scholarly journals The effect of steroids and nucleotides on solubilized bilirubin uridine diphosphate glucuronyltransferase

1970 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. P. F. Adlard ◽  
G. H. Lathe
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Glucuronic Acid ◽  
Liver Microsomes ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Rat Liver Microsomes ◽  
Uridine Diphosphate ◽  
Competitive Effects ◽  
Solubilized Enzyme ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Solubilized Form

1. It was confirmed that bilirubin glucuronyltransferase can be obtained in solubilized form from rat liver microsomes. 2. Michaelis–Menten kinetics were not followed by the enzyme with bilirubin as substrate when the bilirubin/albumin ratio was varied. High concentrations of bilirubin were inhibitory. 3. The Km for UDP-glucuronic acid at the optimum bilirubin concentration was 0.46mm. 4. Low concentrations of Ca2+ were inhibitory in the absence of Mg2+ but stimulatory in its presence; the converse applied for EDTA. 5. UDP-N-acetylglucosamine and UDP-glucose enhanced conjugation by untreated, but not by solubilized microsomes. 6. The apparent 9.5-fold increase in activity after solubilization was probably due to the absence of UDP-glucuronic acid pyrophosphatase activity in the solubilized preparation. 7. The activation of solubilized enzyme activity by ATP was considered to be a result of chelation of inhibitory metal ions. 8. The solubilized enzyme activity was inhibited by UMP and UDP. The effect of UMP was not competitive with respect to UDP-glucuronic acid. 9. A number of steroids inhibited the solubilized enzyme activity. The competitive effects of stilboestrol, oestrone sulphate and 3β-hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one, with respect to UDP-glucuronic acid, may be explained on an allosteric basis.

scholarly journals Validation of an HPLC Method for the Simultaneous Quantification of Metabolic Reaction Products Catalysed by CYP2E1 Enzyme Activity: Inhibitory Effect of Cytochrome P450 Enzyme CYP2E1 by Salicylic Acid in Rat Liver Microsomes

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 932
Author(s):  
Hassan Salhab ◽  
Declan P. Naughton ◽  
James Barker
Keyword(s):  
High Performance Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Cytochrome P450 ◽  
Salicylic Acid ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Drug Interactions ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Liver Microsomes ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Rat Liver Microsomes

Inhibition of cytochrome P450 (CYP) alters the pharmacokinetic parameters of the drug and causes drug–drug interactions. Salicylic acid been used for the treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC) and chemoprevention in recent decades. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine the in vitro inhibitory effect of salicylic acid on CYP2E1 activity in rat liver microsomes (RLMs) using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). High-performance liquid chromatography analysis of a CYP2E1 assay was developed on a reversed phase C18 column (SUPELCO 25 cm × 4.6 mm × 5 µm) at 282 nm using 60% H2O, 25% acetonitrile, and 15% methanol as mobile phase. The CYP2E1 assay showed a good linearity (R2 > 0.999), good reproducibility, intra- and inter-day precision (<15%), acceptable recovery and accuracy (80–120%), and low detection (4.972 µM and 1.997 µM) and quantitation limit values (15.068 µM and 6.052 µM), for chlorzoxazone and 6-hydroxychlorzoxazone, respectively. Salicylic acid acts as a mixed inhibitor (competitive and non-competitive inhibition), with Ki (inhibition constant) = 83.56 ± 2.730 µM and concentration of inhibitor causing 50% inhibition of original enzyme activity (IC50) exceeding 100 µM (IC50 = 167.12 ± 5.460 µM) for CYP2E1 enzyme activity. Salicylic acid in rats would have both low and high potential to cause toxicity and drug interactions with other drugs that are substrates for CYP2E1.

scholarly journals Reconstitution of purified Wistar rat liver bilirubin UDP-glucuronyltransferase into Gunn-rat liver microsomes

1982 ◽  
Vol 201 (3) ◽  
pp. 653-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Burchell
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Liver Microsomes ◽  
Wistar Rat ◽  
Transferase Activity ◽  
Rat Liver Microsomes ◽  
Phosphatidylcholine Liposomes ◽  
Gunn Rat ◽  
Rigid Environment

1. Reconstitution of purified bilirubin UDP-glucuronyltransferase from Wistar-rat liver into Gunn-rat liver microsomes provides a better environment than phosphatidylcholine liposomes, such that the final specific activity of the Wistar-rat liver enzyme was increased up to 85 units/mg of protein. 2. Gunn- and Wistar-rat liver microsomes were equally effective for reconstitution of the purified enzyme. 3. The transferase activity does not appear to be fully expressed in the more rigid environment of foetal Wistar-rat liver microsomes. 4. These reconstitution experiments reveal a final specific activity for the purified bilirubin UDP-glucuronyltransferase consistent with the capacity of the whole rat liver to glucuronidate bilirubin and indicate that the absence of this enzyme activity in Gunn-rat liver microsomes is not due to an abnormal microenvironment.

scholarly journals Solubilization of a mannose-polymerizing enzyme from Phaseolus aureus

1972 ◽  
Vol 128 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Heller ◽  
C. L. Villemez
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Enzyme Preparation ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Kinetic Studies ◽  
Competitive Inhibitor ◽  
Soluble Enzyme ◽  
Phaseolus Aureus ◽  
Original Activity ◽  
Solubilized Enzyme ◽  
High Concentrations

A soluble enzyme preparation, which catalyses the polymerization of mannose, was obtained by Triton X-100 extraction of a particulate fraction derived from Phaseolus aureus hypocotyls. The product that resulted when GDP-α-d-mannose was used as a substrate was a β-(1→4)-linked mannan, about three-quarters of which was alkali-insoluble. The mannose-polymerizing enzyme activity was at least as great in the soluble preparation as in the particulate preparation, and the specific activity of the solubilized enzyme was greater by a factor of at least 3.5. Kinetic studies of the soluble enzyme indicate that the apparent Km is 55–62μm, and a disproportionate increase in rate is observed at high concentrations. GDP-α-d-glucose is a strong competitive inhibitor of the mannose-polymerizing reaction, with an apparent Ki of 6.2μm. The soluble enzyme is relatively unstable, losing about two-thirds of its original activity in 5h at 0°C or in 24h at −20°C. A solvent (acetone, butanol, diethyl ether)-extracted particulate preparation, which also exhibits the same enzyme activity, is more stable, retaining full activity for at least 5 days at −20°C. There was no polymerizing-enzyme activity in the soluble enzyme preparation when UDP-d-glucose, UDP-d-galactose, UDP-d-xylose, UDP-l-arabinose or UDP-d-glucuronic acid were used as substrates. However, the soluble enzyme preparation would catalyse the polymerization of glucose, with GDP-d-glucose as substrate.

Purification and stabilization of galactosyl transferase from serum and lysolecithin extracted microsomes

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (10) ◽  
pp. 878-884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian H. Fraser ◽  
Patricia Wadden ◽  
Sailen Mookerjea
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Active Form ◽  
Liver Microsomes ◽  
Affinity Column ◽  
Chromatographic Technique ◽  
Rat Liver Microsomes ◽  
Galactosyl Transferase ◽  
Membrane Enzyme

Rat liver microsomes treated with increasing concentrations of lysolecithin released, after a brief lag, progressively increasing amounts of UDPgalactose–glycoprotein galactosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.22) into a high-speed supernatant. A second extraction of the microsomes with lysolecithin (8 mM) resulted in a total release of about 45% enzyme. The specific activity of the enzyme in the second extract was 12 times higher than that of the first extract. The galactosyl-transferase present in the extract was purified 417-fold by an affinity column chromatographic technique using a column of activated Sepharose 4B coupled with α-lactalbumin. During purification, the column and elution buffers required 0.1% lysolecithin to keep the enzyme in active form. For purposes of comparison the soluble serum galactosyltransferase was also purified by identical techniques, which also required 0.1% lysolecithin in column and elution buffers to prevent the loss of enzyme activity. The pure serum and membrane galactosyltransferase contained no sialyltransferase and ran as a double band on polyacrylamide gels (molecular weight 63 000–64 000). The pure enzyme had an absolute requirement for Mn2+, not replaceable by Cu2+, Mg2+, Zn2+, and Co2+. The enzymes were active over a wide pH range, with optimum pH of 6.5. The apparent Km's for UDPgalactose for the serum and membrane enzymes were 12.05 and 11.8 μM, respectively. The specific activities of these two purified enzymes were also remarkably similar, 3.99 × 106 for serum and 3.84 × 106 for membrane enzyme. The protein α-lactalbumin modified the enzyme to a lactose synthetase by increasing substrate specificity for glucose in preference to N-acetylglucosamine and fetuin depleted of sialic acid and galactose (DSG-fetuin). The enzyme activity with DSG-fetuin acceptor was inhibited to a lesser extent by α-lactalbumin.Effect of various additives on the stability of purified membrane and serum galactosyltransferase was studied at 0–5 °C and at −20 °C up to 60 days. At both temperatures, albumin was found to be the best stabilizer. Ammonium sulfate was a good stabilizer for the serum but not for the membrane enzyme. Glycerol showed some stabilizing effect for both enzymes. EDTA, p-methylbenzenesulfonyl fluoride, N-acetylglucosamine-Mn2+, and water did not offer any stabilization of the pure enzyme.

scholarly journals A STUDY OF THE NUCLEOSIDE TRI- AND DIPHOSPHATE ACTIVITIES OF RAT LIVER MICROSOMES

1962 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 563-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Ernster ◽  
Lois C. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Rat Liver ◽  
Liver Microsomes ◽  
Physiological Role ◽  
Sodium Deoxycholate ◽  
Inorganic Pyrophosphatase ◽  
Rat Liver Microsomes ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
No Activation

Rat liver microsomes catalyze the hydrolysis of the triphosphates of adenosine, guanosine, uridine, cytidine, and inosine into the corresponding diphosphates and inorganic orthophosphate. The activities are stimulated by Na2S2O4, and inhibited by atebrin, chlorpromazine, sodium azide, and deaminothyroxine. Sodium deoxycholate inhibits the ATPase activity in a progressive manner; the release of orthophosphate from GTP and UTP is stimulated by low, and inhibited by high, concentrations of deoxycholate, and that from CTP and ITP is unaffected by low, and inhibited by high, concentrations of deoxycholate. Subfractionation of microsomes with deoxycholate into ribosomal, membrane, and soluble fractions reveals a concentration of the triphosphatase activity in the membrane fraction. Rat liver microsomes also catalyze the hydrolysis of the diphosphates of the above nucleosides into the corresponding monophosphates and inorganic orthophosphate. Deoxycholate strongly enhances the GDPase, UDPase, and IDPase activities while causing no activation or even inhibition of the ADPase and CDPase activities. The diphosphatase is unaffected by Na2S2O4 and is inhibited by azide and deaminothyroxine but not by atebrin or chlorpromazine. Upon fractionation of the microsomes with deoxycholate, a large part of the GDPase, UDPase, and IDPase activities is recovered in the soluble fraction. Mechanical disruption of the microsomes with an Ultra Turrax Blender both activates and releases the GDPase, UDPase, and IDPase activities, and the former effect occurs more readily than the latter. The GDPase, UDPase, and IDPase activities of the rat liver cell reside almost exclusively in the microsomal fraction, as revealed by comparative assays of the mitochondrial, microsomal, and final supernatant fractions of the homogenate. The microsomes exhibit relatively low nucleoside monophosphatase and inorganic pyrophosphatase activities, and these are unaffected by deoxycholate or mechanical treatment. Different approaches toward the function of the liver microsomal nucleoside tri- and diphosphatases are reported, and the possible physiological role of the two enzymes is discussed.

scholarly journals Quantification of NADPH: cytochrome P-450 reductase in liver microsomes by a specific radioimmunoassay technique

1983 ◽  
Vol 211 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
E A Shephard ◽  
I R Phillips ◽  
R M Bayney ◽  
S F Pike ◽  
B R Rabin
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Liver Microsomes ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Molar Ratio ◽  
Nadph Cytochrome ◽  
Specific Radioimmunoassay ◽  
Microsomal Membranes ◽  
Cytochrome P 450

We have developed a specific radioimmunoassay to quantify NADPH: cytochrome P-450 reductase. The assay is based on the use of 125I-labelled NADPH: cytochrome P-450 reductase as the radiolabelled antigen and can detect quantities of this protein in amounts as low as 30 pg. The results of the radioimmunoassay demonstrates that the 2.7-fold increase in enzyme activity in rat liver microsomal membranes after phenobarbital treatment is due to increased amounts of the protein. beta-Naphthoflavone treatment, however, did not alter the activity or the quantity of this enzyme in microsomes. The quantification of NADPH: cytochrome P-450 reductase in the microsomes isolated from control and phenobarbital- and beta-naphthoflavone-treated animals permits the calculation of the ratio of this protein to that of total cytochromes P-450. A molar ratio of 15:1 (cytochromes P-450/NADPH: cytochrome P-450 reductase) was calculated for control and phenobarbital-treated animals. This ratio increased to 21:1 after beta-naphthoflavone treatment. Thus the molar ratio of these proteins in liver microsomes can vary with exposure of the animals to particular xenobiotics.

scholarly journals STUDIES ON THE FUNCTION OF INTRACELLULAR RIBONUCLEASES

1960 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 665-673 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay S. Roth
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Biological Activity ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Liver Microsomes ◽  
Rnase Activity ◽  
Rat Liver Microsomes ◽  
Rnase Inhibitor ◽  
Normal Constituent ◽  
Liver Ribosomes

Attempts have been made to prepare rat liver microsomes and ribosomes free of RNase activity. Washing of microsomes with a large number of reagents, as well as preparation of microsomes by homogenizing the liver in the presence of a variety of reagents chosen to remove or inhibit RNase activity, failed to abolish completely the enzyme activity. However, when rat liver was homogenized in the presence of optimal concentrations of ATP the microsomes subsequently obtained showed no RNase activity. The composition of such microsomes was compared to controls prepared without the use of ATP. Preparation of microsomes with the use of ATP apparently repressed but did not remove the RNase activity for, when such microsomes were treated with 1 per cent deoxycholate to obtain ribosomes, the latter exhibited normal RNase activity. A possible explanation for these results based on several experiments is given. The incorporation of C14 of L-leucine-C14 into control and ATP-treated microsomes was measured. Repression of RNase activity by use of ATP or with RNase inhibitor, significantly reduced the incorporation. As a result of these and other experiments it is tentatively concluded that an alkaline RNase is a normal constituent of rat liver ribosomes and plays a role in the biological activity of these particles.

scholarly journals Glucuronidation of the environmental oestrogen bisphenol A by an isoform of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, UGT2B1, in the rat liver

1999 ◽  
Vol 340 (2) ◽  
pp. 405-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi YOKOTA ◽  
Hidetomo IWANO ◽  
Mari ENDO ◽  
Tsutomu KOBAYASHI ◽  
Hiroki INOUE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bisphenol A ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Northern Blot Analysis ◽  
Glucuronic Acid ◽  
Liver Microsomes ◽  
Male Rat ◽  
Rat Liver Microsomes ◽  
Crystalline Compound ◽  
Udp Glucuronosyltransferase

Bisphenol A, an environmental oestrogenic chemical, was found to conjugate highly with glucuronic acid in male rat liver microsomes studied in vitro. In the various isoforms tested (1A1, 1A3, 1A5, 1A6, 1A7 and 2B1), glucuronidation of bisphenol A and of diethylstilboestrol, a synthetic crystalline compound possessing oestrogenic activity and known to be glucuronidated by liver microsomes, was catalysed by an isoform of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT), namely UGT2B1, which glucuronidates some endogenous androgens. UGT activity towards bisphenol A in liver microsomes and in UGT2B1 expressed in yeast AH22 cells (22.9 and 0.58 nmol/min per mg of microsomal proteins respectively) was higher than that towards diethylstilboestrol (75.0 and 4.66 pmol/min per mg of microsomal proteins respectively). UGT activities towards both bisphenol A and diethylstilboestrol were distributed mainly in the liver but were also observed at substantial levels in the kidney and testis. Northern blot analysis disclosed the presence of UGT2B1 solely in the liver, and about 65% of the male rat liver microsomal UGT activities towards bisphenol A were absorbed by the anti-UGT2B1 antibody. These results indicate that bisphenol A, in male rat liver, is glucuronidated by UGT2B1, an isoform of UGT.

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