In vivo monitoring of hepatic glutathione in anesthetized rats by 13C NMR
In vivo monitoring of hepatic glutathione in anesthetized rats by 13C NMR
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DOI:
10.1002/mrm.10244
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发表时间:
2002-09-01
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3.3
通讯作者:
James, TL
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作者:
Macdonald, JM;Schmidlin, O;James, TL
A method for in Vivo C-13 NMR monitoring of hepatic glutathione (GSH) in intact, anesthetized rats has been developed. Studies were conducted using a triple-tuned, surgically implanted surface coil designed for this animal model. The coil permitted complete decoupling and sufficient resolution in the C-13 NMR spectrum to monitor the time course of hepatic C-13-metabolites of intravenously administered 2-C-13-glycine, particularly GSH at 44.2 ppm and serine signals at 61.1 and 57.2 ppm, respectively. It further allowed concomitant monitoring of high-energy phosphagens and intracellular pH by P-31 NMR. To confirm in vivo NMR peak assignments, we compared high-resolution 2D H-1{C-13} heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence and 1D C-13 spectra of hepatic perchloric acid extracts to those of authentic standards. The fractional isotopic enrichment of hepatic C-13 glycine increased exponentially at a rate of 1.68 h(-1) and reached its plateau level of 81% in 2 h. The C-13 fractional isotopic enrichment of GSH increased exponentially at a rate of 0.316 h(-1) and reached 55% after 4 h of 2-C-13-glycine infusion, but without achieving a plateau. To confirm that the resonance at 44.2 ppm resulted from GSH, a rat was given an intravenous dose of 2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (OTC), a cysteine precursor that increases intracellular GSH. As expected, with OTC administration the hepatic C-13 GSH-to-glycine peak area increased more than sevenfold. (C) 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.