In vivo conversion of [3H]myoinositol to [3H]chiroinositol in rat tissues

J Biol Chem. 1992 Aug 25;267(24):16904-10.

Abstract

We report here the in vivo conversion of [3H]myoinositol to [3H]chiroinositol. After labeling intraperitoneally with [3H]myoinositol for 3 days to reach radioisotope equilibrium in urine, [3H]chiroinositol was isolated from tissues and purified after 6 N HCl hydrolysis by two sequential paper chromatographies and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Percent conversion of [3H]myoinositol to [3H]chiroinositol was highest in urine (36%), liver (8.8%), muscle (8.8%), and blood (7.6%) with intestine, brain, kidney, spleen, and heart decreasing in percentage from 2.8 to 0.7%. Labeling of other inositol isomers including scyllo-, neo-, and epi-, and mucoinositol was minimal, approximately 0.06% of [3H]myoinositol. Glucose was unlabeled, but glucuronate, the product of myoinositol oxidation, was labeled up to 1.5% of the [3H] myoinositol. Acid hydrolysates of combined inositol-containing phospholipids contain significant labeled chiroinositol. [3H]Phosphatidylinositols and [3H]glycosylphosphatidylinositols were extracted from liver, muscle, and blood, isolated by thin layer chromatography, and inositols purified by HPLC after acid hydrolysis. Percent conversion of [3H]myoinositol to [3H] chiroinositol was highest in blood (60.4%) followed by muscle (7.7%) and liver (2.2%).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biotransformation
  • Chromatography, Gas
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Chromatography, Paper
  • Glycolipids / isolation & purification
  • Glycolipids / metabolism
  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositols
  • Inositol / isolation & purification
  • Inositol / metabolism*
  • Kidney / metabolism
  • Male
  • Organ Specificity
  • Phosphatidylinositols / isolation & purification
  • Phosphatidylinositols / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Stereoisomerism

Substances

  • Glycolipids
  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositols
  • Phosphatidylinositols
  • Inositol