PMID- 31295070 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20201009 LR - 20201009 IS - 1522-1601 (Electronic) IS - 0161-7567 (Linking) VI - 127 IP - 3 DP - 2019 Sep 1 TI - Rapid radiochemical filter paper assay for determination of hexokinase activity and affinity for glucose-6-phosphate. PG - 661-667 LID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00207.2018 [doi] AB - Glucose phosphorylation by hexokinase (HK) is a rate-limiting step in glucose metabolism. Regulation of HK includes feedback inhibition by its product glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) and mitochondria binding. HK affinity for G6P is difficult to measure because its natural product (G6P) inhibits enzyme activity. HK phosphorylates several hexoses, and we have taken advantage of the fact that 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG)-6-phosphate does not inhibit HK activity. By this, we have developed a new method for rapid radiochemical analysis of HK activity with 2-DG as a substrate, which allows control of the concentrations of G6P to investigate HK affinity for inhibition by G6P. We verified that 2-DG serves as a substrate for the HK reaction with linear time and concentration dependency as well as expected maximal velocity and K(M). This is the first simple assay that evaluates feedback inhibition of HK by its product G6P and provides a unique technique for future research evaluating the regulation of glucose phosphorylation under various physiological conditions.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Traditionally, hexokinase activity has been analyzed spectrophotometrically in which the product formation of glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) is analyzed by an indirect reaction coupled to NADPH formation during conversion of G6P to 6-P gluconolactone. By nature, this assay prevents measurements of hexokinase (HK) affinity for inhibition by G6P. We have developed a rapid radiochemical filter paper assay to study HK affinity for G6P by use of radiolabeled 2-deoxyglucose as substrate to study physiological regulation of HK affinity for G6P-induced inhibition. FAU - Hingst, Janne R AU - Hingst JR AD - Section of Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Bjerre, Rie D AU - Bjerre RD AD - Section of Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Wojtaszewski, Jorgen F P AU - Wojtaszewski JFP AD - Section of Molecular Physiology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Jensen, Jorgen AU - Jensen J AD - Department of Physical Performance, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Oslo, Norway. LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190711 PL - United States TA - J Appl Physiol (1985) JT - Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) JID - 8502536 RN - 3573-50-0 (2-deoxyglucose-6-phosphate) RN - 56-73-5 (Glucose-6-Phosphate) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (Hexokinase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Glucose-6-Phosphate/analogs & derivatives MH - Hexokinase/*analysis/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Male MH - Physical Conditioning, Animal/*physiology MH - Radiochemistry/*methods MH - Rats, Wistar OTO - NOTNLM OT - hexokinase EDAT- 2019/07/12 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/10 06:00 CRDT- 2019/07/12 06:00 PHST- 2019/07/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/07/12 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1152/japplphysiol.00207.2018 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Appl Physiol (1985). 2019 Sep 1;127(3):661-667. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00207.2018. Epub 2019 Jul 11.