PMID: 6409079Mar 15, 1983Paper

Stimulation of mitochondrial functions by glucagon treatment. Evidence that effects are not artifacts of mitochondrial isolation

The Biochemical Journal
C B JensenR C Haynes

Abstract

(1) Activation of rat liver mitochondrial functions following glucagon treatment was demonstrated in mitochondria that had not been isolated by the conventional technique of differential centrifugation and washing in sucrose solutions. Crude liver homogenates in 0.3 M-sucrose or 0.15 M-KCl prepared from rats treated with glucagon showed stimulation of State-3 and uncoupled respiration, carboxylation of pyruvate, and citrulline synthesis comparable with those previously reported in isolated mitochondria. (2) During the isolation procedure of mitochondria the hormonal stimulations of pyruvate carboxylation and citrulline formation were shown not to be enhanced by sequential washing. (3) Mitochondria isolated from glucagon-treated rats by differential centrifugation and washing in 0.3 M-mannitol/1 mM-EGTA, pH 7.0, exhibited a mean rate of citrulline synthesis that was greater than twice that of the control. Liver homogenates prepared in 0.3 M-sucrose or 0.3 M-mannitol showed identical rates of State-3 respiration and percentage stimulations of respiration by glucagon treatment. (4) Addition of glucagon led to a rapid accumulation of malate and aspartate and decreased the amounts of glutamate and citrate in isolated hepatocytes inc...Continue Reading

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