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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2015

In vivo kinetics of formate metabolism in folate-deficient and folate-replete rats.

Gregory P Morrow, Luke MacMillan, Simon G Lamarre, Sara K Young, Amanda J MacFarlane, Margaret E Brosnan, John T Brosnan

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Cell cycle regulation of folate-mediated one-carbon metabolism.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Systems biology and medicine · 2018
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  18. Formate metabolism in fetal and neonatal sheep.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2015
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Gregory P MorrowFrom the Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 3X9, Canada.
Luke MacMillanFrom the Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 3X9, Canada.
Simon G LamarreDepartement de Biologie, Universite de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada, and.
Sara K YoungFrom the Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 3X9, Canada.
Amanda J MacFarlaneNutrition Research Division, Health Canada, Ottawa K1A 0K9, Ontario, Canada.
Margaret E BrosnanFrom the Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 3X9, Canada.
John T BrosnanFrom the Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 3X9, Canada, jbrosnan@mun.ca.
Memorial University of Newfoundland · CAHealth Canada · CAUniversité de Moncton · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is now established that the mitochondrial production of formate is a major process in the endogenous generation of folate-linked one-carbon groups. We have developed an in vivo approach involving the constant infusion of [(13)C]formate until isotopic steady state is attained to measure the rate of endogenous formate production in rats fed on either a folate-replete or folate-deficient diet. Formate was produced at a rate of 76 μmol·h(-1)·100 g of body weight(-1) in the folate-replete rats, and this was decreased by 44% in folate-deficient rats. This decreased formate production was confirmed in isolated rat liver mitochondria where formate production from serine, the principal precursor of one-carbon groups, was decreased by 85%, although formate production from sarcosine and dimethylglycine (choline metabolites) was significantly increased. We attribute this unexpected result to the demonstrated production of formaldehyde by sarcosine dehydrogenase and dimethylglycine dehydrogenase from their respective substrates in the absence of tetrahydrofolate and subsequent formation of formate by formaldehyde dehydrogenase. Comparison of formate production with the ingestion of dietary formate precursors (serine, glycine, tryptophan, histidine, methionine, and choline) showed that ∼75% of these precursors were converted to formate, indicating that formate is a significant, although underappreciated end product of choline and amino acid oxidation. Ingestion of a high protein diet did not result in increased production of formate, suggesting a regulation of the conversion of these precursors at the mitochondrial level to formate.

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AnimalsCholineDimethylglycine DehydrogenaseFolic AcidFolic Acid DeficiencyFormaldehydeFormatesGlycineHistidineLiverMaleMethionineMitochondriaMitochondria, LiverOxygenRats5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolic acidCholineDimethylglycine DehydrogenaseFolic AcidFormaldehydeFormatesformic acidGlycineHistidineMethionineOxygenSarcosine DehydrogenaseSerineTetrahydrofolatesAmino AcidCholineMethionineMitochondriaOne-carbon MetabolismSerineTetrahydrofolateVitamin

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