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  • Title: Urinary excretion of dicarboxylic acids from patients with the Zellweger syndrome. Importance of peroxisomes in beta-oxidation of dicarboxylic acids.
    Author: Björkhem I, Blomstrand S, Hågå P, Kase BF, Palonek E, Pedersen JI, Strandvik B, Wikström SA.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1984 Aug 15; 795(1):15-9. PubMed ID: 6466694.
    Abstract:
    The urinary excretion of adipic acid, suberic acid and sebacic acid from two patients with the cerebrohepato-renal syndrome of Zellweger was studied. The patients had a complete lack of peroxisomes in the liver as judged by electron microscopy. In the non-ketotic state, the total excretion of free and conjugated adipic acid, suberic acid and sebacic acid was increased by about 100%, 200% and 350%, respectively, as compared to the corresponding excretion from six healthy infants of the same age. The excretion of free dicarboxylic acid was increased to a considerably lesser extent than the free + conjugated dicarboxylic acid. In view of the presence of adipic acid in urine of the Zellweger patients, it is concluded that peroxisomes are not obligatory for beta-oxidation of medium-chain dicarboxylic acids in vivo. The relative accumulation of suberic acid and sebacic acid as compared to adipic acid is, however, consistent with a relative block in the conversion of suberic acid and sebacic acid into adipic acid in patients with the Zellweger syndrome.
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