The Metabolism of Mucopolysaccharides in Mammalian Tissues

The Metabolism of Mucopolysaccharides in Animals

The turnover of the acid mucopolysaccharides, hyaluronic acid (HA) and chondroitinsulfuric acid (CSA), of skin has been studied in normal rats (1) and in animals treated with the adrenocortical hormones, 17-hydroxycorticosterone and 11-dehydro-17-hydroxycorticosterone (2). It was shown that the administration of these adrenal steroids to otherwise normal rats resulted in a decreased turnover of...

Mucopolysaccharides and sodium metabolism.

This paper deals with the possible relationship between a native, negatively charged polyelectrolyte, chondroitin sulfate, and sodium metabolism. The physical chemical property of decreased activity of the cations Na, K and Ca in chondroitin sulfate is described. The data of experiments indicating an alteration in the inueoprotein metabolism of the cartilage of the rabbit's ear in response to t...

Mucopolysaccharides and Sodium Metabolism

This paper deals with the possible relationship between a native, negatively charged polyelectrolyte, chondroitin sulfate, and sodium metabolism. The physical chemical property of decreased activity of the cations Na, K and Ca in chondroitin sulfate is described. The data of experiments indicating an alteration in the inueoprotein metabolism of the cartilage of the rabbit's ear in response to t...

The metabolism of glucose 6-phosphate in developing mammalian tissues.

Two marked changes in the metabolism of glucose 6-phosphate are known to occur in the liver during mammalian development before maturation. First, hepatic glucose 6-phosphatase (D-glucose 6phosphate phosphohydrolase, EC 3.1.3.9) appears late in gestation and increases rapidly after birth in several species (Nemeth, 1954; Weber & Cantero, 1955; Kretchmer, 1959; Coquoin-Carnot & Roux, 1960a; Dawk...

Metabolism of the mucopolysaccharides of connective tissue.