In vitro effects of valproate and valproate metabolites on mitochondrial oxidations. Relevance of CoA sequestration to the observed inhibitions.

Ponchaut, Sylvie;Van Hoof, François;Veitch, Keith
(1992) Biochemical Pharmacology — Vol. 43, n° 11, p. 2435-2442 (1992)

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  • Ponchaut, Sylvie
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  • Van Hoof, FrançoisUCLouvain
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  • Veitch, Keith
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The inhibitory effects of valproate (VPA) and nine of its metabolites on mitochondrial oxidations have been investigated. Valproate, 4-ene-VPE, 2,4-diene-VPA and 2-propylglutaric acid inhibited the rate of oxygen consumption by rat liver mitochondrial fractions with long- and medium-chain fatty acids, glutamate (+/- malate), succinate, alpha-ketoglutarate (+ malate) and pyruvate (+ malate) as substrates. Sequestration of intramitochondrial free CoA by valproate and these three metabolites has been demonstrated and quantified. However, CoA trapping could not account for all the inhibitions observed. 2-ene-VPA and 3-oxo-VPA, metabolites formed during the beta-oxidation of valproate, were not capable of trapping intramitochondrial CoA although they were inhibitors of the beta-oxidation of decanoate, probably by inhibition of the medium-chain acyl-CoA synthetase.
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Ponchaut, S., Van Hoof, F., & Veitch, K. (1992). In vitro effects of valproate and valproate metabolites on mitochondrial oxidations. Relevance of CoA sequestration to the observed inhibitions. Biochemical Pharmacology, 43(11), 2435-2442. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/30538 (Original work published 1992)