Do organophosphate insecticides inhibit the conversion of tryptophan to NAD+ in ovo?
The hypothesis that organophosphate (OP) insecticides reduce the NAD+ levels of chick embryos by inhibiting kynurenine formamidase was tested. Fertile chicken eggs at 3 days of incubation were treated with a teratogenic dose of the organophosphate insecticide diazinon (DZN) in the presence or absence of exogenous L-tryptophan or nicotinamide, or one of the metabolic intermediates (L-kynurenine, 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid, quinolinic acid) between tryptophan and NAD+. By day 10 of development, DZN reduced the NAD+ content of the hind limbs of the embryos to less than 20% of normal and by day 15 it caused severe type I and type II teratogenic responses. The co-presence of tryptophan or one of its metabolites served to maintain the NAD+ levels of DZN-treated embryos close to or above normal and significantly alleviated the symptoms of type I teratisms. Tryptophan is virtually as effective as most of its metabolites in suppressing the effects of DZN on the NAD+ content and physical developm
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