title: Effect of anti-inflammatory agent on L-glutamine-D-fructose-6-phosphate transaminase.
abstract: The enzyme L-glutamineD-fructose-6-phosphate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.16) was isolated, partially characterized, and purified from the gastric mucosa of dogs. A new method, using 14C-fructose-6-phosphate, has been developed for the estimation of the enzyme activity. Several classes of standard anti-inflammatory agents including acetyl-salicylic acid, salicylic acid, flufenamic acid, phenyl-butazone, indometacin, mefenamic acid, oxyphenyl-butazone, antipyrine, aminophenazone, allopurinol, cortisol, and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) were found to be inhibitors of this enzyme. The property of inhibition of this amino-transferase could, thus, be used as a rapid in vitro test method for the primary screening of potential anti-inflammatory agents.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D004285:Dogs; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology; D005945:Glutamine-Fructose-6-Phosphate Transaminase (Isomerizing) / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D005945:Glutamine-Fructose-6-Phosphate Transaminase (Isomerizing); D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases