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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1969-10-22
pubmed:abstractText
1. After the administration of labelled proline to guinea pigs deprived of ascorbic acid for 15 days, the dorsal skin was examined 5 days later in an attempt to detect the presence of hydroxyproline-deficient collagen (protocollagen). The extent of incorporation of proline into skin collagens indicated a severe impairment of collagen synthesis. 2. A comparison of proline and hydroxyproline specific radioactivities in diffusible peptides obtained by treatment with collagenase of either purified skin collagens or direct hot-trichloroacetic acid extracts of skin failed to indicate the presence of protocollagen. Possible reasons for this are discussed. 3. The incorporation results did not indicate an inability of normal collagen, i.e. collagen hydroxylated to the normal degree, to cross-link in scurvy. 4. Incorporation of labelled proline into aortic elastin isolated from the same animals did not indicate a decrease in elastin biosynthesis in ascorbic acid deficiency, beyond that attributable to the inanition accompanying the vitamin deficiency. The proline/hydroxyproline specific-radioactivity ratio in elastin from scorbutic guinea pigs was about 6:1 in contrast with the 1:1 ratio in control groups. It is concluded that the formation of elastin hydroxyproline was ascorbate-dependent and that a hydroxyproline-deficient elastin is formed and retained in scurvy. The formation of desmosines was unimpaired in scorbutic animals. 5. Studies with chick embryos confirmed the formation of elastin hydroxyproline from free proline. Incorporation of free hydroxyproline into elastin hydroxyproline was negligible. 6. Digestion of solubilized samples with collagenase indicated that the hydroxyproline in guinea-pig aortic elastin preparations was not derived from contamination by collagen. It is suggested that most if not all of the hydroxyproline in the guinea pig elastin preparations investigated can be considered an integral part of the elastin molecule.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0264-6021
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
113
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
387-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1969
pubmed:articleTitle
Studies in vivo on the biosynthesis of collagen and elastin in ascorbic acid-deficient guinea pigs.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article