title: Effects of perfluorocarboxylic acids on the activities of acyl-CoA elongations in vivo and in vitro.
abstract: Effects of perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) on proportions of oleic acid and cis-vaccenic acid through acyl-CoA chain elongation systems have been studied in the liver of rats. Administration of PFCAs caused a significant increase in palmitoyl-CoA chain elongation activity while these chemicals did not affect palmitoleoyl-CoA chain elongation activity in vivo. Condensation for both palmitoyl-CoA and palmitoleoyl-CoA were inhibited by PFCAs in vitro at the concentrations, which were physiologically found in the liver of rats treated with the PFCAs. Delta9 Desaturase, which catalyzes both stearoyl-CoA desaturation and palmitoyl-CoA desaturation, was induced by the treatments of rats with the PFCAs. The administration of the PFCAs to rats caused a marked increase in proportion of oleic acid, while that of cis-vaccenic acid was not affected at all. These results strongly suggest that the induced palmitoyl-CoA chain elongation by PFCAs, which exist in the liver, effectively produces oleic acid in concert with the induced stearoyl-CoA desaturase, but the inhibitory effects of PFCAs on either palmitoyl-CoA chain elongation or palmitoleoyl-CoA chain elongation are not crucial for the formation of the elongated fatty acids in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Keyakidai 1-1, Sakado, Saitama 350-0295, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toyama
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mitsumoto
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawashima
mesh_terms: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002264:Carboxylic Acids / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D002264:Carboxylic Acids; D005466:Fluorocarbons