Protein Information

ID 669
Name ALDH2
Synonyms ALDH class 2; ALDH 2; ALDH E2; ALDH2; ALDHI; ALDM; Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2; DHAM…

Compound Information

ID 1225
Name acrolein
CAS 2-propenal

Reference

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
12527414 Nguyen E, Picklo MJ Sr: Inhibition of succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase activity by alkenal products of lipid peroxidation. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2003 Jan 20;1637(1):107-12.
Lipid peroxidation causes the generation of the neurotoxic aldehydes acrolein and 4-hydroxy-trans-2-nonenal (HNE). These products are elevated in neurodegenerative diseases and acute CNS trauma. Previous studies demonstrate that mitochondrial class 2 aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) is susceptible to inactivation by these alkenals. In the liver and brain another mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase, succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH/ALDH5A1), is present. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that aldehyde products of lipid peroxidation inhibit SSADH activity using the endogenous substrate, succinic semialdehyde (SSA, 50 microM). Acrolein potently inhibited SSADH activity (IC (50)=15 microM) in rat brain mitochondrial preparations. This inhibition was of an irreversible and noncompetitive nature. HNE inhibited activity with an IC (50) of 110 microM. Trans-2-hexenal (HEX) and crotonaldehyde (100 microM each) did not inhibit activity. These data suggest that acrolein and HNE disrupt SSA metabolism and may have subsequent effects on CNS neurochemistry.
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