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. 1992 Jul 15;285(Pt 2):435–439. doi: 10.1042/bj2850435

Regulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase by insulin and polyamines within electropermeabilized fat-cells and isolated mitochondria.

G A Rutter 1, T A Diggle 1, R M Denton 1
PMCID: PMC1132807  PMID: 1637336

Abstract

1. Regulation of the mammalian pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex by insulin and polyamines has been examined by using electropermeabilized rat epididymal fat-cells and isolated mitochondria. The complex could be regulated within the permeabilized cells not only by insulin, but also by certain low-M(r) species, including Ca2+ and the polyamine spermidine. 2. Both spermine and spermidine increased the level of active dephosphorylated PDH (PDHa) in isolated adipose-tissue mitochondria 2-3-fold, with half-maximal effects at 0.9 mM and 1.7 mM respectively. By contrast, PDH activity in rat heart mitochondria was essentially insensitive to the effects of these polyamines. 3. The effects on PDH activity of incubation of adipose-tissue mitochondria with spermine persisted through re-isolation and re-incubation of the mitochondria in the absence of the polyamine. 4. No evidence was found of any increase in the concentration of spermine associated with purified mitochondrial fractions prepared from insulin-treated tissue. 5. Overall, the data provide further evidence against a role for polyamines in the rapid stimulation of PDH by insulin, but suggest that polyamines may be important in mediating longer-term changes in the activity of the complex.

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