title: The effects of vitamin E on arylamine N-acetyltransferase activity in strains of Helicobacter pylori from peptic ulcer patients.
abstract: Arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT) activities with 2-aminofluorene (2-AF) and p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) were determined in the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. Cytosols or suspensions of H. pylori, with or without specific concentrations of vitamin E co-treatment, showed different percentages of 2-AF acetylation. The data indicated that there was increased NAT activity associated with increased levels of vitamin E in H. pylori cytosols and intact bacteria. For the cytosol and intact bacteria examinations, the apparent values of Km and Vmax were increased when vitamin E was added to the reaction mixtures for 2-AF and PABA acetylation, respectively. This report is the first demonstration to show that antioxidant agents (vitamin E) can promote H. pylori N-acetyltransferase activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, China Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014810:Vitamin E; D001191:Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase