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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-10-25
pubmed:abstractText
1. The effect of ammonia on purine and pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis was studied in rat liver and brain in vitro. The incorporation of NaH(14)CO(3) into acid-soluble uridine nucleotide (UMP) in liver homogenates and minces was increased 2.5-4-fold on incubation with 10mm-NH(4)Cl plus N-acetyl-l-glutamate, but not with either compound alone. 2. The incorporation of NaH(14)CO(3) into orotic acid was increased 3-4-fold in liver homogenate with NH(4)Cl plus acetylglutamate. 3. The 5-phosphoribosyl 1-pyrophosphate content of liver homogenate was decreased by 50% after incubation for 10min with 10mm-NH(4)Cl plus acetylglutamate. 4. Concomitant with this decrease in free phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate was a 40-50% decrease in the rates of purine nucleotide synthesis, both de novo and from the preformed base. 5. Subcellular fractionation of liver indicated that the effects of NH(4)Cl plus acetylglutamate on pyrimidine and purine biosynthesis required a mitochondrial fraction. This effect of NH(4)Cl plus acetylglutamate could be duplicated in a mitochondria-free liver fraction with carbamoyl phosphate. 6. A similar series of experiments carried out with rat brain demonstrated a significant, though considerably smaller, effect on UMP synthesis de novo and purine base reutilization. 7. These data indicate that excessive amounts of ammonia may interfere with purine nucleotide biosynthesis by stimulating production of carbamoyl phosphate through the mitochondrial synthetase, with the excess carbamoyl phosphate in turn increasing pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis de novo and diminishing the phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate available for purine biosynthesis.
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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:day
15
pubmed:volume
172
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
457-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
The influence of ammonia on purine and pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis in rat liver and brain in vitro.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.