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DOES IRON OR HEME CONTROL RAT HEPATIC DELTA-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID SYNTHETASE ACTIVITY
Citation:
Kitchin, K. AND J. Farmer. DOES IRON OR HEME CONTROL RAT HEPATIC DELTA-AMINOLEVULINIC ACID SYNTHETASE ACTIVITY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-81/331 (NTIS PB82249277).
Description:
Disodium ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid and/or allylisopropylacetamide administration to rat pups did not evoke a premature induction of hepatic d-aminolevulinic acid synthetase. Administration of iron to adult rats did not alter d-aminolevulinic acid synthetase activity and had little inductive effect on home oxygenase activity. Both heme and cobalt/dextran rapidly induced microsomal heme oxygenase by 3-8 fold. Induction of heme oxygenase by heme could be totally blocked by concurrent administration of cyclo-heximide. These results argue against the hypothesis that iron is the physiological mediator of d-aminolevulinic acid synthetase activity.