Determination of fractional disappearance rate of kidney cholesterol

Autor: Charles H. Duncan, Maurice M. Best
Rok vydání: 1963
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Zdroj: American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content. 204:505-508
ISSN: 0002-9513
Popis: Mevalonic acid-2-C14 was injected intraperitoneally into rats, and the incorporation of the C14 into cholesterol of various tissues determined. A disproportionate incorporation into kidney cholesterol was observed, resulting in a specific activity 55 times that of serum cholesterol with which it can exchange. This selective labeling of kidney cholesterol and the essentially identical cholesterol-C14 content found in the two kidneys permitted the determination of the disappearance rate constant of kidney cholesterol without the necessity of considering back exchange of the label. One week after the intraperitoneal injection of mevalonic acid-2-C14 into an additional group of rats the left kidney was removed from each animal and its cholesterol-C14 content determined; from 2 to 6 weeks later the remaining kidney was removed and its cholesterol-C14 content also determined. A disappearance rate constant of the labeled kidney cholesterol of 0.030 day–1 was found.
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