The Korean Journal of Zoology (한국동물학회지)
- Volume 33 Issue 4
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- Pages.476-492
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- 1990
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- 0440-2510(pISSN)
Studies on the Properties of lntracelluar Arsenic Binding Substances in the Rat Liver
흰쥐 간조직의 세포내 비소결합물질의 특성에 관한 연구
Abstract
Sodium arsenite (As) aqueous solution containing 4 ppm wss given to male rats for 15 days as drinking water. Electrophoretic pattern of liver cytosol from As-fed rats appeared to be significantly different from that of the control rats. Although the normal protein content of the cytosol fraction of As-fed rat liver was decreased, 8 stress proteins were increased. In liver cytosol fractions of As-treated rat, one kind of arsenic-binding substance (AsBS) was observed. Molecular weight of AsBS was identified to be 500 D and composition of amino acid was glycine, glutamic acid and cysteine. Glutathione (GSH) appeared to bind to arsenic and GSH-As complex showed the same mobility as AsBS on gel filtration chromatography. GSH conjugated As prevented As from inhibiting respiration, conformational change and swelling-contration of mitochondria. According to the above results. it is concluded that in vfuo treated arsenic stimulated synthesis of stress protein, and arsenic-binding substance might be glutathione and have a protective role against arsenic toxicity.
흰쥐 간세포에 존재하는 비소결합물질의 특성을 조사하기 위하여 4 ppm의 비소를 포함하는 NaASO
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