Alcohol consumption decreases rat hepatic creatine biosynthesis via altered guanidinoacetate methyltransferase activity

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 641-648

  Kharbanda, Kusum K ^a,b   Todero, Sandra L ^b   Moats, Jordan C ^a   Harris, Ryan M ^a   Osna, Natalia A ^a,b   Thomes, Paul G ^a   Tuma, Dean J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase S adenosylhomocysteine; Hepatic; L arginine:glycine amidinotransferase; S adenosylmethionine; S adenosylmethionine:S adenosylhomocysteine ratio; Tubercidin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CREATINE; GUANIDINOACETATE METHYLTRANSFERASE; GUANIDINOACETIC ACID; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BLOOD; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ALCOHOL; GUANIDINOACETATE METHYLTRANSFERASE S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; HEPATIC; L-ARGININE:GLYCINE AMIDINOTRANSFERASE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE:S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE RATIO; TUBERCIDIN;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; APOPTOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CREATINE; ETHANOL; GLYCINE; GUANIDINOACETATE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATOCYTES; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; TUBERCIDIN;

EID: 84896283092     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12306     Document Type: Article

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