期刊
AMINO ACIDS
卷 42, 期 2-3, 页码 577-595出版社
SPRINGER WIEN
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-1044-6
关键词
Systems biology; Hyperhomocysteinaemia; Methionine; Polyamines; Liver; Inflammation
资金
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion, Spain [SAF2008-02522, SAF2009-09839, SAF2011-26518]
- Junta de Andalucia, Spain [CVI-6585, BIO-267]
Both polyamines and methionine derivatives are nitrogen compounds directly related to the regulation of gene expression. In silico predictions and experimental evidence suggest a cross-talk between polyamine and methionine metabolism in mammalian tissues. Since liver is the major organ that controls nitrogen metabolism of the whole organism, it is the best tissue to further test this hypothesis in vivo. In this work, we studied the effects of the chronic administration of a methionine-supplemented diet (0.5% Met in drinking water for 5 months) on the liver of mice (designated as MET-mice). Metabolic and proteomic approaches were performed and the data obtained were subjected to biocomputational analysis. Results showed that a supplemental methionine intake can indeed regulate biogenic amine metabolism in an in vivo model by multiple mechanisms including metabolic regulation and specific gene demethylation. Furthermore, putative systemic effects were investigated by molecular and cellular biology methods. Among other results, altered expression levels of multiple inflammation and cell proliferation/death balance markers were found and macrophage activation was observed. Overall, the results presented here will be of interest across a variety of biomedical disciplines, including nutrition, orphan diseases, immunology and oncology.
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