Galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase and galactokinase activity in cultured human diploid fibroblasts and peripheral blood leukocytes
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- 1 December 1969
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Clinical Investigation in JCI Insight
- Vol. 48 (12), 2390-2397
- https://doi.org/10.1172/jci106205
Abstract
The specific activities of galactokinase and galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase were determined in peripheral blood leukocytes directly after separation from whole blood, and in cultured skin fibroblasts at various times during the subculture growth period. Growth curves were obtained for fibroblasts based on three different parameters: direct cell counts, total protein, and total deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) content. At the time in culture when the specific activity of both enzymes was maximal and least variable, the ratio of transferase to galactokinase correlated well with the transferase genotypes of the original tissue donors. Leukocyte transferase: galactokinase ratios gave a similar distribution pattern. Whereas transferase activity in both fibroblasts and leukocytes was similar, galactokinase was approximately three times as active in fibroblasts as in leukocytes. All fibrobast cell strains tested had similar galactokinase activity regardless of transferase genotype. The kinetic properties of fibroblast galactokinase were examined. Galactose-1-phosphate inhibits galactokinase activity in both normal and galactosemic cell strains, whereas other glycolytic intermediates have no effect. There was no detectable transferase activity in eight galactosemic (GtG/GtG) cell strains when transferase activity was maximal in cell strains of other transferase genotypes. Inhibitors responsible for the absence of transferase activity could not be demonstrated. In addition, transferase activity in galactosemic cell lysates was not observed in cells during logarithmic growth; measurable uridine diphosphate galactose (UDPgal) pyrophosphorylase activity was found in human diploid fibroblast cultures, as well as significant levels of endogenous uridine triphosphate (UTP) in lysates of fibroblast cultures.Keywords
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