Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), one of the most important coenzymes in the cells, is a substrate of the signaling enzyme CD38, by which NAD is converted to a second messenger, cyclic ADP-ribose, which releases calcium from intracellular calcium stores. Starting with 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoroarabinosyl-β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (ara-F NAD), a series of NAD analogues were synthesized ...

Bisphenol A, a monomer of polycarbonate plastics, disturbed the conversion pathway of the amino acid tryptophan to the vitamin nicotinamide. The conversion ratio of tryptophan to nicotinamide was reduced to 1/15 by feeding a diet containing 1% bisphenol A. A putative disturbing reaction is kynurenine-->3-hydroxykynurenine, which is catalyzed by kynurenine monohydroxylase. This is an FAD-enzyme ...

Insulinomas can be induced in experimental animals by the combined administration of diabetogenic agents with polyadenosine diphosphate (polyADP)-ribose synthetase inhibitors. A complementary DNA (cDNA) library that was constructed from streptozocin-nicotinamide-induced rat insulinomas has been found to contain a novel gene encoding a basic protein of 145 amino acids. The gene was expressed in ...

Nicotinamide, one kind of Vitamin B, plays an important role for humans. To ensure quality control of nicotinamide in infant formula, a Certified Reference Material for nicotinamide in infant formula is being prepared in China for the first time. Studying on the procedure of sample preparation and HPLC analysis with different detectors like UV and MS, HPLC-UV and HPLC-IDMS are selected as the v...

Nicotinamide mononucleoside 5'-diphosphate in its reduced form is an excellent substrate for polynucleotide phosphorylase from Micrococcus luteus both in de novo polymerization reactions and in primer extension reactions. The oxidized form of the diphosphate is a much less efficient substrate; it can be used to extend primers but does not oligomerize in the absence of a primer. The cyanide addu...

The identification of nicotinamide-N1-oxide as a metabolite in the urine of a schizophrenic patient prompted a study of the relative metabolism of nicotinic acid and nicotinamide in mental patients and healthy volunteers. Metabolites quantified included N1-methyl-2-pyridone-5-carboxamide, N1-methyl-4-pyridone-3-carboxamide, N1-methylnicotinamide, nicotinuric acid, and nicotinamide-N1-oxide. Mor...

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a generic designation for group of related syndromes resulting from myocardial ischemia – an imbalance between cardiac blood supply (perfusion) and oxygen demand. Visfatin (VF) recently discovered adipokine with different functions, mainly found in visceral adipose tissue mimics insulin lowering plasma glucose levels and, emerges as player the development progres...