THE METABOLISM OF L-ARGININE AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF ENDOTHELIUM-DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR - L-GLUTAMINE INHIBITS THE GENERATION OF L-ARGININE BY CULTURED ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS
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SESSA, WC
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ST BARTHOLOMEWS HOSP,COLL MED,WILLIAM HARVEY RES INST,CHARTERHOUSE SQ,LONDON EC1M 6BQ,ENGLANDST BARTHOLOMEWS HOSP,COLL MED,WILLIAM HARVEY RES INST,CHARTERHOUSE SQ,LONDON EC1M 6BQ,ENGLAND
SESSA, WC
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HECKER, M
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HECKER, M
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MITCHELL, JA
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MITCHELL, JA
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VANE, JR
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The mechanism by which L-glutamine (L-Gln) inhibits the release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor from bovine aortic cultured endothelial cells was investigated. The intracellular concentration of L-arginine (L-Arg) in Arg-depleted endothelial cells was inversely related to the level of L-Gln. Removal of L-Gln from the culture medium (usually containing L-Gln at 2 mM) abolished the inhibitory effect of the culture medium on L-Arg generation. L-Gln (0.2 and 2 mM) but not D-Gln inhibited the generation of L-Arg by both Arg-depleted and nondepleted endothelial cells. L-Gln did not interfere with the uptake of L-Arg or the metabolism of L-Arg-L-Phe to L-Arg but inhibited the formation of L-Arg from L-citrulline (L-Cit), L-Cit-L-Phe, and N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine. L-Gln also inhibited the conversion of L-[14C]Cit to L-[14C]Arg by Arg-depleted endothelial cells. However, L-Gln did no inhibit the conversion of L-argininosuccinic acid to L-Arg by endothelial cell homogenates. Thus, L-Gln interferes with the conversion of L-Cit to L-Arg probably by acting on argininosuccinate synthetase rather than argininosuccinate lyase. L-Gln also inhibited the generation of L-Arg by the monocyte-macrophage cell line J774 but had no effect on the conversion of L-Cit to L-Arg by these cells. As the release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor from cultured and non-cultured endothelial cells is limited by the availability of L-Arg, endogenous L-Gln may play a regulatory role in the biosynthesis of endothelium-derived relaxing factor.