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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-10-31
pubmed:abstractText
Rat liver mitochondria exposed to stressing conditions - ageing at room temperature, incubation in the presence of t-butyl hydroperoxide or damaging concentrations of Ca2+ and phosphate- undergo a rapid fall in their membrane potential (delta psi) with a concomitant release of endogenous Mg2+ and accumulated Ca2+. Addition of L-carnitine to the incubation medium considerably delays mitochondrial deenergization. A similar, though lower, protection has also been observed in L-carnitine pretreated and subsequently washed rat liver mitochondria. Furthermore mitochondria isolated from livers of starved rats, treated with L-carnitine 30 minutes before death and exposed to the same stressing conditions show similar delay in the decrease of delta psi and concurrent energy linked processes as compared with untreated animals. Both the in vitro and in vivo results strongly indicate that the stabilising action of L-carnitine on liver mitochondria is due to the removal of membrane bound long chain acyl CoA.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
131
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
968-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Stabilising action of carnitine on energy linked processes in rat liver mitochondria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article