HEPATIC LIPASE MESSENGER-RNA IS EXPRESSED IN RAT AND HUMAN STEROIDOGENIC ORGANS

被引:23
作者
VERHOEVEN, AJM
JANSEN, H
机构
[1] Department of Biochemistry, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam
来源
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-LIPIDS AND LIPID METABOLISM | 1994年 / 1211卷 / 01期
关键词
HEPATIC TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; ADRENAL; OVARY; TESTIS; CUSHINGS DISEASE; (HUMAN); (RAT);
D O I
10.1016/0005-2760(94)90146-5
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Rat and human steroidogenic organs contain an enzyme activity that is indistinguishable from hepatic lipase present in liver. Using primers that recognize exons 5 and 8 of the rat and human HL gene, a 596-bp product was found by RT-PCR in rat liver, adrenal, ovaries and testes, but not in heart and kidney. A similar product was also observed with human hyperplastic adrenocortical tissue. Identity of this product with part of the HL cDNA was confirmed by restriction mapping and internal re-amplification. Our results indicate that the HL gene is transcribed in steroidogenic tissues that also contain HL protein.
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