the effects of allopurinol, acyclovir and theophylline on the activity of adenosine deaminase (ada) were studied in 50 mm sodium phosphate buffer ph 7.5 at 27°c, using a uv– vis spectrophotometer. adenosine deaminase is inhibited by these ligands, via different types of inhibition. allopurinol, as a transition state analog of xanthine oxidase, and acyclovir competitively inhibit the catalytic a...

Washing of excised corn (Zea mays L., variety WF9xM14) root tissue is accompanied by an increase in (Mg(2+) + K(+))-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase. This is the adenosine triphosphatase described by Fisher, Hansen, and Hodges as positively correlated with ion accumulation rates. The increase in activity is confined to the microsomal fraction. A close parallel exists between increases in ade...

The amount of inorganic phosphate liberated by the adenosine triphosphatase activity of myosin in a thin section of cardiac tissue can be measured quantitatively by precipitation with calcium in an alkaline medium under a defined set of conditions. Specificity of the procedure for myosin adenosine triphosphatase has been confirmed by the response to inhibitors and to different degrees of contra...

Domain-domain interactions are a critical type of the mechanisms mediating protein-protein interactions (PPIs). For a given protein domain, its ability to combine with distinct domains is usually referred to as promiscuity or versatility. Interestingly, a previous study has reported that a domain's promiscuity may reflect its ability to interact with other domains in human proteins. In this wor...

Liver ischemia represents a common clinical problem. In the present study, using an in vitro model of hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury, we evaluated the potential cytoprotective effect of the purine metabolites, such as adenosine and inosine, and studied the mode of their pharmacological actions. The human hepatocellular carcinoma-derived cell line HepG2 was subjected to combined oxygen-gluc...

In a multicentre, prospective, randomised, placebo controlled study of 55 patients with histories of genital warts for at least one year, a four week course of inosine pranobex 3 g a day improved the clinical response to conventional treatment (primarily podophyllin or trichloroacetic (now called trichlorethanoic) acid). Although more patients given inosine pranobex improved than those given pl...

TWO VARIANTS OF THE INOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (ITPA rs1127354, rs7270101) gene cause ITPA deficiency and protect against the hemolytic toxicity of ribavirin. We investigated the clinical significance of ITPA variants in Korean patients treated with pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin. Of the 133 patients, 108 were CC and 25 were non-CC at rs1127354 (groups A and B, respectively). On the ...

Purine nucleosides have been reported to extend the preservation of red cells stored in acid citrate dextrose (ACD) (1-6). This effect was originally attributed to the production of phosphorylated ribose as an energy substrate within the erythrocyte (7-9) through the action of nucleoside phosphorylase (10). This enzyme was shown to act on inosine, guanosine (11, 12), and on adenosine after its ...

Mammals can barely survive total-body ionizing irradiation greater than 10 Gy. To date, there are few drugs available for radioprotective therapy under such circumstances. Inosine, a natural derivative of adenosine, has been known to provide powerful protection for many kinds of cells and tissues against various insults both in vitro and in vivo. In the present study, we examined whether inosin...

AIM To investigate whether pharmacogenetic loci or metabolite concentrations explain clinical response or side effects to AZA. METHODS Patients with IBD were given 2 mg/kg of AZA without dose escalation or adjustment. Serial clinical response, thiopurine methyl transferase (TPMT) activity and thioguanine nucleotide (TGN) concentrations were measured over 6 months. All patients were genotyped ...