Male Wistar rats of different vitamin A status (total depletion to moderate deficiency) were administered DDT (5 mg/kg/day) or vehicule (corn oil) i.p. daily for 14 days. Vitamin A-dependent protein mannosylation was measured either by in vivo incorporation of [3H]mannose into liver glycoprotein or by in vitro assay of incorporation of [14C]mannose into mannosylretinyl phosphate. Vitamin A deficiency resulted in a significantly impaired in vivo incorporation of mannose in liver glycoprotein but had no effect on the in vitro transport of mannose via retinyl phosphate. Although DDT induced an increase synthesis of liver proteins in smooth endoplasmic reticulum and caused a diminution of the hepatic vitamin A content, it did not affect vitamin A-dependent protein mannosylation.

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