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Nucleic Acid Labeling with [3H]Orotic Acid and Nucleotide Profile in Rats in Protein Deprivation, Enteral and Parenteral Essential Amino Acid Administration, and 5-Fluorouracil Treatment

Departments of Pathology and of Zoophysiology, University of Lund, Lund, and Pharmacia LEO Therapeutics AB, Helsingborg, Sweden

Imad Abdien El Hag, M.D.

Departments of Pathology and of Zoophysiology, University of Lund, Lund, and Pharmacia LEO Therapeutics AB, Helsingborg, Sweden

Marianne Andersson, PH.D.

Departments of Pathology and of Zoophysiology, University of Lund, Lund, and Pharmacia LEO Therapeutics AB, Helsingborg, Sweden

Per-Inge Christensson, M.D., PH.D.

Departments of Pathology and of Zoophysiology, University of Lund, Lund, and Pharmacia LEO Therapeutics AB, Helsingborg, Sweden

Unne Stenram, M.D., PH.D.

Departments of Pathology and of Zoophysiology, University of Lund, Lund, and Pharmacia LEO Therapeutics AB, Helsingborg, Sweden

Rats were fed a 0% casein diet for 1 week, with or without enteral or parenteral administration of essential amino acids, or a 25% casein diet, in one group supplemented with 5-fluorouracil treatment. Ninety minutes before sacrifice the rats were given a tracer of [³H]orotic acid. Incorporation into the acid soluble fraction, RNA, and DNA was determined in liver, small intestine, bone marrow, and kidney. Nucleotide profile was examined in liver and intestine. Protein deficiency caused inter alia a decrease in body weight; a decrease in RNA/ DNA ratio and an increase in the specific RNA labeling in liver and kidney; an altered nucleotide profile in the liver; an increase in the nucleotide/DNA and RNA/DNA ratios and a decrease in the specific labeling of the acid soluble fraction, RNA, and DNA in the bone marrow. These changes were prevented to the same extent by giving essential amino acids, either orally or intravenously. The minor changes in intestinal nucleotide profile in protein deprivation were prevented to a slightly larger extent by amino acids orally than parenterally. 5-Fluorouracil treatment gave a decrease in the RNA/DNA ratio in the liver and kidney but an increase in the nucleotide/DNA and RNA/DNA ratios in the bone marrow. Nucleotide profiles were unaltered. The amount of DNA per gram of tissue decreased in bone marrow and increased in kidney. Parenteral administration per se resulted in almost no changes. (Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 14:490-496, 1990)

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 14, No. 5, 490-496 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/0148607190014005490


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