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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-5-27
pubmed:abstractText
UDP-galactose:ceramide galactosyltransferase (CGalT, EC 2.4.1.45) and UDP-glucose:ceramide glucosyltransferase (CGlcT, EC 2.4.1.80) were determined in the glial cell lines G26-20, G26-24, C6, and C6TK-. The enzymatic assay for CGalT in cultured glial cells was complicated by a rapid conversion of UDP-galactose to UDP-glucose, due to the elevated UDP-galactose-4'-epimerase activity in certain glial cell clones. It seems that mechanisms regulating UDP-galactose-4'-epimerase activity and levels of UDP sugars in the glial cell lines differ from those in brain tissue. Compared with the maximum activity of CGalT in the myelinating rat brain, the enzyme activities in the oligodendroglioma clonal cell lines G26-20 and G26-24 were 16-30 times lower. On the other hand, CGalT levels in G26-20 and G26-24 cells were comparable to the values found in young rat brain before myelination starts. No CGalT activity could be detected in C6 or C6TK- cells by the method used in this study, whereas CGlcT activity was found in all glial cell lines tested and its levels were close to the values observed in the young rat brain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1363-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Biosynthesis of galactocerebrosides and glucocerebrosides in glial cell lines.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't