title: Characterization of cardiac malonyl-CoA decarboxylase and its putative role in regulating fatty acid oxidation.
abstract: Malonyl-CoA is a potent inhibitor of fatty acid uptake into the mitochondria. Although the synthesis of malonyl-CoA in the heart by acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) has been well characterized, no information is available as to how malonyl-CoA is degraded. We demonstrate that malonyl-CoA decarboxylase (MCD) activity is present in the heart. Partial purification revealed a protein of approximately 50 kDa. The role of MCD in regulating fatty acid oxidation was also studied using isolated, perfused hearts from newborn rabbits and adult rats. Fatty acid oxidation in rabbit hearts increased dramatically between 1 day and 7 days after birth, which was accompanied by a decrease in both ACC activity and malonyl-CoA levels and a parallel increase in MCD activity. When adult rat hearts were aerobically reperfused after a 30-min period of no-flow ischemia, levels of malonyl-CoA decreased dramatically, which was accompanied by a decrease in ACC activity, a maintained MCD activity, and an increase in fatty acid oxidation rates. Taken together, our data suggest that the heart has an active MCD that has an important role in regulating fatty acid oxidation rates.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Research and Lipid Lipoprotein Research Groups, Departments of Pediatrics and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2S2.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Dyck
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Kolattukudy
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Lopaschuk
mesh_terms: D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases; C021532:malonyl-CoA decarboxylase; D000103:Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase