[Possible participation of cyclic AMP in regulating acid hydrolase activity in muscle tissue in avitaminosis E and denervation].

In the muscles of denervated and vitamin E-deficient rabbits the level of 3', 5'-cyclic AMP proved to decrease with a simultaneous increase in the activity of cAMP phosphodiesterase. In vivo experiments showed that at the concentration of 10(-4) cAMP was capable of retarding the release of acid phosphatase from the lysosome-rich fraction obtained from the muscles of E-deficient rabbits. Thus, in muscular dystrophy elevation of acid hydrolase activity in the skeletal muscle was due to leakage of the enzymes from the lysosomes as a result of decreased lysosome membrane stability because of decreased cAMP level.