A New Method for the Preparation of Acyl-CoA Thioesters1

Kawaguchi, Akihiko; Yoshimura, Tsutomu; Okuda, S.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a133207

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“…Ascarosides were synthesized as previously described (34), and (R)-6-hydroxyheptanoic acid and (R)-8-hydroxynonanoic acid were synthesized as described in SI Materials and Methods. CoA-thioesters of ascarosides, fatty acids, and hydroxylated fatty acids (1-9) were synthesized based on a previously described method for making fatty acylCoA thioesters (35) with modifications (SI Materials and Methods).…”

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Acyl-CoA oxidase complexes control the chemical message produced by Caenorhabditis elegans

Zhang

Feng

Chinta

et al. 2015

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Caenorhabditis elegans uses ascaroside pheromones to induce development of the stress-resistant dauer larval stage and to coordinate various behaviors. Peroxisomal β-oxidation cycles are required for the biosynthesis of the fatty acid-derived side chains of the ascarosides. Here we show that three acyl-CoA oxidases, which catalyze the first step in these β-oxidation cycles, form different protein homo-and heterodimers with distinct substrate preferences. Mutations in the acyl-CoA oxidase genes acox-1, -2, and -3 led to specific defects in ascaroside production. When the acyl-CoA oxidases were expressed alone or in pairs and purified, the resulting acyl-CoA oxidase homo-and heterodimers displayed different sidechain length preferences in an in vitro activity assay. Specifically, an ACOX-1 homodimer controls the production of ascarosides with side chains with nine or fewer carbons, an ACOX-1/ACOX-3 heterodimer controls the production of those with side chains with seven or fewer carbons, and an ACOX-2 homodimer controls the production of those with ω-side chains with less than five carbons. Our results support a biosynthetic model in which β-oxidation enzymes act directly on the CoA-thioesters of ascaroside biosynthetic precursors. Furthermore, we identify environmental conditions, including high temperature and low food availability, that induce the expression of acox-2 and/or acox-3 and lead to corresponding changes in ascaroside production. Thus, our work uncovers an important mechanism by which C. elegans increases the production of the most potent dauer pheromones, those with the shortest side chains, under specific environmental conditions. dauer | pheromone | ascaroside | beta-oxidation | acyl-CoA oxidase

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Acyl-CoA oxidase complexes control the chemical message produced by Caenorhabditis elegans

Zhang

Feng

Chinta

et al. 2015

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

158

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“…Purity of fatty acids was examined by HPLC (27) and determined to be greater than 95%. All fatty acyl-CoAs were synthesized as previously described (28), purified by HPLC (27), and found to be >98% unhydrolyzed. Mouse anti-PPARα monoclonal antibodies, as well as rabbit anti-PPARα, anti-steroid receptor coactivator-1 (SRC-1), and anticyclic AMP-responsive enhancer binding protein binding protein (CBP) polyclonal antibodies, were from Affinity BioReagents (Golden, CO).…”

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Very-Long-Chain and Branched-Chain Fatty Acyl-CoAs Are High Affinity Ligands for the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor α (PPARα)

2006

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Very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA) and branched-chain fatty acids (BCFA) are potent inducers of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor PPARα, a nuclear receptor that enhances transcription of peroxisomal enzymes mediating β-oxidation of these potentially toxic fatty acids. However, it is not known whether the respective free fatty acids or their activated metabolites, i.e. CoA thioesters: (i) are the endogenous high-affinity PPARα ligands, (ii) alter PPARα conformation, and (iii) alter recruitment of coregulatory proteins to PPARα. As shown by quenching of PPARα intrinsic amino acid fluorescence, PPARα exhibited high affinity (3-29nM K d s) for the CoA thioesters of the common (C20-C24) VLCFA. In contrast, with the exception of arachidonic acid (K d =20nM), PPARα only weakly bound the VLCFA. PPARα also exhibited higher affinity for the CoA thioesters of BCFA (phytanoyl-CoA, pristanoyl-CoA; K d s near 11nM) than for the respective free branched-chain fatty acids. As shown by circular dichroism, the high affinity VLCFA-CoA and BCFA-CoA strongly altered PPARα conformation. Likewise, the high affinity VLCFA-CoA and BCFA-CoA altered cofactor recruitment to PPARα as shown by co-immunoprecipitation from liver homogenates. In contrast, nearly all the respective free fatty acids elicited only weak conformational changes in PPARα and did not alter co-factor recruitment to PPARα. In summary, the CoA thioesters of verylong-chain and branched-chain fatty acids are much more potent PPARα ligands than the free acids, resulting in altered PPARα conformation and cofactor recruitment. Since these are hallmarks of ligands-activated nuclear receptors, this suggests that the CoA thioesters are the active forms of these PPARα ligands.

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“…Acyl-CoAs were prepared by the mixed-anhydride procedure [31] ; C "' -CoA and C ") -CoA were prepared by the method of Kawaguchi et al [32] and purified by preparative HPLC. Sepharose Q (fast flow) and hydroxyapatite (fast flow) were from Pharmacia and Fluka respectively.…”

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Biochemical characterization of a variant human medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase with a disease-associated mutation localized in the active site

Küchler

Abdel-Ghany

Bross

et al. 1999

Biochemical Journal

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Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCADH) deficiency, an autosomal recessive inherited disorder, is the most common genetic disorder in mitochondrial β-oxidation in humans. In addition to one prevalent disease-causing mutation (K304E), a series of rarer mutations has been reported, but none of these has yet been characterized in detail. We report here on the biochemical characterization of the purified recombinant mutant protein in which threonine is replaced by alanine at position 168 of the mature protein (T168A-MCADH). It is the first mutation to be found in patients that is located in the active site of the enzyme. Thr-168 is hydrogen-bonded to the flavin N(5) of the cofactor FAD. The thermostability of T168A-MCADH is markedly decreased compared with human wild-type MCADH (hwt-MCADH). Catalytic activity with ferricenium as acceptor is lowered by 80% and with the natural acceptor electron-transferring flavoprotein by over 90% compared with hwt-MCADH. In the mutant the extent of flavin semiquinone formed on reduction is approx. 50% that of hwt-MCADH. The pK reflected by the pH-dependence of Vmax is shifted from approx. 8.2 (hwt-MCADH) to approx. 7 (T168A-MCADH) and the rates of enzyme flavin reduction (stopped-flow measurements) are only approx. 1/10 those of the parent enzyme. These properties are discussed in the light of the possible mechanisms leading to disease in humans.

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A New Method for the Preparation of Acyl-CoA Thioesters1

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Acyl-CoA oxidase complexes control the chemical message produced by Caenorhabditis elegans

Acyl-CoA oxidase complexes control the chemical message produced by Caenorhabditis elegans

Very-Long-Chain and Branched-Chain Fatty Acyl-CoAs Are High Affinity Ligands for the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor α (PPARα)

Biochemical characterization of a variant human medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase with a disease-associated mutation localized in the active site

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