Accession Number : AD0743062
Title : Effect of Increasing Doses of Ionizing Radiation on Liver Enzymes Involve in Fatty Acid Synthesis
Descriptive Note : Scientific rept.
Corporate Author : ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INST BETHESDA MD
Personal Author(s) : McHale, C G ; Catravas, G N
Full Text : http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/743062.pdf
Report Date : Mar 1972
Pagination or Media Count : 23
Abstract : The effect of increasing doses of x rays and of mixed neutron-gamma radiation on the fatty acid synthesizing liver enzyme system in rats has been investigated. It was found that the activity of this enzyme system first increased with radiation dose and then decreased in rats exposed to either x rays or mixed neutron-gamma radiation. Acetyl CoA carboxylase activity was found to be more sensitive to mixed neutron-gamma radiation (decreased) than to x rays, whereas fatty acid synthetase appeared to be more sensitive to x rays (increased) than to mixed neutron-gamma radiation.
Descriptors : *ENZYMES , *FATTY ACIDS , *LIVER , *RADIATION EFFECTS , BIOSYNTHESIS , CARBOXY LYASES , EXPERIMENTAL DATA , GAMMA RAYS , NEUTRONS , RADIATION DOSAGE , RATS , X RAYS
Subject Categories : Radiobiology
Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
