A New Factor from Enteric Bacteria of Rats Amplifying Induction of Liver Enzyme by Glucocorticoid. 2. Mechanism of Action

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1 An amplifier of the action of glucocorticoid was purified from Proteus mirabilis as described previously. It was found that it amplified the induction of liver tyrosine aminotransferase by dexa‐methasone markedly with doses of dexamethasone that caused minimal enzyme induction, but had little effect with doses that caused maximal induction. Thus the amplification may represent a saving of glucocorticoid. The amplification of enzyme activity was brought about by increase in amount of enzyme. 2 The amplification was observed when the amplifier was administered before or with dexamethasone, but not when it was given 2 h after dexamethasone. These results and the finding that actinomycin D inhibited the amplification indicated that the amplifier does not act on the translational level of enzyme induction. 3 It was found that the amplifier increased both incorporation of [3H]dexamethasone into the cytosol and binding of [3H]dexamethasone to cytosol protein and that it decreased decay of the [3H]dexamethasone · protein complex.