Co-ordinated induction of β-carotene cleavage enzyme and retinal reductase in the duodenum of the developing chicks
| Autor: | Sachiko Takase, Sanae Tajima, Toshinao Goda |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Duodenum Physiology Chick Embryo Retinol dehydrogenase Biochemistry chemistry.chemical_compound Internal medicine medicine Animals Molecular Biology beta-Carotene 15 15'-Monooxygenase chemistry.chemical_classification biology Retinol Retinol-Binding Proteins Cellular beta Carotene Enzyme assay Retinol-Binding Proteins Alcohol Oxidoreductases medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology Enzyme Retinol dehydrogenase activity Liver chemistry Enzyme Induction Acyltransferase Oxygenases biology.protein Microsome Chickens Acyltransferases |
| Zdroj: | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 128:425-434 |
| ISSN: | 1096-4959 |
| Popis: | The developmental patterns of expression of beta-carotene cleavage enzyme activity were compared with those of retinal reductase and NAD-dependent retinol dehydrogenase activities in chick duodenum during the perinatal period. The beta-carotene cleavage enzyme activity was not detected in the duodenum before hatching, but it increased rapidly during 24 h after hatching. On the other hand, a considerable level of beta-carotene cleavage enzyme activity was observed in the liver of embryonic stages and its activity gradually rose during the perinatal period. Comparison of kinetic constants for the beta-carotene cleavage enzyme activities in the duodenum and the liver indicated that the enzyme in the duodenum possessed a lower affinity for beta-carotene than that in the liver. The retinal reductase activity was detected in the microsomes of the duodenum at the earliest time examined, i.e. day 16 of embryogenesis and its activity began to rise on the last day of embryogenesis, which was followed by a gradual increase until 1 day of age. The NAD-dependent retinol dehydrogenase activity was also seen in the microsomes of the duodenum in embryonic stages and its activity increased in parallel with the retinal reductase activity around the hatching period. These developmental inductions of beta-carotene cleavage enzyme and retinal reductase activities in the duodenum coincided with those of cellular retinol-binding protein, type II (CRBPII) and lecithin: retinol acyltransferase (LRAT). These results suggest that a co-ordinated induction mechanism should be operative for beta-carotene cleavage enzyme and retinal reductase, both of which are inevitable in the process of beta-carotene absorption and metabolism. |
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