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- Staffas, Louise, et al.
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Further characterization of hormonal regulation of glutathione transferase in rat liver and adrenal glands. Sex differences and demonstration that growth hormone regulates the hepatic levels
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Ingår i: Biochemical Journal. - : Portland Press. - 0264-6021 .- 1470-8728. ; 286 ( Pt 1), s. 65-72
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Immunoblot experiments and reverse-phase h.p.l.c. were used to study the levels of glutathione transferase subunits 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 in the liver and adrenal of intact and hypophysectomized male and female Sprague-Dawley rats. A sexual dimorphism in the levels of several of these isoenzymes and in their responses to hypophysectomy was demonstrated. In the liver of sham-operated females and males there are differences in glutathione transferase activities and isoenzyme pattern. H.p.l.c. analysis showed higher levels of subunits 1, 3 and 4 in male rats compared with females. In contrast with the pronounced sex differences in sham-operated rats, the isoenzyme patterns of hypophysectomized males and females were very similar. In the adrenal glands, however, a sexual dimorphism became apparent only after hypophysectomy, when the level of subunit 4 was increased 14-fold in the female, whereas the corresponding increase in the male rat was only 2.7-fold. The hepatic pattern of glutathione transferase subunits could be altered by continuous infusion of growth hormone to both sham-operated and hypophysectomized rats of both sexes. This treatment feminized the isoenzyme pattern in sham-operated males and a similar effect was obtained upon treating hypophysectomized rats with thyroxine, cortisone acetate and a continuous infusion of growth hormone.
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- Söderström, Mats, et al.
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On the nature of leukotriene C4 synthase in human platelets
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Ingår i: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. - : Elsevier. - 0003-9861 .- 1096-0384. ; 294:1, s. 70-74
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Leukotriene C4 is considered to play a major role in several important pathophysiological conditions, e.g., allergy, asthma, and shock. The present investigation demonstrates the presence in human platelets of a membrane-associated enzyme catalyzing the final step in the biosynthesis of leukotriene C4. This leukotriene C4 synthase was shown to be distinct from previously characterized "microsomal" and soluble glutathione transferases. The latter enzymes did not contribute significantly to the leukotriene A4 conjugating activity in platelets. As determined with leukotriene C4 synthase of a crude membrane fraction from human platelets, the Km value was 7 microM and the V value was 0.56 nmol x min-1 x mg-1 with leukotriene A4 as substrate. The enzyme was 20-fold more efficient with leukotriene A4 than with leukotriene A5 and 30-fold more efficient than with the unphysiological derivative leukotriene A4 methyl ester, as measured by the corresponding V/Km values; 14,15-leukotriene A4 was not a substrate. Platelets should be a useful source for the purification and further characterization of human leukotriene C4 synthase.
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