title: Ethanol increases the sensitivity of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I to inhibition by malonyl-CoA in short-term hepatocyte incubations.
abstract: The sensitivity of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I to inhibition by malonyl-CoA was increased in mitochondria isolated from rat hepatocytes incubated with ethanol. This effect was mimicked by incubation of hepatocytes with acetaldehyde or by preincubation of isolated mitochondria with malonyl-CoA. Both ethanol and acetaldehyde increased the intracellular concentration of malonyl-CoA. Results suggest that the ethanol-induced elevation of intracellular malonyl-CoA levels may be responsible for the enhanced sensitivity of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I to inhibition by malonyl-CoA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I, Faculty of Chemistry, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guzmán
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castro
mesh_terms: D000079:Acetaldehyde / Q000494:pharmacology; D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D000818:Animals; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D000431:Ethanol; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A; D000217:Acyltransferases; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase; D000079:Acetaldehyde