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ArticleJournal of biology2007

Dynamic rerouting of the carbohydrate flux is key to counteracting oxidative stress.

Markus Ralser, Mirjam M Wamelink, Axel Kowald, Birgit Gerisch, Gino Heeren, Eduard A Struys, Edda Klipp, Cornelis Jakobs, Michael Breitenbach, Hans Lehrach and 1 more

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Article in Journal of biology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 288 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Markus RalserMax Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, Germany. ralser@molgen.mpg.de
Mirjam M Wamelink
Axel Kowald
Birgit Gerisch
Gino Heeren
Eduard A Struys
Edda Klipp
Cornelis Jakobs
Michael Breitenbach
Hans Lehrach
Sylvia Krobitsch
Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc · NLMax Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics · DEMax Planck Society · DEUniversity of Salzburg · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF S 9302
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEukaryotic cells have evolved various response mechanisms to counteract the deleterious consequences of oxidative stress. Among these processes, metabolic alterations seem to play an important role.

resultsWe recently discovered that yeast cells with reduced activity of the key glycolytic enzyme triosephosphate isomerase exhibit an increased resistance to the thiol-oxidizing reagent diamide. Here we show that this phenotype is conserved in Caenorhabditis elegans and that the underlying mechanism is based on a redirection of the metabolic flux from glycolysis to the pentose phosphate pathway, altering the redox equilibrium of the cytoplasmic NADP(H) pool. Remarkably, another key glycolytic enzyme, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), is known to be inactivated in response to various oxidant treatments, and we show that this provokes a similar redirection of the metabolic flux.

conclusionThe naturally occurring inactivation of GAPDH functions as a metabolic switch for rerouting the carbohydrate flux to counteract oxidative stress. As a consequence, altering the homoeostasis of cytoplasmic metabolites is a fundamental mechanism for balancing the redox state of eukaryotic cells under stress conditions.

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Carbohydrate MetabolismOxidative StressAgingAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsComputer SimulationDrug ResistanceGene Knockdown TechniquesGlyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (NADP+)GlycolysisHumansKluyveromycesModels, BiologicalNADPCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsGlyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (NADP+)NADPOxidantsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsSuperoxidesTriose-Phosphate Isomerase

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PMID18154684
PMCPMC2373902
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