Sialic acid metabolism in rat liver: effect of carbon tetrachloride |
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Authors: | G S Kishore R E Nordquist R Carubelli |
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Institution: | 1. Biomembrane Research Laboratory of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA;2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA |
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Abstract: | Sialic acid metabolism was investigated in the livers of control rats and of rats treated with a single oral dose (1.5 ml/kg body weight) of carbon tetrachloride. The main change observed during the necrotic stage of CCl4 poisoning (18 h after treatment) was a highly significant reduction in sialyltransferase activity. Slight reciprocal changes in neuraminidase activities, i.e., a small decrease in cytosolic neuraminidase and a small increase in the membrane bound enzyme were also observed. At 72 h after CCl4 treatment, during the stage of liver regeneration, the main change was a marked elevation in membrane-bound neuraminidase (two fold above control values). Moderate increases in the specific activities of CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid synthetase and sialyltransferase were also observed. A considerable decrease in the sialic acid content of the isolated smooth endoplasmic reticulum (one half of control values) was detected at 72 h after CCl4 administration. The sialic acid content of the rough endoplasmic reticulum, on the other hand, remained at control levels. |
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