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  • Title: Free and esterified coenzyme A in the liver and muscles of chronically hyperammonemic mice treated with sodium benzoate.
    Author: Michalak A, Qureshi IA.
    Journal: Biochem Mol Med; 1995 Apr; 54(2):96-104. PubMed ID: 8581365.
    Abstract:
    Ammonia toxicity and relative sodium benzoate toxicity alters the energy metabolism, leading to a decrease of adenosine triphosphate and free coenzyme A levels. The object of the present study was to analyze the hepatic and muscular acyl-coenzyme A profiles in chronically hyperammonemic mice treated with varying doses of the sodium benzoate. An enzymatic method was used for the measurement of free coenzyme A, acetyl-coenzyme A, and medium and long chain acyl-coenzyme A. Untreated chronic hyperammonemia resulted in a decrease in acetyl-coenzyme A and an increase in the long chain acyl-coenzyme A in the liver, accompanied by an increase in total coenzyme A in the muscular tissues. Treatment with sodium benzoate at moderate doses, caused a decrease in the hepatic free and esterified coenzyme A while these were increased at higher doses. We conclude that chronic hyperammonemia is responsible for qualitative changes in the free and esterified coenzyme A profile in the liver, while causing qualitative and quantitative changes in the muscular tissue, probably due to an inhibition of mitochondrial oxidation. The sodium benzoate had a biphasic effect on the hepatic content of free and esterified coenzyme A, suggesting a degradation of coenzyme A at moderate doses. However, at a higher dose of benzoate, the possibility of glycine mobilization and/or a significant formation of acylcarnitines is proposed as an important factor in an increase of the hepatic total coenzyme A.
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