INHIBITION OF CREATINE AND PHOSPHOCREATINE ACCUMULATION IN SKELETAL-MUSCLE AND HEART
INHIBITION OF CREATINE AND PHOSPHOCREATINE ACCUMULATION IN SKELETAL-MUSCLE AND HEART
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DOI:
10.1016/0026-0495(80)90115-8
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
CHEVLI, R
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作者:
FITCH, CD;CHEVLI, R
A series of creatine analogues was tested for ability to inhibit 14C-creatine accumulation in vivo and for ability to serve as substrates for creatine kinase in vitro. The most potent inhibitors of accumulation were 1-carboxymethyl-2-imino-hexahydropyrimidine, N-methylamidino-N-methylglycine, .beta.-guanidinopropionate and DL-.beta.-guanidinobutyrate. The first 2 compounds are inactive as substrates for creatine kinase, and DL-.beta.-guanidinobutyrate was inactive in the present experiments, producing a Vmax less than 0.01% of that produced by creatine. The latter compound and .beta.-guanidinopropionate were also ineffective as inhibitors of creatine kinase in vitro. The best substrates for creatine kinase were N-ethyl-N-amidinoglycine and guanidinoacetate; these 2 compounds were inefficient as inhibitors of 14C-creatine accumulation. Adding a methyl group to .beta.-guanidinopropionate to form N-methyl-N-amidino-.beta.-alanine eliminated the compound''s ability to inhibit 14C-creatine accumulation but had little effect on its ability to serve as a substrate for creatine kinase. No evidence that creatine kinase mediates creatine transport was found. In feeding trials with rats given DL-.beta.-guanidinobutyric acid as 2 or 6% of their diet for 1 mo, this compound accumulated to concentrations of 14 .mu.mol/g wet weight in skeletal muscle and of 4 .mu.mol/g wet weight in heart. Simultaneously, in skeletal muscle there was a depletion of phosphocreatine to 50%, and of ATP to 80%, of control values. Total creatine content (creatine + phosphocreatine) of the heart decreased from 12.8 to 2.8 .mu.mol/g wet weight. Animals fed DL-.beta.-guanidinobutyric acid should be suitable for studies of the long-term effects of creatine and phosphocreatine depletion in skeletal muscle and heart.