JBC, Vol. 251, Issue 22, 7149-7156, Nov, 1976
Inhibition of glycolysis in brain by a phospholipid effect on interconversion of fructose phosphates. A possible regulatory control on utilization of glucose 6-phosphate
A. L. Majumder and F. Eisenberg Jr
Glucose 6-phosphate accumulation in 10,000 X g supernatant of rat brain was
enhanced up to 16-fold by the addition of phosphatidylcholine, other common
phospholipids, or linoleate. This glucose 6-phosphate is of endogenous
origin via UDP-glucose and glucose 1-phosphate but not glucose. The
accumulation is the result of inhibition of glycolysis by an effect of
phospholipid on the interconversion of fructose 6-phosphate and fructose
1,6-bisphosphate. Brain is therefore capable of gluconeogenesis from
fructose 1,6-bisphosphate. A regulatory function for phospholipid which
coordinates glycolysis and other major routes of utilization of glucose
6-phosphate in brain, e.g. inositol synthesis, is proposed.