The metabolism of L-m-tyrosine: the use of a putative precursor to investigate the increased production of m-hydroxymandelic acid in phenylketonuria.
Several urinary meta-substituted phenols appear to be of endogenous origin. However, the production of these compounds is reduced in phenylketonuria with the exception of m-hydroxymandelic acid whose excretion is approximately doubled. This phenomenon has been investigated in two patients with phenylketonuria using the putative precursor L-m-tyrosine labelled with deuterium. Metabolism of this compound in these patients was comparable to that in healthy adults although much less was converted to m-hydroxymandelic acid and the excretion pattern of this metabolite was different. This apparent anomaly is attributed to smaller metabolic compartments in phenylketonuria and a lower threshold for the metabolism of m-tyramine via beta-hydroxylation. Incorporation into the natural pathway was shown by depletion of endogenous m-hydroxymandelic acid. The results are further support for the ideas that the amine precursors of m-hydroxymandelic acid, m-tyramine and m-octopamine, have a functional role and may be important in the pathogenesis of phenylketonuria.[1]References
- The metabolism of L-m-tyrosine: the use of a putative precursor to investigate the increased production of m-hydroxymandelic acid in phenylketonuria. Hoskins, J.A., Greenway, A.M. Clin. Chim. Acta (1983) [Pubmed]
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