Abstract
In this study we investigated the presence of short-chain acyl-CoA hydrolases in rat liver mitochondria. One acetyl-CoA-hydrolyzing enzyme with a molecular mass of about 48 kDa was purified to apparent homogeneity as judged by SDS/PAGE. Immunoprecipitation experiments with antibodies raised to the purified protein showed that this enzyme corresponds to a minor portion of the total mitochondrial acetyl-CoA hydrolase activity, most (about 90%) of the total activity being due to an enzyme which was labile and required Triton X-100 for its stability. Neither of these acetyl-CoA-hydrolyzing enzymes appeared to be induced by treatment of rats with di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, a peroxisome proliferator which mediates induction of several cytosolic and mitochondrial long-chain acyl-CoA thioesterases. In addition, an enzyme that hydrolyzed acetoacetyl-CoA was partially purified; it was induced about 3.5-fold by di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate treatment. In conclusion, these results demonstrate that rat liver mitochondria contain several enzymes capable of hydrolyzing short-chain acyl-CoA, indicating that regulation of the metabolism of short-chain acyl-CoAs and formation of ketone bodies, could be complex.
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