title: Liver cytosolic protein-bound folates in phenobarbitone-treated rats.
abstract: The effect of acute phenobarbitone treatment on the distribution of endogenous bound folates in three specific cytosolic folate-binding proteins (FBP-C), has been studied in rat liver. The bound folate amount shows no difference between treated and control rats. As it is well known that FBP's preferentially bind longer-chain polyglutamates, the content of which is markedly lower in phenobarbitone-treated rat liver, it might be suggested that shorter chain folates also bind to FBP's in these animals.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biochimica, Università di Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Formiggini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sassi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bovina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marchetti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D003600:Cytosol / Q000378:metabolism; D058973:Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D058973:Folate Receptors, GPI-Anchored; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D005492:Folic Acid; D010634:Phenobarbital