The effect of sodium butyrate on acetylation in vitro of chromosomal proteins in three classes of liver nuclei from different ages of rats |
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Authors: | Yuvadee Jiakuntorn Anthony P. Mathias |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT U.K. |
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Abstract: | The optimum conditions of in vitro incorporation of sodium [3H]acetate into sliced rat liver were studied. The incubations with sliced liver from three different ages of rats were performed in the presence of sodium n-butyrate. It was found that butyrate decreases the incorporation of sodium [3H]acetate into the homogenate, isolated nuclei, non-histone chromosomal proteins and histones for all age groups. The acetylations of non-histone chromosomal proteins and histones increase with age upto 2-months and decrease in 4-month-old rats both in the absence and presence of butyrate. Liver nuclei were fractionated by the simple method of zonal centrifugation into three classes, namely diploid stromal, diploid parenchymal and tetraploid parenchymal nuclei. The acetylations of non-histone chromosomal proteins and histones in three classes of nuclei of three ages of rats were studied in the presence and absence of butyrate. Butyrate can decrease the overall acetylations of non-histone chromosomal proteins and histones but increase the amount of polyacetylated histone H4 in all classes of nuclei of the three ages. |
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Keywords: | Chromosomal protein Acetylation Sodium butyrate Aging (Rat liver nucleus) |
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