INSITU MEASUREMENT OF HMG-COA REDUCTASE-ACTIVITY IN DIGITONIN-PERMEABILIZED HEPATOCYTES

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作者
GEELEN, MJH [1 ]
PAPIEZ, JS [1 ]
GIRGIS, K [1 ]
GIBSON, DM [1 ]
机构
[1] INDIANA UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT BIOCHEM & MOLEC BIOL,INDIANAPOLIS,IN 46202
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10.1016/S0006-291X(05)81096-4
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
An assay procedure for HMG-CoA reductase is described which allows rapid measurement of the activity of this enzyme in isolated rat hepatocytes. In a one step procedure digitonin permeabilizes the plasma membrane and at the same time HMG-CoA reductase activity is measured. Digitonin at a concentration of 64 μg per mg of cell protein was found to be optimal for exposing microsomal HMG-CoA reductase to the assay components. The enzyme assay is linear with time up till 5 min and with protein concentrations in the range of 0.06 - 0.6 mg of cell protein per assay. It is shown that cellular enzyme activity is affected by preincubation of intact hepatocytes with a variety of short-term modulators of hepatic cholesterogenesis. © 1991 Academic Press, Inc.
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