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Query: EC:3.1.27.4 (ribonuclease)
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Multiple gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) messenger RNAs (mRNAsII-IV) are expressed in a region-specific manner in the rat epididymis. In the present study, we examined the role(s) of plasma testosterone (T) and testicular factors in regulating the region-specific pattern and quantity of GGT mRNAs expressed along the epididymal duct. Northern blot and ribonuclease protection analyses showed that bilateral orchiectomy for 1, 5, and 15 days dramatically reduced the expression of GGT mRNAsII-IV in the initial segment. Expression of GGT mRNAII and mRNAIII was maintained in the initial segment of orchiectomized animals receiving T implants that maintain normal serum T concentrations, but GGT mRNAIV expression remained low relative to sham-operated control values. Unilateral efferent duct ligation decreased GGT mRNAIV expression only in the initial segment. Hence, expression of GGT mRNAIV in the initial segment was not maintained by circulating T and required a factor(s) of testicular origin. In caput epididymidis, expression of GGT mRNAII and mRNAIII declined after orchiectomy and was not completely restored to control values in orchiectomized animals by plasma T alone, but also required a testicular factor(s). In contrast to the initial segment, expression of GGT mRNAIV in the corpus and cauda epididymidis did not require T and/or a testicular factor(s), as expression of this transcript remained unchanged in these regions after 1, 5, and 15 days of orchiectomy, orchiectomy and T replacement, and after unilateral efferent duct ligation. In the cauda epididymidis, expression of GGT mRNAII required circulating androgens and was unaffected by unilateral efferent duct ligation, whereas GGT mRNAIII expression was repressed by T. These data demonstrate that circulating T and a factor(s) of testicular origin differentially regulate the expression of each GGT mRNA in a region-specific manner.
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PMID:Expression of multiple gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase messenger ribonucleic acid transcripts in the adult rat epididymis is differentially regulated by androgens and testicular factors in a region-specific manner. 791 28

Alterations of the renal function in the isolated perfused rat kidney system after application of two bacterial RNases, Bacillus intermedius RNase (binase) and ribonuclease produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (barnase), were investigated with two different treatment regimens in comparison with catalytically inactive derivates of the enzymes, photooxidated at the active site His101 binase and inactive mutant His102Gln barnase. For the in vitro approach the test enzymes were dissolved in the perfusion media and applied to the kidney after removal from the animal. Alternatively, the test ribonucleases were administered to rats in vivo and the renal effects were assessed in the isolated perfused rat kidney 1 and 6 h after treatment. In the in vitro regimen both active enzymes induced time- and concentration-dependent nephrotoxicity reflected in enhancement of urinary protein excretion, decline of glucose reabsorption, increase of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase and alkaline phosphatase activities in urine. In vivo administration of active binase induced functional impairment of the isolated perfused organ in a similar way. None of the inactive RNases in both regimens and at all concentrations tested altered any renal parameter. The results suggest that RNA degradation may be involved in the nephrotoxic effects of bacillar RNases.
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PMID:Nephrotoxic effects of bacterial ribonucleases in the isolated perfused rat kidney. 916 Jan 9