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  • Title: Substitutes for glutamine in proliferation of rat intestinal epithelial cells.
    Author: Tuhacek LM, Mackey AD, Li N, DeMarco VG, Stevens G, Neu J.
    Journal: Nutrition; 2004 Mar; 20(3):292-7. PubMed ID: 14990271.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: Glutamine (Gln) is important for intestinal epithelial proliferation. The purpose of this study was to determine whether glutamate (Glu), a mixture of nucleotide monophosphates, arginine, or glucosamine could support proliferation of rat intestinal crypt cells (IEC-6) in the absence of Gln. METHODS: Glu with added ammonia acetate, glucosamine, arginine, and nucleotide monophosphates were tested at concentrations that were isonitrogenous with respect to Gln. To determine whether de novo synthesis of Gln was affected by these nutrients, a duplicate set of treatment groups was also tested with 1.0 mM/L of methionine sulfoximine, an inhibitor of Gln synthetase. RESULTS: Gln + methionine sulfoximine-treated cells showed suboptimal proliferation below 0.6 mM/L but normal proliferation between 0.6 and 4.0 mM/L of Gln. In the absence of exogenous Gln, isonitrogenous concentrations of Glu, glucosamine, arginine, or nucleotide monophosphates yielded similar proliferation as Gln. Cells treated with Glu, glucosamine, arginine, or nucleotide monophosphate mixture showed a decrease in proliferation compared with cells treated with Gln across all treatment doses (P < 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: The importance of these results is that, in the presence of active Gln synthetase, these nutrients can maintain intestinal epithelial proliferation similar to that observed with Gln.
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