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Query: EC:2.7.1.1 (hexokinase)
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The activity of enzymes regulating the processes providing functional activity of leukocytes was studied in the exudate leukocytes of healthy rabbits and animals with alloxan diabetes. Rabbits with diabetes displayed a reduction of hexokinase, phosphoglucomutase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and adenylate kinase activity. The activity of UDPH-pyrophosphorylase, UDPH-glycogentranspherase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase and glutathion reductase showed no significant changes in the exudate leukocytes in diabetes. A reduction of hexokinase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase limiting glycolysis and the pentose-phosphate cycle, respectively, providing energy for leukocytes and important in protein metabolism of these cells, is of great significance in the reduction of functional activity of leukocytes in the inflammatory focus in diabetes.
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PMID:[Enzymatic profile of the exudate leukocytes in diabetes mellitus]. 9 55

Recent evidence has suggested a role for the polyol pathway in pathogenesis of cell damage in diabetes Glucose may be phosphorylated to glucose-6-phosphate via hexokinase and enter glycolysis or reduced to sorbitol via aldose reductase to enter the polyol pathway. The poorly diffusible sorbitol is converted via sorbitol dehydrogenase to fructose. Hexokinase, aldose reductase and sorbitol dehydrogenase activities were measured in glomeruli (G) and small arteries (SA) taken from normal and diabetic human kidneys, Hexokinase in diabetic G was 1688, which was significantly decreased from normal, 3147 mmoles/kg-1/h-1. Alodse reductase was significantly elevated in diabetic G,56-6, compared to normal G,10-8 mmoles/kg-1/h-1. In contrast, sorbitol dehydrogenase was significantly depressed in diabetic G, 3-7 VERSUs 10-9 mmoles/kg-1/h-1. The enzymatic changes observed in diabetic G would facilitate accumulation of sorbitol and therefore could contribute to the progression of glomerulosclerosis. The activity of hexokinase was also significantly reduced in SA, whereas aldose reductase and sorbitol dehydrogenase were unchanged.
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PMID:Quantitative histochemistry of the sorbitol pathway in glomeruli and small arteries of human diabetic kidney. 48 51

In leukocytes of exudate from diabetic rabbits, the activities of hexokinase, phosphoglucomutase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase are increased, and a tendency of adenylate kinase activity to decline is observable. The activities of UDP-pyrophosphatase, UDP-glycogentransferase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase and glutahione reductase in the exudate erythrocytes in diabetes are not essentially altered. The decrease of the key enzymes of glycolysis and pentose phosphate cycle, providing the leukocytes with energy and metabolites, reduces the functional activity of leukocytes from exudate in diabetes.
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PMID:[Enzyme profile of exudate leukocytes from diabetic rabbits]. 51 96

In extracts of rabbit bone marrow cells was studied effect of erythropoietine on the activity of some enzymes (hexokinase, phosphoglucomutase, phosphohexoisomerase, lactate dehydrogenase, glucoso-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase and NADP-reductase). The NADP-reductase activity was increased under the effect of erythropoietine; the activities of other enzymes studied was not altered.
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PMID:[Study of the mechanism of erythropoietin effect on energy metabolism in the bone marrow]. 103 Aug 78

The concentration of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate, and the activities of the enzymes hexokinase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, glutathione reductase and NADH-dependent methaemoglobin reductase in the erythrocytes of newborn and adult sheep were investigated. All the enzyme activities and the concentration of 2,3-diaphosphoglycerate were found to be significantly greater in the erythrocytes of newborn lambs than in those of adult sheep.
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PMID:Postnatal changes in the levels of 2,3-diaphosphoglycerate, reduced glutathione and some enzyme activities in the erythrocytes of lambs. 126 64

1. NADPH-specific mitochondrial enoyl-CoA reductase can be assayed by a sensitive radioactive test, employing tritium-labelled NADPH, synthesized in a prefixed reaction from D-[1-3H]-glucose via the hexokinase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase reactions. 2. Liver, kidney cortex, heart muscle, skeletal muscle, brown adipose tissue, brain cortex, and aortic intimal tissue are investigated concerning chain lengths specificity of the chain elongation and the enoyl-CoA reductase. Medium-chain acyl-CoA compounds prove to be the best primers for the chain elongation. Enoyl-CoA reductases still show large incorporation rates with hexadecenoyl-CoA. 3. The differences in the chain lengths specificity of the chain elongation and enoyl-CoA reductase can be explained by the inhibitory effect of long-chain acyl-CoA derivatives on the 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase. 4. The nucleotide specificity in the different tissues reveals two types of chain elongation: In addition to liver and kidney cortex, mitochondria of brown adipose tissue need NADH + NADPH for optimal chain elongation, whereas heart muscle, skeletal muscle and aortic intimal mitochondria only need NADH. 5. Different physiological roles are proposed for the two types. The "heart type" may be of importance in the conservation of reducing equivalents or acetate units in the anaerobic state, the "liver type" may play a role in the transfer of hydrogen from NADPH to the respiratory chain. In addition, the mitochondrial chain elongation may serve as bypass of the first part of the respiratory chain.
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PMID:On the mechanism of malonyl-CoA-independent fatty-acid synthesis. Different properties of the mitochondrial chain elongation and enoylCoA reductase in various tissues. 127 59

Enzyme histochemical profiles of spinal motoneurons in the zebrafish were determined. Five enzymes of glucose metabolism were chosen: glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), hexokinase (HK), phosphofructokinase (PFK), succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) and NADH tetrazolium reductase (NADH-TR). Motoneurons were traced with Fluorogold and classified as those that innervate white muscle fibres (W-MNs) and those that innervate red and intermediate muscle fibres (R/I-MNs). The average enzyme activities per volume of tissue in the somata of both populations differed at most by 25%. Both the average soma volume and the average number of muscle fibres innervated are three times larger for the W-MNs than for the R/I-MNs. This suggests that the total amount of enzyme activity within a neuron soma matches target size. In the R/I-MNs, the activities of SDH and NADH-TR were closely correlated (correlation coefficient, r = 0.99; p less than 0.05) and HK activity correlated well with G6PDH activity (r = 0.94; p less than 0.05), but not with PFK (r = 0.64; p greater than 0.05). In the W-MNs, there was no correlation between SDH and NADH-TR (r = -0.59; p greater than 0.05) or between HK and G6PDH (r = 0.50; p greater than 0.05) and the correlation coefficient between HK and PFK activity was close to zero (r = 0.04; p greater than 0.05). It was concluded that in the R/I-MNs, which are continuously active, firing activity is fuelled by oxidative metabolism. We suggest that in the W-MNs glucose is stored in the form of glycogen and that, despite high levels of NADH-TR present, the energy for intermittent firing activity is provided by glycolysis.
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PMID:Histochemical profiles of motoneurons innervating muscle fibres with different activity patterns in the zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio. 183 17

Selected aspects of the metabolism of Plasmodium falciparum are reviewed, but conclusions based on the study of other species of plasmodia are intentionally not included since these may not be applicable. The parasites increase glucose consumption 50-100 fold as compared to uninfected red cells; most of the glucose is metabolized to lactic acid. The parasite contains a complete set of glycolytic enzymes. Some enzymes such a hexokinase, enolase and pyruvate kinase are vastly increased over corresponding levels in uninfected red cells. However, the pathway for synthesizing 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) is absent. Parasitized red cells show a decline in the concentration of 2,3-DPG which may function as an inhibitor for certain essential enzyme pathways. Pentose shunt activity is increased in absolute terms, but as a percent of total glucose consumption, there is a decrease during parasite infection of the red cell. The parasite contains a gene for G6PD and can produce a small quantity of parasite-encoded enzyme. It is not clear if the production of this enzyme can be up-regulated in G6PG deficient host red cells. The NADPH normally produced by the pentose shunt can be obtained from other parasite pathways (such as glutamate dehydrogenase). NADPH may subserve additional needs in the infected red cell such as driving diribonucleotide reductase activity--a rate limiting enzyme in DNA synthesis. The role of NADPH in protecting the parasite-red cell system against oxidative stress (via glutathione reduction) remains controversial. Parasitized red cells contain about 10 times more NAD(H) than uninfected red cells, but the NADP(H) content is unchanged.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Plasmodium falciparum carbohydrate metabolism: a connection between host cell and parasite. 225 22

A histochemical analysis of reaction rates of a series of enzymes was performed in electromotor neurons of the weakly electric fish Apteronotus leptorhynchus. These neurons were selected because of their functional homogeneity. The high metabolic activity of these cells as well as their large size facilitate cytophotometric analysis in cryostat sections. Sections were incubated for the activity of hexokinase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase, NADPH dehydrogenase, NADPH ferrihaemoprotein reductase and beta-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase. All media contained polyvinyl alcohol as tissue stabilizer and Nitro BT as final electron acceptor. Measurements were performed with a Vickers M85a cytophotometer. Linear relationships between the specific formation of formazan (test minus control reaction) and incubation time were obtained for all enzymes although some reactions showed an initial lag phase or an intercept with the ordinate. The relatively high activities of hexokinase, succinate dehydrogenase and the extremely low activity of hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase indicate that energy is mainly supplied by glycolysis. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase showed a high activity whereas NADPH reductase and dehydrogenase activity were low in electromotor neurons, indicating that the NADPH generated is largely used for biosynthesis. Despite their synchronous firing pattern activity, electromotor neurons showed a considerable heterogeneity with respect to their metabolic activity.
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PMID:Enzyme reaction rate studies in electromotor neurons of the weakly electric fish Apteronotus leptorhynchus. 251 71

A dimethoxy derivative of leucocyandin 3-O-beta-D-galactosyl cellobioside isolated from the bark of F. bengalensis Linn demonstrated antidiabetic action. On oral administration, it decreased blood sugar very significantly both in normal and moderately diabetic rats and increased serum insulin significantly in the latter at a dosage of 250 mg/kg for a 2 hr period. During one month treatment of the diabetic rats orally with the active principle, at a dosage of 100 mg/kg, there was a significant decrease in blood and urine sugar, certain lipid components in serum and tissues and glucose-6-phosphatase activity in liver, but significant increase in body weight and the activities of hexokinase and HMGCOA reductase in tissues as compared to diabetic control. The mechanism of action of the principle may be related to its protective/inhibitory action against the insulin degradative processes.
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PMID:Antidiabetic effect of a leucocyanidin derivative isolated from the bark of Ficus bengalensis Linn. 263 65


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