Interaction of functionally bound vitamins in the distribution and metabolism of (/sup 14/C)nicotinic acid in tissues and blood cells

Leukocytes absorb two orders of magnitude more of labeled nicotinic acid ((/sup 14/C)NA) than erythrocytes (recalculated per cell). The dynamics of the binding of the labeled vitamin by leukocytes is biphasic, with the formation chiefly of (/sup 14/C)-nicotinic coenzymes in the shortest periods after its injection into rats. At the same time, injected thiamine, riboflavin, lipoate, and pantothenate increase the accumulation of labeled metabolites of nicotinate in the blood and leukocytes of rats by a factor of 2.1 and 4.1, respectively. The metabolism of subcutaneously injected (/sup 14/C)NA occurs chiefly in the digestive system, with a pronounced biphasic dynamics of the changes in the content of labeled metabolites in the liver and small intestine, with secretion of substantial amounts of them with the digestive juices. At the same time, functionally bound vitamins introduced increase the incorporation of the total label into liver tissue (to 45% of the introduced dose, versus 33% in the control) and the rise in the content of (/sup 14/C)-pyridine nucleotides. Analogous effects were also observed in the accumulation of labeled metabolites of (/sup 14/C)NA in the membranes of the small intestine.