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. 1986 May 15;236(1):137–141. doi: 10.1042/bj2360137

Carnitine palmitoyltransferase in liver and five extrahepatic tissues in the rat. Inhibition by DL-2-bromopalmitoyl-CoA and effect of hypothyroidism.

E D Saggerson, C A Carpenter
PMCID: PMC1146797  PMID: 3790066

Abstract

Mitochondria were isolated from rat adult liver, foetal liver, kidney cortex, heart, skeletal muscle and interscapular brown adipose tissue. DL-2-Bromopalmitoyl-CoA inhibited the overt form of carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT1) in heart, skeletal muscle and brown adipose tissue, with an IC50 value (concentration giving 50% inhibition) of 1.3-1.6 microM. By contrast, the IC50 value for inhibition of the kidney or adult liver enzyme was 0.08-0.1 microM. CPT1 in near-term foetal liver differed from that in adult liver in that the IC50 for inhibition by 2-bromopalmitoyl-CoA was 0.57 microM. It is suggested that there may be tissue-specific forms of the catalytic entity of CPT1 and that foetal liver may contain a mixture of adult liver- and muscle-type enzymes. In rats made hypothyroid by administration of propylthiouracil and an iodine-deficient diet, hepatic CPT1 activity was decreased by 83%. However, CPT1 activity in extrahepatic tissues showed no adaptive decrease in hypothyroidism.

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