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BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 397, Issue -, Pages 417-425Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20060125
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branched chain amino acid; fatty acid oxidation; glucose homoeostasis; pyruvate dehydrogenase complex; pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isoenzyme 4 (PDHK4) deficiency; starvation
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The PDC (pyruvate dehydrogenase complex) is strongly inhibited by phosphorylation during starvation to conserve substrates for gluconeogenesis. The role of PDHK4 (pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isoenzyme 4) in regulation of PDC by this mechanism was investigated with PDHK4(-/-) mice (homozygous PDHK4 knockout mice). Starvation lowers blood glucose more in mice lacking PDHK4 than in wild-type mice. The activity state of PDC (percentage dephosphorylated and active) is greater in kidney, gastrocnemius muscle, diaphragm and heart but not in the liver of starved PDHK4(-/-) mice. Intermediates of the gluconeogenic pathway are lower in concentration in the liver of starved PDHK4(-/-) mice, consistent with a lower rate of gluconeogenesis due to a substrate supply limitation. The concentration of gluconeogenic substrates is lower in the blood of starved PDHK4(-/-) mice, consistent with reduced formation in peripheral tissues. Isolated diaphragms from starved PDHK4(-/-) mice accumulate
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