The effect of an anti-glucocorticoid (ZK 98299) on thymus evolution and on hydrocortisone-induced thymolysis, intestinal brush-border enzymes and their desialylation in suckling rats
| Autor: | J, Kraml, J, Kolínská, L, Kadlecová, M, Zákostelecká, D, Hirsová, V, Schreiber |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Glycosylation Hydrocortisone Microvilli Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 Gonanes Organ Size Thymus Gland beta-Galactosidase N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Animals Suckling Rats Hormone Antagonists Enzyme Induction Amylases Intestine Small Sialic Acids Animals Glucan 1 4-alpha-Glucosidase Protein Processing Post-Translational Lactase Sucrase |
| Zdroj: | Advances in experimental medicine and biology. |
| ISSN: | 0065-2598 |
| Popis: | 1. The action in Onapristone infant male rats displays short-term and delayed effects. 2. Suppression of intestinal brush-border enzymes and increase of thymus mass were observed only immediately after 3-day treatment with Onapristone. After an additional 3 days its effect disappeared. There was no immediate or delayed effect of Onapristone on the desialylation of brush-border enzymes. 3. In the short-term and delayed effects, Onapristone suppressed the HC-provoked induction of several intestinal brush-border enzymes, especially alpha-glycosidases. In the delayed effect the drug also suppressed thymolysis induced by the exogeneously given glucocorticoid, and suppressed the HC-induced desialylation of a brush-border enzyme DP IV, which serves as a marker of the desialylation process. 4. These experiments seem to support a conclusion that the postnatal development of intestinal brush-border enzymes and the development of thymus in infant rats are controlled by endogeneously secreted glucocorticoids. 5. The control of sialylation of intestinal brush-border proteins by endogeneously secreted glucocorticoids during the postnatal development of the rat remains debatable. |
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