Metabolomic Analysis of Blood Plasma after Oral Administration of N-acetyl-d-Glucosamine in Dogs

Marine Drugs

Tomohiro Osaki¹  Seiji Kurozumi²  Kimihiko Sato²  Taro Terashi²  Kazuo Azuma¹  Yusuke Murahata¹  Takeshi Tsuka¹  Norihiko Ito¹  Tomohiro Imagawa¹  Saburo Minami¹  Yoshiharu Okamoto¹ 

[1] Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tottori University, 4-101 Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori 680-8553, Japan; E-Mails:;Koyo Chemical Co. Ltd., 1-17 Taiyuji-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0051, Japan; E-Mails:

关键词: amino acid;    cartilage regeneration;    dog;    N-acetyl-d-glucosamine hydrochloride;    TGF-beta;   

DOI  :  10.3390/md13085007

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

N-acetyl-d-glucosamine (GlcNAc) is a monosaccharide that polymerizes linearly through (1,4)-β-linkages. GlcNAc is the monomeric unit of the polymer chitin. GlcNAc is a basic component of hyaluronic acid and keratin sulfate found on the cell surface. The aim of this study was to examine amino acid metabolism after oral GlcNAc administration in dogs. Results showed that plasma levels of ectoine were significantly higher after oral administration of GlcNAc than prior to administration (p < 0.001). To our knowledge, there have been no reports of increased ectoine concentrations in the plasma. The mechanism by which GlcNAc administration leads to increased ectoine plasma concentration remains unclear; future studies are required to clarify this mechanism.

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