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Influence of aging on the carcinogen-induced protein kinase activity in rat liver cell nuclei
Tetsuo Sakai1, Ritsuko Sato, Hitoshi Mizuno
1Department of Biochemistry, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract:
A carcinogen-induced increase in a protein kinase activity was found in cell nuclei of rat liver. The enzyme was extracted from isolated nuclei with a hypotonic buffer, retained to an anion-exchange column, eluted with 0.15 M NaCl containing solution and to be measured for the activity with casein as the substrate, showing a nature of a casein kinase. The change in the activity during the course of aging was studied with 5-, 10-, and 50-week old Wistar male rats. The activity was highest in 5-week-old rat but decreased in 10- and 50-week-old animal. A hepatocarcinogen, thioacetamide, induced an increase in activity in 10-week old rats but rather decreased in 5- and 50-week-old rats. Aging suppresses the activity of this unique enzyme. Thioacetamide abolishes this suppression resulting in an increase in the activity of the enzyme at a certain stage of aging.
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