title: Antivitamin B-6 effect of 1-aminoproline on rats.
abstract: By intraperitoneal injection of 1-aminoproline, death after severe convulsion was observed in rats (LD50 of 1-amino-L-proline, 26 mg per kg of body weight for young male rats fed a normal diet). The vitamin B-6-deficient rats were more sensitive to this hydrazino acid than the normal rats. The toxic effect was completely prevented by the administration of pyridoxine. 1-Amino-D-proline was less toxic than the L-isomer. By the 1-aminoproline treatment, the most remarkable changes in the free amino acid levels were the striking increases in the concentrations of alpha-aminoadipic acid, citrulline and cystathionine in all the tissues tested, except in brain. Some unidentified ninhydrin-positive substances appeared. These results indicate that 1-aminoproline greatly disturbed the amino acid pattern, i.e. the amino acid metabolism in rats.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010179:Pancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011392:Proline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity; D011736:Pyridoxine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D051381:Rats; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D026681:Vitamin B 6 Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; C012179:1-aminoproline; D011392:Proline; D011736:Pyridoxine