title: Effect of ciprofibrate on the activation and oxidation of very long chain fatty acids.
abstract: The effect of ciprofibrate, a hypolipidemic drug, was examined in the metabolism of palmitic (C16:0) and lignoceric (C24:0) acids in rat liver. Ciprofibrate is a peroxisomal proliferating drug which increases the number of peroxisomes. The palmitoyl-CoA ligase activity in peroxisomes, mitochondria and microsomes from ciprofibrate treated liver was 3.2, 1.9 and 1.5-fold higher respectively and the activity for oxidation of palmitic acid in peroxisomes and mitochondria was 8.5 and 2.3-fold higher respectively. Similarly, ciprofibrate had a higher effect on the metabolism of lignoceric acid. Treatment with ciprofibrate increased lignoceroyl-CoA ligase activity in peroxisomes, mitochondria and microsomes by 5.3, 3.3 and 2.3-fold respectively and that of oxidation of lignoceric acid was increased in peroxisomes and mitochondria by 13.4 and 2.3-fold respectively. The peroxisomal rates of oxidation of palmitic acid (8.5-fold) and lignoceric acid (13.4-fold) were increased to a different degree by ciprofibrate treatment. This differential effect of ciprofibrate suggests that different enzymes may be responsible for the oxidation of fatty acids of different chain length, at least at one or more step(s) of the peroxisomal fatty acid beta-oxidation pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lazo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Contreras
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000201:Activation Analysis; D000818:Animals; D002995:Clofibric Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D058607:Fibric Acids; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology; D008830:Microbodies / Q000201:enzymology; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010169:Palmitic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D058607:Fibric Acids; D010169:Palmitic Acids; D002995:Clofibric Acid; C019304:ciprofibrate; C010210:lignoceric acid