| Literature DB >> 6696136 |
J Krivokapich, J R Barrio, M E Phelps, C R Watanabe, R E Keen, H C Padgett, A Douglas, K I Shine.
Abstract
The isolated arterially perfused rabbit interventricular septum was used to study the effects of methionine sulfoximine (MSO) on 13N-labeled ammonia (13NH3) and 13N-labeled glutamine [( 13N]gln) metabolism. Tissue time-activity curves were generated from bolus injections of 13NH3 or [13N]gln delivered interarterially during control conditions and in the presence of MSO. The fraction of 13N label retained in the tissue [EF(3)] was significantly (P less than 0.01) less after a bolus of [13N]gln than 13NH3. MSO significantly (P less than 0.05) decreased the EF(3) after a bolus of 13NH3 or [13N]gln. Chemical analyses using high-pressure liquid chromatography on tissue and effluent samples obtained after bolus injections of 13NH3 and [13N]gln with or without MSO present showed the following: 1) after a bolus of 13NH3 or [13N]gln the tissue 13N label is predominantly in [13N]gln at 6 min after injection, and 2) MSO significantly decreases the synthesis of [13N]gln after an 13NH3 bolus. Thus it would appear that the glutamine synthetase reaction is primarily responsible for the retention of the 13N label from 13NH3 as [13N]gln in rabbit myocardium.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID： 6696136 DOI： 10.1152/ajpheart.1984.246.2.H267
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Physiol ISSN： 0002-9513