Assessment of mitochondrial function in vivo with a breath test utilizing alpha-ketoisocaproic acid.
Assessment of mitochondrial function in vivo with a breath test utilizing alpha-ketoisocaproic acid.
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使用 α-酮异己酸通过呼吸测试评估体内线粒体功能。
DOI:
10.1002/hep.1840100513
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发表时间:
1989
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Lauterburg,BH
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Michaletz,PA;Cap,L;Alpert,E;Lauterburg,BH
A breath test to assess hepatic mitochondrial functionin vivowas evaluated in rats. Following the i.p. administration of [1‐14C]‐α‐ketoisocaproic acid,14CO2exhalation reached a peak within 10 to 20 min and then declined exponentially, with a half‐life of 14.3 min. Control animals exhaled 38.6% of the administered radioactivity within 1 hr. In functionally anhepatic animals,14CO2in breath amounted to 23% of that in control animals, indicating that α‐ketoisocaproic acid decarboxylation reflects mainly hepatic mitochondrial functionin vivo. Ethanol (3 gm per kg) significantly decreased α‐ketoisocaproic acid decarboxylation (21.8% of the dose appearing in breath in 1 hr), probably due to the ethanol‐induced shift in the NAD+:NADH ratio. In contrast, an uncoupler of mitochondrial respiration, sodium salicylate (375 mg per kg), increased the decarboxylation of α—ketoisocaproic acid (56.3% of the dose recovered as14CO2in 1 hr). Mitochondrial damage induced by 4‐pentenoic acid decreased the decarboxylation of α‐ketoisocaproic acid but did not affect the microsomal metabolism of antipyrine. The present data indicate that the α‐ketoisocaproic acid breath test provides a noninvasive estimate of hepatic mitochondrial functionin vivowhich, when applied to man, might yield clinically useful information.