Abstract
Intracellular levels of cysteine (CSH) and reduced glutathione (GSH) in the kidney and liver of rats from the newborn to the adult period have been determined using a sensitive high performance liquid chromatography method. In the kidney, the intracellular level of free CSH increased 4-fold from 1 to 4 nmol/mg protein with GSH levels which ranged from 20 to 25 nmol/mg protein from the 10th to 21st postnatal day, respectively. In contrast, intracellular free hepatic CSH showed a biphasic pattern with development. Intracellular free hepatic GSH, on the other hand, increased 2-fold over the 3- to 21-day postnatal period. In adult tissues, intracellular levels of free CSH and GSH decreased as compared with levels in 21-day postnatal animals. When ratios of CSH to GSH were compared between tissues from the 3-day-old postnatal and adult rat, CSH:GSH increased approximately 4-fold in the kidney and decreased 2- to 3-fold in the liver.
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