title: Oxidation of gamma-hydroxybutyrate to succinic semialdehyde by a mitochondrial pyridine nucleotide-independent enzyme.
abstract: An antibody that inhibits over 95% of the cytosolic NADP+-dependent gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) dehydrogenase activity of either rat brain or kidney was found to inhibit only approximately 50% of the conversion of [1-14C]GHB to 14CO2 by rat kidney homogenate. A similar result was obtained with sodium valproate, a potent inhibitor of GHB dehydrogenase. The mitochondrial fraction from rat brain and kidney was found to catalyze the conversion of [1-14C]GHB to 14CO2. The dialyzed mitochondrial fraction also catalyzed the oxidation of GHB to succinic semialdehyde (SSA) in a reaction that did not require added NAD+ or NADP+ and which was not inhibited by sodium valproate. The enzyme from the mitochondrial fraction which converts GHB to SSA appears to be distinct from the NADP+-dependent cytosolic oxidoreductase which catalyzes this reaction.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D006884:Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006885:Hydroxybutyrates / Q000378:metabolism*; D007118:Immunoassay; D007668:Kidney / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D009243:NAD / Q000494:pharmacology; D009249:NADP / Q000494:pharmacology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012978:Sodium Oxybate / Q000378:metabolism*; D014635:Valproic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006885:Hydroxybutyrates; D009243:NAD; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D009249:NADP; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D014635:Valproic Acid; D012978:Sodium Oxybate; D006884:Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase; C019416:4-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase; C009338:succinic semialdehyde