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The developmental patterns of the overall fatty acid elongation and of the
last two partial activities of microsomal elongase (dehydration and reducti
on of 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA) were investigated in the PNS of normal and Tremble
r mice. Unexpectedly, Trembler microsomes synthesized norm al C22-CoA amoun
ts from 3-hydroxyeicosanoyl-CoA (3-OHC20-CoA), a C18-CoA elongation interme
diate. Hydroxy-acyl-CoA dehydrase and enoyl-CoA reductase activities were f
ound to be higher in the mutant than in the control, whatever the stage of
development. Moreover, C20-CoA elongation led to normal C22-CoA and C24-CoA
formation in the mutant whereas C20-CoA formation from C18-CoA was always
far lower in Trembler than in control. C18-CoA condensing enzyme emerges as
the only elongation step involved in the VLCFA deficit evidenced in Trembl
er PNS. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.