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Mechanism underlying carbon tetrachloride-inhibited protein synthesis in liver.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20712057     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
AIM: To study the mechanism underlying carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) -induced alterations of protein synthesis in liver.
METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were given CCl(4) (1 mL/100 g body weight) and (3)H-leucine incorporation. Malondialdehyde (MDA) level in the liver, in vitro response of hepatocyte nuclei nucleotide triphosphatase (NTPase) to free radicals, and nuclear export of total mRNA with 3'-poly A(+) were measured respectively. Survival response of HepG2 cells to CCl(4) treatment was assessed by methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium. Km and Vmax values of nuclear envelope NTPase activity in liver of rats treated with CCl(4) were assayed by a double-reciprocal plot.
RESULTS: The protein synthesis was inhibited while the MDA level was significantly increased in liver of rats treated with CCl(4). In addition, CCl(4) decreased the NTPase binding capacity of nuclear envelope (Km value) in cultured HepG2 cells. Moreover, in vitro ferrous radicals from Fenton's system suppressed the NTPase activity of liver nuclear envelope in a dose-dependent manner. Down-regulation of the nuclear envelope NTPase activity indicated a lower energy provision for nucleocytoplasmic transport of mRNA molecules, an evidence in CCl(4)-treated HepG2 cells correspondingly supported by the nuclear sequestration of poly (A)(+) mRNA molecules in morphological hybridization research.
CONCLUSION: Inhibition of mRNA transport, suggestive of decreased NTPase activity of the nuclear envelope, may be involved in carbon tetrachloride-inhibited protein synthesis in liver.
Authors:
Xiao-Wen Li; Rong Zhu; Bo Li; Mei Zhou; Qing-Jian Sheng; Ye-Peng Yang; Nan-Yin Han; Zai-Quan Li
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  World journal of gastroenterology : WJG     Volume:  16     ISSN:  1007-9327     ISO Abbreviation:  World J. Gastroenterol.     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-16     Completed Date:  2010-12-07     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100883448     Medline TA:  World J Gastroenterol     Country:  China    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  3950-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiation Medicine, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Active Transport, Cell Nucleus
Animals
Carbon Tetrachloride / toxicity*
Cell Survival / drug effects
Down-Regulation
Free Radicals / metabolism
Hep G2 Cells
Hepatocytes / drug effects*,  metabolism,  pathology
Humans
Liver / drug effects*,  metabolism,  pathology
Male
Malondialdehyde / metabolism
Nuclear Envelope / drug effects,  metabolism
Nucleoside-Triphosphatase / metabolism
Protein Biosynthesis / drug effects*
RNA, Messenger / metabolism
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Free Radicals; 0/RNA, Messenger; 542-78-9/Malondialdehyde; 56-23-5/Carbon Tetrachloride; EC 3.6.1.15/Nucleoside-Triphosphatase

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