Abstract:
:The morphologic effects of different sulfur-substituted mono- and dicarboxylic fatty acids on rat hepatocytes have been examined. The substance 1,10-biscarboxymethylthiodecane (BCMTD) is blocked for both beta- and omega-oxidation, whereas 1-monocarboxymethylthiodecane (CMTTD) is only non-beta-oxidizable. At equimolar doses BCMTD was considerably more potent than CMTTD in hypertrophic liver enlargement. At the ultrastructural level, BCMTD increased the volume fraction of the peroxisomes by a factor of 8, and their size and number by factors of 2.1 and 6.4, respectively. Furthermore, the frequency of dense cores in the peroxisomes decreased from 60 to 8%. CMTTD resulted in an increased volume fraction of peroxisomes (4.5-fold), in the mean volume (1.9-fold), and in the number of peroxisomes (3.7-fold). At the mitochondrial level, a gradual development toward megamitochondria was observed after CMTTD administration. BCMTD, however, increased the number of mitochondria but they tended to be smaller. Administration of both acids increased peroxisomal beta-oxidation and mitochondrial carnitine palmitoyltransferase activity, whereas the lipid content of hepatocytes was reduced with increasing doses of CMTTD and especially BCMTD. The acid 1-mono(carboxyethylthio)tetradecane (CETTD), which is able to undergo one cycle of beta-oxidation, caused no change in liver weight, and only marginal effects on peroxisomes and mitochondria were observed. In contrast to the BCMTD and CMTTD feeding, the animals developed a tremendous accumulation of fat in the livers: the volume fraction of lipid droplets increased 23-fold after CETTD feeding.
journal_name
J Struct Bioljournal_title
Journal of structural biologyauthors
Kryvi H,Aarsland A,Berge RKdoi
10.1016/1047-8477(90)90044-dsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1990-05-01 00:00:00pages
257-65issue
3eissn
1047-8477issn
1095-8657journal_volume
103pub_type
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