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Arzneimittelforschung ; 45(12): 1303-5, 1995 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8595089

ABSTRACT

This paper describes the interference of heparin (CAS 9005-49-6) in whole plasma used for free and total levocarnitine (L-carnitine, CAS 541-15-1) analysis. Alkaline hydrolysis required for total L-carnitine measurement does not overcome the problem. The same interference is also present in long-chain acyl-L-carnitine assay, because heparin precipitates together with proteins and long-chain esters of L-carnitine in the acid insoluble fraction of perchloric acid treated plasma sample. In this case an appropriate cleaning of the sample is recommended before the assay.


Subject(s)
Carnitine/blood , Heparin/blood , Acetylcarnitine/blood , Adult , Carnitine O-Acetyltransferase , Edetic Acid/metabolism , Humans , Indicators and Reagents , Perchlorates
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Gynecol Endocrinol ; 8(2): 115-20, 1994 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7942078

ABSTRACT

Plasma concentration, urinary excretion and renal clearance of free, total and esterified L-carnitine were monitored monthly in 14 women during the last 6 months of pregnancy and 1 month after delivery. Plasma concentration and renal clearance measured 1 month after delivery overlapped with normal values for females of comparable age, and were considered the reference values for further comparisons. Plasma concentration of free, total and esterified L-carnitine decreased during pregnancy, reaching values as low as half of those measured 1 month after delivery, whereas urinary excretion and renal clearance, mainly of L-carnitine esters, increased, with renal clearance reaching a peak at the 16th week of pregnancy. Pregnancy thus leads to a reversible secondary deficiency of L-carnitine. The involvement of L-carnitine in the excretion of an excess of acyl-S-coenzyme A groups to prevent a possible systemic acidosis, as well as hormonal changes and a reduction of L-carnitine biosynthesis, could play a significant role in the variations in L-carnitine metabolism encountered in pregnancy. As physiological components of L-carnitine are excreted via a saturable tubular reabsorption, their threshold seems to follow plasma concentration, even when they decrease markedly, as in pregnancy.


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Carnitine , Kidney/metabolism , Pregnancy Trimester, First/metabolism , Adolescent , Adult , Analysis of Variance , Carnitine/blood , Carnitine/deficiency , Carnitine/urine , Female , Humans , Pregnancy
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Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet ; Spec No 3: 364-8, 1991.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1820909

ABSTRACT

L-carnitine and its short-, medium- and long-chain acyl esters constitute the L-carnitine family. These compounds in the body are equilibrated according to a homeostatic equilibrium preserved and, when impaired, restored by a dynamic inter-exchange between L-carnitine and its esters, catalysed by carnitine acyl transferases, and a tubular reabsorption process with differentiated thresholds for each component. The interaction of these compounds with albumin and plasma proteins of rats, dogs and humans was carefully investigated by means of ultrafiltration and gel filtration techniques. Results obtained demonstrate that L-carnitine and its short-chain esters, namely acetyl-L-carnitine and propionyl-L-carnitine, do not interact with either albumin or plasma proteins; octanoyl-L-carnitine interacts in a measurable even if poor extent (12-30%), whereas palmitoyl-L-carnitine, a molecule with a detergent activity, is completely bound to albumin and plasma proteins.


Subject(s)
Carnitine/pharmacokinetics , Acetylcarnitine/pharmacokinetics , Animals , Blood Proteins/metabolism , Carnitine/analogs & derivatives , Chromatography, Gel , Dogs , Humans , Palmitoylcarnitine/pharmacokinetics , Protein Binding , Rats , Serum Albumin/metabolism , Ultrafiltration
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