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. 1986 Jun 15;236(3):789–800. doi: 10.1042/bj2360789

The mechanism of the hormonal activation of respiration in isolated hepatocytes and its importance in the regulation of gluconeogenesis.

P T Quinlan, A P Halestrap
PMCID: PMC1146912  PMID: 3024626

Abstract

The effects of hormones on the cytochrome spectra of isolated hepatocytes were recorded under conditions of active gluconeogenesis from L-lactate. Glucagon, phenylephrine, vasopressin and valinomycin, at concentrations that caused stimulation of gluconeogenesis, increased the reduction of the components of the cytochrome bc1 complex, just as has been observed in liver mitochondria isolated from glucagon-treated rats [Halestrap (1982) Biochem. J. 204, 37-47]. The effects of glucagon and phenylephrine were additive. The time courses of the increased reduction of cytochrome c/c1 and NAD(P)H/NAD(P)+ caused by hormones, valinomycin, A23187 and ethanol were measured by dual-beam spectrophotometry and fluorescence respectively. Ethanol (14 mM) produced a substantial rise in NAD(P)H fluorescence, beta-hydroxybutyrate/acetoacetate and lactate/pyruvate ratios, no change in cytochrome c/c1 reduction, a 10% decrease in O2 consumption and a 60% decrease in gluconeogenesis. Glucagon, phenylephrine and vasopressin caused a substantial and transient rise in NAD(P)H fluorescence, but a sustained increase in cytochrome c/c1 reduction and the rates of O2 consumption and gluconeogenesis. The transience of the fluorescence response was greater in the absence of Ca2+, when the cytochrome c/c1 response also became transient. The fluorescence response was smaller and less transient, but the cytochrome c/c1 response was greater, in the presence of fatty acids. Both responses were greatly decreased by the presence of 1 mM-pent-4-enoate. Valinomycin (2.5 nM) caused a decrease in NAD(P)H fluorescence coincident with an increase in cytochrome c/c1 reduction and the rate of gluconeogenesis and O2 consumption. A23187 (7.5 mM) caused increases in both NAD(P)H fluorescence and cytochrome c/c1 reduction. The effects of hormones and valinomycin on the time courses of NAD(P)H fluorescence, cytochrome c/c1 reduction and light-scattering by hepatocytes were compared with those of 0.5 microM-Ca2+ or 1 nM-valinomycin on the same parameters of isolated liver mitochondria. It is concluded that hormones increase respiration by hepatocytes in a biphasic manner. An initial Ca2+-dependent activation of mitochondrial dehydrogenases rapidly increases the mitochondrial [NADH], which is followed by a volume-mediated stimulation of fatty acid oxidation and electron flow between NADH and cytochrome c. 10. Amytal (0.5 mM) was able to reverse the effects of hormones on the reduction of cytochromes c/c1 and the rates of gluconeogenesis and O2 consumption without significantly lowering tissue [ATP].(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

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