuated the stress-induced senescence phenotypes. Taken together, these results clearly demonstrate that augmented glycogenesis is not only common, but is also directly linked to cellular senescence and aging, suggesting GSK3 and GS as novel modulators of senescence, and providing new insight into the metabolic backgrounds of aging and aging-related pathogenesis.


Assuntos
Senescência Celular/fisiologia , Quinase 3 da Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Glicogênio/biossíntese , Fatores Etários , Aminofenóis/farmacologia , Animais , Linhagem Celular , Senescência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Relação Dose-Resposta a Droga , Glicogênio/metabolismo , Glicogênio Sintase/deficiência , Glicogênio Sintase/genética , Glicogênio Sintase/metabolismo , Quinase 3 da Glicogênio Sintase/antagonistas & inibidores , Glicogênio Sintase Quinase 3 beta , Humanos , Masculino , Maleimidas/farmacologia , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos F344
8.
Autophagy ; 4(5): 680-91, 2008 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18424909

RESUMO

Autophagic cell death in Dictyostelium can be dissociated into a starvation-induced sensitization stage and a death induction stage. A UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (ugpB) mutant and a glycogen synthase (glcS) mutant shared the same abnormal phenotype. In vitro, upon starvation alone mutant cells showed altered contorted morphology, indicating that the mutations affected the pre-death sensitization stage. Upon induction of cell death, most of these mutant cells underwent death without vacuolization, distinct from either autophagic or necrotic cell death. Autophagy itself was not grossly altered as shown by conventional and electron microscopy. Exogenous glycogen or maltose could complement both ugpB(-) and glcS(-) mutations, leading back to autophagic cell death. The glcS(-) mutation could also be complemented by 2-deoxyglucose that cannot undergo glycolysis. In agreement with the in vitro data, upon development glcS(-) stalk cells died but most were not vacuolated. We conclude that a UDP-glucose derivative (such as glycogen or maltose) plays an essential energy-independent role in autophagic cell death.


Assuntos
Autofagia/fisiologia , Uridina Difosfato Glucose/análogos & derivados , Uridina Difosfato Glucose/fisiologia , Vacúolos/patologia , Animais , Autofagia/genética , Dictyostelium/citologia , Dictyostelium/enzimologia , Dictyostelium/genética , Glicogênio Sintase/genética , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Mutagênese Insercional , UTP-Glucose-1-Fosfato Uridililtransferase/genética , Vacúolos/enzimologia , Vacúolos/genética
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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol ; 286(3): R498-504, 2004 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-14656767

RESUMO

Yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) exhibit a circannual cycle of hyperphagia and nutrient storage in the summer followed by hibernation in the winter. This annual cycle of body mass gain and loss is primarily due to large-scale accumulation of lipid in the summer, which is then mobilized and oxidized for energy during winter. The rapid and predictable change in body mass makes these animals ideal for studies investigating the molecular basis for body weight regulation. In the study described herein, we monitored seasonal changes in the protein levels and activity of a central regulator of anabolic metabolism, the serine-threonine kinase Akt-protein kinase B (Akt/PKB), during the months accompanying maximal weight gain and entry into hibernation (June-November). Interestingly, under fasting conditions, Akt/PKB demonstrated a tissue-specific seasonal activation. Specifically, although Akt/PKB levels did not change, the activity of Akt/PKB (isoforms 1/alpha and 2/beta) in white adipose tissue (WAT) increased significantly in July. Moreover, glycogen synthase, which lies downstream of Akt/PKB on a linear pathway linking the enzyme to the stimulation of glycogen synthesis, demonstrated a similar pattern of seasonal activation. By contrast, Akt/PKB activity in skeletal muscle peaked much later (i.e., September). These data suggest the existence of a novel, tissue-specific mechanism regulating Akt/PKB activation during periods of marked anabolism.


Assuntos
Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Hibernação/fisiologia , Marmota/fisiologia , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas/fisiologia , Estações do Ano , Tecido Adiposo/fisiologia , Animais , Western Blotting , Peso Corporal/fisiologia , Feminino , Insulina/sangue , Insulina/fisiologia , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Masculino , Músculo Esquelético/enzimologia , Músculo Esquelético/fisiologia , Especificidade de Órgãos , Fosforilação , Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-akt , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia
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J Exp Biol ; 206(Pt 18): 3167-73, 2003 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12909698

RESUMO

To test the hypothesis that cortisol has a regulatory role in fish muscle glycogenesis post-exercise, rainbow trout were treated 1 h prior to exercise with either saline (control) or metyrapone (2-methyl-1, 2-di-3-pyridyl-1-propanone) to block cortisol synthesis. Following exercise (time 0), half of the metyrapone-treated fish received a single injection of cortisol, to mimic the post-exercise rise usually observed. Muscle glycogen and the relative activities of glycogen phosphorylase a (Phos a) and glycogen synthase I (GSase I), regulatory enzymes for glycogen resynthesis, were monitored 4 h post-exercise. Metyrapone treatment succeeded in blocking the post-exercise rise in plasma cortisol (17+/-2 vs 118+/-13 ng ml(-1) in controls at time 0), and cortisol injection resulted in a larger and more prolonged cortisol increase than in controls (159+/-22 vs 121+/-14 ng ml(-1) in controls at 1 h). Muscle glycogen was completely restored in the metyrapone-treated fish within 2 h after exercise (8.3+/-0.6 vs 8+/-0.7 micromol g(-1) pre-exercise), only partially restored in control fish at 4 h (5.4+/-01.4 vs 8.8+/-1.3 micromol g(-1) pre-exercise), and not at all in cortisol-treated fish (1.0+/-0.5 micromol g(-1) at 4 h). The rapid glycogen resynthesis in the metyrapone-treated fish was associated with a more rapid inactivation of Phos a and stimulation of GSase I compared to controls. In cortisol-treated fish, Phos a activity persisted throughout 4 h post-exercise; there was also a significant stimulation of GSase I activity. As a consequence of dual activation of Phos a and GSase I, glycogen cycling probably occurred, thus preventing net synthesis. This explains why the post-exercise elevation of cortisol inhibits net glycogen synthesis in trout muscle.


Assuntos
Glicogênio/biossíntese , Hidrocortisona/metabolismo , Músculo Esquelético/metabolismo , Oncorhynchus mykiss/metabolismo , Esforço Físico/fisiologia , Análise de Variância , Animais , Ativação Enzimática/efeitos dos fármacos , Ativação Enzimática/fisiologia , Glicogênio/metabolismo , Glicogênio Fosforilase/antagonistas & inibidores , Glicogênio Fosforilase/sangue , Glicogênio Sintase/sangue , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Hidrocortisona/antagonistas & inibidores , Hidrocortisona/sangue , Ácido Láctico/sangue , Metirapona/farmacologia , Oncorhynchus mykiss/fisiologia
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Exerc Sport Sci Rev ; 30(2): 85-90, 2002 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11991543

RESUMO

Exercise is widely recommended for the treatment of obesity, insulin resistance, and type II diabetes mellitus. Recent discoveries in the molecular and cellular regulation of insulin-mediated glucose metabolism in skeletal muscle have provided a deeper understanding of how exercise modulates insulin action.


Assuntos
Exercício Físico/fisiologia , Insulina/fisiologia , Músculo Esquelético/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/fisiopatologia , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Humanos , Resistência à Insulina/fisiologia , Fosfatidilinositol 3-Quinases/fisiologia
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J Biol Chem ; 277(26): 23246-52, 2002 Jun 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11882651

RESUMO

Using adenovirus-mediated gene transfer into FTO-2B cells, a rat hepatoma cell line, we have overexpressed hexokinase I (HK I), glucokinase (GK), liver glycogen synthase (LGS), muscle glycogen synthase (MGS), and combinations of each of the two glucose-phosphorylating enzymes with each one of the GS isoforms. FTO-2B cells do not synthesize glycogen even when incubated with high doses of glucose. Adenovirus-induced overexpression of HK I and/or LGS, two enzymes endogenously expressed by these cells, did not produce a significant increase in the levels of active GS and the total glycogen content. In contrast, GK overexpression led to the glucose-dependent activation of endogenous or overexpressed LGS and to the accumulation of glycogen. Similarly overexpressed MGS was efficiently activated by the glucose-6-phosphate (Glc-6-P) produced by either endogenous or overexpressed HK I and by overexpressed GK. These results indicate the existence of at least two pools of Glc-6-P in the cell, one of them is accessible to both isoforms of GS and is replenished by the action of GK, whereas LGS is excluded from the cellular compartment where the Glc-6-P produced by HK I is directed. These findings are interpreted in terms of the metabolic role that the two pairs of enzymes, HK I-MGS in the muscle and GK-LGS in the hepatocyte, perform in their respective tissues.


Assuntos
Glucoquinase/fisiologia , Glucose-6-Fosfato/biossíntese , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Hexoquinase/fisiologia , Isoenzimas/fisiologia , Fígado/enzimologia , Músculos/enzimologia , Adenoviridae/genética , Animais , Ratos , Células Tumorais Cultivadas
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Endocrinology ; 138(8): 3459-75, 1997 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9231801

RESUMO

Polar headgroups of free glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI) lipids or protein-bound GPI membrane anchors have been shown to exhibit insulin-mimetic activity in different cell types. However, elucidation of the molecular mode of action of these phospho-inositolglycan (PIG) molecules has been hampered by 1) lack of knowledge of their exact structure; 2) variable action profiles; and 3) rather modest effects. In the present study, these problems were circumvented by preparation of PIG-peptides (PIG-P) in sufficient quantity by sequential proteolytic (V8 protease) and lipolytic (phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C) cleavage of the GPI-anchored plasma membrane protein, Gce1p, from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The structure of the resulting PIG-P, NH2-Tyr-Cys-Asn-ethanolamine-PO4-6(Man1-2)Man1-2Man1-+ ++6Man1-4GlcNH(2)1-6myo-inositol-1,2-cyclicPO4, was revealed by amino acid analysis and Dionex exchange chromatography of fragments generated enzymatically or chemically from the neutral glycan core and is in accordance with the known consensus structures of yeast GPI anchors. PIG-P stimulated glucose transport and lipogenesis in normal, desensitized and receptor-depleted isolated rat adipocytes, increased glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase activity and translocation of the glucose transporter isoform 4, and inhibited isoproterenol-induced lipolysis and protein kinase A activation in adipocytes. Furthermore, PIG-P was found to stimulate glucose transport in isolated rat cardiomyocytes and glycogenesis and glycogen synthase in isolated rat diaphragms. The concentration-dependent effects of the PIG-P reached 70-90% of the maximal insulin activity with EC50-values of 0.5-5 microM. Chemical or enzymic cleavages within the glycan or peptide portion of the PIG-P led to decrease or loss of activity. The data demonstrate that PIG-P exhibits a potent insulin-mimetic activity which covers a broad spectrum of metabolic insulin actions on glucose transport and metabolism.


Assuntos
Adipócitos/metabolismo , Diafragma/metabolismo , Glicosilfosfatidilinositóis/farmacologia , Insulina/metabolismo , Proteínas Musculares , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/química , Agonistas Adrenérgicos beta/farmacologia , Animais , Cromatografia por Troca Iônica , Proteínas Quinases Dependentes de AMP Cíclico/fisiologia , Glucose/metabolismo , Transportador de Glucose Tipo 4 , Glicerol-3-Fosfato O-Aciltransferase/fisiologia , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Glicosilfosfatidilinositóis/análise , Glicosilfosfatidilinositóis/química , Isomerismo , Isoproterenol/farmacologia , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Masculino , Proteínas de Transporte de Monossacarídeos/metabolismo , Miocárdio/citologia , Ratos , Ratos Wistar
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Med Sci Sports Exerc ; 29(7): 874-81, 1997 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9243486

RESUMO

UNLABELLED: We studied the interrelationship between blood flow, glycogen synthesis, and glucose and lipid utilization in 14 healthy men. A 4-h euglycemic insulin clamp with indirect calorimetry and muscle biopsies were done after a glycogen depletion (exercise) and after a resting day (control). In spite of the exercise induced decrease in leg muscle glycogen content (28% in the basal state, 22% after hyperinsulinemia, P < 0.05 in both as compared with the control study), basal or insulin stimulated glycogen synthase activity remained unchanged. In the basal state, glucose oxidation was 54% lower (P < 0.001) and lipid oxidation 108% higher (P < 0.001) after the glycogen depletion as compared with that in the control study. During the post-depletion insulin clamp, the glucose oxidation rate was 17% lower (P < 0.02) and lipid oxidation 169% higher (P < 0.01), while the whole body total glucose disposal was similar in both studies. Baseline forearm blood flow was similar and increased equally by over 40% during both insulin clamp studies (P < 0.05). Basal glucose extraction after glycogen depletion study was one third of that in the control study (P < 0.05). Both basal and insulin stimulated leg muscle glycogen content correlated inversely with basal forearm blood flow (r = -0.69, P < 0.01 and r = -0.82, P < 0.001, respectively) and basal lipid oxidation (r = -0.54, P < 0.05 and r = -0.64, P < 0.01, respectively) after glycogen depletion. Basal glycogen synthase fractional activity correlated positively with forearm blood flow (r = 0.78, P < 0.001) and forearm glucose uptake (r = 0.71, P < 0.05) during the insulin infusion. IN CONCLUSION: 1) the unchanged insulin sensitivity in the face of glycogen depletion is probably a result of increased lipid oxidation, and 2) blood flow is related inversely to muscle glycogen content and directly to glycogen synthase activity.


Assuntos
Exercício Físico/fisiologia , Glicogênio/metabolismo , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Músculo Esquelético/fisiologia , Adulto , Teste de Esforço , Antebraço/fisiologia , Glucose/metabolismo , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Humanos , Insulina , Perna (Membro)/fisiologia , Masculino , Músculo Esquelético/irrigação sanguínea , Oxirredução , Fluxo Sanguíneo Regional
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Metabolism ; 42(8): 998-1005, 1993 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8345824

RESUMO

Insulin resistance is commonly associated with obesity. The present study was performed to investigate the relative importance of total fat mass versus localization of adipose tissue in insulin-stimulated glucose disposal (Rd) and skeletal muscle glycogen synthase (GS) activity in obese individuals. Twenty obese women with an average body mass index (BMI) of 37.8 +/- 1.3 kg/m2 and a waist to hip ratio (WHR) ranging from 0.78 to 1.02 were examined during basal conditions and following hyperinsulinemia (hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp). To accurately determine body composition, the following three methods were used: anthropometric measurements, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scanning (DEXA-scan), and bioelectric impedance measurements. In addition, indirect calorimetry and muscle biopsy were performed. Insulin-stimulated glucose Rd was negatively correlated with WHR (R = -.52, P < .025) whereas there were no correlations with BMI or percent fat (R = .16, NS and R = .16, NS, respectively). Furthermore, a negative correlation between WHR and insulin stimulation of GS activity in skeletal muscle was found (R = -.62, P < .005). In contrast, BMI and percent fat were not correlated with the insulin effect on GS activity in skeletal muscle (R = .34, NS and R = -.35, NS, respectively). The concentration of nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA) during hyperinsulinemia was strongly correlated with WHR and abdominal localization of adipose tissue (determined by DEXA-scan; R = .60, P < .005 and R = .60, P < .007, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Resistência à Insulina/fisiologia , Músculos/enzimologia , Obesidade/fisiopatologia , Abdome , Absorciometria de Fóton , Tecido Adiposo/patologia , Tecido Adiposo/fisiopatologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Análise de Variância , Antropometria , Biópsia , Composição Corporal , Índice de Massa Corporal , Calorimetria , Ácidos Graxos não Esterificados/sangue , Feminino , Glucose/metabolismo , Quadril/patologia , Humanos , Insulina/farmacologia , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Músculos/patologia , Análise de Regressão
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Nihon Ika Daigaku Zasshi ; 60(1): 27-36, 1993 Feb.
Artigo em Japonês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8429089

RESUMO

In order to clarify the mechanism of regulation of glycogen metabolism in fetal rat liver during gestation, we measured glycogen synthetase activity, and the binding capacity of the insulin receptor. We also examined the possibility of glycogen synthesis through gluconeogenesis. Major findings are as follows: 1) Glycogen content in fetal liver increased dramatically during gestation and peaked on Day 21 of gestation (one day before delivery). 2) Both the total glycogen synthetase activity (a: active enzyme+b: inactive enzyme) and the ratio of the activities of a to a+b also rose during gestation, suggesting that an increase in the active form of glycogen synthetase is a major cause of the increase in the amount of glycogen in fetal liver. 3) Insulin is known to stimulate glycogen synthesis by activating glycogen synthetase. However, the number and the affinity constant of the insulin receptor in fetal liver did not changed, although the concentration of serum insulin increased during gestation. 4) The ratio of glycogen synthesized from serum glycerol relative to that from serum glucose plus glycerol increased from 8% on Day 19 to 22% on Day 21. Since stimulation of gluconeogenesis is considered to result in an accumulation of glucose-6-phosphate, a potent activator for glycogen synthetase, glyconeogenesis from glycerol may play an important role in glycogen storage in fetal liver.


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Feto/metabolismo , Glicogênio/biossíntese , Fígado/metabolismo , Animais , Feminino , Glicogênio Sintase/metabolismo , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Homeostase , Insulina/sangue , Gravidez , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Receptor de Insulina/metabolismo
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Cytobios ; 76(304): 41-8, 1993.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8243112

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The phosphorylation of histones and glycogen synthase by protein kinases was analysed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography. The phosphorylation of histone III-S by the catalytic subunit of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase (A-PK) or cGMP-dependent protein kinase (G-PK) was inhibited by archidonic acid, sphingosine and staurosporine. Using the catalytic subunit of A-PK, the phosphorylation of histone VIII-S was inhibited by Ca2+, arachidonic acid and staurosporine; the phosphorylation of histone II-S was inhibited by phosphatidyl ethanolamine, phosphatidyl inositol, arachidonic acid and staurosporine; and the phosphorylation of glycogen synthase was inhibited by arachidonic acid and staurosporine. After being phosphorylated by the catalytic subunit of A-PK, calpain II with 4 microM Ca2+ was less effective in degrading histone III-S, which had been prephosphorylated by PK-C.


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Glicogênio Sintase/metabolismo , Histonas/metabolismo , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinases , Proteínas Quinases Ativadas por AMP , Alcaloides/farmacologia , Animais , Ácido Araquidônico/farmacologia , Autorradiografia , Bovinos , Eletroforese em Gel de Poliacrilamida , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Guanilato Quinases , Histonas/fisiologia , Complexos Multienzimáticos/farmacologia , Núcleosídeo-Fosfato Quinase/farmacologia , Fosfatidiletanolaminas/farmacologia , Fosfatidilinositóis/farmacologia , Fosforilação , Inibidores de Proteínas Quinases , Proteínas Quinases/farmacologia , Coelhos , Esfingosina/farmacologia , Estaurosporina , Suínos
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Am J Physiol ; 264(1 Pt 1): E1-10, 1993 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8430777

RESUMO

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a neuropeptide that is released at the neuromuscular junction in response to nerve excitation. To examine the relationship between plasma CGRP concentration and intracellular glucose metabolism in conscious rats, we performed insulin (22 pmol.kg-1.min-1) clamp studies combined with the infusion of 0, 20, 50, 100, 200, and 500 pmol.kg-1.min-1 CGRP (plasma concentrations ranging from 2 x 10(-11) to 5 x 10(-9) M). CGRP antagonized insulin's suppression of hepatic glucose production at plasma concentrations (approximately 10(-10) M) that are only two- to fivefold its basal portal concentration. Insulin-mediated glucose disposal was decreased by 20-32% when CGRP was infused at 50 pmol.kg-1.min-1 (plasma concentration 3 x 10(-10) M) or more. The impairment in insulin-stimulated glycogen synthesis in skeletal muscle accounted for all of the CGRP-induced decrease in glucose disposal, while whole body glycolysis was increased despite the reduction in total glucose uptake. The muscle glucose 6-phosphate concentration progressively increased during the CGRP infusions. CGRP inhibited insulin-stimulated glycogen synthase in skeletal muscle with a 50% effective dose of 1.9 +/- 0.36 x 10(-10) M. This effect on glycogen synthase was due to a reduction in enzyme affinity for UDP-glucose, with no changes in the maximal velocity. In vitro CGRP stimulated both hepatic and skeletal muscle adenylate cyclase in a dose-dependent manner. These data suggest that 1) CGRP is a potent antagonist of insulin at the level of muscle glycogen synthesis and hepatic glucose production; 2) inhibition of glycogen synthase is its major biochemical action in skeletal muscle; and 3) these effects are present at concentrations of the peptide that may be in the physiological range for portal vein and skeletal muscle. These data underscore the potential role of CGRP in the physiological modulation of intracellular glucose metabolism.


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Peptídeo Relacionado com Gene de Calcitonina/farmacologia , Glucose/metabolismo , Glicogênio Sintase/fisiologia , Fosforilases/fisiologia , Adenilil Ciclases/metabolismo , Animais , Catecolaminas/sangue , Estado de Consciência , Glicogênio/biossíntese , Glicólise , Insulina/farmacologia , Insulina/fisiologia , Resistência à Insulina/fisiologia , Fígado/enzimologia , Masculino , Músculos/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley
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