Pyruvate kinase triggers a metabolic feedback loop that controls redox metabolism in respiring cells |
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Authors: | Grüning Nana-Maria Rinnerthaler Mark Bluemlein Katharina Mülleder Michael Wamelink Mirjam M C Lehrach Hans Jakobs Cornelis Breitenbach Michael Ralser Markus |
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Affiliation: | Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, Germany. |
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Abstract: | In proliferating cells, a transition from aerobic to anaerobic metabolism is known as the Warburg effect, whose reversal inhibits cancer cell proliferation. Studying its regulator pyruvate kinase (PYK) in?yeast, we discovered that central metabolism is?self-adapting to synchronize redox metabolism when respiration is activated. Low PYK activity activated yeast respiration. However, levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) did not increase, and cells gained resistance to oxidants. This adaptation was attributable to accumulation of the PYK substrate phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP). PEP acted as feedback inhibitor of the glycolytic enzyme triosephosphate isomerase (TPI). TPI inhibition stimulated the pentose phosphate pathway, increased antioxidative metabolism, and prevented ROS accumulation. Thus, a metabolic feedback loop, initiated by PYK, mediated by its substrate and acting on TPI, stimulates redox metabolism in respiring cells. Originating from a single catalytic step, this autonomous reconfiguration of central carbon metabolism prevents oxidative stress upon shifts between fermentation and respiration. |
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