Uridine

Not to be confused with uracil or urine.
Uridine
Skeletal formula of uridine
Ball-and-stick model of the uridine molecule
Names
IUPAC name
Uridine[1]
Systematic IUPAC name
1-[(2R,3R,4S,5R)-3,4-Dihydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]pyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione
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MeSH Uridine
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C9H12N2O6/c12-3-4-6(14)7(15)8(17-4)11-2-1-5(13)10-9(11)16/h1-2,4,6-8,12,14-15H,3H2,(H,10,13,16)/t4-,6-,7-,8-/m1/s1 ☒N
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  • InChI=1/C9H12N2O6/c12-3-4-6(14)7(15)8(17-4)11-2-1-5(13)10-9(11)16/h1-2,4,6-8,12,14-15H,3H2,(H,10,13,16)/t4-,6-,7-,8-/m1/s1
    Key: DRTQHJPVMGBUCF-XVFCMESIBG
  • O=C1NC(=O)N(C=C1)[C@@H]2O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O)[C@H]2O
Properties
C9H12N2O6
Molar mass 244.20
Appearance solid
Density .99308g/cm3
Melting point 167.2 °C (333.0 °F; 440.3 K)
log P -1.98
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Uridine (symbol U or Urd) is a glycosylated pyrimidine analog containing uracil attached to a ribose ring (or more specifically, a ribofuranose) via a β-N1-glycosidic bond. The analog is one of the five standard nucleosides which make up nucleic acids, the others being adenosine, thymidine, cytidine and guanosine. The five nucleosides are commonly abbreviated to their symbols, U, A, dT, C, and G, respectively. However, thymidine is more commonly written as 'dT' ('d' represents 'deoxy') as it contains a 2'-deoxyribofuranose moiety rather than the ribofuranose ring found in uridine. This is because thymidine is found in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and usually not in ribonucleic acid (RNA). Conversely, uridine is found in RNA and not DNA. The remaining three nucleosides may be found in both RNA and DNA. In RNA, they would be represented as A, C and G whereas in DNA they would be represented as dA, dC and dG.

Biosynthesis

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Uridine is widely produced in nature as uridine monophosphate (uridylate) by de novo synthesis by the decarboxylation of orotidylate, which is catalyzed by orotidylate decarboxylase. The orotidylate is produced from orotate, which is combined with 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate (PRPP) to form orotidylate by pyrimidine phosphoribosyltransferase. PRPP is created from ribose-5-phosphate by a further phosphorylation, serving as an energetic molecule to drive the reaction forward, while orotate is generated in several steps from carbamoyl phosphate and aspartate.[2]

Dietary sources

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Uridine is regarded as a non-essential nutrient, as it is produced by the human body as needed and supplementation is not generally recommended, though it has been explored for specific applications.[3]

Some foods that contain uridine in the form of RNA are listed below. Although claimed that virtually none of the uridine in this form is bioavailable "since – as shown by Handschumacher's Laboratory at Yale School of Medicine in 1981[4] – it is destroyed in the liver and gastrointestinal tract, and no food, when consumed, has ever been reliably shown to elevate blood uridine levels'. This is contradicted by Yamamoto et al.,[5] plasma uridine levels rose 1.8-fold 30 minutes after beer ingestion, suggesting, at the very least, conflicting data. On the other hand, ethanol on its own (which is present in beer) increases uridine levels, which may explain the raise of uridine levels in the study by Yamamoto et al.[6] In infants consuming mother's milk or commercial infant formulas, uridine is present as its monophosphate, UMP,[7] which is both bioavailable[8] and able to enter the circulation from the digestive tract.[citation needed]

Consumption of RNA-rich foods may lead to high levels of purines (adenine and guanosine) in blood. High levels of purines are known to increase uric acid production and may aggravate or lead to conditions such as gout.[14]

Harvard researchers report that omega-3 fatty acids and uridine, two substances in foods such as fish, walnuts, molasses, and sugar beets, prevented depression in rats as effectively as antidepressant drugs. "Giving rats a combination of uridine and omega-3 fatty acids produced immediate effects that were indistinguishable from those caused by giving the rats standard antidepressant medications," said lead author of the study William Carlezon, director of McLean's Behavioral Genetics Laboratory.[15][16]

Galactose glycolysis

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Uridine plays a role in the glycolysis pathway of galactose.[17] There is no catabolic process to metabolize galactose. Therefore, galactose is converted to glucose and metabolized in the common glucose pathway. Once the incoming galactose has been converted into galactose 1-phosphate (Gal-1-P), it is involved in a reaction with UDP-glucose, a glucose molecule bonded to uridine diphosphate (UDP). This process is catalyzed by the enzyme galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase and transfers the UDP to the galactose molecule. The end result is UDP-galactose and glucose-1-phosphate. This process is continued to allow the proper glycolysis of galactose.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2014). Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry: IUPAC Recommendations and Preferred Names 2013. The Royal Society of Chemistry. p. 1422. doi:10.1039/9781849733069. ISBN 978-0-85404-182-4.
  2. ^ Berg JM, Tymoczko JL, Stryer L. (2002). "Section 25.1In de Novo Synthesis, the Pyrimidine Ring Is Assembled from Bicarbonate, Aspartate, and Glutamine". Biochemistry (5th ed.). W H Freeman.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ George M. Kapalka (2009). Nutritional and Herbal Therapies for Children and Adolescents: A Handbook. Academic Press. ISBN 9780080958019.
  4. ^ Gasser T, Moyer JD, Handschumacher RE (1981). "Novel single-pass exchange of circulating uridine in rat liver". Science. 213 (4509): 777–8. Bibcode:1981Sci...213..777G. doi:10.1126/science.7256279. PMID 7256279.
  5. ^ Yamamoto T, Moriwaki Y, Takahashi S, Tsutsumi Z, Ka T, Fukuchi M, Hada T (2002). "Effect of beer on the plasma concentrations of uridine and purine bases". Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental. 51 (10): 1317–23. doi:10.1053/meta.2002.34041. PMID 12370853.
  6. ^ Yamamoto T, Moriwaki Y, Takahashi S, Yamakita J, Tsutsumi Z, Ohata H, Hiroishi K, Nakano T, Higashino K (1997). "Effect of ethanol and fructose on plasma uridine and purine bases". Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental. 46 (5): 544–7. doi:10.1016/s0026-0495(97)90192-x. PMID 9160822.
  7. ^ Wurtman R (23 April 2014). "A Nutrient Combination that Can Affect Synapse Formation". Nutrients. 6 (4): 1701–1710. doi:10.3390/nu6041701. PMC 4011061. PMID 24763080.
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  12. ^ Storck R (1965). "Nucleotide composition of nucleic acids of fungi. I. Ribonucleic acids". Journal of Bacteriology. 90 (5): 1260–4. doi:10.1128/JB.90.5.1260-1264.1965. PMC 315810. PMID 5848326.
  13. ^ Yamamoto T, Moriwaki Y, Takahashi S, Tsutsumi Z, Ka T, Fukuchi M, Hada T (October 2002). "Effect of beer on the plasma concentrations of uridine and purine bases". Metab Clin Exp. 51 (10): 1317–23. doi:10.1053/meta.2002.34041. PMID 12370853.
  14. ^ "Gout, Hyperuricemia & Chronic Kidney Disease". The National Kidney Foundation. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Food ingredients may be as effective as antidepressants". Harvard Gazette. 10 February 2005. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  16. ^ Carlezon WA, Mague SD, Parow AM, Stoll AL, Cohen BM, Renshaw PF (February 2005). "Antidepressant-like effects of uridine and omega-3 fatty acids are potentiated by combined treatment in rats". Biol Psychiatry. 57 (4): 343–50. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.11.038. PMID 15705349. S2CID 1834258.
  17. ^ Stryer, Berg and Tymoczko (2002). "Section 16.1 Glycolysis Is an Energy-Conversion Pathway in Many Organisms". Biochemistry (5th ed.). New York: W H Freeman.
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