Component
Sepiapterin
Tetrahydrobiopterin salvage precursor used in cell experiments; not tetrahydrobiopterin itself.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
Enzymes, hormones, genes, and other components with a recorded effect. These are not nutrients, so they do not count toward the arrows above. Each finding names the chapter that recorded it.
How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What it acts on
Sepiapterin increased norepinephrine content in SH-SY5Y cultures and 50 micromolar ascorbate increased the response further after 24 hours.
Experimental context and source evidence
- cross_nutrient
- Ascorbate interacts with the pterin cofactor pathway supporting amino-acid-derived catecholamine synthesis; sepiapterin is kept distinct from BH4.
- experimental_model
- Human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cultures
- exposure
- Sepiapterin dose series with or without 50 micromolar ascorbate, 24 hours; Fig.3C.
- limitations
- Fig.3C tests sepiapterin, not direct BH4 dosing; BH4 recycling by ascorbate is an interpretation rather than a measured reaction in this experiment.
- nutrient_topic
- Vitamin C research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Vitamin C
- organism
- Homo sapiens
- plain_language
- Supporting a second cofactor pathway enhanced the neuronal response to vitamin C.
- primary_references
- [may2012] Mechanisms of ascorbic acid stimulation of norepinephrine synthesis in neuronal cells. (2012). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22925890/ DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.08.054
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Neuronal tumor cell line
Vitamin C: mechanisms, deficiency and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 846–857
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cultures · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### vc-enzyme-sepiapterin-co-response Sepiapterin increased norepinephrine content in SH-SY5Y cultures and 50 micromolar ascorbate increased the response further after 24 hours. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Vitamin C research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Supporting a second cofactor pathway enhanced the neuronal response to vitamin C. organism: Homo sapiens tissue_or_cell_type: Neuronal tumor cell line experimental_model: Human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cultures limitations: Fig.3C tests sepiapterin, not direct BH4 dosing; BH4 recycling by ascorbate is an interpretation rather than a measured reaction in this experiment. cross_nutrient: Ascorbate interacts with the pterin cofactor pathway supporting amino-acid-derived catecholamine synthesis; sepiapterin is kept distinct from BH4. exposure: Sepiapterin dose series with or without 50 micromolar ascorbate, 24 hours; Fig.3C. [may2012] Mechanisms of ascorbic acid stimulation of norepinephrine synthesis in neuronal cells. (2012). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22925890/ DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.08.054
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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