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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 283, Issue 3, Pages 1670-1678Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M706540200
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- NCRR NIH HHS [RR 02584] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK 47844, DK 076169, DK 063948-04] Funding Source: Medline
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Livers from mice lacking the carbohydrate-responsive element-binding protein (ChREBP) were compared with wild type (WT) mice to determine the effect of this transcription factor on hepatic energy metabolism. The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex was considerably more active in ChREBP(-/-) mice because of diminished pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase activity. Greater pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activity caused a stimulation of lactate and pyruvate oxidation, and it significantly impaired fatty acid oxidation in perfused livers from ChREBP(-/-) mice. This shift in mitochondrial substrate utilization led to a 3-fold reduction of the free cytosolic [NAD(+)]/[NADH] ratio, a 1.7-fold increase in the free mitochondrial [NAD(+)]/[NADH] ratio, and a 2-fold decrease in the free cytosolic [ATP]/[ADP][P-i] ratio in the ChREBP(-/-) liver compared with control. Hepatic pyruvate carboxylase flux was impaired with ChREBP deletion secondary to decreased fatty acid oxidation, increased pyruvate oxidation, and limited pyruvate availability because of reduced activity of liver pyruvate kinase and malic enzyme, which replenish pyruvate via glycolysis and pyruvate cycling. Overall, the shift from fat utilization to pyruvate and lactate utilization resulted in a decrease in the energy of ATP hydrolysis and a hypo-energetic state in the livers of ChREBP(-/-) mice.
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