Studies on the influence of combustion exhaust gases and the products of their reaction with ammonia on the living organism. II. The influence on aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) and alanine aminotransferase (AiAt) activities in the liver of guinea pig.
The behaviour of aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) an alanine aminotransferase (AIAT) in the whole homogenate and subcellular liver fractions of guinea pigs exposed to combustion exhaust gases and the neutralization products of these gases is presented in this paper. In the liver of animals exposed to the chronic action of combustion exhaust gases a decrease of both enzyme activities in the whole homogenate as well as in the subcellular fractions could be noted. Statistically significant changes are shown by AspAT. In the group of animals subjected to the action of neutralization products an increase of AIAT activity was observed. The activity of AspAT still shows a decrease, but less distinct in comparison with group I. An exception here is the mitochondrial fraction in which the AspAT activity is distinctly increased.
D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000641:Ammonia / Q000633:toxicity*; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D001335:Vehicle Emissions / Q000633:toxicity*
D011506:Proteins; D001335:Vehicle Emissions; D000641:Ammonia; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase