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Query: EC:2.6.1.1 (aspartate aminotransferase)
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The laboratory contribution in the care of a seriously ill child is essential to plan and organize the therapy after the first-step emergency care and to know the aethiology of the illness. The most acute syndromes in pediatric emergency care are: coma, convulsions, dehydration, metabolic disequilibrium, hypovolemic or anaphylactic shock, serious infectious diseases and chemical or drug poisoning. The laboratory tests which have to be available within few minutes are blood cell count, hemogasanalysis, sodium, potassium and calcium, glucose. Total proteins, serum creatinine and urea, bleeding tests, blood smear, sedimentation rate, ALT, AST, osmolality, urinary electrolytes and creatinine and cerebrospinal fluid examination should be available within sixty minutes. New accurate and rapid techniques and instrumentations make easier the diagnostic and therapeutical approach to pediatric emergency.
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PMID:Pediatric emergency laboratory. 189 92

We reviewed the results of preoperative screening laboratory tests in asymptomatic healthy patients who underwent elective surgical procedures at our institution in 1988. Substantially abnormal results were found in 160 of 3,782 patients. All such abnormalities involved five tests: aspartate aminotransferase, glucose, potassium, platelet count, and hemoglobin. Thirty of the abnormal test results were predictable on the basis of the history or physical examination. The abnormal test result prompted further assessment in 47 patients. No surgical procedure was delayed, and no association was noted between adverse outcome and any preoperative laboratory abnormality. Because of our findings in this analysis and similar studies on specific tests from other institutions, we no longer require preoperative laboratory screening tests for healthy patients.
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PMID:Preoperative laboratory screening in healthy Mayo patients: cost-effective elimination of tests and unchanged outcomes. 189 10

Abomasa from 912 randomly selected cows were examined; specimens were obtained at the local slaughter house on 35 days spread over one year. Abomasal lesions were assessed macroscopically and histologically. Additionally, haematological and blood chemistry (urea, aspartate aminotransferase, potassium, chloride, calcium) evaluations and the determination of rumen chloride concentration were performed. Of the 912 abomasa examined, 187 (20.5%) had ulcerative lesions of the mucosa. Lesions were classified from 1 to 4 based on severity as described by Whitlock (1980). All ulcers were classified as type 1 (erosions and non-perforating ulcers); thus, further division into four subtypes 1 a, 1 b, 1 c and 1 d was carried out. Fifty-six abomasa had minimal mucosal defects which were classified as type 1 a. Deeper erosions combined with local hemorrhage, classified as type 1 b, were observed in 54 abomasa. Type 1 c were crater-like ulcers and were seen in 61 abomasa. Sixteen abomasa had type 1 d ulcers which included two forms: ulcers with radial wrinkles converging on a central point, and ulcers with perforated folds. Types 1 a and 1 c occurred mainly in the pyloric region, and types 1 b and 1 d were observed mainly in the fundic region. Type 1 abomasal ulcus could not be diagnosed based on alterations in haematological or blood and rumen chemistry values.
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PMID:Type 1 abomasal ulcers in dairy cattle. 191 Feb 38

Scirpentriol (STO) (3 alpha,4 beta,15-trihydroxy-12,13-epoxytrichothec-9- ene), the parent alcohol of the family of acetylated scirpenol mycotoxins produced by several Fusarium species, has been implicated in mixed toxicoses of animals, but there is not a general description of its toxicity in chickens. Dietary STO (0, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 micrograms/g feed) was fed to four groups of 10 male day-old broiler chickens for 3 wk. The minimum effective dose (MED) for reducing growth rate significantly (P less than .05) was 4 micrograms/g. The same MED was found for increased serum alkaline phosphatase and relative weight of the gizzard. Unlike literature reports for two other trichothecene mycotoxins, T-2 toxin and diacetoxyscirpenol (DAS), STO impaired feed conversion efficiency but did not alter spleen or pancreas size. The MED of STO for decreases in serum lactic dehydrogenase and aspartate aminotransferase was 8 micrograms/g, but the MED for decreased serum albumin and total proteins and regression of the bursa of Fabricius was 16 micrograms/g. Serum sodium, potassium, and calcium were not altered at the highest dose, 32 micrograms/g, but serum phosphate, uric acid, and cholesterol were decreased by 32 micrograms/g. Serum chloride was increased slightly but significantly (P less than .05) at 16 and 32 micrograms/g. Based on these results, STO toxicosis of chickens can be differentiated from those of T-2 toxin and DAS and its toxicity appears sufficient to warrant further attention.
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PMID:Scirpentriol toxicity in young broiler chickens. 195 54

The effect of acclimation to environmental temperatures of 10 to 12 or 28 to 30 C on the resistance of broiler chicks to dietary aflatoxin was examined. Broiler chicks were acclimated from day-of-age for 2 wk to environmental temperatures of 10 to 12 or 28 to 30 C. On Day 14, a single oral dose of aflatoxin (8 mg per kg of body weight) was administered to 50 chicks in each environment. An increase in aflatoxin resistance, as assessed by survival rate, was conveyed by acclimation to cold temperatures. In each environmental chamber, a separate group of chicks was maintained for 2 additional wk, but those groups received 5 mg of aflatoxin per kg feed. By the end of the study, aflatoxicosis was characterized by: 1) a significant (P less than or equal to .05) decrease in body weight; 2) increases in spleen weight, liver weight, liver lipid, and liver dry-matter content; 3) changes in the serum levels of total protein, albumin, glucose, cholesterol, uric acid, potassium, phosphorus, iron and calcium; and 4) increased hepatic hyperplasia. Acclimation to 10 to 12 C was characterized by: 1) an increase in body weight, liver weight, spleen weight and bursa weight; 2) changes in the serum glucose and potassium levels; and 3) a decrease in glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase activity. Significant aflatoxin by temperature interactions were evident only in serum levels of glucose and phosphorus, and in the serum activity of glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase. These data suggest that acclimation to cool temperatures does not play a significant role in the resistance by broiler chickens to chronic aflatoxin exposure.
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PMID:Effect of cold acclimation on the broiler chicks' resistance to dietary aflatoxin. 196 38

Ten minutes after an intravenous flooding dose of phenylalanine to rats, plasma sodium and calcium concentrations were slightly reduced (by 2-7%) but no effects on potassium or phosphate were observed. Creatine kinase activities were significantly increased by phenylalanine injection (by 39%), but alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, lactate dehydrogenase and aspartate aminotransferase activities were unaltered. Plasma concentrations of total proteins, albumin, cholesterol, triglycerides, urea, creatinine and glucose were also unaffected. In the presence of anaesthesia, phenylalanine injection had almost identical effects, although the increase in creatine kinase activities did not reach statistical significance. Anaesthesia for 10 min reduced plasma potassium concentrations (by 27%), and calcium (by 5%), though phosphate and sodium were unaltered. The activities of lactate dehydrogenase, creatine kinase and aspartate aminotransferase were reduced by between 36-52%, but alkaline phosphatase and alanine aminotransferase activities were unaltered by anaesthesia. Plasma concentrations of total proteins and albumin were also reduced (both by 9%), but glucose concentrations were increased (by 33%). Anaesthesia had no other significant effects on cholesterol, triglycerides, urea or creatinine concentrations. The qualitative effects of anaesthesia in the presence of raised free phenylalanine concentrations were similar. It was concluded that, except for creatine kinase, determinations of plasma constituents in phenylalanine-injected rats could be made without overt interpretational errors. However, caution is required in interpreting data on plasma constituents from anaesthetized rats.
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PMID:Measurement of protein synthesis by the phenylalanine flooding dose technique: effect of phenylalanine and anaesthesia on plasma electrolyte, enzyme and metabolite levels. 198 47

Normal mean values for hematocrit, hemoglobin concentration, erythrocyte and leukocyte counts, hematimetric indices, erythrocyte dimensions, glucose, urea, uric acid, cholesterol, creatinine, total bilirubin, serum aspartate aminotransferase, serum alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, creatinine phosphokinase, lactic dehydrogenase, inorganic phosphorus, chloride, total plasma protein, sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium were obtained from the blood or plasma of four Masai ostriches (Struthio camelus) when juveniles at 5 mo of age and as adults 1 yr later in the Barcelona Zoo (Spain). Young ostriches had significantly lower concentrations of hematocrit, hemoglobin concentration, calcium, and magnesium, and higher levels of total protein and potassium, than the adult individuals. The rest of the parameters were not significantly different between the two age groups. The data obtained provide reference values for Masai ostriches.
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PMID:Hematologic and blood chemistry values of the Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus). 202 25

Tryptophanase (tryptophan: indole-lyase) from Escherichia coli has been isolated in the holoenzyme form and its absorption spectra and acid-base chemistry have been reevaluated. Apoenzyme has been prepared by dialysis against sodium phosphate and L-alanine and molar absorptivities of the coenzyme bands have been estimated by readdition of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate. The spectrophotometric titration curve, whose midpoint is at pH 7.6 in 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffers, indicates some degree of cooperativity in dissociation of a pair of protons. Resolution of the computed spectra of individual ionic forms of the enzyme with lognormal distribution curves shows that band shapes are similar to those of model Schiff bases and of aspartate aminotransferase. Using molar areas from the latter we estimated amounts of individual tautomeric species. In addition to ketoenamine and enolimine or covalent adduct the high pH form also appears to contain approximately 18% of a species with a dipolar ionic ring (protonated on the ring nitrogen and with phenolate -O-). We suggest that this may be the catalytically active form of the coenzyme in tryptophanase. The equilibrium between tryptophanase and L-alanine has also been reevaluated.
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PMID:Equilibria and absorption spectra of tryptophanase. 203 39

A tiletamine hydrochloride/zolazepam hydrochloride combination was used successfully to immobilize captive untamed wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) (n = 16) at dosage rates ranging from 2.3 to 32.3 mg/kg. Animals remained immobilized for periods ranging from 35 min to 24 hr 14 min. There was a significant positive correlation (r = 0.85, P less than 0.01) between dosage rate and the time immobilized. Profuse salivation and intermittent mild myoclonal contractions were observed in some wild dogs. Mildly reduced partial oxygen and carbon dioxide pressures as well as reduced concentrations of bicarbonate were observed in arterial blood at 10 and 20 min after administration of the drug. Serum concentrations of sodium, potassium, chloride, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, urea, creatinine, glucose, proteins, albumin, gammaglutamyltransferase, creatinine kinase, aspartate transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, lactate dehydrogenase, insulin, cortisol and thyroxine are presented. These concentrations were found to be in agreement with values previously reported for wild dogs.
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PMID:Immobilization of wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) with a tiletamine hydrochloride/zolazepam hydrochloride combination and subsequent evaluation of selected blood chemistry parameters. 206 44

Through the present delta value check used in quality control programs is a powerful tool for detecting random errors in clinical chemistry analysis, it has some problems, such as missed true errors and delays in reporting time, because it also has the potential of showing erroneous positive results. Recently, new calculation methods for delta check with delta difference, delta percent change, rate difference, and rate percent change have been suggested by Lacher and Connelly (Clin Chem 34:1966-1970, 1988). Based on this new delta check method, we made the new criteria of which calculation method is applied to the clinical chemistry tests, i.e., the differential application of rate and delta check, and selectively applied the new method to 17 chemistry tests in order to solve the above problems. The applied criteria were the time dependence of the test item and the coefficient of variation of the absolute delta difference. Calcium, inorganic phosphorus, total protein, albumin, sodium, potassium, and chloride were classified as delta difference calculation method group; glucose and cholesterol as delta percent change group; creatinine, total and direct bilirubin as rate difference group; and urea nitrogen, uric acid, ALP, ALT, and AST as rate percent change group. With the previous criteria by Whitehurst et al. (Clin Chem 221:87-92) for 5045 specimens, the check-out rate was 47.8% (2,411 out of 5,045), and the positive predictive value was 0.41% (10 out of 2,411). For the new criteria, the check-out rate was 12.7% (621 out of 5,045), and the positive predictive value was 1.8% (nine out of 621).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Differential application of rate and delta check on selected clinical chemistry tests. 210 Jan 25


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