title: Abbreviated half-lives and impaired fuel utilization in carnitine palmitoyltransferase II variant fibroblasts.
abstract: Carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPT II) deficiency is one of the most common causes of fatty acid oxidation metabolism disorders. However, the molecular mechanism between CPT2 gene polymorphisms and metabolic stress has not been fully clarified. We previously reported that a number of patients show a thermal instable phenotype of compound hetero/homozygous variants of CPT II. To understand the mechanism of the metabolic disorder resulting from CPT II deficiency, the present study investigated CPT II variants in patient fibroblasts, [c.1102 G>A (p.V368I)] (heterozygous), [c.1102 G>A (p.V368I)] (homozygous), and [c.1055 T>G (p.F352C)] (heterozygous) + [c.1102 G>A (p.V368I)] (homozygous) compared with fibroblasts from healthy controls. CPT II variants exerted an effect of dominant negative on the homotetrameric proteins that showed thermal instability, reduced residual enzyme activities and a short half-life. Moreover, CPT II variant fibroblasts showed a significant decrease in fatty acid β-oxidation and adenosine triphosphate generation, combined with a reduced mitochondrial membrane potential, resulting in cellular apoptosis. Collectively, our data indicate that the CPT II deficiency induces an energy crisis of the fatty acid metabolic pathway. These findings may contribute to the elucidation of the genetic factors involved in metabolic disorder encephalopathy caused by the CPT II deficiency.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, P. R. China; School of Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Dengfu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Rongrong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yuting
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Yuanyuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Division of Enzyme Chemistry, Institute for Enzyme Research, the University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kido
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration, Co-innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Dengbing
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004795:Enzyme Stability / Q000235:genetics; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D005838:Genotype; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D053078:Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial; D008661:Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000235:genetics*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D002334:Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase