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Table 1 Amino acids in uterine flushes, nmol/mL (Means ± SEM)

From: Functional roles of ornithine decarboxylase and arginine decarboxylase during the peri-implantation period of pregnancy in sheep

Amino acid

MAO-control

MAO-ODC

MAO-ADC

MAO-ODC1:ADC (a)

MAO-ODC1:ADC (b)

Asp

2.82 ± 1.00a

3.1 ± 0.7a

5.3 ± 1.7a

8.3 ± 1.8b

1.5 ± 0.1c

Glu

24.39 ± 8.16a

26.2 ± 4.8a

36.9 ± 9.1ab

50.1 ± 8.3b

12.4 ± 2.7c

Asn

9.88 ± 3.51a

7.1 ± 0.3a

11.2 ± 2.0a

20.9 ± 1.5b

4.3 ± 3.5a

Ser

25.33 ± 8.89

19.8 ± 2.4

40.1 ± 6.7

45.4 ± 11.9

35.9 ± 2.8

Gln

59.66 ± 28.58

34.1 ± 4.5

45.7 ± 9.7

70.1 ± 1.6

38.3 ± 26.9

His

16.87 ± 6.23

14.2 ± 1.6

21.1 ± 4.4

29.5 ± 12.3

7.6 ± 6.5

Gly

99.09 ± 28.59

109.0 ± 21.7

151.1 ± 19.3

135.6 ± 8.4

80.2 ± 39.8

Thr

17.96 ± 5.69

10.6 ± 1.7

18.2 ± 3.3

34.3 ± 1.4

11.2 ± 10.0

Cit

3.00 ± 1.22a

1.3 ± 0.2b

2.0 ± 0.5ab

9.2 ± 2.4c

10.1 ± 8.5d

Arg

14.08 ± 4.71a

10.0 ± 1.1ab

15.9 ± 3.5ab

23.6 ± 0.6b

16.8 ± 13.5ab

b-Ala

4.12 ± 1.47

3.7 ± 1.5

6.9 ± 3.5

6.8 ± 1.4

5.1 ± 3.5

Tau

23.63 ± 6.95

24.4 ± 4.8

33.2 ± 9.5

34.6 ± 8.2

58.3 ± 44.0

Ala

25.40 ± 9.94ab

22.4 ± 1.7a

36.7 ± 10.0ab

41.8 ± 4.1b

11.9 ± 3.8c

Tyr

7.33 ± 1.18a

6.6 ± 1.2a

8.6 ± 1.7ab

13.0 ± 2.0b

3.7 ± 1.4c

Trp

1.71 ± 0.21a

0.7 ± 0.1b

1.1 ± 0.4ad

1.0 ± 0.1c

2.1 ± 1.5ad

Met

0.44 ± 0.22

0.6 ± 0.2

1.0 ± 0.5

1.7 ± 0.8

0.6 ± 0.2

Val

8.33 ± 2.85

6.7 ± 0.5

8.0 ± 2.9

14.7 ± 3.1

3.6 ± 1.9

Phe

6.81 ± 1.61a

5.3 ± 1.7a

9.0 ± 2.7a

15.1 ± 3.0b

2.0 ± 1.0c

Ile

3.78 ± 1.16a

2.5 ± 0.3a

4.4 ± 1.1ab

6.1 ± 0.6b

1.3 ± 0.4c

Leu

8.53 ± 2.35a

6.5 ± 0.7a

10.2 ± 2.5b

14.8 ± 2.9b

3.7 ± 1.5c

Orn

10.71 ± 3.35

6.6 ± 1.6

10.7 ± 1.7

16.9 ± 3.8

6.4 ± 4.0

Lys

57.91 ± 2.22a

36.5 ± 5.1a

47.3 ± 13.9b

64.6 ± 3.8c

11.0 ± 7.9d

  1. Amino acids in uterine flushes (nmol/mL). MAO-Control n = 4, MAO-ODC1 n = 3, MAO-ADC n = 5, MAO-ODC1: ADC (a) n = 2, MAO-ODC1: ADC (b) n = 2. All quantitative data are presented as mean and SEM. Legend: ornithine decarboxylase (ODC1); arginine decarboxylase (ADC). Values with different superscript letters are different (P<0.05)