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Mitochondrial trifunctional protein and long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiencies are fatty acid oxidation disorders biochemically characterized by tissue accumulation of long-chain fatty acids and derivatives, including the monocarboxylic long-chain 3-hydroxy fatty acids (LCHFAs) 3-hydroxytetradecanoic acid (3HTA) and 3-hydroxypalmitic acid (3HPA). Patients commonly present severe cardiomyopathy for which the pathogenesis is still poorly established. We investigated the effects of 3HTA and 3HPA, the major metabolites accumulating in these disorders, on important parameters of mitochondrial homeostasis in Ca(2+) -loaded heart mitochondria. 3HTA and 3HPA significantly decreased mitochondrial membrane potential, the matrix NAD(P)H pool and Ca(2+) retention capacity, and also induced mitochondrial swelling. These fatty acids also provoked a marked decrease of ATP production reflecting severe energy dysfunction. Furthermore, 3HTA-induced mitochondrial alterations were completely prevented by the classical mitochondrial permeability transition (mPT) inhibitors cyclosporin A and ADP, as well as by ruthenium red, a Ca(2+) uptake blocker, indicating that LCHFAs induced Ca(2+)-dependent mPT pore opening. Milder effects only achieved at higher doses of LCHFAs were observed in brain mitochondria, implying a higher vulnerability of heart to these fatty acids. By contrast, 3HTA and docosanoic acids did not change mitochondrial homeostasis, indicating selective effects for monocarboxylic LCHFAs. The present data indicate that the major LCHFAs accumulating in mitochondrial trifunctional protein and long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiencies induce mPT pore opening, compromising Ca(2+) homeostasis and oxidative phosphorylation more intensely in the heart. It is proposed that these pathomechanisms may contribute at least in part to the severe cardiac alterations characteristic of patients affected by these diseases.
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Sinalização do Cálcio , 3-Hidroxiacil-CoA Desidrogenase de Cadeia Longa/metabolismo , Mitocôndrias Cardíacas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Transporte da Membrana Mitocondrial/metabolismo , Ácidos Mirísticos/metabolismo , Fosforilação Oxidativa , Ácidos Palmíticos/metabolismo , Trifosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo , Animais , Bloqueadores dos Canais de Cálcio/farmacologia , Sinalização do Cálcio/efeitos dos fármacos , Cardiomiopatias/enzimologia , Cardiomiopatias/metabolismo , Permeabilidade da Membrana Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Humanos , Erros Inatos do Metabolismo Lipídico/enzimologia , Erros Inatos do Metabolismo Lipídico/metabolismo , 3-Hidroxiacil-CoA Desidrogenase de Cadeia Longa/deficiência , Potencial da Membrana Mitocondrial/efeitos dos fármacos , Mitocôndrias Cardíacas/efeitos dos fármacos , Mitocôndrias Cardíacas/enzimologia , Membranas Mitocondriais/efeitos dos fármacos , Membranas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Miopatias Mitocondriais/enzimologia , Miopatias Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Poro de Transição de Permeabilidade Mitocondrial , Dilatação Mitocondrial/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteína Mitocondrial Trifuncional/deficiência , Proteína Mitocondrial Trifuncional/metabolismo , NADP/metabolismo , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/enzimologia , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso/metabolismo , Especificidade de Órgãos , Fosforilação Oxidativa/efeitos dos fármacos , Ratos Wistar , Rabdomiólise/enzimologia , Rabdomiólise/metabolismoRESUMO
Cardiomyopathy is a common clinical feature of some inherited disorders of mitochondrial fatty acid ß-oxidation including mitochondrial trifunctional protein (MTP) and isolated long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) deficiencies. Since individuals affected by these disorders present tissue accumulation of various fatty acids, including long-chain 3-hydroxy fatty acids, in the present study we investigated the effect of 3-hydroxydecanoic (3 HDCA), 3-hydroxydodecanoic (3 HDDA), 3-hydroxytetradecanoic (3 HTA) and 3-hydroxypalmitic (3 HPA) acids on mitochondrial oxidative metabolism, estimated by oximetry, NAD(P)H content, hydrogen peroxide production, membrane potential (ΔΨ) and swelling in rat heart mitochondrial preparations. We observed that 3 HTA and 3 HPA increased resting respiration and diminished the respiratory control and ADP/O ratios using glutamate/malate or succinate as substrates. Furthermore, 3 HDDA, 3 HTA and 3 HPA decreased ΔΨ, the matrix NAD(P)H pool and hydrogen peroxide production. These data indicate that these fatty acids behave as uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation. We also verified that 3 HTA-induced uncoupling-effect was not mediated by the adenine nucleotide translocator and that this fatty acid induced the mitochondrial permeability transition pore opening in calcium-loaded organelles since cyclosporin A prevented the reduction of mitochondrial ΔΨ and swelling provoked by 3 HTA. The present data indicate that major 3-hydroxylated fatty acids accumulating in MTP and LCHAD deficiencies behave as strong uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation potentially impairing heart energy homeostasis.
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3-Hidroxiacil-CoA Desidrogenases/metabolismo , Cardiomiopatias/metabolismo , Ácidos Graxos/metabolismo , Erros Inatos do Metabolismo Lipídico/metabolismo , Potencial da Membrana Mitocondrial/fisiologia , Mitocôndrias Cardíacas/metabolismo , Proteínas Mitocondriais/metabolismo , Proteínas Musculares/metabolismo , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Fosforilação Oxidativa , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Periférico/metabolismo , Retinose Pigmentar/metabolismo , 3-Hidroxiacil-CoA Desidrogenases/deficiência , Animais , Peróxido de Hidrogênio/metabolismo , 3-Hidroxiacil-CoA Desidrogenase de Cadeia Longa , Miopatias Mitocondriais , Proteína Mitocondrial Trifuncional/deficiência , Doenças do Sistema Nervoso , Oxirredução , Consumo de Oxigênio , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , RabdomióliseRESUMO
LCHAD deficiency is a disorder of fatty acid beta oxidation. The most common clinical presentation includes disorders of consciousness, hypoglycemia and liver dysfunction triggered by prolonged fasting or infection. Once a metabolic crisis is triggered, there is a high mortality. HELLP syndrome and acute fatty liver failure of pregnancy (AFLP) are disorders of the third trimester of pregnancy. These diseases have been associated during pregnancy with hereditary defects of beta-oxidation in the fetus. We report a case of beta-oxidation disorder (LCHAD deficiency) associated with maternal HELLP. We described a peak of lipid and lactic on magnetic resonance spectroscopic of this patient. The investigation of these beta-oxidation disorders at birth, with a history of maternal HELLP, allows the diagnosis of the disease prior to developing symptoms.
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3-Hidroxiacil-CoA Desidrogenases/deficiência , Síndrome HELLP , Erros Inatos do Metabolismo/diagnóstico , 3-Hidroxiacil-CoA Desidrogenases/genética , 3-Hidroxiacil-CoA Desidrogenases/metabolismo , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , 3-Hidroxiacil-CoA Desidrogenase de Cadeia Longa , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Erros Inatos do Metabolismo/genética , Erros Inatos do Metabolismo/metabolismo , GravidezRESUMO
Accumulation of long-chain 3-hydroxy fatty acids is the biochemical hallmark of long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) and mitochondrial trifunctional protein (MTP) deficiencies. These disorders are clinically characterized by neurological symptoms, such as convulsions and lethargy, as well as by cardiomyopathy and muscle weakness. In the present work we investigated the in vitro effect of 3-hydroxydodecanoic (3HDA), 3-hydroxytetradecanoic (3HTA) and 3-hydroxypalmitic (3HPA) acids, which accumulate in these disorders, on important oxidative stress parameters in cerebral cortex of young rats in the hope to clarify the mechanisms leading to the brain damage found in patients affected by these disorders. It was first verified that these compounds significantly induced lipid peroxidation, as determined by increased thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances levels. In addition, carbonyl formation was significantly increased and sulfhydryl content decreased by 3HTA and 3HPA, which indicates that these fatty acids elicit protein oxidative damage. 3HTA and 3HPA also diminished the reduced glutathione (GSH) levels, without affecting nitrate and nitrite production. Finally, we observed that the addition of the antioxidants and free radical scavengers trolox and deferoxamine (DFO) was able to partially prevent lipid oxidative damage, whereas DFO fully prevented the reduction on GSH levels induced by 3HTA. Our present data showing that 3HDA, 3HTA and 3HPA elicit oxidative stress in rat brain indicate that oxidative damage may represent an important pathomechanism involved in the neurologic symptoms manifested by patients affected by LCHAD and MTP deficiencies.
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3-Hidroxiacil-CoA Desidrogenases/deficiência , Encefalopatias Metabólicas/metabolismo , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Transtornos do Metabolismo dos Lipídeos/metabolismo , Complexos Multienzimáticos/deficiência , Ácidos Mirísticos/toxicidade , Estresse Oxidativo/fisiologia , Ácidos Palmíticos/toxicidade , Animais , Encéfalo/efeitos dos fármacos , Encefalopatias Metabólicas/induzido quimicamente , Ácidos Decanoicos/metabolismo , Ácidos Decanoicos/toxicidade , Ácidos Graxos/metabolismo , Ácidos Graxos/toxicidade , Transtornos do Metabolismo dos Lipídeos/induzido quimicamente , 3-Hidroxiacil-CoA Desidrogenase de Cadeia Longa , Masculino , Proteína Mitocondrial Trifuncional , Ácidos Mirísticos/metabolismo , Estresse Oxidativo/efeitos dos fármacos , Ácidos Palmíticos/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos WistarRESUMO
AIMS: We investigated the in vitro effects of 3-hydroxydodecanoic (3HDA), 3-hydroxytetradecanoic (3HTA) and 3-hydroxypalmitic (3HPA) acids, which accumulate in tissues of patients affected by mitochondrial trifunctional protein (MTP) and isolated long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) deficiencies, on various parameters of energy homeostasis in mitochondrial preparations from brain of young rats. MAIN METHODS: We measured the respiratory parameters state 4, state 3, respiratory control ratio (RCR) and ADP/O ratio by the rate of oxygen consumption, as well as the mitochondrial membrane potential and the matrix NAD(P)H levels in the presence of the fatty acids. KEY FINDINGS: We found that 3HDA, 3HTA and 3HPA markedly increased state 4 respiration and diminished the RCR using glutamate plus malate or succinate as substrates. 3HTA and 3HPA also diminished the mitochondrial membrane potential and the matrix NAD(P)H levels. In addition, 3HTA decreased state 3 respiration using glutamate/malate, but not pyruvate/malate or succinate as substrates. Our data indicate that the long-chain 3-hydroxy fatty acids that accumulate in LCHAD/MTP deficiencies act as uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation, while 3HTA also behaves as a metabolic inhibitor. SIGNIFICANCE: It is presumed that impairment of brain energy homeostasis caused by these endogenous accumulating compounds may contribute at least in part to the neuropathology of LCHAD/MTP deficiencies.