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Estimating glutathione synthesis with deuterated water: A model for peptide biosynthesis #MMPMID18486587
Anal Biochem 2008[Aug]; 379 (1): 40-4 PMID18486587show ga
Glutathione (GSH), an intracellular tripeptide that combats oxidative stress, must be continually replaced due to loss through conjugation and destruction. Previous methods, estimating the synthesis of GSH in vivo, used constant infusions of labeled amino acid precursors. We developed a new method based on incorporation of 2H from orally supplied 2H2O into stable C-H bonds on the tripeptide. The incorporation of 2H2O into GSH was studied in rabbits over a two week period. The method estimated N, the maximum number of C-H bonds in GSH that equilibrate with 2H2O as amino acids. GSH was analyzed by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry after derivatization to yield GSH-N-ethylmaleimide (GSNEM). A model, which simulated the expected abundance at each mass isotopomer for the GSNEM ion at various values for N, was used to find the best fit to the data. The plateau labeling fit best a model with N= 6 of a possible 10 C-H bonds. Thus, the amino acids precursors do not completely equilibrate with 2H2O prior to GSH synthesis. Advantages of this new method include replacing costly amino acid infusions with the oral administration of 2H2O and a statistical basis for estimating N.