Selective expression of glutathione transferase isoenzymes in chemically induced preneoplastic rat hepatocyte nodules

FEBS Lett. 1985 Jul 22;187(1):115-20. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(85)81225-4.

Abstract

Isoenzymes of glutathione transferase were shown to occur at selectively altered levels in rat hepatocyte nodules produced by 2-acetylaminofluorene treatment. Changes were measured by different substrates, antibodies raised against purified glutathione transferases, and by purification of the major isoenzymes. Isoenzymes composed of subunits 1, 2 and 3, expressed in normal liver tissue, all occurred at increased concentrations in nodules, whereas the level of transferase 4-4 was decreased. The most conspicuous change was the appearance of glutathione transferase 7-7 (or transferase P), the concentration of which in negligible in normal liver.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • 2-Acetylaminofluorene / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Cytosol / enzymology
  • Glutathione Transferase / biosynthesis*
  • Isoenzymes / biosynthesis*
  • Liver / drug effects
  • Liver / enzymology*
  • Male
  • Precancerous Conditions / enzymology*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains

Substances

  • Isoenzymes
  • 2-Acetylaminofluorene
  • Glutathione Transferase