Increased lysosomal hydrolase activity in kidney and brain from the vitamin B6-deficient developing rat

Pediatr Res. 1975 Sep;9(9):693-7. doi: 10.1203/00006450-197509000-00001.

Abstract

Between 7 and 9 postnatal days, the kidney, spleen heart, and liver from vitamin B6-deficient young either plateaued and failed to gain weight or lost weight, whereas brain continued to gain weight but at a more reduced rate than normal. The level of cofactor in kidney of experimental animals was below that of controls at all time points studied. alpha-L-Fucosidase activity was already moderately increased in deficient kidney at 3 postnatal days and remained elevated throughout the time course. beta-D-galactosidase, acid phosphatase, and hexosaminidases A and B in vitamin B6-deficient young all showed moderate increases in activities after 9 days, at one or more time points. In brain, alpha-L-fucosidase activity was increased somewhat throughout the time course, but changes in beta-D-glucuronidase, beta-D-galactosidase, alpha-D-mannosidase, acid phosphatase, and hexosaminidases A and B did not occur until after 7 postnatal days. When weights of kidney and brain were both normal, there was a marked elevation in alpha-L-fucosidase activity in these organs suggesting that this increase in enzyme activity may be a specific effect of vitamin B6 deficiency. Elevated alpha-L-fucosidase activity in kidhney may reflect alterations in fucose-containing glycosubstances of glomerular basement membranes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acid Phosphatase / analysis
  • Animals
  • Blood Urea Nitrogen
  • Brain / enzymology*
  • Female
  • Galactosidases / analysis
  • Glucuronidase / analysis
  • Growth
  • Hexosaminidases / analysis
  • Hydrolases / metabolism*
  • Kidney / enzymology*
  • Liver / enzymology
  • Lysosomes / enzymology*
  • Mannosidases / analysis
  • Myocardium / enzymology
  • Organ Size
  • Pregnancy
  • Pyridoxal Phosphate / analysis
  • Pyridoxine / analysis
  • Rats
  • Spleen / enzymology
  • Vitamin B 6 Deficiency / enzymology*
  • alpha-L-Fucosidase / analysis

Substances

  • Pyridoxal Phosphate
  • Hydrolases
  • Acid Phosphatase
  • Galactosidases
  • Hexosaminidases
  • Mannosidases
  • Glucuronidase
  • alpha-L-Fucosidase
  • Pyridoxine