Urate-oxidase in liver of oxonic acid treated mice. 1978

M E Otta, and F Bertini

Following a single intraperitoneal injection of oxonic acid, urate-oxidase inhibitor with optical and chromatographic properties of the injected drug was found in the supernatants of mouse liver homogenates. Maximal inhibitory activity of 40 000 g-20 minutes supernatants against Sigma urate-oxidase was found 30 minutes after injection, and it almost disappeared after six hours. In whole homogenates, urate-oxidase activity was found 50% inhibited at 30 minutes, and it returned to normal levels between 3 and 6 hours following injection. Urate-oxidase activity of resuspended nuclei-free 40 000 g particles from these homogenates showed a significative increase of activity over controls during the first three hours after injection, and it returned to a normal level between 3 and 6 hours after injection. There was, instead, no increase of activity in 40 000 g-20 minutes particles suspensions when these were separated from homogenates prepared from untreated mice and incubated with oxonic acid.

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
D010094 Oxonic Acid Antagonist of urate oxidase. Oteracil
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
D013053 Spectrophotometry The art or process of comparing photometrically the relative intensities of the light in different parts of the spectrum.
D014227 Triazines Heterocyclic rings containing three nitrogen atoms, commonly in 1,2,4 or 1,3,5 or 2,4,6 formats. Some are used as HERBICIDES. Triazine,Benzotriazines
D014503 Urate Oxidase An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of urate and unidentified products. It is a copper protein. The initial products decompose to form allantoin. EC 1.7.3.3. Uricase,Oxidase, Urate
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus

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