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  • Title: Effects of CoA and acyl-CoA on Ca(2+)-permeability of endoplasmic-reticulum membranes from rat liver.
    Author: Rich GT, Comerford JG, Graham S, Dawson AP.
    Journal: Biochem J; 1995 Mar 15; 306 ( Pt 3)(Pt 3):703-8. PubMed ID: 7702563.
    Abstract:
    We have studied the effects of CoA and palmitoyl-CoA on Ca2+ movements and GTP-dependent vesicle fusion in rat liver microsomes. (1) Inhibition of membrane fusion by CoA depends on esterification of CoA to long-chain acyl-CoA using endogenous non-esterified fatty acids. (2) Binding of long-chain acyl-CoA to microsomal membranes is inhibited by BSA, which also relieves inhibition of membrane fusion. (3) Under conditions where acyl-CoA binding is inhibited, CoA causes increased Ca2+ accumulation, apparently by decreasing the Ca2+ leak rate. (4) Conversely, palmitoyl-CoA, in the presence of BSA, causes Ca2+ efflux. (5) The decrease in Ca(2+)-permeability caused by CoA does not depend on the presence of ATP or GTP, and is irreversible in the short term. (6) Using 14C-labelled CoA we show that CoA derivatives can be formed from endogenous components of microsomal membranes in the absence of ATP. (7) The results are interpreted in terms of a Ca(2+)-permeability which is controlled by CoA and/or long-chain acyl-CoA esters.
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