Partitioning of polyunsaturated fatty acid oxidation between mitochondria and peroxisomes in isolated rat hepatocytes studied by HPLC separation of oxidation products

摘要

The extent of mitochondrial and peroxisomal contribution to β-oxidation of 18-, 20- and 24-carbon n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in intact rat hepatocytes is not fully clear. In this study, we analyzed radiolabeled acid soluble oxidation products by HPLC to identify mitochondrial and peroxisomal oxidation of 24:5n-3, 18- and 20-carbon n-3 and n-6 PUFAs. Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation produced high levels of ketone bodies, tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates and CO_2, while peroxisomal β-oxidation released acetate. Inhibition of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation with 2-tetradecylglycidic acid (TDGA), high amounts of [~(14)C]acetate from oxidation of 24:5n-3, 18- and 20-carbon PUFAs were observed. In the absence of TDGA, high amounts of [~(14)C]-labeled mitochondrial oxidation products were formed from oxidation of 24:5n-3, 18- and 20-carbon PUFAs. With 18:1n-9, high amounts of mitochondrial oxidation products were formed in the absence of TDGA, and TDGA strongly suppressed the oxidation of this fatty acid. Data of this study indicated that a shift in the partitioning from mitochondrial to peroxisomal oxidation differed for each individual fatty acid and is a specific property of 24:5n-3, 18- and 20-carbon n-3 and n-6 PUFAs. [~(14)C]22:6n-3 was detected with [3-~(14)C]24:5n-3, but not with [1-~(14)C]24:5n-3 at the substrate, while [~(14)C]16:0 was detected with [1-~(14)C]24:5n-3, but not with [3-~(14)C]24:5n-3 as the substrate. Furthermore, the amounts of ~(14)CO_2 were similar when cells were incubated with [3-~(14)C]24:5n-3 versus [1~(14)C]24:5n-3. These findings indicated that the proportion of 24:5n-3 oxidized in mitochondria was high, and that 24:5n-3 and 24:6n-3 were mostly β-oxidized only one cycle in peroxisomes.