Effect of bioamines on the cellular differentiation of Hartmannella culbertsoni

Autor: Coimbatore R. Krishna Murti, Mohan K. Raizada, Anil Kumar Verma
Rok vydání: 1974
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Zdroj: Biochemical Pharmacology. 23:57-63
ISSN: 0006-2952
Popis: Epinephrine, 5-hydroxytryptamine, dopamine and tyramine induce axenic encystation of the free living amoeba Hartmannella culbertsoni . Cycloheximide inhibits encystation of amoeba mediated by the amines. The amines uniformly stimulate 3 to 4-fold the ability of the cells to synthesize cyclic 3′,5′-adenosine monophosphate from adenosine triphosphate formed in situ . Epinephrine[ 14 C] is bound to membranes of the amoeba ( K m of binding = 6.5 mM epinephrine). When amoebae are exposed to epinephrine, tyramine, dopamine or cAMP in a non-nutrient medium for 6 hr protein kinase activity is stimulated as evident from increased incorporation of 32 P into cellular proteins.
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