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Fuctional Relationship between Rate of Fatty Acid Oxidation and Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase I Activity in Various Rat Tissues

  • Cho, Yu-Lee (Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Do, Kyung-Oh (Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Kwon, Tae-Dong (Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Jang, Eung-Chan (Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Lee, Keun-Mi (Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Lee, Suck-Kang (Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Yeon (Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
  • Published : 2003.08.21
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Abstract

Lipids play many structural and metabolic roles, and dietary fat has great impact on metabolism and health. Fatty acid oxidation rate is dependent on tissue types. However there has been no report on the relationship between the rate of fatty acid oxidation and carnitine transport system in outer mitochondrial membrane of many tissues. In this study, the rate of fatty acid oxidation and carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) I activity in the carnitine transport system were measured to understand the metabolic characteristics of fatty acid in various tissues. Palmitic acid oxidation rate and CPT I activity in various tissues were measured. Tissues were obtained from the white and red skeletal muscles, heart, liver, kidney and brain of rats. The highest lipid oxidation rate was demonstrated in the cardiac muscle, and the lowest oxidation rate was in brain. Red gastrocnemius muscle followed to the cardiac muscle. Lipid oxidation rates of kidney, white gastrocnemius muscle and liver were similar, ranging from 101 to 126 DPM/mg/hr. CPT I activity in the cardiac muscle was the highest, red gastrocnemius muscle followed by liver. Brain tissue showed the lowest CPT I activity as well as lipid oxidation rate, although the values were not significantly different from those of kidney and white gastrocnemius muscle. Therefore, lipid oxidation rate was highly (p＜0.001) related to CPT I activity. Lipid oxidation rate is variable, depending on tissue types, and is highly (p＜0.001) related to CPT I activity. CPT I activity may be a good marker to indicate lipid oxidation capacity in various tissues.

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