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. 1984 Apr 15;219(2):429–436. doi: 10.1042/bj2190429

Effect of dexamethasone on mannolipid synthesis by hepatocytes prepared from control and inflamed rats.

M Sarkar, S Mookerjea
PMCID: PMC1153499  PMID: 6743227

Abstract

Hepatocytes were prepared from control and inflamed rats. Mannose incorporation into dolichol monophosphate mannose in homogenate and microsomal fraction of the hepatocytes was increased 2-fold over the controls 24 h after induction of inflammation by turpentine injection. Incubation of hepatocytes from both control and inflamed rats with 0.1-10 microM-dexamethasone produced a 1.5-fold increase of dolichol phosphate mannose formation, whereas, 100 microM-dexamethasone decreased its formation. The increase in the ratio of dolichol phosphate mannose formation in inflamed over controls was virtually eliminated when the cell homogenate assay mixtures included 30 nmol of exogenous dolichol phosphate. This supports the earlier suggestion that the increase in the enzyme activity in inflammation could be due to higher concentrations of endogenous dolichol phosphate [ Coolbear & Mookerjea (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 4529-4535]. In contrast, the increase in the ratio of dolichol phosphate mannose formation between dexamethasone-treated and untreated hepatocytes remained unchanged when increasing concentrations of exogenous dolichol phosphate were added to the assays. This suggests that the increase in glycosylation of dolichol phosphate in dexamethasone-treated hepatocytes is probably due to the increased mannosyltransferase activity, rather than due to higher concentrations of endogenous dolichol phosphate in these cells.

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