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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 61, 1067-1069, Copyright © 1995 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
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J Vina, M Vento, F Garcia-Sala, IR Puertes, E Gasco, J Sastre, M Asensi and FV Pallardo
Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidad de Valencia, Spain.
There are conflicting reports in the literature as to whether L- cysteine is an essential amino acid in premature infants as the result of the absence of hepatic cystathionase activity. To analyze the physiological importance of the cystathionase deficiency, we studied sulfur amino acid metabolism in human neonates of different gestational ages. Plasma cystathionine concentrations are higher in premature infants < or = 32 wk gestation (group 1) than in premature infants of 33-36 wk gestational age (group 2) or in full-term infants (group 3), whereas plasma cysteine concentrations are much lower in group 1 and 2 premature infants than in mature infants. Furthermore, erythrocytes from group 1 premature infants synthetize glutathione from L-methionine (a process dependent on the cystathionase pathway) at a much lower rate than do erythrocytes from group 2 premature or full-term infants. Thus, the metabolic flow through the transsulfuration pathway may be insufficient to meet the glutathione and cysteine requirements of very premature infants.
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