Abstract |
Kinetic and physical approaches have been employed to investigate the binding of acetoacetyl-CoA to hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase. The enzyme has an apparent Km for acetoacetyl-CoA (0.35 microM) which is more than an order of magnitude lower than the Ki (6--10 microM) measured for substrate inhibition by this metabolite. Hepatic acetoacetyl-CoA concentration, as measured by a sensitive and highly specific radioactive assay appears to be in the 1--10 microM range; the concentration decreases during diabetic ketoacidosis. Total hepatic activity of hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase and levels of mitochondrial enzyme protein, determined by radioimmunoassay, are not appreciably different in livers from control or ketoacidotic animals. In contrast to the decrease in hepatic acetoacetyl-CoA concentration observed during ketoacidosis, myocardial acetoacetyl-CoA levels are increased by at least tenfold when compared to controls. Elevated acetoacetyl-CoA levels may serve to inhibit fatty acid utilization by the heart. Thus, a consideration of the multiple interactions of acetoacetyl-CoA with the enzymes involved in ketone body production and utilization may be useful in evaluating the metabolic significance of this intermediate.
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Authors | L A Menahan, W T Hron, D G Hinkelman, H M Miziorko |
Journal | European journal of biochemistry
(Eur J Biochem)
Vol. 119
Issue 2
Pg. 287-94
(Oct 1981)
ISSN: 0014-2956 [Print] England |
PMID | 6118268
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Acyl Coenzyme A
- Blood Glucose
- Insulin
- Ketone Bodies
- acetoacetyl CoA
- Acetyl Coenzyme A
- Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase
- Oxo-Acid-Lyases
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Topics |
- Acetyl Coenzyme A
(analogs & derivatives, metabolism)
- Acyl Coenzyme A
- Animals
- Blood Glucose
(metabolism)
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental
(metabolism)
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis
(metabolism)
- Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Synthase
(metabolism)
- Insulin
(therapeutic use)
- Ketone Bodies
(metabolism)
- Kinetics
- Liver
(metabolism)
- Male
- Oxo-Acid-Lyases
(metabolism)
- Radioimmunoassay
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains
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