Uroporphyrinogen I synthase induction in normal human bone marrow cultures: an early and quantitative response of erythroid differentiation.
AUTOR(ES)
Sassa, S
RESUMO
Uroporphyrinogen I (URO) synthase [porphobilinogen ammonia-lyase (polymerizing), EC 4.3.1.8] activity increased when cultures of normal human bone marrow cells were incubated with erythropoietin. The increase of URO synthase activity was a linear function of erythropoietin concentration in the culture medium and was proportional to the extent of heme synthesis as determined by 55Fe incorporation into heme. The onset of the increase in URO synthase activity, which occurred on day 4 of incubation with erythropoietin, preceded by 3 days the appearance of hemoglobin in colonies derived from erythroid progenitor cells. These results indicate that induction of URO synthase in normal human bone marrow cells incubated with erythropoietin is an early event and that URO synthase activity is a useful quantitative index of erythroid differentiation.
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