scholarly journals Inhibition and Stimulation of the Biosynthesis of Protein and Nucleic Acid. I. Effect of Some Phenylalanine Analogs on the Aromatic Amino Acid Incorporation into Proteins of Ehrlich Mouse Ascites Tumor Cells in vitro

1965 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 1193-1199
Author(s):  
Osamu Tamemasa ◽  
Shoji Okada ◽  
Yasuo Wakita
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Tumor Cells ◽  
Aromatic Amino Acid ◽  
Ascites Tumor ◽  
Amino Acid Incorporation ◽  
Acid Incorporation ◽  
Mouse Ascites ◽  
Stimulation Of

Insulin stimulus of leucine incorporation into frog liver protein

1962 ◽  
Vol 203 (4) ◽  
pp. 687-689 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Penhos ◽  
M. E. Krahl
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Leucine Incorporation ◽  
Liver Protein ◽  
Amino Acid Incorporation ◽  
Insulin Effect ◽  
Acid Incorporation ◽  
Liver Slices ◽  
Stimulation Of

Slices prepared from livers of bull frogs ( Rana catesbiana), pancreatectomized and/or hypophysectomized 7 days before, were incubated 2 hr in frog Ringer-bicarbonate solution at 25 C. Incorporation of leucine-1-C14 into protein was subnormal in the pancreatectomized series. The addition of insulin in vitro, with glucose also present in the medium, produced a significant ( P < 0.01) stimulation of amino acid incorporation in the following series: livers from normal fed animals; livers from animals pancreatectomized 7 days before; and livers from animals pancreatectomized and hypophysectomized 7 days before. Neither insulin nor glucose alone gave a significant effect. These results therefore confirm and extend those obtained with rat liver slices showing that insulin can stimulate amino acid incorporation into protein when added directly to liver. The effect is relatively greatest with livers from animals pancreatectomized 7 days before; the insulin effect does not depend on the presence of the pituitary, as it is obtainable with livers from animals hypophysectomized and pancreatectomized 7 days previously.

scholarly journals Biotin-mediated protein biosynthesis

1974 ◽  
Vol 140 (3) ◽  
pp. 549-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. Boeckx ◽  
K. Dakshinamurti
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Intestinal Mucosa ◽  
Protein Biosynthesis ◽  
Amino Acid Incorporation ◽  
Acid Incorporation ◽  
Stimulation Of

The effect of administration of biotin to biotin-deficient rats on protein biosynthesis was studied. Biotin treatment resulted in stimulation by more than twofold of amino acid incorporation into protein, both in vivo and in vitro in rat liver, pancreas, intestinal mucosa and skin. Analysis of the products of amino acid incorporation into liver proteins in vivo and in vitro indicated that the synthesis of some proteins was stimulated more than twofold, but others were not stimulated at all. This indicates a specificity in the stimulation of protein synthesis mediated by biotin.

THYROXINE STIMULATION OF AMINO ACID INCORPORATION INTO MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IN VIVO AND IN VITRO EFFECTS

1973 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 684-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amirav Gordon ◽  
Martin I. Surks ◽  
Jack H. Oppenheimer
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Mitochondrial Protein ◽  
Leucine Incorporation ◽  
Mitochondrial Protein Synthesis ◽  
Amino Acid Incorporation ◽  
Acid Incorporation ◽  
Stimulation Of

ABSTRACT The in vivo and in vitro stimulation of rat hepatic mitochondrial protein synthesis by thyroxine (T4) was compared. In confirmation of Buchanan & Tapley (1966). T4 added to isolated mitochondria rapidly stimulated [14C] leucine incorporation into mitochondrial protein. The in vitro stimulation was reversed after T4 was removed by incubating the mitochondria with bovine serum albumin (BSA). The decrease in T4 stimulation of protein synthesis appeared proportional to the T4 removed by BSA. Thus, it appears probable that exchangeable T4 controls the in vitro system. In contrast, the increase in mitochondrial protein synthesis which was observed 3 to 4 days after pretreatment of hypothyroid rats with labelled and non-radioactive T4 was not reversed by BSA treatment. Moreover, mitochondrial radioactivity could not be extracted with albumin. The in vivo phenomenon does not, therefore, appear to be related to exchangeable hormone in the mitochondria. Furthermore, the estimated quantity of T4 associated with mitochondria after in vivo stimulation was at least two orders of magnitude less than that required to produce comparable stimulation of mitochondrial protein synthesis in vitro. These findings strongly suggest that in vitro and in vivo stimulation of amino acid incorporation by T4 may be mediated by different biochemical mechanisms.

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