Characteristics of the myocardial PM-FABP: Effect of diabetes mellitus |
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Authors: | Heyliger Clayton E Scarim Anna L Eymer Vicky P Skau Kenneth A Powell David M |
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Institution: | (1) Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, M.L. #0004, Cincinnati, OH 45167-0004, USA |
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Abstract: | Properties of the myocardial PM-FABP were studied in normal and STZ-diabetic rats. The fluorescent fatty acids trans-parinaric and cis-parinaric acids were used as analogs of straight-chain (saturated) and kinked-chain (unsaturated) fatty acids respectively. Parinaric acid binding was sensitive to trypsin. Trans-parinaric acid binding was more sensitive to this protease than the binding of cis-parinaric acid. Based on the difference in sensitivity of parinaric acid binding we believe that there are two separate binding sites associated with myocardial PM-FABP; one for unsaturated fats and the other for saturated fats. Diabetes enhanced both cis- and trans-parinaric acid binding capacity in cardiomyocytes; cis-parinaric acid by 2 fold and trans-parinaric acid by 2.6 fold. In addition, there was a concomitant accumulation of free fatty acids and triglycerides in the hearts of the diabetic animals. There was a 2.2 fold increase for fatty acids and a 1.6 fold increase for trigylcerides. This association between myocardial fatty acid build-up and enhanced myocardial PM-FABP during diabetes suggest that this carrier protein might have contributed to lipid accumulation in the hearts of the diabetic rats. |
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Keywords: | diabetes mellitus Diabetic cardiomyopathy fatty acids fatty acid binding protein |
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