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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 258, Issue 1-2, Pages 171-182Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1023/B:MCBI.0000012853.20116.06
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mildronate; heart perfusion; fatty acid transport; isolated mitochondria; carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I; esterification; gene regulation
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The metabolic and genic effects induced by a 20-fold lowering of carnitine content in the heart were studied in mildronate-treated rats. In the perfused heart, the proportion of palmitate taken up then oxidized was 5 - 10% lower, while the triacylglycerol (TAG) formation was 100% greater than in controls. The treatment was shown to increase the maximal capacity of heart homogenates to oxidize palmitate, the mRNA level of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT-I) isoforms, the specific activity of CPT-I in subsarcolemmal mitochondria and the total carnitine content of isolated mitochondria. Concomitantly, the increased mRNA expression of lipoprotein lipase, fatty acid translocase and enzymes of TAG synthesis was associated with a 5- and 2-times increase in serum TAG and free fatty acid contents, respectively. The compartmentation of carnitine at its main functional location was expected to allow the increased CPT-I activity to ensure in vivo correct fatty acid oxidation rates. All the inductions related to fatty acid transport, oxidation and esterification most likely stem from the abundance of blood lipids providing cardiomyocytes with more fatty acids.
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