RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACID-SOLUBLE CARNITINE AND COENZYME-A POOLS INVIVO
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACID-SOLUBLE CARNITINE AND COENZYME-A POOLS INVIVO
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DOI:
10.1042/bj1900495
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
HOPPEL, CL
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作者:
BRASS, EP;HOPPEL, CL
The relationship between the acid-soluble carnitine and coenzyme A pools was studied in fed and 24 h starved rats after carnitine administration. Carnitine given by i.v. injection at a dose of 60 .mu.mol/100 g body wt was integrated into the animal''s endogenous carnitine pool. Large amounts of acylcarnitines appeared in the plasma and liver within 5 min of carnitine injection. Differences in acid-soluble acylcarnitine concentrations were observed between fed and starved rats after injection and reflected the acylcarnitine/carnitine relationship seen in the endogenous carnitine pool of the 2 metabolic states. A larger acylcarnitine production was seen in starved animals and indicated a greater source of accessible acyl-CoA molecules. In addition to changes in the amount of acylcarnitines present, the specific acyl groups present also varied between groups of animals. Acetylcarnitine made up 37 and 53% of liver acid-soluble acylcarnitines in uninjected fed and starved animals, respectively. At 5 min after carnitine injection hepatic acid-soluble acylcarnitines were 41 and 73% in the form of acetylcarnitine in fed and starved rats, respectively. Despite these large changes in carnitine and acylcarnitines, no changes were observed in plasma non-esterified fatty acid or .beta.-hydroxybutyrate concentrations in either fed or starved rats. Measurement of acetyl-CoA, CoA, total acid-soluble CoA and acid-insoluble CoA demonstrated that the hepatic CoA pool was resistant to carnitine-induced changes. This lack of change in the hepatic CoA pool or ketone-body production while acyl groups are shunted from acyl-CoA molecules to acylcarnitines suggests a low flux through the carnitine pool compared with the CoA pool. The carnitine/acid-soluble acylcarnitine pool apparently reflects changes in, rather than inducing changes in, the hepatic CoA/acyl-CoA pool.