title: Analysis of intact rat lens metabolites by P-31 NMR spectroscopy.
abstract: Using phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (P-31 NMR) spectroscopy the rat crystalline lens was evaluated as a potential animal model for the study of lens metabolic processes relevant to the human. The P-31 NMR spectra of intact rat lenses and rat lens PCA extracts provided comparable qualitative and quantitative results concerning the tissue levels of the phosphorus-containing metabolites of intermediate metabolism. The study also establishes the feasibility of examining intact rat lens metabolism by P-31 NMR. Comparisons with reported human and rabbit lens metabolite levels revealed significant differences; consequently, metabolic information derived from rat lens studies should be extrapolated to the human with caution.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds