代谢
一种用于定量估算大鼠内源性亚硝化的简单而敏感的方法被开发出来。这种方法基于以下发现:当亚硝基氨基酸(例如,亚硝基脯氨酸(NPRO)、亚硝基羟基脯氨酸(NHPRO)和亚硝基 sarcosine(NSAR))口服给大鼠时,它们几乎定量(剂量的88-96%)未改变地通过尿液和粪便排出。在顺序给予可亚硝化氨基酸和硝酸钠后,分析了尿液中排出的亚硝基氨基酸。大鼠尿液中排出的亚硝基脯氨酸的量与脯氨酸的剂量和亚硝酸钠剂量的平方成正比。同时给予抗坏血酸和α-生育酚以及前体物质会减少尿液中亚硝基脯氨酸的排出,而硫氰酸盐会增加产量。在喂食氨基酸前体和亚硝酸盐后,形成的亚硝基氨基酸并从尿液中排出的产量按以下顺序增加:亚硝基脯氨酸 < 亚硝基 sarcosine < 亚硝基羟基脯氨酸。当比较氨基酸在体外亚硝化的速率时,也观察到了相同的顺序。显然,大鼠体内的亚硝化作用通过一种与体外观察到的机制相似的机制发生。监测尿液中排出的亚硝基氨基酸似乎为内源性亚硝化提供了一个有价值的指标...
A simple and sensitive method for the quantitative estimation of endogenous N-nitrosation in rats was developed. This approach is based on the findings that N-nitroamino acids (e.g., nitrosoproline (NPRO), nitrosohydroxyproline(NHPRO) and nitrososarcosine (NSAR)) when administered orally to rats, are excreted unchanged almost quantitatively (88-96% of the dose) in the urine and feces. After sequential administration of a nitrosatable amino acid and sodium nitrite, the nitrosamino acid excreted in the urine and feces was analyzed. The amount of nitrosoproline excreted in the urine of rats was proportional to the dose of proline and to the square of the nitrite dose. Co-administration of ascorbic acid and alpha-tocopherol together with the precursors decreased the urinary nitrosoproline whereas thiocyanate increased the yield. After feeding an amino acid precursor and nitrite, the yield of nitrosamino acids, formed in vivo and excreted in the urine increased in the order: nitrosoproline < nitrososarcosine < nitrosohydroxyproline. The same order was seen when the nitrosation rates of the amino acids in vitro were compared. Evidently, N-nitrosation in vivo in rats occurs via a similar mechanism as observed in vitro. Monitoring of N-nitrosamino acids excreted in the urine and feces appears to provide a valuable index for endogenous N-nitrosation. ...
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