Conditions: Healthy
Keywords: dichloroacetate tyrosine maleylacetoacetate trichloroethylene leucine haplotype
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 2
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
This project focuses on the kinetics, metabolism and human toxicology of dichloroacetate (DCA)and tyrosine catabolism. The hypothesis is that tyrosine metabolism will be greatest in subject who harbor the KRT variant for GSTz1/MAAI for which DCA exhibits a high Km.

Detailed description:
Specific Aim 4. Quantify the effects of DCA on human tyrosine metabolism and on its own biotransformation in relation to dose and genotype.

Arms:
arm 1: Healthy men and women with different haplotypes will receive an infusion of leucine and tyrosine. The following day they begin a 5 day course of dichloroacetate (DCA)at a dose of 2.5mcg/kg/day. On day 6 they return and receive another infusion of leucine and tyrosine. After a 30 day washout period the subject returns and again receives an infusion of leucine and tyrosine. Then on day 2 they begin a dose of DCA at 25mg/kg for 5 days and then return for the final infusion of leucine and tyrosine.

Interventions: intervention 1: Dichloroacetate intervention 2: Genotyping intervention 3: Leucine intervention 4: tyrosine
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Healthy men and women with different haplotypes will receive an infusion of leucine and tyrosine. The following day they begin a 5 day course of dichloroacetate (DCA)at a dose of 2.5mcg/kg/day. On day 6 they return and receive another infusion of leucine and tyrosine. After a 30 day washout period the subject returns and again receives an infusion of leucine and tyrosine. Then on day 2 they begin a dose of DCA at 25mg/kg for 5 days and then return for the final infusion of leucine and tyrosine. intervention 2: Subjects will have 5 mls of blood drawn for genotyping intervention 3: Healthy men and women with different haplotypes will receive an infusion of leucine and tyrosine. The following day they begin a 5 day course of dichloroacetate (DCA)at a dose of 2.5mcg/kg/day. On day 6 they return and receive another infusion of leucine and tyrosine. After a 30 day washout period the subject returns and again receives an infusion of leucine and tyrosine. Then on day 2 they begin a dose of DCA at 25mg/kg for 5 days and then return for the final infusion of leucine and tyrosine. intervention 4: Healthy men and women with different haplotypes will receive an infusion of leucine and tyrosine. The following day they begin a 5 day course of dichloroacetate (DCA)at a dose of 2.5mcg/kg/day. On day 6 they return and receive another infusion of leucine and tyrosine. After a 30 day washout period the subject returns and again receives an infusion of leucine and tyrosine. Then on day 2 they begin a dose of DCA at 25mg/kg for 5 days and then return for the final infusion of leucine and tyrosine.

Protocol document: