RESUMO
Biotin is a water soluble enzyme cofactor that belongs to the vitamin B complex. In humans, biotin is involved in important metabolic pathways such as gluconeogenesis, fatty acid synthesis, and amino acid catabolism by acting a as prosthetic group for pyruvate carboxylase, propionyl-CoA carboxylase, beta-methylcrotinyl-CoA carboxylase, and acetyl-CoA carboxylase. Carboxylases are synthesized as apo-carboxylases without biotin and the active form is produced by their covalent binding of biotin to the epsilon-amino group of a lysine residue of the apocarboxylases. This reaction is catalyzed by the holo-carboxylase synthetase. The last step in the degradation of carboxylases, the cleavage of the biotinyl moiety from the epsilon-amino group lysine residues, is catalyzed by biotinidase and results in the release of free biotin, which can be recycled. Biotin regulates the catabolic enzyme propionyl-CoA carboxylase at the posttranscriptional level whereas the holo-carboxylase synthetase is regulated at the transcriptional level. Aside from its role in the regulation of gene expression of carboxylases, biotin has been implicated in the induction of the receptor for the asialoglycoprotein, glycolytic enzymes and of egg yolk biotin binding proteins. Biotin deficiency in humans is extremely rare and is generally associated with prolonged parenteral nutrition, the consumption of large quantities of avidin, usually in the form of raw eggs, severe malnutrition and, inherited metabolic disorders. In humans, there are autosomal recessive disorders of biotin metabolism that result from the disruption of the activity of biotinidase or holo-carboxylase synthetase.
Assuntos
Biotina/metabolismo , Carbono-Carbono Ligases/metabolismo , Trifosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo , Adulto , Amidoidrolases/deficiência , Amidoidrolases/genética , Amidoidrolases/metabolismo , Aminoácidos/metabolismo , Apoenzimas/metabolismo , Biotina/deficiência , Biotinidase , Biotinilação , Criança , Coenzimas/metabolismo , Ácidos Graxos/metabolismo , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Gluconeogênese , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Erros Inatos do Metabolismo/genética , Erros Inatos do Metabolismo/metabolismo , Deficiência Múltipla de Carboxilase/genética , Deficiência Múltipla de Carboxilase/metabolismoRESUMO
Although the role of vitamins as prosthetic groups of enzymes is well known, their participation in the regulation of their genetic expression has been much less explored. We studied the effect of biotin on the genetic expression of rat liver mitochondrial carboxylases: pyruvate carboxylase (PC), propionyl-CoA carboxylase (PCC), and 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase (MCC). Rats were made biotin-deficient and were sacrificed after 8 to 10 weeks, when deficiency manifestations began to appear. At this time, hepatic PCC activity was 20% of the control values or lower, and there was an abnormally high urinary excretion of 3-hydroxyisovaleric acid, a marker of biotin deficiency. Biotin was added to deficient primary cultured hepatocytes. It took at least 24 h after the addition of biotin for PCC to achieve control activity and biotinylation levels, whereas PC became active and fully biotinylated in the first hour. The enzyme's mass was assessed in liver homogenates from biotin-deficient rats and incubated with biotin to convert the apocarboxylases into holocarboylases, which were detected by streptavidin blots. The amount of PC was minimally affected by biotin deficiency, whereas that of the alpha subunits of PCC and of MCC decreased substantially in deficient livers, which likely explains the reactivation and rebiotinylation results. The expression of PC and alphaPCC was studied at the mRNA level by Northern blots and RT/PCR; no significant changes were observed in the deficient livers. These results suggest that biotin regulates the expression of the catabolic carboxylases (PCC and MCC), that this regulation occurs after the posttranscriptional level, and that pyruvate carboxylase, a key enzyme for gluconeogenesis, Krebs cycle anaplerosis, and fatty acid synthesis, is spared of this control.