Creatine synthesis: Hepatic metabolism of guanidinoacetate and creatine in the rat in vitro and in vivo

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 296, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Da Silva, Robin P ^a   Nissim, Itzhak ^b   Brosnan, Margaret E ^a   Brosnan, John T ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

In vivo hepatic fluxes; Interorgan metabolism; Methylation demand; S adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ARGININE; CREATINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE AMIDINOTRANSFERASE; GUANIDINOACETATE ACID; GUANIDINOACETATE METHYLTRANSFERASE; GUANIDINOACETIC ACID; METHIONINE; NITROGEN; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; AMIDINOTRANSFERASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMT PROTEIN, RAT;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MALE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMIDINOTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CREATINE; GLYCINE; GUANIDINOACETATE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATOCYTES; LIVER; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 60849116967     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.90547.2008     Document Type: Article

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