N. Moatti, M. Fénéant, F. Lemonnier
Jun 15, 1978
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Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry
Abstract
Cycloleucine is a synthetic amino acid which produces, in vivo, biochemical abnoramlities comparable to those seen in human cystinuria-lysinuria. The effect of cycloleucine on intracellular accumulation of amino acids overlapping separate transport systems was studied using human diploid fibroblasts subcultures on glass coverslips. The data indicated that alpha-alanine, serine and proline accumulation was inhibited significantly by cycloleucine. The percentage of inhibition was approximately the same. Lysine was less affected by cycloleucine, but this amino acid accumulation proceeded at a rate slower than for neutral amino acids. In vitro, this inhibitory effect seems to be a generalized phenomenon affecting substrates. These results confirm in human fibroblasts data reported for human and rat kidney slices.