Zammit, Victor A., Ramsay, Rona R., Bonomini, Mario and Arduini, Arduino (2009) Carnitine, mitochondrial function and therapy. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, Vol.61 (No.14 Sp. Iss. SI). pp. 1353-1362. ISSN 0169-409X

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Abstract

Carnitine is important for cell function and survival primarily because of its involvement in the multiple equilibria between acylcarnitine and acyl-CoA esters established through the enzymatic activities of the family of carnitine acyltransferases. These have different acyl chain-length specificities and intracellular compartment distributions, and act in synchrony to regulate multiple aspects of metabolism, ranging from fuel-selection and -sensing, to the modulation of the signal transduction mechanisms involved in many homeostatic systems. This review aims to rationalise the extensive range of experimental and clinical data that have been obtained through the pharmacological use of L-carnitine and its short-chain acylesters, over the past two decades, in terms of the basic biochemical mechanisms involved in the effects of carnitine on the various cellular acyl-CoA pools in health and disease. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Item
Subjects:	R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Sciences Research Institute (CSRI) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Journal or Publication Title:	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
Publisher:	Elsevier BV
ISSN:	0169-409X
Date:	30 November 2009
Volume:	Vol.61
Number:	No.14 Sp. Iss. SI
Number of Pages:	10
Page Range:	pp. 1353-1362
Identification Number:	10.1016/j.addr.2009.04.024
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/16827

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