Journal
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS
Volume 1771, Issue 4, Pages 533-543Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2007.01.010
Keywords
valproic acid; Delta(4)-valproic acid; fatty acid activation; acyl-CoA synthetase; drug induced steatosis; steatosis mechanism
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The hypothesis whether valproic acid (VPA) and its main microsomal metabolite, Delta(4) -valproic acid, can be activated to the respective CoA esters in the cell cytosol was investigated. The valproyl-CoA formation was measured in different subcellular fractions obtained by differential centrifugation of liver homogenates of rats treated with VPA (studies ex vivo) and digitonin fractionation of rat hepatocytes incubated with VPA and cofactors (studies in vitro). The results show that VPA activation may occur in the cytosol and is not restricted to the mitochondrial matrix as believed until now. Furthermore, the activation of Delta(4)-VPA is demonstrated in vitro. Valproyl-CoA and Delta(4)-valproyl-CoA were detected after in vitro incubations and the former also in the mitochondrial and cytosolic fractions obtained from liver cells of treated rats. The activation to valproyl-CoA was characterized in cytosolic fractions, optimized with respect to time and protein and the kinetic constants (K-m(app)) were estimated for the reaction substrates. Other medium-chain fatty acids decreased the formation of valproyl-CoA suggesting a competition for both mitochondrial and extramitochondrial VPA activating enzymes. The present findings suggest additional mechanisms of mitochondrial dysfunction associated with VPA, and they may contribute to the further understanding of the toxic effects associated with this drug. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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