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Query: UNIPROT:P01185 (vasopressin)
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We show that a rise in cytosolic-free Ca2+ in muscle, induced by Ca(2+)-ionophore A23187 or by the Ca(2+)-mobilizing hormones serotonin, vasopressin, and bradykinin, increases the binding of hexokinase to mitochondria in muscle. This increase could be prevented by treatment with the calmodulin antagonists trifluoperazine or CGS 9343B (a novel, potent, and selective inhibitor of calmodulin activity) which strongly suggests that calmodulin is involved in the Ca(2+)-induced binding of the enzyme to muscle mitochondria.
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PMID:Ca(2+)-ionophore A23187 and the Ca(2+)-mobilizing hormones serotonin, vasopressin, and bradykinin increase mitochondrially bound hexokinase in muscle. 151 75

Administration of vasopressin and glucagon evokes a transient release of Ca2+ from perfused livers. The Ca2+ is released from a pool that is depletable by the mitochondrial uncoupler carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone (FCCP). Therefore, the mechanism of the FCCP-stimulated Ca2+ release was examined. The FCCP-stimulated Ca2+ release was associated with a decrease in ATP levels. In the presence of oligomycin, which blocked the FCCP-induced rapid ATP breakdown, FCCP did not release Ca2+ though it still stimulated respiration. The possibility that FCCP might indirectly cause a release of Ca2+ by lowering hepatic ATP was examined at two levels of organization: 1) in the whole organ, by perfusing livers with fructose, a compound that was shown previously to drastically lower ATP in the liver, and 2) in isolated microsomal vesicles by depleting ATP with glucose and hexokinase. Fructose evoked Ca2+ release from the perfused liver. Similarly, depletion of ATP by the addition of glucose and hexokinase evoked a rapid release of the accumulated Ca2+ from microsomal vesicles probably by the inhibition of the Ca2(+)-ATPase. These results demonstrate that the major mechanism by which FCCP releases Ca2+ in intact cells is by lowering ATP levels.
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PMID:Hormonal stimulation of Ca2+ release from the perfused liver: effects of uncoupler. 210 59

The effects of streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus on the activity of discrete regions of the brain were studied with histochemical localization and photodensitometric quantification of the metabolic enzyme, hexokinase. Two weeks after a single injection of streptozotocin (65 mg/kg, i.p.), plasma glucose and osmolarity levels were elevated, and plasma sodium concentrations were depressed. These changes were reversed in diabetic rats treated with insulin. Accompanying these symptoms of diabetes were significant increases in hexokinase activity in the magnocellular division of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (mPVH, 12.1%), the medial subdivision of the nucleus of the tractus solitarius (mNTS, 15.5%), and the commissural subdivision of the NTS (cNTS, 10.9%). An increase, though just below the level of significance, was also observed in the supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus (SON, 11.5%). The increases in hexokinase activity were completely reversed in the cNTS (and SON) and only partly reversed in the mPVH and mNTS of insulin-treated diabetic rats. No changes in hexokinase activity were seen in the subfornical organ, medial preoptic area, parvocellular division of the PVH, locus coeruleus, or dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus of diabetic rats. These results reinforce the idea that the brain is not exempt from changes associated with diabetes mellitus and suggest that metabolic alterations in the mPVH (and SON) and two divisions of the NTS are likely related to changes in vasopressin production and blood volume, respectively.
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PMID:Alterations in brain hexokinase activity associated with streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus in the rat. 222 10

Freshly isolated rabbit proximal tubules (PT), confluent primary rabbit proximal tubule cultures (PTC) and LLC-PK1 cells were characterised. Brushborder enzyme activities were lower in PTC than in LLC-PK1: ratios were 0.026 for alkaline phosphatase (AP), 0.458 for alanine aminopeptidase (AAP) and 0.514 for gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT). PT/PTC ratios were 79.7 for AP, 7.96 for AAP and 3.45 for GGT. Specific activities of hexokinase (HK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were high in cultured cells as compared to PT: PT/PTC ratios were 0.063 and 0.033, while PTC/LLC-PK1 ratios were 0.406 and 1.19 for HK and LDH respectively. PTC/LLC-PK1 ratios were 2.21 for Na/K ATPase, 2.07 for succinate dehydrogenase, 1.12 for cathepsin B, 0.607 for N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase and 8.98 for glutathione-S-transferase. Adenylate cyclase response to parathormone (PTH), was similar in PTC and PT, but stimulated/basal ratios were higher in PT than in PTC. LLC-PK1 cells were stimulated by thyrocalcitonin (SCT), arginin-vasopressin (AVP) and PTH; stimulated/basal ratios ranked AVP greater than PTH greater than SCT. Differences between both types of cultures affect the choice of in vitro model for nephrotoxicity studies.
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PMID:Adenylate cyclase responses and biochemical characterization of primary rabbit proximal tubular cell cultures and LLC-PK1 cells. 228 70

Distal bright convoluted tubules (DCTb) were microdissected from rabbit kidney cortex and cultured in a hormonally defined medium. The quality and the degree of polarization of the growing epithelia were assessed by indirect immunofluorescence studies using a monoclonal antibody raised against the apical membrane of the DCTb in situ. The cultured monolayers had a high hexokinase activity and a low gamma-glutamyl transferase activity compared with cultured proximal convoluted tubules. Adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate production was stimulated by calcitonin and insensitive to parathyroid hormone, vasopressin, and isoproterenol. Both 20- and 30-day-old cultures developed an apical-negative transepithelial potential of -3.1 and -22.3 mV, respectively. Amiloride reversibly reduced the voltage by 90% only when applied on the apical side of the monolayers. Phenamil (10(-8), 10(-6) M) had the same effect as amiloride. Calcitonin reversibly decreased the transepithelial voltage. These data support the hypothesis that, in the DCTb in primary culture, the transepithelial voltage is due to the presence of Na channels and that calcitonin modulates this transport pathway.
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PMID:Electrical properties of rabbit early distal convoluted tubule in primary culture. 256 36

Hypoxia effect on the nuclear of the Scorpaena porcus (L.) in vivo was studied. It was shown, that existence of the fishes in environmental with low oxygen concentration-1.3-1.4 mg.1-1 (15% initial saturation) resulted in reducing in activities of Na+, K(+)-ATPase, hexokinase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in the erythrocyte for 50.0 (p < 0.001), 26.5% (p < 0.01) and 53.7% (p < 0.05) accordingly. ATP concentration in cells and membrane gradient of Na+, K+ concentrations between blood serum and intracellular environment did not change. A conclusion was made about a decrease of cells membrane penetration and oppression of intracellular metabolism. These changes proceeded on a background of the blood serum dehydration and decrease of the mean volume of erythrocytes. The part of aldosteron and vasopressin in membrane penetration of nuclear erythrocytes is discussed.
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PMID:[Effect of hypoxia on biochemical parameters of Scorpaena erythrocytes]. 774 38

This study examined the activity of discrete regions of the brain as assessed with histological localization and photodensitometric quantification of the metabolic enzyme hexokinase in a group of rats with coronary occlusion (HF) and in sham-operated control rats. Three weeks after surgery, the mean left ventricular end diastolic pressure and right atrial pressure were elevated, and left ventricular peak systolic pressure was decreased in the HF group compared with the sham group; these findings are also observed during heart failure. In addition, histological data indicated that there was a 37.6 +/- 2.8% outer and 40.8 +/- 3.1% inner infarct of the myocardium in the group of rats with HF (n = 6). Rats in the control group had no observable damage to the myocardium (n = 6). Accompanying these symptoms of heart failure were significant increases in hexokinase activity in the parvocellular (pPVN, 16.3%) and magnocellular (mPVN, 17.6%) divisions of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, and in the locus ceruleus (LC, 17.1%). No changes in hexokinase activity were observed in the median preoptic area, supraoptic nucleus (SON), subfornical organ, or posterior hypothalamus. These results reinforce the idea that heart failure (with coronary occlusion) is associated with changes in specific areas in the brain and that metabolic alterations in the pPVN, mPVN, and LC are likely related to alterations in vasopressin production, blood volume regulation, and sympathoexcitation observed in the heart failure state.
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PMID:Alterations in brain hexokinase activity associated with heart failure in rats. 823 66

1. A number of neurohumoral processes are activated in heart failure (HF), including an increase in the plasma concentration of noradrenaline. 2. Few studies have been performed to examine the role of the central nervous system (CNS) in the activation of sympathetic outflow during HF. In the present paper we review the limited studies performed to examine the role of the CNS in the activation of sympathetic outflow, with particular emphasis on our recent study that examined the activity of discrete regions of the brain as assessed by histological localization and photodensitometric quantification of the metabolic enzyme hexokinase during HF. 3. There were significant increases in hexokinase activity in the parvocellular (pPVN) and magnocellular (mPVN) divisions of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus and in the locus coeruleus (LC) in rats with HF. No changes in hexokinase activity were observed in the median preoptic area, supraoptic nucleus (SON) or posterior hypothalamus. 4. We conclude that HF is associated with changes in specific areas in the brain and that alterations in the activation of neurons in the pPVN, mPVN and LC are likely to be related to alterations in vasopressin production, blood volume regulation and sympathoexcitation observed in the HF state.
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PMID:Neurohumoral activation in heart failure: role of paraventricular nucleus. 888 97