title: [Peculiarities of nicotinic acid formation in coronary heart disease with special reference to heart arrhythmias].
abstract: The present work is divided into two parts: clinical observations and experimental investigations. The endogenic formation of nicotinic acid was decreased in all patients with ischaemic heart disease, and we have found an increased accumulation of kynurenine in blood serum after tryptophan loading in many cases - a clear indication of pyridoxal-5-phosphate (P-5-P) deficiency in the organism. The results of experimental investigations showed that L-kynurenine sulphate initiates cardiac dysrhythmias as well as dystrophic changes in cardiomyocytes. Both the clinical observations and experimental investigations point out a previously unknown pathogenetic mechanism for the ischaemic heart disease, and for bradyarrhythmia as well as myocardial cell failure, caused by P-5-P deficiency in the organism.
authors: Biochemischen Laboratorium, Lettischen SSR, Riga.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Rudzite
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Jirgensons
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Jurika
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Sileniece
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Zirne
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Jirgensone
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000473:pathology*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007737:Kynurenine / Q000378:metabolism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D009525:Niacin / Q000378:metabolism*; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000172:deficiency; D011898:Ranidae; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009525:Niacin; D007737:Kynurenine; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate; D014364:Tryptophan; C024593:pyridoxine 5-phosphate
vernacular_title: Besonderheiten der Nikotinsäurebildung bei koronarer Herzkrankheit unter Berücksichtigung von Herzrhythmusstörungen.