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AMINO ACIDS
Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 109-118Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s007260200000
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aminothiols; homocysteine; cysteine; homocystinuria; glutathione; albumin
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Measurement of plasma total cysteine rather than free dimeric cystine gives a better indication of cysteine status in homocystinuric patients. This is the result of displacement of cysteine from albumin by homocysteine and is related to the plasma homocysteine concentration. In control subjects the free/bound cyst(e)ine ratio was independent of albumin and total cysteine concentrations. In homocystinuric (HCU) patients both free and total cyst(e)ine values differed significantly from control values (P < 0.001) but whilst free cystine considerably overlapped control values the total cysteine concentrations were almost invariably lower. The possible consequences of this on glutathione synthesis was explored by assay of plasma total glutathione but no evidence for glutathione deficiency was found. Measurement of total cysteine, rather than free cystine, provides a better indication of cysteine status in HCU.
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