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Manuscript received 16 April 1997. Initial reviews completed 16 May 1997. Revision accepted 18 August 1997.
Laboratoire d'Etude du Métabolisme Azoté, INRA Clermont-Ferrand Theix, 63122 Saint Genès Champanelle, France and * Clintec Technologie, 92352 Le Plessis Robinson, France
In vivo cysteine metabolism during the inflammatory state has been studied minimally. We investigated cysteine metabolism (i.e. taurine, sulfate and glutathione formation) using a single dose of [35S] cysteine in septic rats that had been injected with live Escherichia coli into the tail vein and in control, pair-fed rats. Cysteine metabolites were separated by ion exchange chromatography, and radioactivity was counted in the different fractions. Radioactivity incorporated in tissue proteins was also measured after protein precipitation. [35S]Sulfate production was significantly lower in septic rats than in pair-fed rats. [35S]Taurine contents were significantly lower only in kidneys, spleen and gastrointestinal tract of septic rats. The higher production of [35S] taurine in the livers (the major site of taurine production) of septic rats could have a protective effect against oxidation. Glutathione concentrations were also significantly greater in liver, spleen, kidneys and gastrocnemius muscle of septic rats, presumably in order to combat oxidative stress induced by sepsis. [35S]Cysteine incorporation in glutathione was significantly higher in spleen and kidneys but not in liver of septic rats compared to pair-fed rats. This could be explained by the fact that, in liver, a greater amount of labeled glutathione had been utilized for host defense, or by a high level in glutathione turnover. Finally, [35S]cysteine incorporation into protein, in septic rats, was significantly greater than in pair-fed rats in spleen, lung and particulary in whole plasma proteins other than albumin, which mainly represent the acute-phase proteins. These data suggest an increased requirement for cysteine during sepsis in rats.
Key words: cysteine, glutathione, rats, sulfate, taurine.
The Journal of Nutrition Vol. 128 No. 1 January 1998,
pp. 97-105
Copyright ©1998 by the American Society for Nutritional Sciences
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