Effect of retinol deficiency and curcumin or turmeric feeding on brain Na(+)-K+ adenosine triphosphatase activity.
The effect of retinol deficiency and curcumin and turmeric feeding on brain microsomal Na(+)-K(+)ATPase activity was investigated. The brain Na(+)-K(+)ATPase activity registered an increase of 148.5% as compared to the control group. Upon treating retinol deficient rats with curcumin or turmeric, the abnormally elevated activity showed a decrease of 36.9 and 47.1%, respectively, when compared to the retinol deficient group. An increase in Vmax by 67% and Km by 66% for ATP was observed in the retinol deficient group. Curcumin or turmeric fed retinol-deficient groups reduced the Vmax by 25 and 33%, while Km was reduced by 25 and 31%, respectively, compared to the retinol deficient group. Arrhenius plot of Na(+)-K(+) ATPase showed a typical bi-phasic pattern in all the groups. Cholesterol:Phospholipid ratio showed a decrease in the retinol-deficient group by 67.8%, which showed a marked increase in curcumin or turmeric treated groups. Detergents could increase the Na(+)-K(+) ATPase activity more in the control group than in the retinol deficient groups. Curcumin or turmeric improved the detergent action on the enzyme. Subsequent freezing and thawing over a period of 30 min decreased the enzyme activity by 22.8% in the retinol deficient group compared to 15.9% decrease in the control group. Curcumin or turmeric treated groups showed a decrease in the enzyme activity by 22.0 and 19.2%, respectively, when compared to the zero time in each group. In the presence of concanavalin-A (Con-A) there was only 52.4% stimulation in the enzyme activity in retinol deficient groups, compared to 108.0% in the control group.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India.
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D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology*; D030024:Curcuma; D003474:Curcumin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010042:Ouabain / Q000494:pharmacology; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012016:Reference Values; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000378:metabolism*; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000201:enzymology*
D010936:Plant Extracts; D010938:Plant Oils; D010042:Ouabain; C012596:turmeric extract; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D003474:Curcumin