The relationship between mitochondrial activation and toxicity of some substituted carboxylic acids |
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Authors: | Kuo-Wei Yao Li-Feng Mao Ming Jiang Luo Horst Schulz |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemistry, City College of the City University of New York, Convent Ave. at 138th St., New York, NY 10031, USA |
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Abstract: | The activation of 4-bromocrotonic acid, 4-bromo-2-octenoic acid, valproic acid, and 3-methylglycidic acid by conversion to their CoA thioesters and the effects of these carboxylic acids on palmitoylcarnitine-supported respiration were studied with rat liver and rat heart mitochondria. 4-Bromocrotonic acid was activated by both liver and heart mitochondria, whereas 4-bromo-2-octenoic acid and valproic acid were only activated by liver mitochondria. 3-Methylglycidic acid was not a substrate of mitochondrial activation. All of the carboxylic acids that were activated also inhibited palmitoylcarnitine-supported respiration. 3-Methylglycidoyl-CoA was found to irreversibly inhibit 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase in a concentration-dependent and time-dependent manner. Together, these results lead to the conclusion that substituted medium-chain carboxylic acids, which enter mitochondria directly, may inhibit β-oxidation as long as they are activated and perhaps further metabolized in the mitochondrial matrix to compounds that sequester CoA and/or inhibit β-oxidation enzymes. Liver is more susceptible to inhibition by such xenobiotic carboxylic acids due to the broader substrate specificity of its mitochondrial medium-chain acyl-CoA synthetase (EC 6.2.1.2). |
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Keywords: | Substituted carboxylic acids Activation β-oxidation Inhibition |
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