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SUBMITTER: Walejko JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7960706 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20210315 1
Branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) and their cognate α-ketoacids (BCKA) are elevated in an array of cardiometabolic diseases. Here we demonstrate that the major metabolic fate of uniformly-<sup>13</sup>C-labeled α-ketoisovalerate ([U-<sup>13</sup>C]KIV) in the heart is reamination to valine. Activation of cardiac branched-chain α-ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKDH) by treatment with the BCKDH kinase inhibitor, BT2, does not impede the strong flux of [U-<sup>13</sup>C]KIV to valine. Sequestration of BC ...[more]