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A spectrophotometric procedure for rapid and sensitive measurements of β-oxidation. Demonstration of factors that can be rate-limiting for β-oxidation
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| Zeitschriftentitel: | Biochemical Journal |
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| Personen und Körperschaften: | , |
| In: | Biochemical Journal, 164, 1977, 3, S. 621-633 |
| Format: | E-Article |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| veröffentlicht: |
Portland Press Ltd.
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| Zusammenfassung: | <jats:p>1. A spectrophotometric direct-reading assay for measurements of beta-oxidation by intact mitochondria is described. The procedure relies on the ability of ferricyanide to trap reducing equivalents generated by the acyl-CoA dehydrogenases (EC 1.3.99.3). The reduction of ferricyanide was recorded by using a dual-wavelength spectrophotometer. 2. Oxaloacetate or acetoacetate was used to stimulate the rate of beta-oxidation by rotenone-blocked mitochondria. Although both were effective with rat liver mitochondria, oxaloacetate gave about 75% more stimulation. With heart or kidney mitochondria, only oxaloacetate gave marked stimulation. Acetoacetate had no stimulatory effect with heart mitochondria, but a small stimulatory effect on the rate of beta-oxidation by kidney mitochondria. 3. The stoicheiometry of beta-oxidation-dependent reduction of ferricyanide was examined, and good correlations were found between experimental and theoretical amounts of ferricyanide reduced. 4. Ferricyanide appears as efficient a final electron acceptor as O2. With ferricyanide the rate of beta-oxidation by heart mitochondria can be measured without interference from the oxidation of tricarboxylic acid-cycle intermediates.</jats:p> |
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| Umfang: | 621-633 |
| ISSN: |
0264-6021
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| DOI: | 10.1042/bj1640621 |