title: Effect of 4-pentenoic acid on intermediate metabolism of Tetrahymena.
abstract: The growth of Tetrahymena pyriformis strain HSM was strongly inhibited by 4-pentenoic acid. Supplementing the medium acetate reversed the growth inhibition, but pyruvate was ineffective. Glycogen content was much lower in cells grown with 4-pentenoic acid than in controls; this effect was not reversed by acetate or by pyruvate. There was little effect of 4-penteonic acid on the in incorporation of label from [1-14C]acetate, [2-14C]glycerol, [1-14C]ribose, [U-14C]fructose, or [1-14C]glucose into CO2 but incorporation of label into glycogen was inhibited, the strongest inhibition being on acetate and the weakest approximately 20%) on ribose, fructose, and glucose. A 3-compartment model for quantitation of labeled acetyl CoA fluxes was shown to be applicable to Tetrahymena grown in the presence of 4-pentenoic acid, and experiments were performed to establish the flux of [1-14C]acetyl CoA into glycogen, lipids, CO2, glutamate, and alanine. It was evident from the results of these experiments that 4-pentenoic acid did not appreciably inhibit beta-oxidation or lipogenesis, but markedly decreased the glyconeogenic flux of labeled acetyl-CoA from the peroxismal and outer mitochondrial compartments.
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000378:metabolism; D002210:Caprylates / Q000378:metabolism; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D010421:Pentanoic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000378:metabolism; D013769:Tetrahymena pyriformis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D002210:Caprylates; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D010421:Pentanoic Acids; D011773:Pyruvates; C009785:4-pentenoic acid; D005947:Glucose; D005990:Glycerol