title: Influence of cholestyramine feeding on mevalonate-activating enzymes.
abstract: Phosphorylation and decarboxylation of mevalonic acid have been measured in different tissues of chicks fed a cholestyramine diet from hatching until 18 days of age. Hepatic and intestinal phosphorylation and decarboxylation of mevalonate were slightly although significantly increased from 15 days of treatment. Direct measurements of 5-pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase activity using the specific substrate of this enzyme corroborated these data. Brain enzymatic activities remained unaltered with respect to controls. These results suggest that enzymes responsible for the conversion of mevalonate to isopentenyl pyrophosphate from neonatal chick liver and intestine alter their activities in a coordinate fashion and may play an important role in the regulation of cholesterogenesis in these tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Pacanowska
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marco
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Iglesias
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garcia-Martinez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garcia-Peregrin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002792:Cholestyramine Resin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003653:Decarboxylation; D004032:Diet; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D007422:Intestines / Q000201:enzymology; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D008798:Mevalonic Acid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010770:Phosphotransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D017856:Phosphotransferases (Phosphate Group Acceptor)
chemical_list: D002792:Cholestyramine Resin; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); C021796:mevalonate kinase; D017856:Phosphotransferases (Phosphate Group Acceptor); C022371:phosphomevalonate kinase; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases; C022503:pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase; D008798:Mevalonic Acid