The present invention provides novel cell-permeable carboxylic acid-based metabolites and cell permeable precursors thereof aimed at increasing ATP-production in mitochondria. The main part of ATP produced and utilized in the eukaryotic cell originates from mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, a process to which high-energy electrons are provided by the Kreb's cycle. Not all Kreb's cycle intermediates are readily permeable to the cellular membrane, one of them being malonate. The provision of the novel cell permeable carboxylic acid-based metabolites is envisaged to allow passage over the cellular membrane and thus the cell permeable metabolite can be used to enhance mitochondrial ATP-output.
本发明提供了新型的可细胞渗透的以
羧酸为基础的代谢物和可细胞渗透的前体,旨在增加线粒体中
ATP的产生。在真核细胞中产生和利用的大部分
ATP来源于线粒体氧化
磷酸化作用,该过程由Kreb循环提供高能电子。并非所有Kreb循环中间代谢物都能轻易穿透细胞膜,其中之一是
丙二酸盐。提供新型的可细胞渗透的以
羧酸为基础的代谢物,预计可允许通过细胞膜,因此可细胞渗透的代谢物可用于增强线粒体
ATP输出。