PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Groth, D. P.
AU  - Bain, J. A.
AU  - Pfeiffer, C. C.
TI  - THE COMPARATIVE DISTRIBUTION OF C14-LABELED 2-DIMETHYLAMINOETHANOL AND CHOLINE IN THE MOUSE
DP  - 1958 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 290--295
VI  - 124
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/124/4/290.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/124/4/290.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1958 Dec 01; 124
AB  - The time course distribution of radioactivity from dimethylaminoethanol-1,2 C14, cholinemethyl -C14 and choline-1,2 C14 in the acidsoluble, lipid, and protein fractions of mouse brain and liver was determined following the intraperitoneal injection of from 0.1 to 150 mg/kg of the labeled compounds. Incorporated radioactivity into choline and choline derivatives of the acid-soluble and lipid extracts was determined by carrier technique. Incorporation of radioactivity into protein methionine was also followed. Dimethylaminoethanol was incorporated and retained by the brain to a greater extent than choline, although choline was a more effective immediate precursor of acidsoluble and lipid choline. Label from choline appeared in the respiratory carbon dioxide and was excreted in the urine at a higher rate than the label from dimethylaminoethanol. The relative efficacy of dimethylaminoethanol and choline as precursors of brain acid-soluble and lipid choline and the implication of the results obtained to the pharmacological properties of dimethylaminoethanol was discussed.