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. 1965 Aug;96(2):507–516. doi: 10.1042/bj0960507

The activities of nicotinamide mononucleotied adenylyltransferase and of nicotinamide–adenine dinucleotide kinase in the livers of rats subjected to different hormonal treatments

A L Greenbaum 1,2, J B Clark 1,2, Patricia McLean 1,2
PMCID: PMC1207067  PMID: 4378708

Abstract

1. The activities of NMN adenylyltransferase and of NAD+ kinase have been measured in the livers of adrenalectomized or alloxan-diabetic rats and in the livers of rats treated with glucagon, pituitary growth hormone or thyroxine. 2. The activities of these enzymes have been compared with the effects of the same treatments on the nicotinamide nucleotide concentrations in the liver. 3. Alloxandiabetes (+37%) and thyroxine (+27%) both increased the activity of NMN adenylyltransferase. The other treatments were without effect on this enzyme. 4. Only thyroxine increased the activity of NAD+ kinase significantly (+26%) although both adrenalectomy and glucagon tended to increase its activity. 5. The activity of NAD+ glycohydrolase was measured in the livers of diabetic rats, and in the livers of rats treated with either growth hormone or thyroxine. Of these treatments, only growth hormone altered the enzyme activity (+26%, calculated on a total hepatic activity basis). 6. Female rats had a greater hepatic NAD+-kinase activity than males but there was no sex difference with respect to NMN adenylyltransferase. 7. The lack of correlation between the maximum potential activity of these three enzymes and the known changes of the nicotinamide nucleotides in each of the hormone conditions is discussed.

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