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  • Title: Hormonal regulation of four urea cycle enzymes in postnatal rat liver in organ culture.
    Author: Hart A, Balinsky JB.
    Journal: Enzyme; 1985; 34(4):186-95. PubMed ID: 3013609.
    Abstract:
    The administration of hydrocortisone to 3- to 15-day-old rats increased the levels of hepatic argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS) and arginase. In 13-day-old rat liver explants maintained in organ culture, ornithine carbamoyltransferase (OTC), carbamoylphosphate synthetase (CPS) and arginase were stimulated by betamethasone. Actinomycin D prevented the responses of the latter two enzymes. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP raised OTC, CPS, ASS and arginase in vitro. The responses of the latter three enzymes were blocked by cycloheximide and puromycin and partially inhibited by actinomycin D. The simultaneous presence of betamethasone and dibutyryl cyclic AMP in the culture medium raised CPS and OTC in an additive manner. The sequential treatment of the cultures with betamethasone followed by dibutyryl cyclic AMP increased CPS and arginase synergistically and amplified the response of ASS to dibutyryl cyclic AMP.
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