Glycoprotein biosynthesis: Folic acid effects on glycoprotein:glycosyl transferase activities of rat kidney and liver |
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Authors: | Barry B. Kirschbaum H. Bruce Bosmann |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642 USA |
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Abstract: | Folic acid at 14 μM to 1.4 mM increased the activity of the collagen:glc and fetuin:gal and decreased the activity of the fetuin:NANA glycoprotein:glycosyl transferases of rat liver and kidney in vitro; highest effects were found with 1.4 mM folic acid. 1.4 mM folic acid increased kidney fetuin:gal activity 5-fold and decreased fetuin:NANA activity 3-fold. At 1.4 mM, folinic acid and p-methylaminobenzoic acid were totally inactive toward the transferases, methasquin was moderately active, and homofolic, tetrahydrohomofolic and methotrexate were very active toward the transferases. In all instances, however, the fetuin:gal and collagen:glc transferases were activated while the fetuin: NANA transferase was inhibited. From the data presented, folic acid is viewed as a possible control molecule in the synthesis of glycoprotein. |
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