| Betaine aldehyde, betaine, and choline levels in rat liver during ethanol metabolism | |
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| 學年 | 89 |
| 學期 | 1 |
| 出版（發表）日期 | 2000-12-01 |
| 作品名稱 | Betaine aldehyde, betaine, and choline levels in rat liver during ethanol metabolism |
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| 著者 | Chern, Mai-kai; Gage, Douglass A.; Pietruszko, Regina |
| 單位 | 淡江大學生命科學研究所 |
| 出版者 | Philadelphia: Elsevier Inc. |
| 著錄名稱、卷期、頁數 | Biochemical Pharmacology 60(11), pp.1629-1637 |
| 摘要 | Betaine aldehyde levels were determined in rat livers following 4 weeks of ethanol feeding, employing the Lieber-De Carli liquid diet. The results showed that the levels of betaine aldehyde are unaffected by alcohol feeding to rats. These levels in both experimental and control animals were found to be quite low, 5.5 nmol/g liver. Betaine aldehyde levels have not been determined previously in mammalian liver because of methodological difficulties. This investigation employed fast atom bombardment-mass spectroscopy to determine the levels of betaine aldehyde, betaine, and choline. The decrease in betaine levels following ethanol administration confirmed the results of other investigators. Choline levels determined during this investigation were lower than previously reported. The reason for starting this investigation was the fact that the enzyme that catalyzes betaine aldehyde dehydrogenation to betaine, which is distributed in both mitochondria and the cytoplasm, was found to also metabolize acetaldehyde with K(m) and V(max) values lower than those for betaine aldehyde. Thus, it appeared likely that the metabolism of acetaldehyde during ethanol metabolism might inhibit betaine aldehyde conversion to betaine and thereby result in decreased betaine levels (Barak et al., Alcohol 13: 395-398, 1996). The fact that betaine aldehyde levels in alcohol-fed animals were similar to those in controls demonstrates that competition between acetaldehyde and betaine aldehyde for the same enzyme does not occur. This complete lack of competition suggests that betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase in the mitochondrial matrix may totally metabolize betaine aldehyde to betaine without any involvement of cytoplasmic betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase. |
| 關鍵字 | Alcohol-fed;Betaine aldehyde;Rat livers |
| 語言 | en |
| ISSN | 0006-2952 |
| 期刊性質 | 國外 |
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| 通訊作者 | Pietruszko, Regina |
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| 國別 | USA |
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| 出版型式 | 紙本 |
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