Effects of cadmium and mercury on the upper part of skeletal muscle glycolysis in mice.
Title | Effects of cadmium and mercury on the upper part of skeletal muscle glycolysis in mice. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | Ramírez-Bajo, Maria José, de Atauri Pedro, Ortega Fernando, Westerhoff Hans V., Gelpí Josep Lluis, Centelles Josep J., and Cascante Marta |
Journal | PLoS One |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | e80018 |
Date Published | 2014 |
ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Keywords | Animals, Cadmium, Fructosephosphates, Glucose, Glucose-6-Phosphate, Glycolysis, Hexokinase, In Vitro Techniques, Mercury, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Muscle, Skeletal, Phosphofructokinase-1, Phosphofructokinases |
Abstract | The effects of pre-incubation with mercury (Hg(2+)) and cadmium (Cd(2+)) on the activities of individual glycolytic enzymes, on the flux and on internal metabolite concentrations of the upper part of glycolysis were investigated in mouse muscle extracts. In the range of metal concentrations analysed we found that only hexokinase and phosphofructokinase, the enzymes that shared the control of the flux, were inhibited by Hg(2+) and Cd(2+). The concentrations of the internal metabolites glucose-6-phosphate and fructose-6-phosphate did not change significantly when Hg(2+) and Cd(2+) were added. A mathematical model was constructed to explore the mechanisms of inhibition of Hg(2+) and Cd(2+) on hexokinase and phosphofructokinase. Equations derived from detailed mechanistic models for each inhibition were fitted to the experimental data. In a concentration-dependent manner these equations describe the observed inhibition of enzyme activity. Under the conditions analysed, the integral model showed that the simultaneous inhibition of hexokinase and phosphofructokinase explains the observation that the concentrations of glucose-6-phosphate and fructose-6-phosphate did not change as the heavy metals decreased the glycolytic flux. |
DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0080018 |
Alternate Journal | PLoS ONE |
PubMed ID | 24489641 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC3904826 |
Grant List | BBD0190791 / / Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council / United Kingdom BBC0082191 / / Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council / United Kingdom BB/F003544/1 / / Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council / United Kingdom BBG5302251 / / Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council / United Kingdom BBF0035281 / / Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council / United Kingdom BBF0035361 / / Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council / United Kingdom BB/C008219/1 / / Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council / United Kingdom BBF0035521 / / Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council / United Kingdom |