JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS 298(1) 49-56 2001年7月 [査読有り]
The molecular basis of perinatal changes occurring in major UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) family 1 isoforms and in UGT2B1, a relevant isoform belonging to family 2, was analyzed in rat liver. Nonpregnant, pregnant (19-20 days of pregnancy), an...
ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS 378(2) 384-392 2000年6月
UGT1A2, an isoform of the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase family 1 (UGT1), is not expressed in the rat liver, but its expression was highly induced in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes, In primary hepatocytes that had been cultured for 70 h, the amo...
S Ikushiro   Y Emi   S Kimura   T Iyanagi   
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS 1428(2-3) 388-396 1999年8月
Chemical modification of rat hepatic microsomes with N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) resulted in inactivation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc)-dependent stimulation of glucuronidation of p-nitrophenol. Inactivation kinetics and pH dependence were in...
S Kimura   Y Emi   S Ikushiro   T Iyanagi   
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND MOLECULAR ENZYMOLOGY 1430(2) 290-301 1999年3月
The cDNA encoding solubilized porcine liver NADH-cytochrome b(5) reductase catalytic domain (Pb5R) was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. A highly conserved His(49) and a C-terminal Phe(272) of Pb5R, which are located near the isoalloxa...
T Iyanagi   Y Emi   S Ikushiro   
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR BASIS OF DISEASE 1407(3) 173-184 1998年9月
Bilirubin, the oxidative product of heme in mammals, is excreted into the bile after its esterification with glucuronic acid to polar mono- and diconjugated derivatives. The accumulation of unconjugated and conjugated bilirubin in the serum is cau...