Control of bovine hepatic fatty acid oxidation

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · J. Dairy Sci.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(86)80667-1· OSTI ID:6703443

Jesse, B W; Emery, R S; Thomas, J W

Fatty acid oxidation by bovine liver slices and mitochondria was examined to determine potential regulatory sites of fatty acid oxidation. Conversion of 1-(/sup 14/C)palmitate to /sup 14/CO/sub 2/ and total (/sup 14/C)acid-soluble metabolites was used to measure fatty acid oxidation. Oxidation of palmitate (1 mM) was linear in both liver slice weight and incubation time. Carnitine stimulated palmitate oxidation; 2 mM dl-carnitine produced maximal stimulation of palmitate oxidation to both CO/sup 2/ and acid-soluble metabolites. Propionate (10 mM) inhibited palmitate oxidation by bovine liver slices. Propionate (.5 to 10 mM) had no effect on palmitate oxidation by mitochondria, but malonyl Coenzyme A, the first committed intermediate of fatty acid synthesis, inhibited mitochondrial palmitate oxidation (inhibition constant = .3 ..mu..M). Liver mitochonndrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase exhibited Michaelis constants for palmitoyl Coenzyme A and l-carnitine of 11.5 ..mu..M and .59 mM, respectively. Long-chain fatty acid oxidation in bovine liver is regulated by mechanisms similar to those in rats but adapted to the unique digestive physiology of the bovine.

• Research Organization: Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6703443
• Journal Information: J. Dairy Sci.; (United States), Vol. 69:9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MITOCHONDRIA
PROPIONIC ACID
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CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
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CHALCOGENIDES
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