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The pyruvate dehydrogenase complex has a central role in the regulation of mammalian metabolism as it represents the point-of-no-return in the utilization of carbohydrate. This article summarizes our studies into how signalling systems initiated by hormones binding to cell surface receptors can reach the pyruvate dehydrogenase system which is located within the inner mitochondrial membrane. One class of hormones which activate pyruvate dehydrogenase are those that increase cytoplasmic Ca2+. A wide range of studies on isolated enzymes, separated mitochondria and intact cell preparations have shown that the activation is due to the stimulation of pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase. Two other intramitochondrial dehydrogenases which regulate the citrate acid cycle are activated in parallel and this is an important means of balancing the supply of ATP to increasing cell demand. Insulin is also able to activate pyruvate dehydrogenase, but this is restricted to fat and other cells capable of lipogenesis. Insulin acts by stimulating pyruvate dehydrogenase phosphatase, but the activation does not involve alterations in Ca2+. The signalling pathway involved has not been established, but it appears to be quite distinct from those involved in many other actions of insulin.
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