S-adenosylmethionine in Liver Health, Injury, and Cancer

SC Lu, JM Mato - Physiological reviews, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet, also known as SAM and SAMe) is the principal biological
methyl donor synthesized in all mammalian cells but most abundantly in the liver …

S-adenosylmethionine synthesis: molecular mechanisms and clinical implications

JM Mato, L Alvarez, P Ortiz, MA Pajares - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 1997 - Elsevier
Methionine adenosyltransferase (MAT) is an ubiquitous enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis
of S-adenosylmethionine from methionine and ATP. In mammals, there are two genes …

Formaldehyde regulates S-adenosylmethionine biosynthesis and one-carbon metabolism

VN Pham, KJ Bruemmer, JDW Toh, EJ Ge, L Tenney… - Science, 2023 - science.org
One-carbon metabolism is an essential branch of cellular metabolism that intersects with
epigenetic regulation. In this work, we show how formaldehyde (FA), a one-carbon unit …

[HTML][HTML] S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) therapy in liver disease: a review of current evidence and clinical utility

QM Anstee, CP Day - Journal of hepatology, 2012 - Elsevier
S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAMe; AdoMet) is an important, metabolically pleiotropic molecule
that participates in multiple cellular reactions as the precursor for the synthesis of glutathione …

S-adenosylmethionine in alcoholic liver cirrhosis: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multicenter clinical trial

JM Mato, J Cámara, JF De Paz, L Caballería, S Coll… - Journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Background/Aim: The efficacy of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) in the treatment of liver
cell injury has been demonstrated in several experimental models. The aim of this study was …

Methionine adenosyltransferase 1A knockout mice are predisposed to liver injury and exhibit increased expression of genes involved in proliferation

SC Lu, L Alvarez, ZZ Huang, L Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
Liver-specific and nonliver-specific methionine adenosyltransferases (MATs) are products of
two genes, MAT1A and MAT2A, respectively, that catalyze the formation of S …

Current concepts in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver injury

H Tsukamoto, SC Lu - The FASEB Journal, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) develops as a consequence of priming and sensitizing mecha
nisms rendered by cross‐interactions of primary mech anistic factors and secondary risk …

Differential inhibition of Arabidopsis methionine adenosyltransferases by protein S-nitrosylation

C Lindermayr, G Saalbach, G Bahnweg… - Journal of Biological …, 2006 - ASBMB
In animals, protein S-nitrosylation, the covalent attachment of NO to the thiol group of
cysteine residues, is an intensively investigated posttranslational modification, which …

S-Nitrosoglutathione is a substrate for rat alcohol dehydrogenase class III isoenzyme

DE JENSEN, GK BELKA, GCD BOIS - Biochemical Journal, 1998 - portlandpress.com
An enzyme isolated from rat liver cytosol (native molecular mass 78.3 kDa; polypeptide
molecular mass 42.5 kDa) is capable of catalysing the NADH/NADPH-dependent …

[KNJIGA][B] Folate in health and disease

LB Bailey - 2009 - taylorfrancis.com
During the fifteen years since the bestselling first edition of Folate in Health and Disease
was published, there have been thousands of new research studies related to folate and its …