Concerning the mechanism of increased thermogenesis in rats treated with dehydroepiandrosterone |
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Authors: | Valentina Bobyleva Nancy Kneer Monica Bellei Daniela Battelli Henry A. Lardy |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of General Pathology, University of Modena, Italy;(2) Institute for Enzyme Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin |
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Abstract: | Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) treatment of rats decreases gain of body weight without affecting food intake; simultaneously, the activities of liver malic enzyme and cytosolic glycerol-3-P dehydrogenase are increased. In the present study experiments were conducted to test the possibility that DHEA enhances thermogenesis and decreases metabolic efficiency via trans-hydrogenation of cytosolic NADPH into mitochondrial FADH2 with a consequent loss of energy as heat. The following results provide evidence which supports the proposed hypothesis: (a) the activities of cytosolic enzymes involved in NADPH production (malic enzyme, cytosolic isocitrate dehydrogenase, and aconitase) are increased after DHEA treatment; (b) cytosolic glycerol-3-P dehydrogenase may use both NAD+ and NADP+ as coenzymes; (c) activities of both cytosolic and mitochondrial forms of glycerol-3-P dehydrogenase are increased by DHEA treatment; (d) cytosol obtained from DHEA-treated rats synthesizes more glycerol-3-P during incubation with fructose-1,6-P2 (used as source of dihydroxyacetone phosphate) and NADP+; the addition of citratein vitro further increases this difference; (e) mitochondria prepared from DHEA-treated rats more rapidly consume glycerol-3-P added exogenously or formed endogenously in the cytosol in the presence of fructose-1,6-P2 and NADP+. |
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Keywords: | Dehydroepiandrosterone glycerol 3-phosphate production and consumption NADP+-dependent enzymes thermogenesis liver |
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