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TGF-?1 is a regulator of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in fibroblasts.

ABSTRACT: TGF-?1 reprograms metabolism in renal fibroblasts, inducing a switch from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis. However, molecular events underpinning this are unknown. Here we identify that TGF-?1 downregulates acetyl-CoA biosynthesis via regulation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC). Flow cytometry showed that TGF-?1 reduced the PDC subunit PDH-E1? in fibroblasts derived from injured, but not normal kidneys. An increase in expression of PDH kinase 1 (PDK1), and reduction in the phosphatase PDP1, were commensurate with net phosphorylation and inactivation of PDC. Over-expression of mutant PDH-E1?, resistant to phosphorylation, ameliorated effects of TGF-?1, while inhibition of PDC activity with CPI-613 was sufficient to induce ?SMA and pro-collagen I expression, markers of myofibroblast differentiation and fibroblast activation. The effect of TGF-?1 on PDC activity, acetyl-CoA, ?SMA and pro-collagen I was also ameliorated by sodium dichloroacetate, a small molecule inhibitor of PDK. A reduction in acetyl-CoA, and therefore acetylation substrate, also resulted in a generalised loss of protein acetylation with TGF-?1. In conclusion, TGF-?1 in part regulates fibroblast activation via effects on PDC activity.

SUBMITTER: Smith ER

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7578649 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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TGF-β1 is a regulator of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in fibroblasts.

Smith Edward R ER Hewitson Timothy D TD

Scientific reports 20201021 1

TGF-β1 reprograms metabolism in renal fibroblasts, inducing a switch from oxidative phosphorylation to aerobic glycolysis. However, molecular events underpinning this are unknown. Here we identify that TGF-β1 downregulates acetyl-CoA biosynthesis via regulation of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC). Flow cytometry showed that TGF-β1 reduced the PDC subunit PDH-E1α in fibroblasts derived from injured, but not normal kidneys. An increase in expression of PDH kinase 1 (PDK1), and reduction in ...[more]

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TGF-?1 is a regulator of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in fibroblasts.

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