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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-4-15
pubmed:abstractText
Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase-2 (PEMT2) may contribute to the control of hepatocyte cell division, since its inactivation is associated with several types of liver proliferation including tumorigenesis [Cui, Houweling and Vance (1994) J. Biol. Chem. 269, 24531-24533]. To determine if the inactivation of PEMT2 was involved in non-neoplastic proliferation of hepatocytes, we studied the expression of this enzyme in a model of lead nitrate-induced liver proliferation in vivo in rats. A maximal decrease in PEMT activity (60%) and loss of PEMT2 protein (95%) coincided with maximal DNA synthesis and maximal cytidine triphosphate:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase activity 36 h and 48 h after lead nitrate stimulation in male and female livers respectively. The decrease in expression of PEMT2 corresponded to a decrease in its mRNA. Compared with males, female rats exhibited a 12 h delay in the peak of DNA synthesis, in cytidylyltransferase activity and in the minimum of PEMT2 expression. Supplementation of the rats with dietary choline shifted the female pattern of PEMT2 inactivation, DNA synthesis and activation of cytidylyltransferase to 12 h earlier so that it was similar to the time frame of the expression of these activities in males. These results are consistent with the proposal that the inactivation of PEMT2 may have a role in the regulation of non-neoplastic growth of liver.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0264-6021
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
322 ( Pt 1)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
151-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Transient inactivation of phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase-2 and activation of cytidine triphosphate: phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase during non-neoplastic liver growth.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Biologiche, Universita degli Studi di Torino, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't