Effect of D,L-propargylglycine on cystathionine metabolism in rats

Biochem Int. 1984 Jan;8(1):171-9.

Abstract

Hepatic gamma-cystathionase activity at 12 h after the intraperitoneal injection decreased in proportion to the amount of D,L-propargylglycine administered, but hepatic cystathionine beta-synthase activity did not change. Contents of cystathionine in the liver increased gradually from 0.25 mg to 30 mg/200 g body weight in proportion to the amounts of D,L-propargylglycine injected; in the kidney, 0.5 mg to 10 mg; in the brain, 5 mg to 20 mg; in the serum, 0.25 mg to 30 mg. Contents of N-acetylcystathionine in the liver and kidney also increased in parallel with the accumulation of cystathionine.

MeSH terms

  • Alkynes / pharmacology*
  • Animals
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Cystathionine / metabolism*
  • Cystathionine gamma-Lyase / metabolism*
  • Glycine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Glycine / pharmacology
  • Kidney / metabolism
  • Kinetics
  • Liver / drug effects
  • Liver / metabolism*
  • Lyases / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains

Substances

  • Alkynes
  • Cystathionine
  • propargylglycine
  • Lyases
  • Cystathionine gamma-Lyase
  • Glycine