title: Cycloheximide blocks changes in rat liver carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 activity in starvation.
abstract: Starvation (24h) increased the maximum activity of carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 in rat liver and increased the concentration of malonyl-CoA required to cause 50% inhibition of the enzyme (I50). Re-feeding (24h) with a standard cube diet or a high-carbohydrate diet reversed both of these changes, whereas re-feeding with a high-fat diet did not. Administration of cycloheximide (200 micrograms/100 g body wt.) blocked the increases in carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 activity and I50 on starvation. It is suggested that increase in carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 activity in starvation may involve synthesis of new enzyme.
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D000818:Animals; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005502:Food; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013217:Starvation / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A; D003513:Cycloheximide; D000217:Acyltransferases; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase