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ArticleMolecular genetics and metabolism2011

Identification and characterization of new long chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenases.

Miao He, Zhengtong Pei, Al-Walid Mohsen, Paul Watkins, Geoffrey Murdoch, Paul P Van Veldhoven, Regina Ensenauer, Jerry Vockley

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Article in Molecular genetics and metabolism, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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75 citing papers in PubMed, 124 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Miao HeDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Zhengtong Pei
Al-Walid Mohsen
Paul Watkins
Geoffrey Murdoch
Paul P Van Veldhoven
Regina Ensenauer
Jerry Vockley
University of Pittsburgh · USJohns Hopkins University · USKennedy Krieger Institute · USKU Leuven · BELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE: BPCAUL1RR024153 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2006 to 2011
$73.9M
University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000005 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2015
$50.8M
Inborn Errors of Long Chain Fat MetabolismR01DK078775 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI VOCKLEY, GERARD · 2008 to 2019
$4.5M
METABOLISM OF SHORT CHAIN ACYL COAS AND THEIR DEFICIENCYR01DK054936 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI VOCKLEY, GERARD · 1999 to 2013
$2.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000005NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024153NIDDK NIH HHS DK78755NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK054936NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK078775NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK54936
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-chain fatty acids are an important source of energy in muscle and heart where the acyl-CoA dehydrogenases (ACADs) participate in consecutive cycles of β-oxidation to generate acetyl-CoA and reducing equivalents for generating energy. However, the role of long-chain fatty acid oxidation in the brain and other tissues that do not rely on fat for energy is poorly understood. Here we characterize two new ACADs, ACAD10 and ACAD11, both with significant expression in human brain. ACAD11 utilizes substrates with primary carbon chain lengths between 20 and 26, with optimal activity towards C22CoA. The combination of ACAD11 with the newly characterized ACAD9 accommodates the full spectrum of long chain fatty acid substrates presented to mitochondrial β-oxidation in human cerebellum. ACAD10 has significant activity towards the branched-chain substrates R and S, 2 methyl-C15-CoA and is highly expressed in fetal but not adult brain. This pattern of expression is similar to that of LCAD, another ACAD previously shown to be involved in long branched chain fatty acid metabolism. Interestingly, the ACADs in human cerebellum were found to have restricted cellular distribution. ACAD9 was most highly expressed in the granular layer, ACAD11 in the white matter, and MCAD in the molecular layer and axons of specific neurons. This compartmentalization of ACADs in the human central nerve system suggests that β-oxidation in cerebellum participates in different functions other than generating energy, for example, the synthesis and/or degradation of unique cellular lipids and catabolism of aromatic amino acids, compounds that are vital to neuronal function.

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Acyl-CoA DehydrogenaseAcyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Long-ChainAlternative SplicingAmino Acid SequenceBrainCells, CulturedCerebellumComputer SimulationEnzyme AssaysGene ComponentsHumansIsoenzymesKidneyMitochondriaMolecular Sequence DataMuscle, SkeletalACAD10 protein, humanACAD11 protein, humanAcyl-CoA DehydrogenaseAcyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Long-ChainIsoenzymesRecombinant ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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PMID21237683
PMCPMC3073726
OpenAlexW2075554690

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