1982 Volume 23 Issue 11 Pages 1270-1276
We obserbed that uridine diphosphate glucuronyl transferase (UDP-GT) activity was a significant functional marker of hepatic reserve mass and that was a similar response between UDPGT activity and cyclic AMP by glucagon injection, glucagon tolerance test, in rats treated with alpha-naphthyl isothiocyanate (ANIT). Augmentation of UDP-GT activity was obtained by glucagon and dibutyryl cyclic AMP proportional to amount of liver cell injury and was inhibited by Actinomycin D, a known inhibitor of protein synthesis. There was indicated that cyclic AMP mediated glucuronyl transferase synthesis.