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. 1992 Jun 15;284(Pt 3):819–826. doi: 10.1042/bj2840819

Differences in 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase regulation in liver and kidney.

B C Smith 1, L A Clotfelter 1, J Y Cheung 1, K F LaNoue 1
PMCID: PMC1132613  PMID: 1352447

Abstract

In response to acidosis, renal ammoniagenesis is stimulated, enhancing urinary buffering power, while hepatic ammoniagenesis and ureagenesis decrease, so as to spare bicarbonate consumed in the urea cycle. 2-Oxoglutarate (2-OG) levels can regulate ammoniagenesis in kidney and gluconeogenesis in liver and kidney. Since the activity of 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase (2-OGDH) has an important influence on cellular levels of 2-OG, this study evaluated the effects of pH on 2-OGDH in liver and kidney and found that: (1) the isolated enzyme from both organs has the same pH-sensitivity; (2) 2-OGDH flux measured in intact mitochondria was inhibited by increasing H+ in liver, but stimulated in kidney; (3) transport of 2-OG into the mitochondria was not rate-limiting; (4) liver mitochondrial 2-OGDH exhibited a strong preference for 2-OG generated within the mitochondria from glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT), suggesting that channelling between GOT and 2-OGDH occurs. Since complexation between 2-OGDH and GOT occurs in vitro, we propose that the degree of complexation is higher in liver than in kidney, such that most of the 2-OGDH may be complexed to GOT in liver. In the liver the inherent H(+)-sensitivity of 2-OGDH is masked by the pH-sensitivity of GOT and the glutamate-aspartate carrier.

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