The relationship between placental protein synthesis and transfer of amino acids
- 15 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 210 (1), 99-105
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2100099
Abstract
The relationship between placental protein synthesis and transfer of amino acids from mother to fetus was studied in the guinea pig, by using [U-14C]-lysine, -leucine, -glycine, -aspartate and -.alpha.-aminoisobutyrate. The uptake of label by protein was 12-16% of total label transformed. Cycloheximide inhibited incorporation of all naturally occurring amino acids into protein by 81-96% and transfer by 62-75%; the concentration of label in the free pool was increased for each. These findings were confirmed when specific radioactivity measurements were made with L-[U-14C]lysine. The transfer of the nonprotein amino acid .alpha.-aminoisobutyrate was not significantly decreased by cycloheximide. A model, linking protein synthesis to the generation of a transfer pool of amino acids, is proposed whereby inhibition of protein synthesis decreases the amount of amino acid available for transfer.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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