The mycotoxin ochratoxin A is a substrate for phenylalanine hydroxylase in isolated rat hepatocytes and in vivo

1990 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. E. Creppy ◽  
K. Chakor ◽  
M. J. Fisher ◽  
G. Dirheimer
Keyword(s):  
Ochratoxin A ◽  
Phenylalanine Hydroxylase ◽  
Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Isolated Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Isolated Rat

scholarly journals Comparative metabolism of the antiviral dimer 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine-P-2',3'-dideoxyinosine and the monomers zidovudine and didanosine by rat, monkey, and human hepatocytes.

1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 2502-2510 ◽  
Author(s):  
X R Pan-Zhou ◽  
E Cretton-Scott ◽  
X J Zhou ◽  
M Y Xie ◽  
R Rahmani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Human Hepatocytes ◽  
Metabolic Fate ◽  
Extracellular Medium ◽  
Isolated Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Cell Extracts ◽  
Comparative Metabolism ◽  
Isolated Rat

AZT-P-ddI is an antiviral heterodimer composed of one molecule of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) and one molecule of 2',3'-dideoxyinosine (ddI) linked through their 5' positions by a phosphate bond. The metabolic fate of the dimer was studied with isolated rat, monkey, and human hepatocytes and was compared with that of its component monomers AZT and ddI. Upon incubation of double-labeled [14C]AZT-P-[3H]ddI in freshly isolated rat hepatocytes in suspension at a final concentration of 10 microM, the dimer was taken up intact by cells and then rapidly cleaved to AZT, AZT monophosphate, ddI, and ddI monophosphate. AZT and ddI so formed were then subject to their respective catabolisms. High-performance liquid chromatography analyses of the extracellular medium and cell extracts revealed the presence of unchanged dimer, AZT, 3'-azido-3'-deoxy-5'-beta-D-glucopyranosylthymidine (GAZT), 3'-amino-3'-deoxythymidine (AMT), ddI, and a previously unrecognized derivative of the dideoxyribose moiety of ddI, designated ddI-M. Trace extracellular but substantial intracellular levels of the glucuronide derivative of AMT (3'-amino-3'-deoxy-5'-beta-D-glucopyranosylthymidine [GAMT]) were also detected. Moreover, the extent of the formation of AMT, GAZT, and ddI-M from the dimer was markedly lower than that with AZT and ddI alone by the hepatocytes. With hepatocytes in primary culture obtained from rat, monkey, and human, large interspecies variations in the metabolism of AZT-P-ddI were observed. While GAZT and ddI-M, metabolites of AZT and ddI, respectively, as well as AZT 5'-monophosphate (MP) and ddI-MP were detected in the extracellular media of all species, AMT and GAMT were produced only by rat and monkey hepatocytes. No such metabolites were formed by human hepatocytes. The metabolic fate of the dimer by human hepatocytes was consistent with in vivo data recently obtained from human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.

Biosynthesis of Methylguanidine in Isolated Rat Hepatocytes and in vivo

Nephron ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sohji Nagase ◽  
Kazumasa Aoyagi ◽  
Mitsuharu Narita ◽  
Shizuo Tojo
Keyword(s):  
Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Isolated Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Isolated Rat

scholarly journals Purine catabolism in isolated rat hepatocytes. Influence of coformycin

1980 ◽  
Vol 188 (3) ◽  
pp. 913-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georges Van Den Berghe ◽  
Françoise Bontemps ◽  
Henri-Géry Hers
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Adenine Nucleotide ◽  
Adenine Nucleotides ◽  
Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Amp Deaminase ◽  
Purine Nucleotides ◽  
Isolated Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Adenine Nucleotide Pool ◽  
Isolated Rat

1. The catabolism of purine nucleotides was investigated by both chemical and radiochemical methods in isolated rat hepatocytes, previously incubated with [14C]adenine. The production of allantoin reached 32±5nmol/min per g of cells (mean±s.e.m.) and as much as 30% of the radioactivity incorporated in the adenine nucleotides was lost after 1h. This rate of degradation is severalfold in excess over values previously reported to occur in the liver in vivo. An explanation for this enhancement of catabolism may be the decrease in the concentration of GTP. 2. In a high-speed supernatant of rat liver, adenosine deaminase was maximally inhibited by 0.1μm-coformycin. The activity of AMP deaminase, measured in the presence of its stimulator ATP in the same preparation, as well as the activity of the partially purified enzyme, measured after addition of its physiological inhibitors GTP and Pi, required 50μm-coformycin for maximal inhibition. 3. The production of allantoin by isolated hepatocytes was not influenced by the addition of 0.1μm-coformycin, but was decreased by concentrations of coformycin that were inhibitory for AMP deaminase. With 50μm-coformycin the production of allantoin was decreased by 85% and the formation of radioactive allantoin from [14C]adenine nucleotides was completely suppressed. 4. In the presence of 0.1μm-coformycin or in its absence, the addition of fructose (1mg/ml) to the incubation medium caused a rapid degradation of ATP, without equivalent increase in ADP and AMP, followed by transient increases in IMP and in the rate of production of allantoin; adenosine was not detectable. In the presence of 50μm-coformycin, the fructose-induced breakdown of ATP was not modified, but the depletion of the adenine nucleotide pool proceeded much more slowly and the rate of production of allantoin increased only slightly. No rise in IMP concentration could be detected, but AMP increased manyfold and reached values at which a participation of soluble 5′-nucleotidase in the catabolism of adenine nucleotides is most likely. 5. These results are in agreement with the hypothesis that the formation of allantoin is controlled by AMP deaminase. They constitute further evidence that 5′-nucleotidase is inactive on AMP, unless the concentration of this nucleotide rises to unphysiological values.

scholarly journals Differential effects of tryptophan on glucose synthesis in rats and guinea pigs

1978 ◽  
Vol 176 (3) ◽  
pp. 817-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
S A Smith ◽  
K R F Elliott ◽  
C I Pogson
Keyword(s):  
Rat Liver ◽  
Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase ◽  
Glucose Production ◽  
Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Liver Cells ◽  
Isolated Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Rat Liver Cells ◽  
Glucose Output ◽  
Isolated Rat

1. Tryptophan inhibition of gluconeogenesis in isolated rat liver cells is characterized by a 20 min lag period before linear rates of glucose output are attained. 2. Half-maximal inhibition of gluconeogenesis in isolated rat hepatocytes is produced by approx. 0.1 mM-tryptophan. 3. Tryptophan inhibits gluconeogenesis from all substrates giving rise to oxaloacetate, but stimulates glycerol-fuelled glucose production. 4. Gluconeogenesis in guinea-pig hepatocytes is insensitive to tryptophan. 5. Changes in metabolite concentrations in rat liver cells are consistent with a locus of inhibition at the step catalysed by phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase. 6. Inhibition of gluconeogenesis persists in cells from rats pretreated with tryptophan in vivo. 7. Tryptophan has no effect on urea production from alanine, but decreases [1-14C]palmitate oxidation to 14CO2 and is associated with an increased [hydroxybutyrate]/[acetoacetate] ratio. 8. These results are discussed with reference to the control of gluconeogenesis in various species.

scholarly journals Glutathione analogues as novel inhibitors of rat and human glutathione S-transferase isoenzymes, as well as of glutathione conjugation in isolated rat hepatocytes and in the rat in vivo

1995 ◽  
Vol 308 (1) ◽  
pp. 283-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Ouwerkerk-Mahadevan ◽  
J H van Boom ◽  
M C Dreef-Tromp ◽  
J H T M Ploemen ◽  
D J Meyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ethyl Ester ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Isolated Hepatocytes ◽  
Glutathione S Transferase ◽  
Isolated Rat Hepatocytes ◽  
Glutathione S Transferases ◽  
Gamma S ◽  
Isolated Rat

Inhibitors of rat and human Alpha- and Mu-class glutathione S-transferases that effectively inhibit the glutathione (GSH) conjugation of bromosulphophthalein in the rat liver cytosolic fraction, isolated rat hepatocytes and in the rat liver in vivo have been developed. The GSH analogue (R)-5-carboxy-2-gamma-(S)-glutamylamino-N-hexylpentamide [Adang, Brussee, van der Gen and Mulder (1991) J. Biol. Chem. 266, 830-836] was used as the lead compound. To obtain more potent inhibitors, it was modified by replacement of the N-hexyl moiety by N-2-heptyl and by esterification of the 5-carboxy group with ethyl and dodecyl groups. In isolated hepatocytes, the branched N-2-heptyl derivatives were stronger inhibitors of GSH conjugation of bromosulphophthalein than the N-hexyl derivatives. The ethyl ester compounds were more efficient than the corresponding unesterified derivatives. The dodecyl ester of the N-2-heptyl analogue was the most effective inhibitor in isolated hepatocytes, but was relatively toxic in vivo. However, the corresponding ethyl ester was a potent in vivo inhibitor: GSH conjugation of bromosulphophthalein (as assessed by biliary excretion of the conjugate) was decreased by 70% after administration of a dose of 200 mumol/kg. The isoenzyme specificity of the inhibitors towards purified rat and human glutathione S-transferases was also examined. The unesterified compounds were more potent than the esterified analogues, and inhibited Alpha- and Mu-class isoenzymes of both rat and human glutathione S-transferase (Ki range 1-40 microM). Other GSH-dependent enzymes, i.e. GSH peroxidase, GSH reductase and gamma-glutamyltranspeptide, were not inhibited. Thus (R)-5-ethyloxycarbonyl-2-gamma-(S)-glutamylamino-N-2-hept ylpentamide, the in vivo inhibitor of GSH conjugation, may be useful in helping to assess the role of the Alpha and Mu classes of glutathione S-transferases in cellular biochemistry, physiology and pathology.

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