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. 1992 Sep 15;286(Pt 3):879–887. doi: 10.1042/bj2860879

The metabolism of tetradecylthiopropionic acid, a 4-thia stearic acid, in the rat. In vivo and in vitro studies.

E Hvattum 1, S Skrede 1, J Bremer 1, M Solbakken 1
PMCID: PMC1132986  PMID: 1417748

Abstract

The metabolism of [1-14C]tetradecylthiopropionic acid (TTP), a 4-thia stearic acid, and its sulphoxide, [1-14C]texadecylsulphoxypropionic acid (TTP-SO), has been studied in intact rats, in isolated rat hepatocytes, and in rat liver mitochondria. Two pathways of oxidation (beta-oxidation and omega-oxidation) have been demonstrated. TTP is incorporated, in vivo, into tissue triacylglycerol and phospholipids, it is oxidized to CO2, and it is excreted in urine, mainly as carboxypropylsulphoxypropionic acid and a little as carboxymethylsulphoxypropionic acid. TTP-SO is metabolized, in vivo, more rapidly to the same two omega-oxidation products. In hepatocytes TTP is incorporated into triacylglycerol and phospholipids even more rapidly than stearic acid. It is recovered mainly in the 1-position of phosphatidylcholine. Some is oxidized to CO2 and acid-soluble products. TTP-SO is mainly omega-oxidized to the same metabolites as are found in urine. A small fraction is incorporated into phospholipids or oxidized to CO2. In isolated mitochondria [1-14C]TTP is converted into 14CO2, radioactive malonic semialdehyde, and addition products of malonic semialdehyde. In the presence of phenylhydrazine, malonic semialdehyde phenylhydrazone is the dominating product. In soluble extracts of mitochondria [1-14C]malonic semialdehyde is oxidized directly to 14CO2 in the presence of CoA and NAD+, probably by the (methyl)malonic acid semialdehyde dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.27).

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