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. 1976 Jun 15;156(3):603–607. doi: 10.1042/bj1560603

Lipogenesis from ketone bodies in rat brain. Evidence for conversion of acetoacetate into acetyl-coenzyme A in the cytosol.

M S Patel, O E Owen
PMCID: PMC1163794  PMID: 949342

Abstract

The metabolism of acetoacetate via a proposed cytosolic pathway in brain of 1-week-old rats was investigated. (-)-Hydroxycitrate, an inhibitor of ATP citrate lyase, markedly inhibited the incorporation of carbon from labelled glucose and 3-hydroxybutyrate into cerebral lipids, but had no effect on the incorporation of labelled acetate and acetoacetate into brain lipids. Similarly, n-butylmalonate and benzene-1,2,3-tricarboxylate inhibited the incorporation of labelled 3-hydroxybutyrate but not of acetoacetate into cerebral lipids. These inhibitors had no effect on the oxidation to 14CO2 of the labelled substrates used. (-)-Hydroxycitrate decreased the incorporation of 3H from 3H2O into cerebral lipids by slices metabolizing either glucose or 3-hydroxybutyrate, but not in the presence of acetoacetate. (-)-Hydroxycitrate also differentially inhibited the incorporation of [2-14C]-leucine and [U-14C]leucine into cerebral lipids. The data show that, although the acetyl moiety of acetyl-CoA generated in brain mitochondria is largely translocated as citrate from these organelles to the cytosol, a cytosolic pathway exists by which acetoacetate is converted directly into acetyl-COA in this cellular compartment.

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