Murgasova, Renata, Tor Carreras, Ester and Bourgailh, Julien (2018) In Vitro Monitoring of the Mitochondrial Beta-Oxidation Flux of Palmitic Acid and Investigation of Its Pharmacological Alteration by Therapeutics. European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics. pp. 1-10. ISSN 2107-0180

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:
The present study was designed to validate the functional assay that enables rapid screening of therapeutic candidates for their effect on mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation.

METHODS:
The two whole-cell systems (tissue homogenates and hepatocytes) have been evaluated to monitor the total beta-oxidation flux of physiologically important 3H-palmitic acid by measurement of tritiated water enrichment in incubations using UPLC coupled on-line to radioactivity monitoring and mass spectrometry.

RESULTS:
Our results with several known inhibitors of fatty acid oxidation showed that this simple assay could correctly predict a potential in alteration of mitochondrial function by drug candidates. Since the beta-oxidation of palmitic acid takes place almost exclusively in mitochondria of human hepatocytes, this model can be also utilized to distinguish between the mitochondrial and peroxisomal routes of this essential metabolic pathway in some cases.

CONCLUSIONS:
The present work offers a new in vitro screen of changes in mitochondrial beta-oxidation by xenobiotics as well as a model to study the mechanism of this pathway.

Item Type:	Article
Date Deposited:	23 Aug 2018 00:45
Last Modified:	23 Aug 2018 00:45
URI:	https://oak.novartis.com/id/eprint/37297