[Vitamin B6 metabolism in mice with Ehrlich ascites tumor]. 1982

R V Trebukhina, and G N Mikhal'tsevich

Experiments on mice with Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma were made to explore absorption, intertissue distribution and excretion of 3H-pyridoxine upon enteral and parenteral administration of labeled vitamin in a dose of 0.5 microgram per mouse. The rate of 3H-pyridoxine penetration to the blood flow of the tumor-bearing animals was not different from that in the controls. This may be viewed as the absence of abnormalities in vitamin absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. As the tumorous process develops, there takes place a progressive binding of the labeled vitamin in the tissues: in the muscle, by 17%, in the liver, by 32%, in the brain, by 42%, and in the heart, by 54%. Excretion of radioactive metabolites with the urine decreases. In the tumorous cells, the concentration of the labeled vitamin by the 10th day of the tumor growth increases 1,5-fold as compared to that seen within the initial observation period. Additional administration of pyridoxine (100 microgram/mouse) for 8 days did not stimulate the tumor growth, while the injections of vitamin B6 in a dose of 1 mg/mouse suppressed the growth of Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma in mice by 17%.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011736 Pyridoxine The 4-methanol form of VITAMIN B 6 which is converted to PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE which is a coenzyme for synthesis of amino acids, neurotransmitters (serotonin, norepinephrine), sphingolipids, aminolevulinic acid. Although pyridoxine and Vitamin B 6 are still frequently used as synonyms, especially by medical researchers, this practice is erroneous and sometimes misleading (EE Snell; Ann NY Acad Sci, vol 585 pg 1, 1990). Pyridoxin,Pyridoxine Hydrochloride,Pyridoxol,Pyridoxol Hydrochloride,Rodex
D002286 Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor A transplantable, poorly differentiated malignant tumor which appeared originally as a spontaneous breast carcinoma in a mouse. It grows in both solid and ascitic forms. Ehrlich Ascites Tumor,Ascites Tumor, Ehrlich,Ehrlich Tumor Carcinoma,Tumor, Ehrlich Ascites
D000042 Absorption The physical or physiological processes by which substances, tissue, cells, etc. take up or take in other substances or energy.
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor
D014018 Tissue Distribution Accumulation of a drug or chemical substance in various organs (including those not relevant to its pharmacologic or therapeutic action). This distribution depends on the blood flow or perfusion rate of the organ, the ability of the drug to penetrate organ membranes, tissue specificity, protein binding. The distribution is usually expressed as tissue to plasma ratios. Distribution, Tissue,Distributions, Tissue,Tissue Distributions
D014316 Tritium The radioactive isotope of hydrogen also known as hydrogen-3. It contains two NEUTRONS and one PROTON in its nucleus and decays to produce low energy BETA PARTICLES. Hydrogen-3,Hydrogen 3
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus

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