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. 1988 Feb 1;249(3):801–806. doi: 10.1042/bj2490801

Fatty acid metabolism in hepatocytes isolated from rats adapted to high-fat diets containing long- or medium-chain triacylglycerols.

J P Pégorier 1, P H Duée 1, C Herbin 1, P Y Laulan 1, C Bladé 1, J Peret 1, J Girard 1
PMCID: PMC1148777  PMID: 3355499

Abstract

Fatty acid oxidation and synthesis were studied in isolated hepatocytes from adult rats adapted for 44 days on low-fat, high-carbohydrate (LF), diet or high-fat diets, composed of long-chain (LCT) or medium-chain (MCT) triacylglycerols. The rates of [1-14C]octanoate oxidation were almost similar in each group studied, whereas the oxidation of [1-14C]oleate was 50% lower in the LF group than in animals adapted to high-fat diets. The rates of oleate oxidation are inversely correlated with the rates of lipogenesis. However, it seems unlikely that [malonyl-CoA] itself represents the sole mechanism involved in the regulation of oleate oxidation during long-term LCT or MCT feeding, since: (1) despite a 3-fold higher concentration of malonyl-CoA in MCT-fed rats than in LCT-fed ones, the rates of oleate oxidation are similar; (2) when malonyl-CoA concentration is increased after stimulation of lipogenesis (by adding lactate + pyruvate) in MCT-fed rats, to a level comparable with that of the LF group, the rate of oleate oxidation remains 55% higher than that measured under similar conditions in the LF-fed rats; (3) in the LF group, the 90% decrease in malonyl-CoA concentration [by 5-(tetradecyloxy)-2-furoic acid] is not associated with a stimulation of oleate oxidation. By contrast, the sensitivity of carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (CPT I) to malonyl-CoA is markedly decreased in the LCT- and MCT-fed rats, by 90% and 70% respectively. The relevance of this decrease in the sensitivity of CPT I is discussed.

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