The subcellular localization of L-lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in rat hepatocytes has been studied by analytical subcellular fractionation combined with the immunodetection of LDH in isolated subcellular fractions and liver sections by immunoblotting and immunoelectron microscopy. The results clearly demonstrate the presence of LDH in the matrix of peroxisomes in addition to the cytosol. Both cytosolic and peroxisomal LDH subunits have the same molecular mass (35.0 kDa) and show comparable cross-reactivity with an anti-cytosolic LDH antibody. As revealed by activity staining or immunoblotting after isoelectric focussing, both intracellular compartments contain the same liver-specific LDH-isoforms (LDH-A > LDH-AB) with the peroxisomes comprising relatively more LDH-AB than the cytosol. Selective KCl extraction as well as resistance to proteinase K and immunoelectron microscopy revealed that at least 80% of the LDH activity measured in highly purified peroxisomal fractions is due to LDH as a bona fide peroxisomal matrix enzyme. In combination with the data of cell fractionation, this implies that at least 0.5% of the total LDH activity in hepatocytes is present in peroxisomes. Since no other enzymes of the glycolytic pathway (such as phosphoglucomutase, phosphoglucoisomerase, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase) were found in highly purified peroxisomal fractions, it does not seem that LDH in peroxisomes participates in glycolysis. Instead, the marked elevation of LDH in peroxisomes of rats treated with the hypolipidemic drug bezafibrate, concomitantly to the induction of the peroxisomal -oxidation enzymes, strongly suggests that intraperoxisomal LDH may be involved in the reoxidation of NADH generated by the -oxidation pathway. The interaction of LDH and the peroxisomal palmitoyl-CoA -oxidation system could be verified in a modified -oxidation assay by adding increasing amounts of pyruvate to the standard assay mixture and recording the change of NADH production rates. A dose-dependent decrease of NADH produced was simulated with the lowest NADH value found at maximal LDH activity. The addition of oxamic acid, a specific inhibitor of LDH, to the system or inhibition of LDH by high pyruvate levels (up to 20 mM) restored the NADH values to control levels. A direct effect of pyruvate on palmitoyl-CoA oxidase and enoyl-CoA hydratase was excluded by measuring those enzymes individually in separate assays. An LDH-based shuttle across the peroxisomal membrane should provide an efficient system to regulate intraperoxisomal NAD/NADH levels and maintain the flux of fatty acids through the peroxisomal -oxidation spiral.

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