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The Intestinal Absorption Defect in Cystinuria Gut: first published as 10.1136/gut.2.4.323 on 1 December 1961. Downloaded from Gut, 1961, 2, 323 The intestinal absorption defect in cystinuria M. D. MILNE, A. M. ASATOOR1, K. D. G. EDWARDS2, AND LAVINIA W. LOUGHRIDGE Froml the Departments of Medicine and Chemical Pathology, Postgraduate Medical School ofLondon SYNOPSIS This paper brings forward evidence to suggest that the amino-acid transport defect known to occur in the kidneys of cystinurics is also present in the gut. Cystinuria was first described 150 years ago arginine, and ornithine-are involved in cystinuria, (Wollaston, 1810) and numerous theories have and most of the other amino-acids derived from since been advanced to explain the clinical and protein hydrolysis, with the notable exceptions of biochemical abnormalities of the disease. The glycine and proline, in Hartnup disease. present view of the disorder (Dent and Rose, 1951) is that cystinuria is a disease of the kidney tubules, MINOR METABOLIC PATHWAYS OF LYSINE AND involving reduced reabsorption by the renal tubule ORNITHINE cells from the glomerular filtrate of the dibasic amino-acids-cystine, lysine, arginine, and ornithine. Our experimental plan makes use of minor pathways No other tubular defect has been found, implying of lysine and ornithine metabolism and is impossible a specific defect of amino-acid transport in kidney to explain without a previous short review of cells. We consider this to be a correct but incomplete existing knowledge. Lysine, if not utilized in protein synthesis, is normally oxidized to a-keto-&-amino- view of the disordered physiology of the disease, http://gut.bmj.com/ and describe experimental evidence for a more caproic acid. This is then metabolized by a chain of generalized defect, possibly involving amino-acid reactions to a-ketoglutaric acid, and thus to the transport in all body cells. This wider concept tricarboxylic acid cycle (Rothstein and Miller, explains many previous observations not easily 1954). Arginine and ornithine are involved in the reconciled with the current more restricted view of cyclic series of reactions in the formation of urea the disease. (Krebs and Henseleit, 1932). The present work is not concerned with these major pathways of Cystinuria is a recessive hereditary disease (Dent on September 24, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. and Harris, 1951; Harris and Warren, 1953; Harris, metabolism. Mittwoch, Robson, and Warren, 1955a and b; Many bacteria, including numerous organisms of Harris and Robson, 1955), such conditions usually the normal colonic flora, break down lysine, involving a deficiency or absence of a single protein, arginine, and ornithine, by the action of specific which may be an enzyme. The biochemical defect decarboxylases, to the corresponding diamines in Hartnup disease (Baron, Dent, Harris, Hart, and cadaverine, agmatine, and putrescine. These de- Jepson, 1956; Milne, Crawford, Girao, and carboxylases are most active at an acid reaction Loughridge, 1960), a comparable recessive hereditary (Gale, 1940a), the optimum pH being 4.0 for condition, is a reduced ability to transport those arginine decarboxylase, 4.5 for lysine decarboxylase, amino-acids which are not involved in the transport and 5.0 for ornithine decarboxylase. In this defect of cystinuria. The defect in Hartnup disease investigation we have never detected agmatine has been shown to involve cells both of the proximal either in faeces or urine, either because arginine renal tubules and of the jejunum. This paper itself was not administered or because of the low presents evidence that cystinuria and Hartnup pH optimum of the appropriate decarboxylase. disease are closely related conditions, each com- The formation and further metabolism of cadaverine prising a specific hereditary disorder of amino-acid and putrescine is shown to be of considerable transport. The dibasic amino-acids-cystine, lysine, importance in cystinuria, confirming earlier work (von UdrAnszky and Baumann, 1889; Garrod, 'Miles-Ames research fellow. 1908). A summary scheme of the further metabolism 'Postgraduate Foundation fellow of the University of Sydney. of the diamines is given in Fig. 1. 323 Gut: first published as 10.1136/gut.2.4.323 on 1 December 1961. Downloaded from 324 M. D. Milne, A. M. Asatoor, K. D. G. Edwards, and Lavinia W. Loughridge METABOLISM OF LYSINE VIA CADAVERINE FORMED BY COLONIC BACTERIA -CO2 NH2(CH2)4*CH(NH*).COOH ^ HN2 (CH2). N H2 Decarboxylase Lysine Cadaverine 1 DiaLmine oxidase Aldehyde oxidase NHW2(CH2)4.COOH NH2(CH2)gCHO 8-aminovaleric acid 8-aminovaleraldehyde Spontaneous ;cyclization Polymers which can be metabolized by 0 CHyCH2*CH.CH2CH microsomal enzyme systems 2 A1-piperideine CH-2CH2-NH CH2.CH2*CH2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~I Piperidine METABOLISM OF ARGININE AND ORNITHINE VIA PUTRESCINE FORMED BY COLONIC BACTERIA Decarboxylase NH:C(NH2)NH-(CH2)3-CH(NH2).COOH NH:C(NH2) NH (CH2)4-NH2 Arginine Agmatine 4 -CO2 http://gut.bmj.com/ NH2*(CH2)J*CH(NH2).COOH --NH2(CH2)4-NH2 Decarboxylase Ornithine Putrescine 1 Diamine oxidase Aldehyde oxidase NH2-(CH2)3COOH NH2(CH2)3-CHO y-aminobutyric acid y-ominobutyraldehyde on September 24, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. Spontanec ns cyclization Polymers which can be metabolized by 4 - CH2CH.*N:CHCH2 microsomal enzyme systems s A A 1-pyrroline CH2.CH2 NH.CH2-CH2 FIG. 1. Summary scheme of metabolism of cadaverinie and putrescine. Pyrrolidine The diamines are readily absorbed from the colon, metabolized to CO2 and urea. The aldehydes, and are oxidized by diamine oxidase to the corre- however, are highly reactive compounds, and sponding aldehydes, 8-aminovaleraldehyde and spontaneously cyclize to the unsaturated heterocyclic y-aminobutyraldehyde. The greater proportion of amines, A1-piperideine and A1-pyrroline. Polymers these aldehydes is oxidized by aldehyde oxidase to of these amines are formed when the diamines are the corresponding amino-acids, 8-aminovaleric acid incubated with diamine oxidase of plant origin and y-aminobutyric acid, both of which can be fully (Mann and Smithies, 1955). Suzuki and Hagihara Gut: first published as 10.1136/gut.2.4.323 on 1 December 1961. Downloaded from The intestinal absorption defect in cystinuria 325 (1954) performed similar experiments using diamine used in the cystinuric child. One cystinuric patient was oxidase prepared from hog kidney, and claimed given the same dose of L-ornithine hydrochloride, but that the saturated heterocyclic amines, piperidine this caused diarrhoea and abdominal colic. As reported later, the amount of potentially toxic metabolites and pyrrolidine, were formed. Asatoor and Milne produced was much greater than after an identical dose (1961) confirmed the production of these saturated of L-lysine hydrochloride. In the other tests using amines, but also detected considerable quantities of L-ornithine hydrochloride, a single dose of 10 g. was the polymers of A1-piperideine and A1-pyrroline by used. use of the methods of Mann and Smithies (1955). The 24-hour metabolic tests to be reported comprise When injected into rats these polymers were found (a) tests on four cystinuric patients and 10 normal to be rapidly metabolized by microsomal enzyme subjects receiving L-lysine; (b) one cystinuric patient systems, only 1-2% of the injected dose being and one normal subject receiving L-lysine after pre- excreted in the urine. Strecker (1960) has recently treatment for three days with oral neomycin, 10 g. daily; z1-pyrroline (c) two cystinuric patients receiving L-omithine, 20 g. shown that both A11-piperideine and and 10 g. respectively, and two normal subjects receiving can also be oxidized by a mitochondrial enzyme to the smaller dose. 8-aminovaleric and y-aminobutyric acids respect- A two-hour basal specimen of urine was collected, in ively. The highly reactive unsaturated heterocyclic most cases from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. The first dose of the amines are therefore probably metabolized in three amino-acid was then given, and separate two-hourly ways: 1, Spontaneous polymerization, and meta- urine specimens were collected for the next 12 hours. bolism of the polymers by microsomal enzymes; Finally, an overnight 12-hour urine specimen was 2, oxidation by a mitochondrial enzyme to obtained. Separate faecal specimens were obtained, w-aminoacids; and 3, reduction to the saturated including the last specimen passed before the test, and all specimens passed spontaneously during the 24 hours heterocyclic amines, piperidine and pyrrolidine. of the metabolic tests. If faeces were not obtained during The urinary excretion of these saturated hetero- the 24-hour period, a glycerine suppository was given at cyclic amines by man was first noted by von Euler the end of the test. All urine and faecal specimens were (1945), who recorded a total output of 3 to 20 mg. deep frozen immediately after collection. per day. This paper shows that formation of piperidine is dependent on bacterial metabolism CHEMICAL METHODS within the colon of unabsorbed lysine to cadaverine, and that pyrrolidine formation depends on similar AMINO-ACIDS IN FAECES The faeces were homogenized bacterial metabolism of arginine and ornithine. with four times their weight of acetone and then filtered. http://gut.bmj.com/ The reaction chains are completely specific, and The acetone was evaporated off under reduced pressure, therefore pyrrolidine cannot be formed from lysine and the residue diluted with distilled water to a volume ornithine. in millilitres equivalent to half the original faecal weight nor can piperidine from arginine or in grams. The resultant extract was filtered and 25 gd. Colonic bacteria can readily convert arginine to chromatographed using butanol :acetic acid :water, 4:1:2, ornithine (Gale, 1940b) and, probably because of as solvent. The amino-acid spots were developed either the highly acidic pH optimum of arginine decarbo- by ninhydrin or by a diacetyl-naphthol reagent for the xylase, this is a more important metabolic pathway guanidino-group. on September 24, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. that direct decarboxylation of arginine to agmatine.
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