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Variation between sheep in renal excretion of [14C]allantoin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

P. Prasitkusol ,
E. R. Ørskov ,
X. B. Chen ,
F. D. DeB. Hovell  and
D. J. Kyle
P. Prasitkusol
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK
E. R. Ørskov*
Affiliation:
International Feed Resources Unit, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, Scotland, UK
X. B. Chen
Affiliation:
Lucta (Guangzhou) Flavours Co. Ltd., 173-175 Youyi Road, Guangzhou Economic & Technological Development District, Guangzhou 510730, People's Republic of China
F. D. DeB. Hovell
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB24 5UA, Scotland, UK
D. J. Kyle
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK
*
†Corresponding author: Professor E. R. Ørskov, fax +44 1224 311 556, email b.orskov@mluri.sari.ac.uk
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Abstract

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The objectives of the present study were to investigate the recovery of [14C]allantoin in urine of sheep dosed intravenously and degradation of allantoin by rumen micro-organisms. The recovery of [14C]allantoin in the urine of eight sheep was measured during three periods in two experiments. Individual values of [14C]allantoin recovery varied from 66 to 95 % (mean value 83 (SE 1·6) %). The recovery of [14C]allantoin showed no relation to the level of feed intake. There was some evidence that glomerular filtration rate was an important factor affecting the amount of urinary allantoin recovered in one experiment. Incomplete recovery of plasma [14C]allantoin in the urine indicated losses of plasma [14C]allantoin via non-renal routes. This is supported by the disappearance of 14C from rumen contents incubated in vitro with [14C]allantoin for 48 h (88 %) and the presence of 14C in saliva in vivo from sheep sampled after dosing with [14C]allantoin. However, the amount of 14C activity in the saliva was very low (equivalent to only 1·5 % of the total dose in sheep producing saliva at a rate of 15 litres/d). The proportion of renal and non-renal excretion of purine derivatives was found to be unpredictable both between and within individual animals. The factors responsible for this variability need to be identified, and existing models of excretion of purine derivatives may need to be modified accordingly to improve their accuracy of prediction. A single intravenous injection of [4,5-14C]allantoin provides a simple alternative to infusion methods used to measure the proportion of plasma allantoin excreted in the urine of sheep. Using this method it may be feasible to validate PD excretion models in other ruminant livestock.

Keywords

Renal excretionPurine derivativesAllantoinRadioactivitySheep
Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 87 , Issue 6 , June 2002 , pp. 561 - 568
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 2002

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