Kinetic compartmental analysis of carnitine metabolism in the dog.
Kinetic compartmental analysis of carnitine metabolism in the dog.
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狗肉碱代谢的动力学区室分析。
DOI:
10.1016/0003-9861(83)90387-9
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发表时间:
1983
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Engel,AG
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作者:
Rebouche,CJ;Engel,AG
This study was undertaken to quantitate the dynamic parameters of carnitine metabolism in the dog. Six mongrel dogs were given intravenous injections ofl-[methyl-3H]carnitine and the specific radioactivity of carnitine was followed in plasma and urine for 19–28 days. The data were analyzed by kinetic compartmental analysis. A three-compartment, open-system model [(a) extracellular fluid, (b) cardiac and skeletal muscle, (c) other tissues, particularly liver and kidney] was adopted and kinetic parameters (carnitine flux, pool sizes, kinetic constants) were derived. In four of six dogs the size of the muscle carnitine pool obtained by kinetic compartmental analysis agreed (±5%) with estimates based on measurement of carnitine concentrations in different muscles. In three of six dogs carnitine excretion rates derived from kinetic compartmental analysis agreed (±9%) with experimentally measured values, but in three dogs the rates by kinetic compartmental analysis were significantly higher than the corresponding rates measured directly. Appropriate chromatographic analyses revealed no radioactive metabolites in muscle or urine of any of the dogs. Turnover times for carnitine were (mean ± SEM): 0.44 ± 0.05 h for extracellular fluid, 232 ± 22 h for muscle, and 7.9 ± 1.1 h for other tissues. The estimated flux of carnitine in muscle was 210 pmol/min/g of tissue. Whole-body turnover time for carnitine was 62.9 ± 5.6 days (mean ± SEM). Estimated carnitine biosynthesis ranged from 2.9 to 28 μmol/kg body wt/day. Results of this study indicate that kinetic compartmental analysis may be applicable to study of human carnitine metabolism.