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Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase-1 (CPT-1) Activity Stimulation by Cerulenin via Sympathetic Nervous System Activation Overrides Cerulenin’s Peripheral Effect

Division of Endocrinology (Y.-J.J., S.-Z.L. Z.-S.Z., J.J.A., Y.M.K., S.-K.L.), Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, and Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Sciences (Y.-J.J., J.J.A., R.Y.K.), Yonsei University, Seoul 120-752, Korea; School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology (J.-H.B.), Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea; and Division of Endocrinology (Y.-J.J., J.J.A.), Department of Internal Medicine, Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, YanBian University, YanJi 133-000, People’s Republic of China

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Sung-Kil Lim, 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemoon-Gu, Seoul 120-752, Korea. E-mail: lsk{at}yumc.yonsei.ac.kr.

To clarify the paradoxic effects of cerulenin, namely its in vitro inhibitory effects on fat catabolism and its in vivo reduction of fat mass, we studied the in vivo and in vitro effects of cerulenin on carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1 (CPT-1) activity, the rate-limiting enzyme of fatty acid oxidation. A single ip injection of cerulenin significantly reduced body weight and increased core temperature without significantly reducing food intake. In situ hybridization study revealed that a single injection of cerulenin did not affect the expression of orexigenic neuropeptide mRNA. Cerulenin’s effect on CPT-1 activity was biphasic in the liver and muscle: early suppression during the first 1 h and late stimulation in the 3–5 h after ip treatment. In vitro cerulenin treatment reduced CPT-1 activity, which was overcome by cotreating with catecholamine. Intracerebroventricular injection of cerulenin increased CPT-1 activity significantly in soleus muscle, and this effect was sustained for up to 3 h. Pretreatment with -methyl-p-tyrosine inhibited the cerulenin-induced increase in core temperature and the late-phase stimulating effect of cerulenin on CPT-1 activity. In adrenalectomized mice, cerulenin also increased the activity. In vivo cerulenin treatment enhanced muscle CPT-1 activity in monosodium glutamate-treated arcuate nucleus lesioned mice but not in gold thioglucose-treated ventromedial hypothalamus lesioned mice. These findings suggest that cerulenin-induced late-phase stimulating effects on CPT-1 activity and energy expenditure is mediated by the activation of innervated sympathetic nervous system neurons through the firing of undefined neurons of the ventromedial hypothalamus, rather than the arcuate nucleus.

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