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The effect of retinol deficiency and curcumin and turmeric feeding on brain microsomal Na+-K+ ATPase activity was investigated. The brain Na+−K+ ATPase activity registered an increase of 148.5% as compared to the control group. Upon treating retinol deficient rats with curcumin or turmeric, the abnormally elevated activity showed a decrease of 36.9 and 47.1%, respectively, when compared to the retinol deficient group. An increase in Vmax by 67% and Km by 66% for ATP was observed in the retinol deficient group. Curcumin or turmeric fed retinol-deficient groups reduced the Vmax by 25 and 33%, while Km was reduced by 25 and 31%, respectively, compared to the retinol deficient group. Arrhenius plot of Na+−K+ ATPase showed a typical bi-phasic pattern in all the groups. Cholesterol: Phospholipid ratio showed a decrease in the retinol-deficient group by 67.8%, which showed a marked increase in curcumin or turmeric treated groups. Detergents could increase the Na+−K+ ATPase activity more in the control group than in the retinol deficient groups. Curcumin or turmeric improved the detergent action on the enzyme. Subsequent freezing and thawing over a period of 30 min decreased the enzyme activity by 22.8% in the retinol deficient group compared to 15.9% decrease in the control group. Curcumin or turmeric treated groups showed a decrease in the enzyme activity by 22.0 and 19.2%, respectively, when compared to the zero time in each group. In the presence of concanavalin-A (Con-A) there was only 52.4% stimulation in the enzyme activity in retinol deficient groups, compared to 108.0% in the control group. Curcumin or turmeric treated retinol-deficient groups showed a stimulation in the presence of con-A by 70 and 99.5%, respectively.
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Kaul, S., Krishnakanth, T.P. Effect of retinol deficiency and curcumin or turmeric feeding on brain Na+−K+ adenosine triphosphatase activity. Mol Cell Biochem 137, 101–107 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00944071
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