Lumb M, Deacon R, Perry J, Chanarin I
M.R.C. Clinical Research Centre, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middx., U.K.
Biochem J. 1989 Mar 15;258(3):907-10. doi: 10.1042/bj2580907.
Rats were exposed to nitrous oxide, which inactivates cob(I)alamin (Cbl). As in air-breathing rats methionine administration led to the conversion of hepatic 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (MeH4 folate) into formyltetrahydrofolate. The recovery of MeH4 folate levels in liver after its oxidation initiated by methionine was noted and the rate compared with that for air-breathing rats. Oxidation of MeH4 folate was less complete and occurred more slowly in Cbl-inactivated rats as compared with controls. However, recovery of MeH4 folate levels was more rapid in Cbl inactivation. S-Adenosylmethionine did not produce a significant change in MeH4 folate levels in Cbl-inactivated rats, whereas it did so in air-breathing animals.
将大鼠暴露于能使钴胺素(Cbl)失活的一氧化二氮中。与呼吸空气的大鼠一样,给予蛋氨酸会导致肝脏中的5-甲基四氢叶酸(MeH4叶酸)转化为甲酰四氢叶酸。记录了蛋氨酸引发的氧化作用后肝脏中MeH4叶酸水平的恢复情况,并将其速率与呼吸空气的大鼠进行比较。与对照组相比,Cbl失活的大鼠中MeH4叶酸的氧化不太完全且发生得更慢。然而,在Cbl失活的情况下,MeH4叶酸水平的恢复更快。S-腺苷甲硫氨酸在Cbl失活的大鼠中未使MeH4叶酸水平产生显著变化,而在呼吸空气的动物中则会使其产生变化。