Cyclic nucleotides in the denervated rat diaphragm and the effect of cyclic AMP on ornithine and adenosylmethionine decarboxylases |
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Authors: | Dominique Hopkins Keith L. Manchester |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Physiology, University of Natal, Duran 4001, South Africa;2. Department o Biochemistry, University of the Witwatersand, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa |
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Abstract: | The concentration of cyclic AMP and cyclic GMP were measured in the denervated rat diaphragm at various times following unilateral phrenicectomy. Cyclic AMP concentration was raised by the second day after operation, reached a peak by the third day, followed by another increase at around 10 days. By contrast, cyclic GMP concentration was decreased within a day after denervation and remained below control levels at all subsequent times studied. Epinephrine in vitro produced a comparable increase in the concentration of cyclic AMP in both normal and denervated tissue. The concentration of adenosine appeared unchanged in the denervated diaphragm by comparison with its innervated contorl. Activity of ornithine decarboxylase was elevated in the diaphragms of rats treated with dibutyryl cyclic AMP, but this effect could also be achieved with sodium butyrate alone. Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase activity was unaffected after treatment with either compound. These observations and others discussed are taken to indicate a lack of direct relationship between cyclic AMP concentrations and the activity of the rate-limiting enzymes of polyamine biosynthesis in the rat diaphragm. |
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Keywords: | cyclic AMP Ornithine decarboxylase Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (Denervated rat diaphragm) |
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