scholarly journals Insulin regulates enzyme activity, malonyl-CoA sensitivity and mRNA abundance of hepatic carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I

1995 ◽  
Vol 310 (3) ◽  
pp. 853-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
E A Park ◽  
R L Mynatt ◽  
G A Cook ◽  
K Kashfi

The regulation of hepatic mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I (CPT-I) was studied in rats during starvation and insulin-dependent diabetes and in rat H4IIE cells. The Vmax. for CPT-I in hepatic mitochondrial outer membranes isolated from starved and diabetic rats increased 2- and 3-fold respectively over fed control values with no change in Km values for substrates. Regulation of malonyl-CoA sensitivity of CPT-I in isolated mitochondrial outer membranes was indicated by an 8-fold increase in Ki during starvation and by a 50-fold increase in Ki in the diabetic state. Peroxisomal and microsomal CPT also had decreased sensitivity to inhibition by malonyl-CoA during starvation. CPT-I mRNA abundance was 7.5 times greater in livers of 48-h-starved rats and 14.6 times greater in livers of insulin-dependent diabetic rats compared with livers of fed rats. In H4IIE cells, insulin increased CPT-I sensitivity to inhibition by malonyl-CoA in 4 h, and sensitivity continued to increase up to 24 h after insulin addition. CPT-I mRNA levels in H4IIE cells were decreased by insulin after 4 h and continued to decrease so that at 24 h there was a 10-fold difference. The half-life of CPT-I mRNA was 4 h in the presence of actinomycin D or with actinomycin D plus insulin. These results suggest that insulin regulates CPT-I by inhibiting transcription of the CPT-I gene.

1994 ◽  
Vol 299 (3) ◽  
pp. 761-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
R L Mynatt ◽  
J J Greenhaw ◽  
G A Cook

It has been reported that sodium cholate can separate the catalytic component of carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I (CPT-I) from a putative malonyl-CoA-binding regulatory protein capable of conferring sensitivity to malonyl-CoA on CPT-II. We found that cholate preferentially extracted a contaminating malonyl-CoA-sensitive CPT from mitochondrial inner membranes. When cholate extracts of outer membranes were incubated either with cholate extracts of inner membranes or with osmotically swollen mitochondria, inhibition of CPT by malonyl-CoA was increased. Treatment of intact mitochondria with subtilisin abolished the increased inhibition by malonyl-CoA, suggesting that the outer-membrane CPT-I was responsible for the increased inhibition. Incubation of cholate extracts with proteinase K did not prevent the increased inhibition. Fractionation of the cholate extract indicated the presence of phospholipids. Addition of cardiolipin or phosphatidylglycerol to osmotically swollen mitochondria increased sensitivity of CPT to malonyl-CoA, but several other phospholipids did not. When cardiolipin was added to intact mitochondria from either starved or fed rats, there were large increases in inhibition by malonyl-CoA; sensitivity in mitochondria from starved rats increased to that normally observed with mitochondria from fed rats. These results suggest that phospholipids are responsible for the increased inhibition of CPT by malonyl-CoA with added cholate extracts and that changes in membrane composition may be involved in the physiological regulation of CPT-I.


1995 ◽  
Vol 305 (3) ◽  
pp. 953-958 ◽  
Author(s):  
A M B Moir ◽  
V A Zammit

The requirement for a normal insulin response in mediating the starved-to-refed transition, with respect to the partitioning of hepatic fatty acids between beta-oxidation and esterification to glycerol, was studied. Diabetic rats were starved for 24 h and refed ad libitum for various periods of time. There was no increase in plasma insulin in response to the meal. However, the fatty acid oxidation:esterification ratio was very rapidly decreased from the starved to the fed value, most of the transition being achieved within the first hour of refeeding. There was a 2 h lag in the response of hepatic malonyl-CoA concentration, such that this rapid switch from oxidation to esterification could not be explained on the basis of changes in the absolute concentration of this inhibitor of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT I). Hepatic pyruvate and lactate concentrations both increased by several-fold upon refeeding and peaked after 1 h and 3 h, respectively. The hepatic lactate:pyruvate ratio increased 3.2-fold during the first 3 h of refeeding, suggesting that the cytosolic NAD(+)-NADH couple became much more highly reduced during the lag-period between the onset of inhibition of flux of fatty acids towards oxidation and the rise in malonyl-CoA concentration. This may be indicative of a lowering of intracellular pH, which would amplify greatly the sensitivity of CPT I to the inhibitor. In view of the very rapid and high food intake by these diabetic rats, the possibility is also considered that portal concentrations of amino acids and other metabolites could give rise to an increase in liver cell-volume that would inhibit CPT I acutely by an as yet unknown mechanism [M. Guzman, G. Velasco, J. Castro and V. A. Zammit (1994) FEBS Lett. 344, 239-241].


1994 ◽  
Vol 304 (2) ◽  
pp. 577-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Niot ◽  
F Pacot ◽  
P Bouchard ◽  
J Gresti ◽  
A Bernard ◽  
...  

Liver mitochondrial fractions as normally isolated contain only 10-20% of total mitochondria and may not be representative of the whole mitochondrial population. This study was designed to evaluate the dependence of the sensitivity of carnitine palmitoyl-transferase I (CPT I) to malonyl-CoA inhibition in mitochondrial fractions that are not normally studied. Four fractions prepared from rat liver were found to be contaminated to different extents by microsome vesicles, on the basis of marker-enzyme activities and micrographic data. Purification of mitochondrial fractions on a Percoll gradient decreased to some extent the microsomal contamination, which was due in part to the existence of close bonds between microsomes and the outer membranes of mitochondria. A greater degree of contamination of mitochondrial fractions by microsomes was correlated with a greater sensitivity of CPT I to malonyl-CoA inhibition. Attempts were made to enhance the sensitivity of CPT I to malonyl-CoA with the use of microsomes. Measurements performed by adding mitochondria and microsomes in the same CPT I assay failed to demonstrate any significant enhancement of malonyl-CoA inhibition. However, addition of ATP to a mixture of mitochondria and microsomes was shown to trigger the binding of both particles, as assessed by enzymic and micrographic data, and to increase the sensitivity of CPT I to malonyl-CoA inhibition. These results demonstrated that the binding of microsomes to mitochondria, unlike the simple mixing of both particles, was capable of altering the sensitivity of CPT I to malonyl-CoA. The data also suggest that this process could be of physiological importance, owing to the frequency of contiguous zones between mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum observed in sections of intact liver cells.


1994 ◽  
Vol 266 (2) ◽  
pp. R405-R412 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. J. Rodnick ◽  
B. D. Sidell

The effect of thermal acclimation on the activity of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT I), the rate-limiting enzyme for beta-oxidation of long-chain fatty acids, was determined in oxidative red muscle of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) acclimated at 5 or 25 degrees C. As observed in mammalian tissues, malonyl-CoA potently inhibited CPT I activity of mitochondria. Inhibition by malonyl-CoA required inclusions of both bovine serum albumin (BSA) and palmitoyl-CoA in the reaction media. Because BSA binds long-chain fatty acyl-CoAs, this observation suggests that free fatty acyl-CoAs may disrupt mitochondrial membranes and affect the CPT I protein. Cold acclimation increased citrate synthase activity 1.6-fold and total CPT activity 2-fold in homogenates of red muscle; free carnitine increased 62%, and specific activity of CPT I in mitochondria increased 2-fold. No differences were observed between cold- and warm-acclimated fish in substrate-binding properties of CPT I at an assay temperature of 15 degrees C, as judged by the Michaelis constant (Km) for carnitine (0.11 +/- 0.02 vs. 0.13 +/- 0.02 mM) or inhibition of CPT I, as determined by the half-maximal inhibition concentration (IC50) for malonyl-CoA (0.14 +/- 0.05 vs. 0.09 +/- 0.03 microM). Thermal sensitivity of CPT I (Q10 = 2.91 +/- 0.12 vs. 3.02 +/- 0.20) and preference of CPT I for different long-chain fatty acyl-CoA substrates (16:1-CoA = 16:0-CoA > 18:1-CoA) were not altered by thermal acclimation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


2010 ◽  
Vol 298 (5) ◽  
pp. R1435-R1443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi Lin ◽  
Kwanseob Shim ◽  
Jack Odle

To examine the regulation of hepatic acetogenesis in neonatal swine, carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT I) activity was measured in the presence of varying palmitoyl-CoA (substrate) and malonyl-CoA (inhibitor) concentrations, and [1-14C]-palmitate oxidation was simultaneously measured. Accumulation rates of 14C-labeled acetate, ketone bodies, and citric acid cycle intermediates within the acid-soluble products were determined using radio-HPLC. Measurements were conducted in mitochondria isolated from newborn, 24-h (fed or fasted), and 5-mo-old pigs. Acetate rather than ketone bodies was the predominant radiolabeled product, and its production increased twofold with increasing fatty acid oxidation during the first 24-h suckling period. The rate of acetogenesis was directly proportional to CPT I activity. The high activity of CPT I in 24-h-suckling piglets was not attributable to an increase in CPT I gene expression, but rather to a large decrease in the sensitivity of CPT I to malonyl-CoA inhibition, which offset a developmental decrease in affinity of CPT I for palmitoyl-CoA. Specifically, the IC50 for malonyl-CoA inhibition and Km value for palmitoyl-CoA measured in 24-h-suckling pigs were 1.8- and 2.7-fold higher than measured in newborn pigs. The addition of anaplerotic carbon from malate (10 mM) significantly reduced 14C accumulation in acetate ( P < 0.003); moreover, the reduction was much greater in newborn (80%) than in 24-h-fed (72%) and 5-mo-old pigs (55%). The results demonstrate that acetate is the primary product of hepatic mitochondrial β-oxidation in Sus scrofa and that regulation during early development is mediated primarily via kinetic modulation of CPT I.


1990 ◽  
Vol 269 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Prip-Buus ◽  
J P Pegorier ◽  
P H Duee ◽  
C Kohl ◽  
J Girard

The temporal changes in oleate oxidation, lipogenesis, malonyl-CoA concentration and sensitivity of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT 1) to malonyl-CoA inhibition were studied in isolated rabbit hepatocytes and mitochondria as a function of time after birth of the animal or time in culture after exposure to glucagon, cyclic AMP or insulin. (1) Oleate oxidation was very low during the first 6 h after birth, whereas lipogenesis rate and malonyl-CoA concentration decreased rapidly during this period to reach levels as low as those found in 24-h-old newborns that show active oleate oxidation. (2) The changes in the activity of CPT I and the IC50 (concn. causing 50% inhibition) for malonyl-CoA paralleled those of oleate oxidation. (3) In cultured fetal hepatocytes, the addition of glucagon or cyclic AMP reproduced the changes that occur spontaneously after birth. A 12 h exposure to glucagon or cyclic AMP was sufficient to inhibit lipogenesis totally and to cause a decrease in malonyl-CoA concentration, but a 24 h exposure was required to induce oleate oxidation. (4) The induction of oleate oxidation by glucagon or cyclic AMP is triggered by the fall in the malonyl-CoA sensitivity of CPT I. (5) In cultured hepatocytes from 24 h-old newborns, the addition of insulin inhibits no more than 30% of the high oleate oxidation, whereas it stimulates lipogenesis and increases malonyl-CoA concentration by 4-fold more than in fetal cells (no oleate oxidation). This poor effect of insulin on oleate oxidation seems to be due to the inability of the hormone to increase the sensitivity of CPT I sufficiently. Altogether, these results suggest that the malonyl-CoA sensitivity of CPT I is the major site of regulation during the induction of fatty acid oxidation in the fetal rabbit liver.


2002 ◽  
Vol 364 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blanca RUBÍ ◽  
Peter A. ANTINOZZI ◽  
Laura HERRERO ◽  
Hisamitsu ISHIHARA ◽  
Guillermina ASINS ◽  
...  

Lipid metabolism in the β-cell is critical for the regulation of insulin secretion. Pancreatic β-cells chronically exposed to fatty acids show higher carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT I) protein levels, higher palmitate oxidation rates and an altered insulin response to glucose. We examined the effect of increasing CPT I levels on insulin secretion in cultured β-cells. We prepared a recombinant adenovirus containing the cDNA for the rat liver isoform of CPT I. The overexpression of CPT I in INS1E cells caused a more than a 5-fold increase in the levels of CPT I protein (detected by Western blotting), a 6-fold increase in the CPT activity, and an increase in fatty acid oxidation at 2.5mM glucose (1.7-fold) and 15mM glucose (3.1-fold). Insulin secretion was stimulated in control cells by 15mM glucose or 30mM KCl. INS1E cells overexpressing CPT I showed lower insulin secretion on stimulation with 15mM glucose (−40%; P<0.05). This decrease depended on CPT I activity, since the presence of etomoxir, a specific inhibitor of CPT I, in the preincubation medium normalized the CPT I activity, the fatty-acid oxidation rate and the insulin secretion in response to glucose. Exogenous palmitate (0.25mM) rescued glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) in CPT I-overexpressing cells, indicating that the mechanism of impaired GSIS was through the depletion of a critical lipid. Depolarizing the cells with KCl or intermediary glucose concentrations (7.5mM) elicited similar insulin secretion in control cells and cells overexpressing CPT I. Glucose-induced ATP increase, glucose metabolism and the triacylglycerol content remained unchanged. These results provide further evidence that CPT I activity regulates insulin secretion in the β-cell. They also indicate that up-regulation of CPT I contributes to the loss of response to high glucose in β-cells exposed to fatty acids.


1986 ◽  
Vol 239 (2) ◽  
pp. 485-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
B D Grantham ◽  
V A Zammit

The recovery of the parameters of the kinetic properties of carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) I in liver mitochondria of starved rats was studied after re-feeding animals for various periods of time. There were no significant changes either in the activity of the enzyme at high palmitoyl-CoA concentrations or in the affinity of the enzyme for palmitoyl-CoA, or in the sensitivity of CPT I to malonyl-CoA inhibition after 3 h or 6 h re-feeding. After 24 h re-feeding, both the affinity of the enzyme for palmitoyl-CoA and the activity of the enzyme were still not significantly different from those for the enzyme in mitochondria from 24 h-starved animals. By contrast, the sensitivity of CPT I to malonyl-CoA inhibition was largely, but not fully, restored to that observed in mitochondria from fed rats.


1997 ◽  
Vol 323 (3) ◽  
pp. 711-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona FRASER ◽  
Clark G. CORSTORPHINE ◽  
Victor A. ZAMMIT

The topology of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT I) in the outer membrane of rat liver mitochondria was studied using several approaches. 1. The accessibility of the active site and malonyl-CoA-binding site of the enzyme from the cytosolic aspect of the membrane was investigated using preparations of octanoyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA immobilized on to agarose beads to render them impermeant through the outer membrane. Both immobilized ligands were fully able to interact effectively with CPT I. 2. The effects of proteinase K and trypsin on the activity and malonyl-CoA sensitivity of CPT I were studied using preparations of mitochondria that were either intact or had their outer membranes ruptured by hypo-osmotic swelling (OMRM). Proteinase K had a marked but similar effect on CPT I activity irrespective of whether only the cytosolic or both sides of the membrane were exposed to it. However, it affected sensitivity more rapidly in OMRM. By contrast, trypsin only reduced CPT I activity when incubated with OMRM. The sensitivity of the residual CPT I activity was unaffected by trypsin. 3. The proteolytic fragments generated by these treatments were studied by Western blotting using three anti-peptide antibodies raised against linear epitopes of CPT I. These showed that a proteinase K-sensitive site close to the N-terminus was accessible from the cytosolic side of the membrane. No trypsin-sensitive sites were accessible in intact mitochondria. In OMRM, both proteinase K and trypsin acted from the inter-membrane space side of the membrane. 4. The ability of intact mitochondria and OMRM to bind to each of the three anti-peptide antibodies was used to study the accessibility of the respective epitopes on the cytosolic and inter-membrane space sides of the membrane. 5. The results of all these approaches indicate that CPT I adopts a bitopic topology within the mitochondrial outer membrane; it has two transmembrane domains, and both the N- and C-termini are exposed on the cytosolic side of the membrane, whereas the linker region between the transmembrane domains protrudes into the intermembrane space.


1998 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phanélie M. Berthon ◽  
Richard A. Howlett ◽  
George J. F. Heigenhauser ◽  
Lawrence L. Spriet

This study was designed to compare the activity of skeletal muscle carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT I) in trained and inactive men ( n = 14) and women ( n = 12). CPT I activity was measured in intact mitochondria, isolated from needle biopsy vastus lateralis muscle samples (∼60 mg). The variability of CPT I activity determined on two biopsy samples from the same leg on the same day was 4.4, whereas it was 7.0% on two biopsy samples from the same leg on different days. The method was sensitive to the CPT I inhibitor malonyl-CoA (88% inhibition) and therefore specific for CPT I activity. The mean CPT I activity for all 26 subjects was 141.1 ± 10.6 μmol ⋅ min−1 ⋅ kg wet muscle (wm)−1 and was not different when all men vs. all women (140.5 ± 15.7 and 142.2 ± 14.5 μmol ⋅ min−1 ⋅ kg wm−1, respectively) were compared. However, CPT I activity was significantly higher in trained vs. inactive subjects for both men (176.2 ± 21.1 vs. 104.1 ± 13.6 μmol ⋅ min−1 ⋅ kg wm−1) and women (167.6 ± 14.1 vs. 91.2 ± 9.5 μmol ⋅ min−1 ⋅ kg wm−1). CPT I activity was also significantly correlated with citrate synthase activity (all subjects, r = 0.76) and maximal oxygen consumption expressed in milliliters per kilogram per minute (all subjects, r = 0.69). The results of this study suggest that CPT I activity can be accurately and reliably measured in intact mitochondria isolated from human muscle biopsy samples. CPT I activity was not affected by gender, and higher activities in aerobically trained subjects appeared to be the result of increased mitochondrial content in both men and women.


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