J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 264, Issue 12, 6612-6614, Apr, 1989
Estrogen treatment increases phospholipid transfer activities in chicken liver
AE Rusinol and B Bloj
Departamento de Bioquimica de la Nutricion, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tenicas, Tucuman, Republica Argentina.
The effect of subcutaneous beta-estradiol injection on liver
phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylinositol
transfer activity of immature chicken has been determined. The estrogen
administration significantly enhanced the transfer activity of both
phosphatidylcholine (100%), phosphatidylethanolamine (160%), and
phosphatidylinositol (150%). In vivo experiments revealed that the
hormone-induced changes in liver lipid transfer activity were sensitive to
a protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide. A partial characterization of
liver protein transfer on Sephacryl S-200 showed that multiple transfer
proteins are involved in the beta-estradiol effect. This is the first time
that hormonal modulation of phospholipid transfer activities is described,
and the results suggest that the hepatic phospholipid transfer activities
might be involved in the biosynthesis of plasma lipoproteins in vivo.