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ArticleDiabetes2005

Homocysteine metabolism in ZDF (type 2) diabetic rats.

Enoka P Wijekoon, Beatrice Hall, Shobhitha Ratnam, Margaret E Brosnan, Steven H Zeisel, John T Brosnan

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Article in Diabetes, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Enoka P WijekoonDepartment of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
Beatrice Hall
Shobhitha Ratnam
Margaret E Brosnan
Steven H Zeisel
John T Brosnan
Memorial University of Newfoundland · CAUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

HUMAN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NUTRIENT CHOLINER01DK055865 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ZEISEL, STEVEN H · 2000 to 2011
$7.6M
NIDDK NIH HHS DK55865NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK055865
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mild hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for many diseases, including cardiovascular disease. We determined the effects of insulin resistance and of type 2 diabetes on homocysteine (Hcy) metabolism using Zucker diabetic fatty rats (ZDF/Gmi fa/fa and ZDF/Gmi fa/?). Plasma total Hcy was reduced in ZDF fa/fa rats by 24% in the pre-diabetic insulin-resistant stage, while in the frank diabetic stage there was a 59% reduction. Hepatic activities of several enzymes that play a role in the removal of Hcy:cystathionine beta-synthase (CBS), cystathionine gamma-lyase, and betaine:Hcy methyltransferase (BHMT) were increased as was methionine adenosyltransferase. CBS and BHMT mRNA levels and the hepatic level of S-adenosylmethionine were also increased in the ZDF fa/fa rats. Studies with primary hepatocytes showed that Hcy export and the transsulfuration flux in cells from ZDF fa/fa rats were particularly sensitive to betaine. Interestingly, liver betaine concentration was found to be significantly lower in the ZDf fa/fa rats at both 5 and 11 weeks. These results emphasize the importance of betaine metabolism in determining plasma Hcy levels in type 2 diabetes.

Indexed as

AnimalsBetaineCells, CulturedDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Gene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicHepatocytesHomocysteineInsulin ResistanceLiverMethioninePhosphatidylcholinesRatsRats, ZuckerRNA, MessengerBetaineHomocysteineMethioninePhosphatidylcholinesRNA, Messenger

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PMID16249451
PMCPMC2435380
OpenAlexW2156987138

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