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Determination of Fatty Acid Oxidation and Lipogenesis in Mouse Primary Hepatocytes
Published on: August 27, 2015
Microsomal oxidation of dodecylthioacetic acid (a 3-thia fatty acid) in rat liver
E Hvattum1, S Bergseth, C N Pedersen
1Institute of Medical Biochemistry, University of Osló, Norway.
Abstract:
[1-14C]Dodecylthioacetic acid (DTA), a 3-thia fatty acid, is omega (omega-1)-hydroxylated and sulfur oxygenated at about equal rates in rat liver microsomes. In prolonged incubations DTA is converted to omega-hydroxydodecylsulfoxyacetic acid. omega-Hydroxylation of DTA is catalysed by cytochrome P450IVA1 (or a very closely related isoenzyme in the same gene family), the fatty acid omega-hydroxylating enzyme. It is absolutely dependent on NADPH and inhibited by CO, and lauric acid is a competing substrate. omega-Hydroxylation of DTA is increased by feeding tetradecylthioacetic acid (TTA), a 3-thia fatty acid, for 4 days to rats. omega-Hydroxylation of [1-14C]lauric acid is also induced by TTA and other 3-thia carboxylic acids. A close relationship was observed between induction of microsomal omega-hydroxylation of fatty acid and palmitoyl-CoA hydrolase activity. DTA is omega-hydroxylated at about the same rate as the physiological substrate lauric acid. The sulfur oxygenation of DTA is catalysed by liver microsomal flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO) (EC 1.14.13.8). It is dependent on either NADH or NADPH. The Km value for NADH was approx. five times larger than the Km value for NADPH. It is inhibited by methimazole and not affected by CO. It is not induced by TTA.
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