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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
The addition of 125--1000 mM (NH4)2SO4 to rat hepatic washed microsomal preparations was found to stimulate markedly the rate of in vitro metabolism of the hepatocarcinogen dimethylnitrosamine. Solute treatment also stimulated the activities of NADPH-cytochrome c reductase, NADPH oxidase, the N-oxidation of N,N-dimethylaniline, and the fluorescent interaction of 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid (ANS) with hepatic microsomes. (NH4)2SO4 had a varied effect on the activities of a number of mixed-function oxidase (MFO) enzyme activities. Whereas the activities of aniline 4-hydroxylase and 4-nitrobenzoic acid nitroreductase were enhanced at all solute concentrations, several other MFO enzyme activities were either progressively inhibited or stimulated at low and inhibited at high (NH4)2SO4 concentrations. Solute treatment had no effect on microsomal cytochrome P-450 content but inhibited the activities of glucose 6-phosphatase and UDP-glucuronyltransferase. All of the observed changes in enzyme activities and ANS-microsome fluorescence interaction were found to be reversible when the solute was removed by centrifugation. These findings suggest that (NH4)2SO4 and certain other solutes can reversibly modify the conformation of microsomal membranes in such a manner as to affect microsomal enzyme activities.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0090-9556
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
181-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of ammonium sulfate on the metabolism of dimethylnitrosamine and other xenobiotics by rat hepatic microsomes.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article