L-Serine: a Naturally-Occurring Amino Acid with Therapeutic Potential

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J. S. Metcalf
R. A. Dunlop
J. T. Powell
S. A. Banack
P. A. Cox
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[1] The Institute for Ethnomedicine,Brain Chemistry Labs
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Neurotoxicity Research | 2018年 / 33卷
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L-serine; Alzheimer’s Disease; Therapy; Neuroprotection; ALS; Neurodegeneration;
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In human neuroblastoma cell cultures, non-human primates and human beings, L-serine is neuroprotective, acting through a variety of biochemical and molecular mechanisms. Although L-serine is generally classified as a non-essential amino acid, it is probably more appropriate to term it as a “conditional non-essential amino acid” since, under certain circumstances, vertebrates cannot synthesize it in sufficient quantities to meet necessary cellular demands. L-serine is biosynthesized in the mammalian central nervous system from 3-phosphoglycerate and serves as a precursor for the synthesis of the amino acids glycine and cysteine. Physiologically, it has a variety of roles, perhaps most importantly as a phosphorylation site in proteins. Mutations in the metabolic enzymes that synthesize L-serine have been implicated in various human diseases. Dosing of animals with L-serine and human clinical trials investigating the therapeutic effects of L-serine support the FDA’s determination that L-serine is generally regarded as safe (GRAS); it also appears to be neuroprotective. We here consider the role of L-serine in neurological disorders and its potential as a therapeutic agent.
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