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Departments of Nutrition and Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7400
Acyl-CoA synthetase (ACS) catalyzes the
activation of long-chain fatty acids to acyl-CoAs, which can be
metabolized to form CO2, triacylglycerol (TAG),
phospholipids (PL), and cholesteryl esters (CE). To determine whether
inhibiting ACS affects these pathways differently, we incubated rat
hepatocytes with [14C]oleate and the ACS inhibitor
triacsin C. Triacsin inhibited TAG synthesis 70% in hepatocytes from
fed rats and 40% in starved rats, but it had little effect on oleate
incorporation into CE, PL, or
-oxidation end products. Triacsin
blocked [3H]glycerol incorporation into TAG and PL 33 and
25% more than it blocked [14C]oleate incorporation,
suggesting greater inhibition of de novo TAG synthesis than
reacylation. Triacsin did not affect oxidation of prelabeled
intracellular lipid. ACS1 protein was abundant in liver microsomes but
virtually undetectable in mitochondria. Refeeding increased microsomal
ACS1 protein 89% but did not affect specific activity. Triacsin
inhibited ACS specific activity in microsomes more from fed than from
starved rats. These data suggest that ACS isozymes may be functionally
linked to specific metabolic pathways and that ACS1 is not associated
with
-oxidation in liver.
triacylglycerol;
-oxidation; triacsin
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