Component
Proline-derived carbon metabolism and apical export by human RPE
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1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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What it does
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What acts on it
Cultured human fetal RPE consumed proline preferentially among the measured nutrients and used its carbon in the TCA cycle and reductive citrate synthesis, with preferential apical citrate export.
Experimental context and source evidence
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- Primary abstract
- experimental_model
- Polarized human fetal RPE culture, carbon-13 tracing and metabolite measurements.
- limitations
- Culture preferences do not establish a universal human dietary proline requirement or AMD treatment.
- nutrient_topic
- L-Proline collection; species, compartment, exposure, co-substrates and manipulation remain explicit. · L-Proline
- plain_language
- The eye support layer can turn proline into fuel intermediates for its neighbors.
- primary_references
- Human retinal pigment epithelial cells prefer proline as a nutrient and transport metabolic intermediates to the retinal side. · 2017 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28615447/ · DOI 10.1074/jbc.M117.788422
L-Proline: synthesis, collagen processing, redox metabolism and cross-nutrient mechanisms (2026-09-19) · lines 302–308
AI-assisted research curation; primary references, access levels and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Polarized human fetal RPE culture, carbon-13 tracing and metabolite measurements. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## l-proline-rpe-carbon The eye support layer can turn proline into fuel intermediates for its neighbors. Cultured human fetal RPE consumed proline preferentially among the measured nutrients and used its carbon in the TCA cycle and reductive citrate synthesis, with preferential apical citrate export. Model: Polarized human fetal RPE culture, carbon-13 tracing and metabolite measurements. Limitations: Culture preferences do not establish a universal human dietary proline requirement or AMD treatment. Evidence access: Primary abstract Human retinal pigment epithelial cells prefer proline as a nutrient and transport metabolic intermediates to the retinal side. · 2017 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28615447/ · DOI 10.1074/jbc.M117.788422
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