Effect of methionine loading on 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, S-adenosylmethionine and S-adenosylhomocysteine in plasma of healthy
Effect of methionine loading on 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, S-adenosylmethionine and S-adenosylhomocysteine in plasma of healthy
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10.1042/cs0910079
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发表时间:
1996-07-01
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6
通讯作者:
Fowler, B
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作者:
Loehrer, FMT;Haefei, WE;Fowler, B
1. Elevated plasma homocysteine concentration, either in the fasting state or after methionine loading, is an independent risk factor for vascular disease in man. Methionine loading has been used to investigate impaired methionine metabolism, especially of the trans-sulphuration pathway, but most studies have focused on changes in homocysteine.2. We investigated the effect of methionine excess on total plasma homocysteine, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (which is the active form of folate in the remethylation of homocysteine to methionine), S-adenosylmethionine (the first metabolite of methionine) and S-adenosylhomocysteine (the demethylated product of S-adenosylmethionine) over 24 h in 12 healthy subjects.3. As well as the expected increase in homocysteine (from 8.0+/-1.3 to 32.6+/-10.3 mu mol/l, mean+/-SD P