Palmitate oxidation by liver mitochondria from rats treated with D-galactosamine (GalN) was markedly 1. The mitochondrial defect responsible for this inhibition was shown to be an inhibition of the activity of 2. Apparent & of the enzyme remained unchanged whereas apparent V was reduced by 30%.3. Addition of 10 mM GalN did not impair the activity of palmitoylcarnitine transferase I in mitochondria 4. Inhibition of palmitoylcarnitine biosynthesis by GalN treatment was completely reversed by phospholipid 5. At this stage of intoxication, mitochondrial phospholipid content was decreased whereas incorporation of ['4C]palmitate into phospholipids in isolated hepatocytes was drastically inhibited; the phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylethanolamine ratio was reduced by 33 %.The results obtained from these studies show that the depletion of the phospholipid membrane content could account for the altered functional activity of palmitoylcarnitine transferase I.inhibited, 3 h after administration. palmitoylcarnitine transferase I (EC 2.3.1.21).isolated from normal rats.supply.In a previous study [l] we reported that treatment for 3 h with D-galactosamine (GalN) inhibits I4CO2 production from a long-chain fatty acid by hepatocytes. On the opposite, the 14C02 release from a short-chain fatty acid, namely octanoate, was not decreased. Mitochondria1 respiration rate studies have proved that GalN administration acts on the fatty acid pathway prior to P-oxidation. Thus, the system for transfer of long-chain fatty acids across the mitochondrial membrane seems to be implicated in the observed inhibition. Two pools of long-chain carnitine acyltransferases are involved in this transfer [2-61; one of which is latent (transferase 11) and the other overt (transferase I) in intact mitochondria. Our findings suggest that only the overt form was impaired by GalN treatment; this inhibition was not due to a depletion of carnitine content. The purpose of the present study was to elucidate whether GalN administration alters palmitoyl-Lcarnitine formation by the transferase, in liver mitochondria. The findings here presented provide evidence that GalN administration depressed transferase I activity by modifying mitochondrial membrane. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES AnimalsMale Wistar rats (C.E.R.J., F-53680) weighing 200-240 g were kept at 20-22 "C with a photoperiod of 12 h dark, 12 h light. They were starved overnight before the experiments and given water ad libitum. At 07:30 h D-galactosamine (GalN), Abbreviations. GalN, D-galactosamine; PtdCho, phosphatidylcholine; PtdEtn, phosphatidylethanolamine. neutralized at pH 7.4 was administered (60 mg/100 g body wt) intraperitoneally, control rats receiving an equal volume of saline. Animals are sacrified 3 h after GalN injection. Isolation of hepatocytesFor the preparation of isolated hepatocytes, the animals were anesthesized by intraperitoneal injection of sodium pentobarbital (50 mg/100 g body wt) 3 h after GalN injection and hepatocytes were isolated by collagenase perfusion [7] in a Krebs-Ringer bi...
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