title: Regulation of biogenesis of liver delta-aminolevulinate synthase: effects of structural modifications of heme on the enzyme's RNA.
abstract: 1. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of several metallo-porphyrins, derived by modifications of heme, on the concentration delta-aminolevulinate (ALA) synthase RNA in hepatocytes. 2. Primary cultures of chick embryo hepatocytes were incubated with allylisopropylacetamide (AIA) for 5 hr in the presence and absence of each metallo-porphyrin (10 microM). At the end of each incubation, total RNA was isolated from the cells and analyzed for ALA synthase-specific RNA by solution hybridization. 3. The concentration of ALA synthase RNA increased 7.3 fold in hepatocytes incubated with AIA alone. The AIA-induced elevations in the enzyme's RNA were blocked partially and equally in cells. incubated with zinc- or with iron-protoporphyrin IX. The block was greater in cells incubated with cobalt-protoporphyrin IX. 4. Modifications of the side chains of the porphyrin ring at positions 2 and 4, giving mesoporphyrin IX and deuteroporphyrin IX, changed the effectiveness of the iron- and the cobalt-porphyrins to limit the AIA-induced increase in ALA synthase RNA. The modifications did not affect the capacities of the zinc-porphyrins to inhibit the rise in RNA. 5. In conclusion, the effect of a given metallo-porphyrin on liver ALA synthase RNA following side chain modification depended on the coordinated metal.
authors: Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742.
authors: B J
authors: BJ
authors: Lorber
authors: I Z
authors: IZ
authors: Ades
mesh_terms: D000624:5-Aminolevulinate Synthetase / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000502:Allylisopropylacetamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D006418:Heme / Q000378:metabolism*; D006427:Hemin / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008665:Metalloporphyrins / Q000494:pharmacology; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D008665:Metalloporphyrins; D000502:Allylisopropylacetamide; D006418:Heme; D012313:RNA; D006427:Hemin; D000624:5-Aminolevulinate Synthetase