Add time:09/09/2019         Source:sciencedirect.com

Methylation of inorganic arsenic to METHYLARSONIC ACID (cas 124-58-3) (MMA) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) has been considered to be the major pathway of inorganic arsenic biotransformation and detoxification. Comparative studies,in vivo,have demonstrated variation in the abilities of animals to methylate inorganic arsenic. We propose that the rate of inorganic arsenite methylation may be one of the factors responsible for observed species variation. Arsenite and MMA methyltransferases of Golden Syrian hamster liver have been partially purified 40- and 67-fold, respectively. The monothioll-cysteine promotes greater activities,in vitro,of these enzymes than similar concentrations of either glutathione or dithiothreitol. The pH optima of the partially purified arsenite and MMA methyltransferase activities are 7.6 and 8.0, respectively. Both activities display classic Michaelis–Menten enzyme kinetics. TheKmandVmaxof hamster liver arsenite methyltransferase are 1.79 × 10−6M and 0.022 pmol/mg protein/60 min, respectively. Hamster liver MMA methyltransferase hasKmandVmaxvalues of 7.98 × 10−4M and 0.007 pmol/mg protein/60 min, respectively. A similar kinetic relationship of these activities is also observed in the liver of the rabbit, which, like the hamster, excretes higher amounts of MMA than most other species studied. The higherKmand lowerVmaxof MMA methyltransferase, compared to arsenite methyltransferase, measured in these two species suggests that MMA may be produced at a rate higher than it can be subsequently methylated to DMA, thereby allowing MMA to accumulate and be excreted.

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