title: [Deperoxidation of hydroperoxylinoleic acid by the intestinal mucosa].
abstract: In the presence of glutathione, a homogenate of rat intestinal mucosa transforms linoleic acid hydroperoxide (LOOH) into the corresponding alcohol (LOH). The Km of the enzyme involved (a glutathione peroxidase) is 5.7 x 10(-6) M. The specific activity, measured as generated LOH, was found to be 0.058 mumol/mg protein/min, six times lower than that of the liver. A mitochondrial supernatant of the mucosal homogenate had 1.5 times the activity of the initial homogenate. The reduction of 1 mol LOOH requires 2 mol glutathione. Besides this enzymatic deperoxidation, 5% of the LOOH was decomposed in both the intestinal mucosa and liver by a non-enzymatic pathway, probably involving the Fe3+ of the haemoproteins.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology*; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D008041:Linoleic Acids; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; C008285:linoleic acid hydroperoxide; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase
vernacular_title: Déperoxydation de l'acide hydroperoxylinoléique par la muqueuse intestinale.