Inhibition of mitochondrial creatine kinase activity from rat cerebral cortex by methylmalonic acid

Neurochemistry International
P F SchuckM Wajner

Abstract

Accumulation of methylmalonic acid (MMA) in tissues and biological fluids is the biochemical hallmark of patients affected by the neurometabolic disorder known as methylmalonic acidemia (MMAemia). Although this disease is predominantly characterized by severe neurological findings, the underlying mechanisms of brain injury are not totally established. In the present study, we investigated the effect of MMA, as well as propionic (PA) and tiglic (TA) acids, whose concentrations are also increased but to a lesser extend in MMAemia, on total (tCK), cytosolic (Cy-CK) and mitochondrial (Mi-CK) creatine kinase (CK) activities from cerebral cortex of 30-day-old Wistar rats. Total CK activity (tCK) was measured in whole cell homogenates, whereas Cy-CK and Mi-CK were determined, respectively, in cytosolic and mitochondrial preparations from rat cerebral cortex. We verified that tCK and Mi-CK activities were significantly inhibited by MMA at concentrations as low as 1 mM, in contrast to Cy-CK which was not affected by the presence of the acid in the incubation medium. Furthermore, PA and TA, at concentrations as high as 5 mM, did not alter CK activity. We also observed that the inhibitions provoked by MMA were fully prevented by pre-incub...Continue Reading

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