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. 1979 Sep 15;182(3):789–796. doi: 10.1042/bj1820789

Inhibition of gluconeogenesis in isolated rat liver cells by methylenecyclopropylpyruvate (ketohypoglycin).

E A Kean, C I Pogson
PMCID: PMC1161413  PMID: 518564

Abstract

1. In isolated rat liver cells, hypoglycin is a less effective inhibitor of gluconeogenesis than its transamination product, methylenecyclopropylpyruvate (ketohypoglycin). 2. Methylenecyclopropylpyruvate at 0.3 mM inhibits gluconeogenesis from all substrates tested, except fructose. 3. Methylenecyclopropylpyruvate does not affect 14CO2 release from [1(-14)C]palmitate, but, in the absence of lactate, inhibits ketogenesis and causes a decrease in the [beta-hydroxybutyrate]/[acetoacetate] ratio. These effects are masked when lactate (10 mM) is present. 4. In the presence of lactate and palmitate, 0.3 mM-methylenecyclopropylpyruvate produces a fall in total acid-soluble CoA and a relative increase in short-chain acyl-CoA at the expense of CoA and acetyl-CoA without changing the ATP, ADP and aspartate contents or the [lactate]/[pyruvate] ratio. 5. Many of the effects of methylenecyclopropylpyruvate observed are consistent with inhibition of butyryl-CoA dehydrogenase and of specific CoA-dependent enzymes involved in gluconeogenesis.

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