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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
To examine the changes in coenzyme A profile and the possible corrective effects of carnitine supplementation in the genetic disorders of mitochondrial beta-oxidation, we carried out experiments using an inhibitor of multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase enzymes, methylenecyclopropaneacetic acid (MCPA), in rat hepatocytes. MCPA irreversibly inhibited ketone synthesis from straight-chain fatty acids (butyrate, octanoate, palmitate) and branched-chain fatty acids (alpha-ketoisocaproate) with a parallel 70-90% reduction of hepatocyte acetyl-CoA levels. Alone, MCPA or substrates halved free CoA levels to 15% of total CoA and doubled short- and medium-chain acyl-CoA levels to 30% of total CoA. With MCPA plus substrates combined, free CoA levels were 10% of total CoA, and short- and medium-chain acyl-CoA levels were 45% of total CoA. Comparable changes in CoA profiles were found in a patient with a severe genetic defect in beta-oxidation. Neither the suppression of ketogenesis nor the alterations in CoA profiles induced by MCPA inhibition could be corrected by carnitine supplementation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
272
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
E359-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Carnitine effects on coenzyme A profiles in rat liver with hypoglycin inhibition of multiple dehydrogenases.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Endocrinology/Diabetes, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 19104, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.