Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
Online ISSN : 1347-6947
Print ISSN : 0916-8451
Changes in Nicotinamide Metabolism by One Amino Acid Deficiency. (I) Threonine-, Tryptophan-, Aspartic Acid-, Lysine-, Leucine-, or Methionine-free Diet
Katsumi SHIBATAMiyuki SHIOTANIMichiko ONODERATakeshi SUZUKI
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1992 Volume 56 Issue 5 Pages 783-787

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Effects of a threonine-, tryptophan-, aspartic acid-, lysine-, leucine-, or methionine-free diet fed to rats on the metabolism of nicotinamide were investigated. The body weights of rats and food intakes were greatly decreased by feeding of the diet excluding any of the above essential amino acids compared to the control group, however, not by feeding of an aspartic acid-free diet. The sum of the urinary excretion of nicotinamide, N1-methylnicotinamide (MNA), N1-methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide (2-Py), and N1-methyl-4-pyridone-3-carboxamide (4-Py) changed roughly in proportion to food intake. In the groups fed with the threonine-and lysine-free diets, the urinary excretion of MNA greatly increased compared with the control group during the whole experimental period and in the groups fed with the leucine-and methionine-free diets, increased excretion of MNA was observed on day 0-day 1. Whenever the increase in MNA excretion was observed, a decrease in 4-Py excretion was observed. This was attributed to the activity of 4-Py-forming MNA oxidase decreasing when rats were fed with the diet excluding one of the essential amino acid except for tryptophan. Therefore, the (2-Py+4-Py)/MNA excretion was greatly decreased by feeding of the diet excluding one of the essential amino acids except for the tryptophan-free diet. These results strengthened our hypothesis that the (2-Py+4-Py)/MNA excretion reflects the adequacy of amine acid nutrition.

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