Palmitoyl-CoA stimulates cellular uptake and plasma membrane binding of carnitine |
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Authors: | B Gustafson LA Ransn?s |
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Affiliation: | Department of Allergology, Sahlgren's University Hospital, G?teborg, Sweden. |
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Abstract: | Carnitine cellular uptake and plasma membrane binding was investigated in S49 lymphoma cells. Palmitoyl-CoA was found to increase membrane binding of carnitine from 506 +/- 48 to 8,690 +/- 235 pmol/mg membrane protein. Palmitate and CoA acted synergistically and increased carnitine binding to plasma membranes but could not replace palmitoyl-CoA. The effect of palmitoyl-CoA on membrane binding of carnitine was maximal at 10 microM and required the presence of ATP. Palmitoyl-CoA increased the cellular uptake rate of carnitine from 181 +/- 5 to 884 +/- 25 amol/cell and h-1. We conclude that palmitoyl-CoA is a major regulator of cellular uptake of carnitine and, based on quantitative estimations, that the carnitine carrier binds more than one carnitine molecule. |
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