Primary hepatocytes from mice lacking cysteine dioxygenase show increased cysteine concentrations and higher rates of metabolism of cysteine to hydrogen sulfide and thiosulfate

Amino Acids

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1353-1365

  Jurkowska, Halina ^a,b   Roman, Heather B ^a   Hirschberger, Lawrence L ^a   Sasakura, Kiyoshi ^c   Nagano, Tetsuo ^c   Hanaoka, Kenjiro ^c   Krijt, Jakub ^d   Stipanuk, Martha H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cystathionine synthase; Cystathionine lyase; Cysteine; Cysteine dioxygenase; Hepatocytes; Hydrogen sulfide; Mice; Thiosulfate

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE DIOXYGENASE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; THIOSULFATE;

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DEFICIENCY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; KINETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE DIOXYGENASE; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; THIOSULFATES;

EID: 84898851194     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-014-1700-8     Document Type: Article

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