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Oxygen tension does not affect urea synthesis in perifused rat hepatocytes. 1991

L Boon, and A J Meijer
E. C. Slater Institute for Biochemical Research, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Perfusion of rat liver had led to the suggestion that oxygen tension, rather than the distribution of enzymes of urea synthesis, plays a key role in the regulation of urea synthesis in the periportal and pericentral areas of the liver lobule [F. W. Kari, H. Yoshihara and R. G. Thurman (1987) Eur. J. Biochem. 163, 1-7]. We have directly tested the effect of oxygen concentration on ureogenesis under steady-state conditions in isolated hepatocytes perifused with physiological concentrations of ammonia. We found that ureogenesis is independent of the oxygen concentration. Only at oxygen concentrations below 25 microM (which is below the oxygen concentration in liver) was urea synthesis decreased. This was because insufficient production of ATP led to decreased flux through carbamoyl-phosphate synthase. It is concluded that oxygen does not control urea synthesis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008297 Male Males
D010100 Oxygen An element with atomic symbol O, atomic number 8, and atomic weight [15.99903; 15.99977]. It is the most abundant element on earth and essential for respiration. Dioxygen,Oxygen-16,Oxygen 16
D010477 Perfusion Treatment process involving the injection of fluid into an organ or tissue. Perfusions
D011919 Rats, Inbred Strains Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. This also includes animals with a long history of closed colony breeding. August Rats,Inbred Rat Strains,Inbred Strain of Rat,Inbred Strain of Rats,Inbred Strains of Rats,Rat, Inbred Strain,August Rat,Inbred Rat Strain,Inbred Strain Rat,Inbred Strain Rats,Inbred Strains Rat,Inbred Strains Rats,Rat Inbred Strain,Rat Inbred Strains,Rat Strain, Inbred,Rat Strains, Inbred,Rat, August,Rat, Inbred Strains,Rats Inbred Strain,Rats Inbred Strains,Rats, August,Rats, Inbred Strain,Strain Rat, Inbred,Strain Rats, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Rat,Strains, Inbred Rat
D002222 Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase (Ammonia) An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of carbamoyl phosphate from ATP, carbon dioxide, and ammonia. This enzyme is specific for arginine biosynthesis or the urea cycle. Absence or lack of this enzyme may cause CARBAMOYL-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE I DEFICIENCY DISEASE. EC 6.3.4.16. Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase I,CP Synthase I,Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthetase (Ammonia),Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthetase I,Carbamoylphosphate Synthetase I,Carbamyl Phosphate Synthase (Ammonia),Carbamyl-Phosphate Synthase (Ammonia),Synthase I, CP,Synthetase I, Carbamoyl-Phosphate,Synthetase I, Carbamoylphosphate
D000255 Adenosine Triphosphate An adenine nucleotide containing three phosphate groups esterified to the sugar moiety. In addition to its crucial roles in metabolism adenosine triphosphate is a neurotransmitter. ATP,Adenosine Triphosphate, Calcium Salt,Adenosine Triphosphate, Chromium Salt,Adenosine Triphosphate, Magnesium Salt,Adenosine Triphosphate, Manganese Salt,Adenylpyrophosphate,CaATP,CrATP,Manganese Adenosine Triphosphate,MgATP,MnATP,ATP-MgCl2,Adenosine Triphosphate, Chromium Ammonium Salt,Adenosine Triphosphate, Magnesium Chloride,Atriphos,Chromium Adenosine Triphosphate,Cr(H2O)4 ATP,Magnesium Adenosine Triphosphate,Striadyne,ATP MgCl2
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014508 Urea A compound formed in the liver from ammonia produced by the deamination of amino acids. It is the principal end product of protein catabolism and constitutes about one half of the total urinary solids. Basodexan,Carbamide,Carmol
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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