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. 1983 Oct 15;216(1):63–70. doi: 10.1042/bj2160063

Adrenergic inhibition of branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase in rat diaphragm muscle in vitro.

T N Palmer, M A Caldecourt, M C Sugden
PMCID: PMC1152470  PMID: 6140003

Abstract

In theory, the complete oxidation to CO2 of amino acids that are metabolized by conversion into tricarboxylic acid-cycle intermediates may proceed via their conversion into acetyl-CoA. The possible adrenergic modulation of this oxidative pathway was investigated in isolated hemidiaphragms from 40 h-starved rats. Adrenaline (5.5 microM), phenylephrine (0.49 mM) and dibutyryl cyclic AMP (10 microM) inhibited 14CO2 production from 3 mM-[U-14C]valine by 35%, 28% and 19% respectively. At the same time, these agents stimulated glycogen mobilization (measured as a decrease in glycogen content) and glycolysis (measured as lactate release). Adrenaline, phenylephrine and dibutyryl cyclic AMP did not inhibit 14CO2 production from 3 mM-[U-14C]aspartate or 3 mM-[U-14C]glutamate, although, as in the presence of valine, the agents stimulated glycogen mobilization and glycolysis. The rate of proteolysis (measured as tyrosine release in the presence of cycloheximide) was not changed by adrenaline. The data indicate that the adrenergic inhibition of 14CO2 production from [U-14C]valine was not a consequence of radiolabel dilution. Inhibition was apparently specific for branched-chain amino acid metabolism in that the adrenergic agonists also inhibited 14CO2 production from [1-14C]valine, [1-14C]leucine and [U-14C]isoleucine. Since 14CO2 production from the 1-14C-labelled substrates is a specific measure of decarboxylation in the reaction catalysed by the branched-chain 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase complex, it is at this site that the adrenergic agents are concluded to act.

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