[Biological activity of tRNA and aminoacyl-tRNA-synthetases from the swine myocardium in anoxia and subsequent reoxygenation].

Distinct decrease in the rate of aminoacylation of tRNAs, specific to alanine, glutamic acid, leucine and serine, was found after 20 min anoxia of perfused pig heart. In the anoxia activity of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases of the same amino acid specificity was increased. Reduction of these macromolecules activity was observed in reoxygenation of the anoxic myocardium.

[Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and their high molecular weight complexes in autolysis of the swine heart].

In pig myocardial extracts autolyzed within 15 min alanyl-, glycyl-, glutamyl-, leucyl- and seryl-tRNA synthetase activities were increased as compared with controls. The enzymatic activities were decreased after autolysis for 30 min. The 15 min autolysis was shown to decrease the molecular mass of the glycyl-tRNA synthetase complex.

[Aminoacyl-tRNA-synthetases and their high molecular weight complexes in experimental myocardial ischemia].

A number of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases from rabbit liver during experimental myocardial infarction and from pig myocardium upon 15-min of autolysis were found to increase their activity in aminoacylation. Direct correlations between the activities of high molecular weight complexes and of the total extracts were not observed. It was shown that the specific activity of endogenous inorganic pyrophosphatase increased markedly during the ischemia of myocardium both in total myocardium extracts and in high molecular weight complexes.