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Pyrophosphate inhibits gluconeogenesis by restricting UDP-glucose formation in vivo.

Abstract：

:Pyrophosphate (PPi) is produced by anabolic reactions and serves as an energy donor in the cytosol of plant cells; however, its accumulation to toxic levels disrupts several common biosynthetic pathways and is lethal. Before acquiring photosynthetic capacity, young seedlings must endure a short but critical heterotrophic period, during which they are nourished solely by sugar produced from seed reserves by the anabolic process of gluconeogenesis. Previously, we reported that excess PPi in H+-PPase-knockout fugu5 mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana severely compromised gluconeogenesis. However, the precise metabolic target of PPi inhibition in vivo remained elusive. Here, CE-TOF MS analyses of major metabolites characteristic of gluconeogenesis from seed lipids showed that the Glc6P;Fru6P level significantly increased and that Glc1P level was consistently somewhat higher in fugu5 compared to wild type. In contrast, the UDP-Glc level decreased significantly in the mutants. Importantly, specific removal of PPi in fugu5, and thus in AVP1pro:IPP1 transgenic lines, restored the Glc1P and the Glc6P;Fru6P levels, increased the UDP-Glc level ~2.0-fold, and subsequently increased sucrose synthesis. Given the reversible nature of the Glc1P/UDP-Glc reaction, our results indicate that UGP-Glc pyrophosphorylase is the major target when excess PPi exerts inhibitory effects in vivo. To validate our findings, we analyzed metabolite responses using a mathematical theory called structural sensitivity analysis (SSA), in which the responses of concentrations in reaction systems to perturbations in enzyme activity are determined from the structure of the network alone. A comparison of our experimental data with the results of pure structural theory predicted the existence of unknown reactions as the necessary condition for the above metabolic profiles, and confirmed the above results. Our data support the notion that H+-PPase plays a pivotal role in cytosolic PPi homeostasis in plant cells. We propose that the combination of metabolomics and SSA is powerful when seeking to identify and predict metabolic targets in living cells.

journal_name

Sci Rep

journal_title

Scientific reports

authors

Ferjani A,Kawade K,Asaoka M,Oikawa A,Okada T,Mochizuki A,Maeshima M,Hirai MY,Saito K,Tsukaya H

doi

10.1038/s41598-018-32894-1

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-10-02 00:00:00

pages

14696

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issn

2045-2322

pii

10.1038/s41598-018-32894-1

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Pyrophosphate inhibits gluconeogenesis by restricting UDP-glucose formation in vivo.