Effect of chronic ethanol ingestion on mitochondrial permeability and the transport of reducing equivalents

Arthur I. Cederbaum, Charles S. Lieber, Diana S. Beattie, Emanuel Rubin

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Abstract

Chronic ethanol feeding to rats leads to an increased rate of ethanol metabolism. This increase is not accompanied by altered permeability of the mitochondria to NADH. The activities of the reconstituted malate-aspartate, fatty acid elongation and α-glycerophosphate shuttles for the transport of reducing equivalents into mitochondria were not changed by chronic ethanol ingestion. Thus, in contrast to other reports, these results show that neither increased mitochondrial permeability nor enhanced shuttle activity explains the acceleration of ethanol metabolism produced by chronic ethanol ingestion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)649-655
Number of pages7
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume49
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 1972
Externally publishedYes

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