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PYRIDINE NUCLEOTIDE STIMULATION J. F. Erbland,+ University Biochemistry
ReceivedJuly
(Friedkin
Conover
et.
can show high
This
anomaly
of lipid
cles is tute
the
al,
incubation
incorporation
et.
of high
1949,
Kennedy,
al.,
Marinetti
et.
further
study
the
energy
mammalian
1963,
were
donor
phosphate
1953,
into
energy
production
the
et.
1967).
localization
compound,
on substrate
al,
phosphorylation.
cellular
phosphate
one
and the
phosphorylation
phosphorylation.
a long
search
found
with
that
a critical
NADH (or
NAD+ or NADH. cofactors
studies
NAD+>. The pattern
such as Mg "'
and on the
cell
particles
on rat factor
In these of lipid
liver
necessary systems
for
lipid
and cell
also
with
parti-
phosphorylation
NADP+ or NADPH cannot
labeling
FDP, CMP and is which
homogenates
32 Pi is
dependent
substi-
dependent
on the
time
are present.
Supported by a USPHS grant HE 02063 from the National Heart Institute. Abbreviations: LEC, lecithin, PE, phosphatidylethanolamine, PA, phosphatidic acid, MPI, monophosphoinositide, GPX, a glycerolphosphatide tentatively identified as phosphatidylglycerolphosphate, 32Pi, radioactive orthophosphate, DNP, dinitrophenol, FDP, fructose diphosphate. Present address:
al.,
common phospha-
of lipid
to determine
et.
mitochondria)
Erbland
the nature
high
have met with
and Hawthorne,
these
1964,
the common
Marinetti
microsomes,
al,
into
systems
Galliard
of 14 C-glycerol
1962,
of this
of 32Pi
free
(homogenates,
us to investigate
objectives
coenzyme
for
Garbus
incorporation
et. led
we have
on other
*
level
oxidative After
level
systems
phosphorylation,
dependency versus
1960,
in these
(Marinetti
The major
high
and Lehninger,
al.,
However,
tides
tt
and M. Chatterjee
School of Medicine and Dentistry Rochester, New York
such as LEC and PE in cell
success
1963).
of Rochester Department,
to demonstrate
phosphatides
1957,
G. V. Marinetti
PHOSPHORYLATION*
22, 1968
Attempts
little
OF LIPID
t tt
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of
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Materials
AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
and Methods
ATP, ADP, CTP, CMP, NAD+, NADH, NADP+, NADPH were chemicals
Inc.,
FDP from
A from Nutritional Y-~*P-ATP
Biochem.,
International
Chemical
homogenates
incubations
1967).
on Watman
were were
carried
SG 61 silica
was spotted
on the
gel
silica
out were
paper
solvent
solvent
radiograms
were made on Kodak rapid
one week.
The radioactive
was diisobutyl
the radioactivity
in the
the total
by 50 to get
from
tables
are
total
previously
(Erbland
in a shaking
water
at 37c C.
bath
by two dimensional
Mann
of each incubation
(20 x 20 cm).
Ascending
process were
chromatography
a Packard for
Liquid
each lipid
medium volume cpm in the
lipid
film.
The exposure
component
was
cut out,
and
20 ul
cpm must
Auto-
time
counter.
in the
the
(v/v>.
(v/v).
delineated,
Scintillation
was 1.0 ml, per
65:25:4 40:25:5
carefully
Air
system
acid-water X-ray
et.al,
chromatography
20 ul aliquots
spots
in
incubation the
1 demonstrates
of 32 Pi into
lipids
the
of rat
labeling
requires level
labeling
of LEC and PE is labeling
NADH (or
The aliquot.
be multiplied
200 mg of wet weight
CMP in this slotser
of a number
extent. NAD+).
However, Labeling
stimulated
liver.
dependent
that
of GPX.
stimulation with
hours
incubation.
746
rapid
labelof lipid
NADH alone
Higher stimulates
as effective
whereas
but
The labeling
CMP also
CTP is not
of GPX, PE and MPI is l-2
2.
incorporation
stimulate
NADH and Mg++.
on CMP as shown in Table
Labeling
and requires
alone
the marked
of GPX occurs both
on the
by FDP when NADH and Mg++ are present.
of PE and MPI but not system.
of agents Mg++ ions
homogenates.
of PE and MPI requires
of LEC is
labeling
effect
liver
of PE and MPI to a small
LEC is
Corp.,
and Discussion
Table
the
oligomycin
Corp.,
ketone-acetic
lipid
determined
given
high
antimycin
and Engineering
was chloroform-methanol-water
The second
ing
Kodak,
as described
separated
paper. gel
The first
was employed.
Results
Science
and Nuclear
prepared
The lipids
was the gas phase.
Since
Eastman
from P-L Bio-
Lab.
Liver
counts
DNP from
32 Pi from Nuclear
Biochemical,
from
Research
Schwartz
obtained
labeling
as of
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Table Incorporation
of
32 Pi Into
1 Lipids
of Rat Liver
cpm - 120 min. Additions (all 10 mM)
GPX
incubation
PE -
LEC
MPI
None
190
68
61
0
Mg++
111
378
58
63
FDP
174
24
24
0
NADH
5293
169
63
0
NADH + Mg++
7218
1664
36
FDP t Mg++ NADH f Mg++ FDP
(100 mg wet weight
liver,
of CMP on the
68
72
0
1753
2695
187
125 mM sucrose,
Table Effect
Homogenates*
Incorporation
1388 0 399
45 uC 32Pi)
2
of 32 Pi Into
cpm - 60 min.
Lipids
of Rat
Liver
incubation
System
GPX
-PE
LEC
MPI
Control
385
1550
80
110
CMP
1mM
370
2200
280
160
CMP
10 mM
325
1450
195
180
*
(100 mg wet weight
liver,
125 mM sucrose,
44 pc 32Pi)
747
Homogenates*
10 mM NADH, 10 mM MgC12,
10 mM FDP,
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Table Effect
of NADH Concentration
on the
3 Incorporation
Rat Liver
k
of NADH
-PE
0
158
225
55
43
5
2931
800
65
613
10
4742
962
112
1010
15
4160
541
72
706
20
4160
470
94
660
(100 mg wet weight
in a liver optimal
3 shows
liver,
the
homogenate. concentration
In order
to elucidate
tors
of oxidative
tion
was examined.
systems
of Mg
tt
stimulatory
one can assume that
was supported
by the
coenzyme in Table
GPX, PE, and MPI by DNP and cyanide GPX by antimycin These the electron
data
A is give
transfer
also
of NADH the effect
is
of oxidation
the
same action
was undergoing 4.
The marked
evident.
10 mM.
The
to be 10 mM.
and of uncouplers
this data
found
action
NAD+ has essentially
phosphorylation
of NADH is
and FDP was also
the
50 pC 32Pi>
on lipid
concentration
phosphorylation Since
10 mM MgC12,
of NADH concentration
The optimal
of
-MPI
125 mM sucrose,
effect
Lipids
incubation
-GPX
Table
This
Pi Into
Homogenates*
cpm - 30 min. Concentration h&i)
32
of
of inhibi-
phosphorylaas NADH in these
oxidation-reduction. inhibition
The inhibition
of labeling of labeling
of
apparent.
evidence
that
chain
and that
the NADH effect high
748
energy
is
in part
phosphate
is
of
mediated
through
involved.
This
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Table Effect
of Inhibitors Lipids
on the
4 Incorporation
of Rat Liver
of 32Pi
Homogenates*
cpm - 30 min. Inhibitor Exp.
1
Exp.
none
2
Into
incubation
GPX
-PE
MPI
1312
160
138
DNP
0.1 n-84
71
74
0
CN-
1.0 T&l
59
90
0
none
3010
**
**
DNP
0.1 mM
194
**
**
CN-
1.0 mM
2-l
**
**
10 Pg
127
**
**
A
Antimycin
(100 mg wet weight
liver,
125 mM sucrose,
10 mM NADH; 10 mM MgC12,
50 ?.lc 32Pi)
**
(These
was supported lipid
lipids
not
by our finding
analyzed
that
in this
oligomycin
experiment.)
also
gave a strong
inhibition
of
phosphorylation. The data
very
low
inhibition greatly
for
in these of lipid reduced,
FDP may be mediated in
were
the
lecithin systems labeling or entirely
are not given if
FDP is
not
in Table added.
by DNP, cyanide eliminated
by FDP enhancing
4 since However,
cytoplasm.
749
labeling
we later
and antimycin
by addition substrate
lecithin
found
phosphorylation
that
in homogenates
of 10 mM FDP. during
This
is the
is action
glycolysis
of
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It was found that y- 32P-ATP can replace NADH+ 32Pi for labeling of GPX either
in homogenates or in isolated mitochondria.
primary donor of phosphate for phosphorylation ATP did not replace NADH+ 32Pi for labeling system (Chatterjee,
Marinetti
Hence ATP appears to be the However, y- 32p-
of this lipid.
of PE in a microsomal-cytoplasm
and Pettit).
The following phosphorylation
observations have also been made: (a) ADP inhibits lipid 32 from Pi in homogenates. (b) Lipid phosphorylation in a micro-
somal-cytoplasm system requires NADH, Mg'+ and either pyruvate or FDP. (c) in homogenatesfrom 14C-glycerol
The
labeling
of lipids
or NADHt
However, whereas the major phosphatide labeled with l4cis LEC, the major lipids labeled with 32Pi are PE and GPX. (d) When
glycerol
requires either ATP t Mg++
Mgtt.
pyruvate and NADHare added to a homogenateor microsomal-cytoplasm system a yellow fluorescent olized
NADH-pyruvate complex is rapidly
(Chatterjee,
Marinetti
formed and is then metab-
and Pettit).
Chemical and enzymatic studies on GPX showedthat it is an acidic glycerophosphatide which is labeled by both 32Pi and 14C-glycerol.
There are several
forms of GPXwhich we believe differ
in the number and type of fatty
esterfied
Mild alkaline
to the glycerol
moieties.
hydrolysis
acids
of GPXyields
a
water soluble phosphate ester of glycerol. This compounddoes not react with hydroxylamine or 2,4-dinitrophenyl zine but is cleaved by periodic
acid.
yields at least two lyso-derivatives. represents phosphatidylglycerol esterfied
Hydrolysis of GPX with phospholipase A Our evidence to date indicates
phosphate which has one or more fatty
to the two glycerol
that GPX acids
units.
These experiments point to a major role for NAD+-NADHin lipid tion.
hydra-
phosphoryla-
High energy phosphate required for this process is produced both by mito-
chondrial and non-mitochondrial
systems.
The non-mitochondrial
system (glycoly-
sis) can predominate when FDP is added to homogenates. The significance
of the rapid and high level
clear at present, especially
labeling of lipid
since we do not observe a similar
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It
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is of interest
that mitochondria can synthesize GPX in
our systems and can produce acyl dihydroxyacetonephosphate
under other conditions
(Hajra et. al. 1968).
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