Holstein steers were used in two 5 x 5 Latin square experiments to evaluate the sparing of methionine by alternative sources of methyl groups (betaine and choline). Steers were housed in metabolism crates and limit-fed a soybean hull-based diet high in rumen degradable protein. To increase energy supply, ruminal infusions of volatile fatty acids and abomasal infusions of glucose were provided. ...

OBJECTIVES We investigated whether reducing post-methionine homocysteine concentrations via various treatments other than folic acid affects vascular function, as measured through flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery. High fasting and post-methionine homocysteine concentrations are associated with cardiovascular disease risk, but homocysteine might be a surrogate marker for low f...

[35S] L-Methionine and [methyl-14C] L-methionine were fed to shoots of M atth iola annua and M atthiola sinuata. The label from both precursors was incorporated to a high degree into 4-methylsulfinyl-3-butenylglucosinolate, the main mustard oil glucoside of M atth iola species. Two homologues of methionine, homomethionine and 2-amino-6-methylthiocaproic acid, were also labelled in these experim...

1 Abbreviations used: [methyl-C]AdoMet, S-adenosyl-L-[methyl-C]methionine; [methyl-H]AdoMet, S-adenosyl-L-[methyl-H]methionine; aDMA, asymmetric x-N,N-dimethylarginine; AdoMet, S-adenosyl-L-methionine; AdoHcy, S-adenosylL-homocysteine; CID, collision-induced dissociation; DMA, dimethylarginine; DTT, dithiothreitol; ESI, electrospray ionization; ETD, electron-transfer dissociation; FPLC, fast pe...

I . The absorption rates of L-methionine and L-methionyl-L-methionine (dimethionine) from the upper jejunum and lower ileum of the rat were studied in vivo after different dietary treatments. Rates were expressed per unit gut length and per unit gut weight; the former was considered to be the more satisfactory under the different dietary conditions. 2. The dietary treatments were either short-t...

The organic mercury compound methylmercury (MeHg) is able to target the fetal brain. However, the uptake of the toxicant into placental cells is incompletely understood. MeHg strongly binds to thiol-S containing molecules such as cysteine. This MeHg-l-cysteine exhibits some structural similarity to methionine. System L plays a crucial role in placental transport of essential amino acids such as...

Abdominal aortic constriction in rats results in mild cardiac hypertrophy (20% increase in left ventricular weight compared to sham-operated controls) which is associated with increased numbers of beta-adrenergic receptors (123 +/- 7.3 fmol/mg protein (mean +/- SE) vs. 87 +/- 4.3 fmol/mg in controls, P < 0.01) without changes in their affinities for dihydroalprenolol. In vitro synthesis of phos...

The steady state concentrations of S-containing compounds formed in Lemna paucicostata Hegelm. 6746 in response to variations in source and concentrations of sulfur were measured. Neither growth rates nor protein accumulation were markedly affected by the various growth conditions. Ignoring complications due to possible compartmentation, the results are consistent with internal pools of both SO...