Glycogen Shunt Activity and Glycolytic Supercompensation in Astrocytes May Be Distinctly Mediated via the Muscle Form of Glycogen Phosphorylase
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Glycogen Shunt Activity and Glycolytic Supercompensation in Astrocytes May Be Distinctly Mediated via the Muscle Form of Glycogen Phosphorylase. / Jakobsen, Emil; Bak, Lasse K; Walls, Anne B; Reuschlein, Ann-Kathrin; Schousboe, Arne; Waagepetersen, Helle S.
I: Neurochemical Research, Bind 42, Nr. 9, 09.2017, s. 2490-2494.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Glycogen Shunt Activity and Glycolytic Supercompensation in Astrocytes May Be Distinctly Mediated via the Muscle Form of Glycogen Phosphorylase
AU - Jakobsen, Emil
AU - Bak, Lasse K
AU - Walls, Anne B
AU - Reuschlein, Ann-Kathrin
AU - Schousboe, Arne
AU - Waagepetersen, Helle S
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Glycogen is the main storage form of glucose in the brain. In contrast with previous beliefs, brain glycogen has recently been shown to play important roles in several brain functions. A fraction of metabolized glucose molecules are being shunted through glycogen before reentering the glycolytic pathway, a phenomenon known as the glycogen shunt. The significance of glycogen in astrocyte energetics is underlined by high activity of the glycogen shunt and the finding that inhibition of glycogen degradation, under some conditions leads to a disproportional increase in glycolytic activity, so-called glycolytic supercompensation. Glycogen phosphorylase, the key enzyme in glycogen degradation, is expressed in two different isoforms in brain, the muscle and the brain isoform. Recent studies have illustrated how these are differently regulated. In the present study, we investigate the role of the two isoforms in glycolytic supercompensation in cultured astrocytes with the expression of either one of the isoforms silenced by siRNA knockdown. When reintroducing glucose to glucose-starved astrocytes, glycolytic activity increased dramatically. Interestingly, the increase was 30% higher in astrocytes not expressing the muscle isoform of glycogen phosphorylase. Based on these results and previously published data we couple the muscle isoform of glycogen phosphorylase to glycolytic supercompensation and glycogen shunt activity, giving insights to the underlying mechanistic of these phenomena.
AB - Glycogen is the main storage form of glucose in the brain. In contrast with previous beliefs, brain glycogen has recently been shown to play important roles in several brain functions. A fraction of metabolized glucose molecules are being shunted through glycogen before reentering the glycolytic pathway, a phenomenon known as the glycogen shunt. The significance of glycogen in astrocyte energetics is underlined by high activity of the glycogen shunt and the finding that inhibition of glycogen degradation, under some conditions leads to a disproportional increase in glycolytic activity, so-called glycolytic supercompensation. Glycogen phosphorylase, the key enzyme in glycogen degradation, is expressed in two different isoforms in brain, the muscle and the brain isoform. Recent studies have illustrated how these are differently regulated. In the present study, we investigate the role of the two isoforms in glycolytic supercompensation in cultured astrocytes with the expression of either one of the isoforms silenced by siRNA knockdown. When reintroducing glucose to glucose-starved astrocytes, glycolytic activity increased dramatically. Interestingly, the increase was 30% higher in astrocytes not expressing the muscle isoform of glycogen phosphorylase. Based on these results and previously published data we couple the muscle isoform of glycogen phosphorylase to glycolytic supercompensation and glycogen shunt activity, giving insights to the underlying mechanistic of these phenomena.
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.1007/s11064-017-2267-z
DO - 10.1007/s11064-017-2267-z
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28497340
VL - 42
SP - 2490
EP - 2494
JO - Neurochemical Research
JF - Neurochemical Research
SN - 0364-3190
IS - 9
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