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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-6-4
pubmed:abstractText
1. The activities of enzymes involved in fatty acid synthesis in the human liver (sample taken during abdominal surgery) and in the livers of some animals were studied. 2. Fatty acid synthase, ATP-citrate lyase and malic enzyme activities were found to be from 4 to 70-fold lower in human liver than in rat or bird livers. 3. The activities of hexose monophosphate shunt dehydrogenases in human liver were from half to almost equal to the corresponding activities in birds, but much lower than in rat liver. 4. The activities of all enzymes listed above in human and beef liver were very similar (except fatty acid synthase which was undetectable in the beef liver). 5. Very high activity of NADP-linked isocitrate dehydrogenase was found in livers of all species tested. 6. These results are discussed in relation to the role of the human liver in lipogenesis. 7. The activities of the enzymes generating NADPH in human liver taken during abdominal surgery were similar to the activities observed in the tissue obtained post mortem. 8. This suggested that post mortem tissue may be used as a reliable human material for some enzyme assays. 9. Thus we also examined the activity of malic enzyme in post mortem human kidney cortex, heart, skeletal muscle and brain. 10. Relatively high activity of NADP-linked malic enzyme has been observed in human brain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0305-0491
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
469-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparative studies on lipogenic enzyme activities in the liver of human and some animal species.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Academic Medical School, Gda?sk, Poland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't