Creatine metabolism and psychiatric disorders: Does creatine supplementation have therapeutic value?

Disorders of creatine transport and metabolism.

Creatine is a nitrogen containing compound that serves as an energy shuttle between the mitochondrial sites of ATP production and the cytosol where ATP is utilized. There are two known disorders of creatine synthesis (both transmitted as autosomal recessive traits: arginine: glycine amidinotransferase (AGAT) deficiency; OMIM 602360; and guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (GAMT) deficiency (OMIM...

The effects of creatine monohydrate supplementation on creatine transporter activity and creatine metabolism in resistance trained males

Background Oral creatine supplementation is known to provide numerous benefits, including increases in lean muscle mass, muscular strength, and enhanced performance in various athletic capacities. The creatine transporter is a transmembrane protein that mediates the entry of creatine from the circulation into the muscle cell. Little is understood about the importance of the creatine transporter...

Creatine supplementation in COPD

M ultidisciplinary pulmonary rehabilitation now has an established place in the management of chronic disabling respiratory diseases, particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Rehabilitation is being taken up widely on the strength of the accumulated evidence. While the effectiveness of rehabilitation is accepted, there is still considerable interest in refining and researching...

Creatine metabolism and disease Primary creatine metabolism disorders- Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes Cerebral Creatine Deficiency Syndromes (CCDS) are a group of disorders consisting of defects in proteins involved in creatine biosynthesis, AGAT and GAMT, and in its transporter, SLC6A8

Creatine supplementation and age influence muscle metabolism during exercise.

Young [n = 5, 30 +/- 5 (SD) yr] and middle-aged (n = 4, 58 +/- 4 yr) men and women performed single-leg knee-extension exercise inside a whole body magnetic resonance system. Two trials were performed 7 days apart and consisted of two 2-min bouts and a third bout continued to exhaustion, all separated by 3 min of recovery. 31P spectra were used to determine pH and relative concentrations of Pi,...