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Query: EC:1.4.1.2 (glutamate dehydrogenase)
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The authors have studied the enzymhistochemical and ultrastructural pictures of tenocytes of adult human tendons. High succinate dehydrogenase, cytochrome oxidase, TPN-diaphorase, lactate dehydrogenase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity were found, as indicated both oxidativ, anaerobic and pentose-phosphate shung activity. Phosphorylase and glutamate dehydrogenase activity was medial, lipase and alcaline phosphatase activity was slight. In tenocytes well developed rough endoplasmic reticulum and GOLGI apparatus, large amount of free ribosomes were found.
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PMID:Histochemical and ultrastructural study of adult human tendon. 23 84

In rats, shortly after ligation of superior mesenteric artery serum enzyme activities are found significantly altered. Those changes concern aspartate aminotransferase (GOT), alanine aminotransferase (GPT), lipase, alpha amylase, and isocitrate dehydrogenase as well as glutamate dehydrogenase. The causes are discussed. The authors emphasize that the assessment of serum enzymes possibly gives some help in diagnosing acute intestinal ischemias in early stages.
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PMID:[Behavior of various serum enzymes following ligation of the superior mesenteric artery in the rat (preliminary report)]. 60 23

Seventeen serum markers (including 9 enzyme activities) for eventual tissue damage were studied after ESWL in 40 patients with unilateral kidney calculosis. No changes were established in the 8 non-enzymic parameters and the activities of amylase, lipase, AST (GOT), ALT (GPT) and CK-MB. A statistically significant increase was found in LDH, alpha-HBDH, CK (twice) and glutamate dehydrogenase (3 times). The slight elevation of LDH and alpha-HBDH could be due to haemolysis caused by the shock waves. Increased activity of CK suggested myolysis and that of GlDH a hepatocellular damage.
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PMID:Acute changes of serum markers for tissue damage after ESWL of kidney stones. 188 66

The numerous physiological and nutritional factors which influence the concentration of serum calcium are considered. The causes of hypercalcaemia and hypocalcaemia are briefly discussed, with particular reference to the clinical symptoms and pathology. The effect of the acid-base status on the serum-ionized calcium level is stressed. The causes of changes in the serum concentrations of phosphorus and magnesium are briefly reviewed, along with the abnormalities of lactate, pyruvate, and hydrogen ion concentrations. The kidney function tests, blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, and the renal clearance tests are discussed, with emphasis placed on correlating their results with the findings from repeated urinalyses. The important physiologic influences and pathological processes which result in changes in the concentrations of these parameters are delineated. The causes of increases in the serum enzymes, alkaline phosphatase, alanine transaminase, asparate transaminase, lactic dehydrogenase, sorbitol dehydrogenase, glutamic dehydrogenase, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase, creatinine phosphokinase, amylase and lipase are discussed. The changes in serum bilirubin concentration and its components are fully described, with emphasis placed on the correlation of the findings with urinalysis data and the complexities resulting from the numerous pathologic conditions causing jaundice. These conditions are listed for each of the domestic animals. The other liver function tests, bromosulphthalein dye retention or excretion, serum uric acid and blood ammonia concentration are briefly considered. All the tests described are very useful, and frequently essential, in aiding the veterinary practitioner to arrive at a diagnosis and prognosis, but they never replace clinical acumen.
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PMID:Correlation of changes in blood chemistry with pathological changes in the animal's body: II Electrolytes, kidney function tests, serum enzymes, and liver function tests. 727 79

Biocatalytic processes were used to prepare chiral intermediates for pharmaceuticals. These include the following processes. Enzymatic synthesis of [4S-(4a,7a,10ab)]1-octahydro-5-oxo-4-[[(phenylmethoxy) carbonyl]amino]-7H-pyrido-[2,1-b] [1,3]thiazepine-7-carboxylic acid methyl ester (BMS-199541-01), a key chiral intermediate for synthesis of a new vasopeptidase inhibitor. Enzymatic oxidation of the epsilon-amino group of lysine in dipeptide dimer N2-[N[[(phenylmethoxy)carbonyl] L-homocysteinyl] L-lysine)1,1-disulfide (BMS-201391-01) to produce BMS-199541-01 using a novel L-lysine epsilon-aminotransferase from S. paucimobilis SC16113 was demonstrated. This enzyme was overexpressed in E. coli, and a process was developed using recombinant enzyme. The aminotransferase reaction required alpha-ketoglutarate as the amine acceptor. Glutamate formed during this reaction was recycled back to alpha-ketoglutarate by glutamate oxidase from S. noursei SC6007. Synthesis and enzymatic conversion of 2-keto-6-hydroxyhexanoic acid 5 to L-6-hydroxy norleucine 4 was demonstrated by reductive amination using beef liver glutamate dehydrogenase. To avoid the lengthy chemical synthesis of ketoacid 5, a second route was developed to prepare the ketoacid by treatment of racemic 6-hydroxy norleucine (readily available from hydrolysis of 5-(4-hydroxybutyl) hydantoin, 6) with D-amino acid oxidase from porcine kidney or T. variabilis followed by reductive amination to convert the mixture to L-6-hydroxynorleucine in 98% yield and 99% enantiomeric excess. Enzymatic synthesis of (S)-2-amino-5-(1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)-pentanoic acid (allysine ethylene acetal, 7), one of three building blocks used for synthesis of a vasopeptidase inhibitor, was demonstrated using phenylalanine dehydrogenase from T. intermedius. The reaction requires ammonia and NADH. NAD produced during the reaction was recycled to NADH by oxidation of formate to CO2 using formate dehydrogenase. Efficient synthesis of chiral intermediates required for total chemical synthesis of a beta 3 receptor agonist was demonstrated. These include: (a) microbial reduction of 4-benzyloxy-3-methanesulfonylamino-2'-bromoacetophenone 9 to corresponding (R)-alcohol 10 by S. paucimobilis SC16113, (b) enzymatic resolution of racemic alpha-methyl phenylalanine amide 11 and alpha-methyl-4-hydroxyphenylalanine amide 13 by amidase from M. neoaurum ATCC 25795 to prepare corresponding (S)-amino acids 12 and 14, and (c) asymmetric hydrolysis of methyl-(4-methoxyphenyl)-propanedioic acid ethyl diester 15 to corresponding (S)-monoester 16 by pig liver esterase. (S)[1-(acetoxyl)-4-(3-phenyl)butyl]phosphonic acid diethyl ester 21, a key chiral intermediate required for total chemical synthesis of BMS-188494 (an anticholesterol drug) was prepared by stereoselective acetylation of racemic [1-(hydroxy)-4-(3-phenyl)butyl]phosphonic acid diethyl ester 22 using G. candidum lipase. Lipase-catalyzed stereoselective acetylation of racemic 7-[N,N'-bis-(benzyloxy-carbonyl)N-(guanidinoheptanoyl)]-alpha-hydroxy-glycine 24 to corresponding S-(-)-acetate 25 was demonstrated. S-(-)-acetate 25 is a key intermediate for total chemical synthesis of (-)-15-deoxyspergualin 23, an immunosuppressive agent and antitumor antibiotic. Stereoselective microbial reduction of (1S)[3-chloro-2-oxo-1-(phenyl-methyl)propyl] carbamic acid, 1,1-dimethyl-ethyl ester 26 to corresponding chiral alcohol 27a (a key chiral intermediate for HIV protease inhibitors) was also demonstrated. Stereospecific enzymatic hydrolysis of racemic epoxide RS-1-[2',3'-dihydro benzo[b]furan-4'-yl]-1,2-oxirane 29 the corresponding R-diol 30 and unreacted chiral S-epoxide 28 was demonstrated using R. glutinis and A. niger. Dynamic resolution of racemic diol RS-1-[2',3'-dihydrobenzo[b]furan-4'-yl]-ethane-1,2-diol 32 to corresponding S-diol S-1-[2',3'-dihydrobenzo[b]furan-4'-yl]-ethane-1,2-diol 31 was demonstrated using C. boidinii and P. methanolica. Chiral (S)-epoxide 28 and (S)-diol 31 are key intermediates for a new prospective circadian modulator drug. Enzymatic resolution of racemic 2-pentanol and 2-heptanol by lipase B from Candida antarctica was demonstrated. S-(+)-2-pentanol is a key chiral intermediate required for synthesis of anti-Alzheimer's drugs.
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PMID:Microbial/enzymatic synthesis of chiral drug intermediates. 1287 94

Prevotella nigrescens has recently been recognized as a new species distinct from Prevotella intermedia. The distinction is based largely on DNA-DNA hybridization, electrophoretic migration of malate and glutamate dehydrogenase, and peptidase and lipase activities of type strains. Gas chromatography of cellular fatty acids can be a useful adjunct for characterization and identification of bacterial species. In the present study, cellular fatty acid profiles were determined for seven strains of P. intermedia and six strains of P. nigrescens. Six of these 13 strains were isolated from the root canal and blood of three patients during endodontic therapy of teeth with Asymptomatic apical periodontitis. The bacteria were cultivated anaerobically in 10 mL prereduced anaerobically sterilized peptone-yeast extract-glucose broth for 24 h. Dried cells of each isolate were methanolysed and their fatty acid contents determined by the Microbial Identification System software package by MIDI. The data were treated by principal component analysis, which distinguished P. nigrescensfromP. intermedia. Cellular fatty acid profiles of these strains of the species in blood matched the profiles of their respective root canal isolates, as demonstrated by Euclidean Distance Square assessment. This suggested that the organisms in the root canal had spread to the bloodstream during endodontic treatment.
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PMID:Distinction of Prevotella intermedia and Prevotella nigrescens from endodontic bacteremia through their fatty acid contents. 1688 63

The analytical performance of the selective, automatic multianalyser Olympus AU 5031 was evaluated over four months and assessed for practicability for another eight months. The evaluation followed the ECCLS guidelines. Twenty routine parameters were measured. In addition, sodium and potassium were determined on an attached flame photometric unit. Both the agreement between the eights photometers per unit and the temperature behaviour in the cuvettes was satisfactory. The imprecisions were very good. The within-run imprecision was below 1.5% for the majority of the parameters. The imprecision between days was below 5%, with the exception of creatine phosphokinase (7.4%). Glutamate dehydrogenase gave an imprecision of between 4.0% and 15.9%, which, however, is more likely due to the low activities measured rather than the fault of analyser. The recovery of the assigned values in 12 control sera was between 95% and 105% for 14 tests. Three of the remaining eight tests yielded recoveries with deviations between 10% and 18% (alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and bilirubin). No drift effects were observed and neither a sample carry-over nor a reagent carry-over were detected. Most tests were linear over a very wide range. Only afew tests (mainly lipase and glutamate dehydrogenase) required measurement repetitions with diluted samples. The correlation with routine instruments and tests was close. However, corrections were necessary for 14 of the 22 tests. This was not due to the performance of the analyser but, rather, to the different methodologies of compared tests, or different working temperatures on the comparison instruments, or a lack of accuracy for some of the AU tests.
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PMID:Analytical performance of the selective, automatic multianalyser Olympus AU 5031. 1892 58

Hematologic and plasma biochemistry parameters of the white stork (Ciconia ciconia) were studied. Blood samples were taken from a total of 80 adult white storks kept in captivity in Hungarian zoos and bird repatriation stations, between 2002 and 2006. Hematologic (packed cell volume, 46.3% +/- 5.3%; hemoglobin concentration, 127.8 +/- 20.4 g/L; red blood cell counts, 2.28 +/- 0.35 10(12)/l/l; white blood cell counts, 21.6 +/- 4.2 10(9)/l/ l; heterophils, 61.0% +/- 9.8% [13.1 +/- 3.2 x 10(9)/L]; lymphocytes, 34.3% +/- 9.1% [7.4 +/- 2.5 x 10(9)/L]; monocytes, 3.44% +/- 2.3% [0.78 +/- 0.57 x 10(9)/L]; eosinophils 0.75% +/- 0.91% [0.16 +/- 0.21 x 10(9)/L]; basophils 0.38% +/- 0.56% [0.04 +/- 0.07 x 10(9)/L]) and plasma biochemistry values (aspartate aminotransferase, 267.5 +/- 145.8 U/L; L-gamma-glutamyltransferase, 47.6 +/- 49.3 U/L; lipase, 70.3 +/- 60.6 U/L; creatine kinase, 443.9 +/- 182.2 U/L; lactate dehydrogenase, 880.4 +/- 293.6 U/L; alkaline phosphatase, 177.5 +/- 116.6 U/L; amylase, 917.6 +/- 314.3 U/L; glutamate dehydrogenase, 7.3 +/- 4.0 U/L; total protein, 45.2 +/- 8.1 g/L; uric acid, 459.2 +/- 254.3 micromol/L; and bile acids, 46.3 +/- 20.5 micromol/L) were determined. The results obtained can be used as reference values, because there are no established values previously reported for adult white storks.
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PMID:Hematologic and plasma biochemistry values in white storks (Ciconia ciconia). 2072 49

This study revealed that cytosolic aconitase (ACO, EC 4.2.1.3) and isocitrate lyase (ICL, EC 4.1.3.1, marker of the glyoxylate cycle) are active in germinating protein seeds of yellow lupine. The glyoxylate cycle seems to function not only in the storage tissues of food-storage organs, but also in embryonic tissue of growing embryo axes. Sucrose (60mM) added to the medium of in vitro culture of embryo axes and cotyledons decreased activity of lipase (LIP, EC 3.1.1.3) and activity of glutamate dehydrogenase (NADH-GDH, EC 1.4.1.2). The opposite effect was caused by sucrose on activity of cytosolic ACO, ICL as well as NADP(+)-dependent (EC 1.1.1.42) and NAD(+)-dependent (EC 1.1.1.41) isocitrate dehydrogenase (NADP-IDH and NAD-IDH, respectively); activity of these enzymes was clearly stimulated by sucrose. Changes in the activity of LIP, ACO, NADP-IDH, and NAD-IDH caused by sucrose were based on modifications in gene expression because corresponding changes in the enzyme activities and in the mRNA levels were observed. The significance of cytosolic ACO and NADP-IDH in carbon flow from storage lipid to amino acids, as well as the peculiar features of storage lipid breakdown during germination of lupine seeds are discussed.
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PMID:Sucrose controls storage lipid breakdown on gene expression level in germinating yellow lupine (Lupinus luteus L.) seeds. 2175 90

This work aims at the identification of relevant intermediate metabolism enzymes contributing to improved meat production due to genetic selection. A wild rabbit (WR) breed and a highly meat selected breed (New Zealand (NZ) rabbit) were used. Food restriction was used as an experimental condition so as to enhance differences within the metabolic pathways under study. During a period of 30 days, NZ and WR experimental breeds were subjected to, respectively, 40% and 60% ad libitum food restriction leading to 17.7% and 21.1% initial weight. Hepatic glycolytic, lipidic and protein regulatory enzyme activity, transcriptional and metabolite levels were determined. Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), triiodothyronine, and cortisol were also evaluated. In the glycolytic pathways, the NZ control rabbits presented a higher phosphofructokinase and pyruvate kinase activity level when compared to the WR, while the latter group showed a higher expression of glycogen synthase, although with less glycogen content. In the nitrogen metabolism, our results showed a lower activity level of glutamate dehydrogenase in WR when subjected to food restriction. Within the lipid metabolism, results showed that although WR had a significantly higher mRNA hepatic lipase, non-esterified fatty acid levels were similar between the experimental groups. NZ rabbits presented a better glycemia control and greater energy substrate availability leading to enhanced productivities in which triiodothyronine and IGF-1 played a relevant role.
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PMID:Feed restriction and genetic selection on the expression and activity of metabolism regulatory enzymes in rabbits. 2244 48


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