Effects of lithium on the activities of phosphofructokinase and phosphoglucomutase and on glucose-1,6-diphosphate levels in rat muscles, brain and liver |
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Authors: | J Nordenberg M Kaplansky E Beery S Klein R Beitner |
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Affiliation: | Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52 100, Israel |
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Abstract: | Incubation of rat diaphragm muscle in the presence of lithium chloride (a drug used widely in the therapy of patients with mental illness), resulted in a sharp decrease in the level of glucose-1,6-diphosphate (Glc-1,6-P2), the powerful regulator of carbohydrate metabolism. This decrease in Glc-1,6-P2, the most potent activator of phosphofructokinase and phosphoglucomutase, was accompanied by a marked reduction in the activities of both enzymes, when assayed in the absence of exogenous Glc-1,6-P2 under conditions in which these enzymes are sensitive to regulation by endogenous Glc-1,6-P2. A decrease in Glc-1,6-P2 and the concomitant reduction in the activities of phosphofructokinase and phosphoglucomutase, were also obtained in the rat gastrocnemius and tibialis anterior muscles, as well as in brain, following Li+ injection. In contrast to its effects in muscles and brain, Li+ did not exert any effect on Glc-1,6-P2 level and on the enzymes' activities in the liver. The marked inhibition of brain and muscles phosphofructokinase (the rate-limiting enzyme in glycolysis) induced by Li+, may play an important role in the mechanism of the therapeutic action of this agent in the manic state. |
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