L-Glutamine

L-Glutamine is a conditionally essential amino acid involved in many biochemical processes. It is synthesized in vivo by glutamate and ammonia.¹ It serves as a substrate for glutamine synthetase in neurons for the biosynthesis of the major excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters glutamate and GABA.² L-Glutamine decreases adhesion of sickle red blood cells (RBCs) to human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) when incubated ex vivo with patient-derived autologous plasma either alone or with LPS.³ It has commonly been used in cell culture media. Formulations containing L-glutamine have been used in the treatment of sickle cell disease.

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1. Eisenberg, D., Gill, H.S., Pfluegl, G.M.U., et al. Structure-function relationships of glutamine synthetases. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1477(1-2), 122-145 (2000).

2. Bak, L.K., Schousboe, A., and Waagepetersen, H.S. The glutamate/GABA-glutamine cycle: Aspects of transport, neurotransmitter homeostasis and ammonia transfer. J. Neurochem. 98(3), 641-653 (2006).

3. Niihara, Y., Matsui, N.M., Shen, Y.M., et al. L-glutamine therapy reduces endothelial adhesion of sickle red blood cells to human umbilical vein endothelial cells. BMC Blood Disord. 5(4), (2005).