Nutritional and Acid-Base Aspects of Amino Acid Metabolism

by O'Donovan, D. J.; Endou, H.; Schoolwerth, A. C.; Tizianello, A.; Walls, J.

• ISBN13: 9783805564908
• ISBN10: 3805564902
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-07-01
• Publisher: S Karger Ag

Table of Contents

Preface	IX
Ammonia-Forming Enzymes	1	(24)
Role of Hetero-Enzyme Complexes in Acid-Base Balance	1	(10)
Fahien, L. A.
Din, Z.
Laboy, J.
Chobanian, M. C. (Madison, Wise.)
Soluble and Membrane-Bound Forms of Phosphate-Activated Glutaminase with Different Kinetic Characteristics in Pig and Rat Kidney Mitochondria	11	(8)
Roberg, B.
Torgner, I. A.
Kvamme, E. (Oslo)
The Increase in Glutamine Synthesis from Glucose Caused by Ammonium Chloride in Rabbit Kidney Tubules Does Not Involve an Increase in Citrate Synthesis	19	(6)
Chauvin, M. -F. (Lyon)
Megnin-Chanet, F.
Martin, G.
Lhoste, J. -M.
Baverel, G. (Orsay)
Molecular Biological Aspects of Glutamine Metabolism	25	(23)
Stimulation of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase Gene Expression in Cultured LLC-PK(1)-F(+) Cells	25	(6)
Drewnowska, K. (Richmond, Va.)
Labruyere, W. T.
van den Hoff, M. J. B.
Lamers, W. H. (Amsterdam)
Schoolwerth, A. C. (Richmond, Va.)
A Novel Na(+)-Dependent Amino Acid Transporter with a High Affinity to Glutamine	31	(6)
Endou, H.
Kanai, Y.
Utsunomiya-Tate, N.
Hosoyamada, M. (Tokyo)
Effect of K(+) Depletion on Glutamate Dehydrogenase	37	(6)
Sastrasinh, S. (East Orange, N. J. Newark, N. J.
Cheewatrakoolpong, B. (Kenilworth, N. J.)
Chadha, I. (East Orange, N.J. Newark, N.J.)
Sastrasinh, M. (East Orange, N.J.)
Characterization of the Hepatic Glutaminase Promoter	43	(5)
Chung-Bok, M. -I.
Watford, M. (New Brunswick, N.J.)
Metabolic Alterations in Acidosis	48	(21)
Ensuring a Minimum Urine Flow Rate during Water Deprivation in Chronic Fasting	48	(7)
Halperin, M. L. (Toronto)
Soroka, S. D.
Gowrishankar, M.
Kim, H. C.
Myers, J. A.
Rubin S. (Saskatoon)
Role of Adrenal Steroids in Stimulating Ammonium Excretion during Acute Metabolic Acidosis	55	(7)
Nolan, P. J. (Washington, D.C.)
Knepper, M. A. (Bethesda, Md.)
Packer, R. K. (Washington, D.C.)
Mechanism(s) Regulating Matrix pH in Rat Kidney Mitochondria	62	(7)
Drewnowska, K.
Schoolwerth, A. C. (Richard, Va.)
Kidney and Brain Metabolism of Glutamine and Other Amino Acids	69	(24)
An Overview of Mitochondrial Glutamine Transport and Phosphate-Activated Glutaminase in the Kidney	69	(10)
Kvamme, E.
Roberg, B.
Torgner, I. A. (Oslo)
Renal Homocysteine Metabolism	79	(6)
House, J. D.
Brosnan, M. E.
Brosnan, J. T. (St. John's)
Metabolic Requirement for Inorganic Phosphate by Renal Proximal Tubules: Influence upon L-Glutamine Metabolism	85	(8)
Chobanian, M. C.
Fahien, L. A.
Brazy, P. C. (Madison, Wise.)
Hepatic Amino Acid Metabolism	93	(36)
Hippurate as a Source of Renal and Hepatic Ammoniagenesis in Different Species	93	(8)
Malyusz, M.
Rudolph, N.
Barth A.
Gronow, G.
Malyusz, T. (Kiel)
Regulation of Hepatic Protein Degradation	101	(8)
Blommaart, E. F. C.
Luiken, J. J. F. P.
Meijer, A. J. (Amsterdam)
No Increase of Ornithine Concerntration in the Liver of Ornithine Trancarbamylase-Deficient spf-ash Mice following Intraperitoneal Injection of Ammonium Chloride	109	(8)
Saheki, T.
Fukushige, T.
Kakinoki, H.
Kobayashi, K. (Kagoshima)
Nitrogen Metabolism in Ammonium Chloride-Supplemented Rats During Protein Depletion	117	(12)
Lardner, A. L.
O'Donovan, D. J. (Galway)
Renal Utilization of Various Nitrogenous Substance	129	(20)
How Does the Kidney Handle Plasma Polyamines?	129	(7)
Brosnan, M. E.
Ray, S.
Walters, B.
Pink, D. (St. John's)
Oxidation of Glutamine in Cancer Cells and Regeneration of Adenylates via Adenylosuccinate Synthetase	136	(7)
Kovacevic, Z.
Brkljac, O.
Oros, J. (Novi Sad)
Leucine Metabolism and Protein Dynamics in the Human Kidney	143	(6)
Garibotto, G. (Genoa)
Tessari, P. (Padova)
Robaudo, C. (Genoa)
Vettore, M. (Padova)
Saffioti, S. (Genoa)
Zanetti, M. (Padova)
Sofia, A.
Deferrari, G.
Tizianello, A. (Genoa)
Interorgan Metabolism of Ammonia and Other Substrates	149	(19)
Defective Glycolysis and Catabolism of Protein and Amino Acids in Skeletal Muscle during Metabolic Acidosis	149	(7)
Bevington, A.
Walls, J. (Leicester)
Incorporation of (15)N-Labelled Precursors into Urea Isotopomers	156	(7)
Brosnan, J. T.
Brosnan, M. E.
Charron, R. (St. John's)
Nissim, I. (Philadelphia, Pa.)
RT-PCR Localization of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase in the Proximal Tubule of the Rat during Metabolic Acidosis	163	(5)
Craig, M. R.
DiGiovanni, S. R.
Drewnowska, K.
Schoolwerth, A. C. (Richmond, Va.)
Author Index	168	(1)
Subject Index	169