| Literature DB >> 2896605 |
J F Decaux1, D Robin, P Robin, P Ferré, J Girard.
Abstract
Fatty acid oxidation was studied in isolated liver mitochondria of rats during the suckling-weaning transition. The oxidation rate of oleyl-CoA and palmitoylcarnitine was reduced 2.5-fold in rats weaned on a high-carbohydrate diet compared to suckling rats, when acetyl-CoA produced by beta-oxidation was directed towards ketone-body synthesis. Weaning on a high-fat diet minimized this change. Channeling of acetyl-CoA towards citrate synthesis doubled the oxidation rate of both substrates in HC-weaned rats. Thus, in addition to changes in carnitine palmitoyltransferase I activity, the beta-hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase pathway is also involved in the decreased fatty acid oxidation at weaning. This was confirmed by measurement of beta-hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase pathway activity.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2896605 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)80407-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124