title: Diabetes and proteolysis: effects on carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I and malonyl-CoA binding.
abstract: Malonyl-CoA binding and malonyl-CoA inhibition of carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I (CPT-I) were measured in hepatic mitochondria from normal and diabetic rats and in protease-treated mitochondria from fed rats to test the hypothesis that proteolysis represents a mechanism by which diabetes produces changes in the sensitivity of CPT-I to inhibition by malonyl-CoA. As in diabetes, protease treatment increased the apparent Ki values for malonyl-CoA. Palmitoyl-CoA greatly diminished malonyl-CoA specific binding in the mitochondrial system being studied, suggesting strong competition at the malonyl-CoA binding site. Proteolysis decreased capacity for specific binding of malonyl-CoA by 60-80%, but it had no effect on binding affinity. In contrast, the decreased specific binding of malonyl-CoA seen in the diabetic state is accompanied by increased binding affinity. Furthermore, observed Kd values differed from Ki values by a factor of 10 or more, suggesting that measured Kd and Ki may represent different ligand-protein complexes. These data suggest that alterations in inhibition of CPT-I by malonyl-CoA occurring in the diabetic state may involve mechanisms other than simple proteolytic removal of malonyl-CoA binding sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee-Memphis 38163, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kashfi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cagen
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase; D010450:Endopeptidases