Effect of treatment with cadmium on kinetic properties of Na(+), K(+)-ATPase and glucose-6-phosphatase activity in rat liver microsomes a correlative study on influence of lipid/phospholipid make-up.

Studies on Cd hepatotoxicity have focused mainly on induction of cytochrome P(450) system and related enzymes. In the present study young adult male rats given a single intra-peritoneal injection of Cd (0.84mg Cd/kg body weight) and effects on kinetic parameters rat liver microsomal Na(+), K(+)-ATPase and G6Pase were evaluated at the end of 1 month and 1 week. The substrate and temperature kinetics parameters were examined and attempts were made to seek correlation with changes in lipid/phospholipid profiles. The Na(+), K(+) ATPase activity decreased only in 1 week Cd-treated group but recovered at the end of 1 month. The activity resolved in two distinct kinetic components in control as well as the experimental groups. In 1 week Cd-treated group the K(m) value of both the components was unchanged, whereas V(max) value decreased. In 1-month Cd-treated group V(max) value only of component I increased. The catalytic efficiency of both the components was not affected in the experimental groups. In 1-week Cd-treated group the energy of activations at high-temperature range (E(H)) and low-temperature range (E(L)) decreased, whereas for 1-month Cd-treated group the energies of activations did not change. The G6Pase activity measured at 37 degrees C was high only in 1-month Cd-treated group. The activity resolved in two kinetically distinguishable components in control as well as in the experimental groups. K(m) value of component I decreased in both the Cd-treated groups. In 1-month Cd-treated group the V(max) value of component II increased. The catalytic efficiency of G6Pase was unchanged despite changes in K(m) and V(max). In 1-week Cd-treated group the E(H) and E(L) decreased, whereas only E(L) showed decrease in 1-month Cd-treated group. Cholesterol (CHL) content increased in both the Cd-treated groups. Content of lysophospholipid (Lyso), spinghomyelin (SPM) and phosphatidic acid (PA) increased, whereas phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylserine (PS) decreased in 1-week Cd-treated group. In 1-month Cd group the Lyso, SPM, and PC increased while PC, phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and PA decreased. In conclusion, Cd has short-term effects on microsomal Na(+), K(+)-ATPase which are reversed by the end of 1 month and that G6Pase does not seem to be a target of Cd insult.