title: Hepatic sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferases: effect of monoacylglycerol analogs on mitochondrial and microsomal activities.
abstract: The regulation of cellular diacylglycerol levels may have important consequences for protein kinase C activity. Because monoacylglycerols were said to inhibit the committed step of glycerolipid synthesis, the sn-glycerol-3-P acyltransferase (glycerol-P acyltransferase), we determined (1) whether both the mitochondrial and the microsomal glycerol-P acyltransferase isoenzymes were inhibited by 1- and 2-mono-18:1-glycerols, and their ether and amide analogs and (2) what the mechanism of inhibition was. 1- and 2-mono-18:1-glycerols, their ether and amide analogs, and 1-mono-18:1-glycerol 3-phosphate were all competitive inhibitors of the microsomal glycerol-P acyltransferase activity. The relative Ki values suggested that inhibition was strongest with the radyl group at the sn-1 position and that an oxygen bond is important at the sn-1 position. Although the monoacyl- and monoalkylglycerols were also competitive inhibitors of the mitochondrial glycerol-P acyltransferase, neither of the amide analogs was an inhibitor, suggesting that an oxygen bond is essential at both the sn-1 and sn-2 positions. Because monoradylglycerols inhibit several enzyme activities that contribute to the biosynthesis or the metabolism of diacylglycerol, these inhibitors may function within cells in part to regulate cellular diacylglycerol levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004075:Diglycerides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005989:Glycerides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005992:Glycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D004075:Diglycerides; D005989:Glycerides; D000217:Acyltransferases; D005992:Glycerol-3-Phosphate O-Acyltransferase