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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 59, 1033-1039, Copyright © 1994 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Vitamin B-6 deficiency vs folate deficiency: comparison of responses to methionine loading in rats

JW Miller, MR Nadeau, D Smith and J Selhub
Vitamin Bioavailability Laboratory, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111.

The plasma homocysteine response to methionine loading was assessed in vitamin B-6- and folate-deficient rats. Rats fed vitamin B-6- or folate- deficient diets for 4 wk were administered a gastric gavage of methionine (100 mg/kg body wt). Subsequent plasma analyses revealed a peak post-methionine load increase in plasma homocysteine concentration of > 300 mumol/L in the vitamin B-6-deficient rats. Folate-deficient rats exhibited no significant changes in plasma homocysteine after the load. These disparate responses can be explained by the observed increase in hepatic S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) concentration because of the load. In vitamin B-6 deficiency, increased SAM inhibits homocysteine remethylation, which, in conjunction with the impaired homocysteine catabolism due to the deficiency and the increased synthesis of homocysteine due to the methionine load, leads to a large elevation of homocysteine in the blood. In folate deficiency, increased SAM activates homocysteine catabolism, which compensates for the increased synthesis of homocysteine due to the load and thus no change in blood homocysteine is observed. These results have significant bearing on the interpretation of both positive and negative responses to methionine loading in humans.


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