title: Operative deliveries induce a significant activation of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase in human placenta: existence of a new mechanism for activating the enzyme.
abstract: The physiological activating mechanism for human placental indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase was investigated. No cell fractions of the placental homogenate were found to replace the electron-mediation activity of methylene blue from a reductant to the enzyme in the exogenous enzyme-activating system with L-ascorbic acid, B-NADPH, or B-NADH as a reductant. However, the preincubation at 37 degrees C of the supernatant fraction (10,000 x g, 30 min) prior to starting the indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase reaction drastically caused the activation of the enzyme without added reductants and methylene blue, which suggests the existence of an endogenous indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-activating system. The endogenous enzyme activation was induced in the placentas delivered operatively by vacuum extraction or cesarean section much more significant degree than in those delivered normally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Wakayama Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kido
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009243:NAD / Q000494:pharmacology; D009249:NADP / Q000494:pharmacology; D010920:Placenta / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014366:Tryptophan Oxygenase / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014620:Vacuum Extraction, Obstetrical
chemical_list: D009243:NAD; D009249:NADP; D014366:Tryptophan Oxygenase; D001205:Ascorbic Acid