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Zinc content of testes, bones, esophagus, kidneys, and muscles was decreased, whereas iron content was increased in the testes of zinc-deficient rats compared to restrictedly fed control rats. Histochemical enzyme determinations revealed reduced activities of certain enzymes in the testes, bones, esophagus, and kidneys. In the testes, lactic dehydrogenase (LDH), malic dehydrogenase (MDH), alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), and NADH diaphorase; in the bones, LDH, MDH, ADH, and alkaline phosphatase; in the esophagus, MDH, ADH, and NADH diaphorase; and in the kidneys, MDH and alkaline phosphatase were decreased in zinc-deficient rats compared to restrictedly fed controls. Succinic dehydrogenase (SDH) revealed no significant changes under the conditions of our experiments in various groups of rats that were investigated. In a "repleted" group of rats, content of zinc in testes and bones increased significantly, compared to the deficient group. The iron content of the testes decreased after repletion with zinc. In the testes, bones, esophagus, and kidneys, the activities of various enzymes increased after repletion with zinc. Inasmuch as the major manifestations of zinc deficiency syndrome in the rat include growth retardation, testicular atrophy, and esophageal parakeratosis, our results suggest that the content of zinc in the above tissues most likely controls the physiological processes through the formation of zinc-dependent enzymes.
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PMID:Studies on zinc deficiency: changes in trace elements and enzyme activities in tissues of zinc-deficient rats. 429 21

Cervical and endometrial enzyme levels were studied as indicators for menstrual cycle diagnosis. Cervical alkaline phosphatase and endometrial acid phosphatase levels could be correlated very closely with phases of the menstrual cycle (p less than .01); cervical acid phosphatase and malate dehydrogenase and endometrial alkaline phosphatase, GOT, malate dehydrogenase, and lactate dehydrogenase, while less closely correlated, were still valuable diagnostic indicators (p less than .05). Menstrual cycle diagnosis is thus possible from cervical biopsy, a much easier and safer procedure than endometrial biopsy. In addition, treatment of cervical enzyme values with regression coefficient techniques can yield information of the status of the endometrium.
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PMID:[Comparative studies on enzyme activities in the mucosa of the corpus and endocervix uteri under various hormonal conditions. IV. Enzyme tests as indications of ovarian function]. 442 11

1. During the course of growth and sporulation of Bacillus subtilis in chemically defined media, measurements were made of 16 different parameters, including the specific activities of nine intracellular enzymes. 2. Towards the end of exponential growth, proteolytic activity increased and reached a maximum soon after growth ceased. 3. In the presence of an excess of phosphate the specific activity of alkaline phosphatase increased fivefold at the end of exponential growth. 4. The specific activity of malate dehydrogenase remained at a high constant level throughout sporulation, but the specific activity of fumarase showed a two- to three-fold increase 5-9hr. after the end of exponential growth. 5. Aconitase activity was barely detectable during exponential growth in a glucose-glutamate medium, but increased rapidly when glutamate was replaced by citrate or when the glucose in the medium was exhausted. 6. The specific activity of alanine dehydrogenase increased threefold 1-5hr. after the end of exponential growth. 7. The specific activity of soluble NADH oxidase doubled 4-6hr. after the end of exponential growth. 8. Glucose dehydrogenase was undetectable until 4hr. after the end of exponential growth, but its specific activity increased 20-fold over the next 3-4hr. 9. The onset of refractility, the synthesis of 2,6-dipicolinic acid and the appearance of heat-resistance occurred in this order some 6-12hr. after the end of exponential growth. 10. The significance of these changes is discussed in relation to the morphological development of the spore.
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PMID:Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Biochemical changes. 497 55

Natural populations of Daphnia magna have been found which are polymorphic for electrophoretic variants of supernatant malic dehydrogenase, esterase, and alkaline phosphatase. Using these enzyme variants as genetic markers it has been possible to demonstrate the absence of recombination during parthenogenetic reproduction. Genetic uniformity is expected within parthenogenetic clones derived from a single female.
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PMID:Inheritance during parthenogenesis in Daphnia magna. 505 30

An early sign of erythroblastic leukemia in rat was nodule formation in the spleen. Hyperplastic foci of stem cells, indistinguishable histologically from leukemic stem cells, were found in the red pulp whereas the malpighian corpuscles were uninvolved. Anemia is a normal phenomenon in immature rats and the spleen of the prepubertal rat possesses considerable hemopoietic potential. Pulse-doses of 7, 8, 12-trimethylbenz(a)anthracene prevented the physiologic hematological development of maturing rats and was associated with subsequent development of leukemic stem cells in the red pulp of the spleen. Significant enzyme changes were observed in leukemic spleens. Compared with the spleens of normal littermates, the concentration of lactate dehydrogenase rose while that of malate dehydrogenase fell; the content of alkaline phosphatase rose whereas acid phosphatase fell. Increased alkaline phosphatase activity in leukemic spleen was attributed to nonleukemic foci of myelopoiesis.
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PMID:Leukemia evoked with 7,8,12-trimethylbenz(a)anthracene in rat. I. Changes in spleen and thymus. 528 70

Treatment of Spirillum itersonii with tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Tris)-ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) results in the quantitative release of alkaline phosphatase and ribonuclease into the surrounding medium. At the same time, about 90% of the total cellular soluble cytochrome c is liberated. This process occurs within 1 min of treatment at both 24 and 4 C. Release of these proteins by Tris-EDTA treatment is highly selective, since only 9% of the total cell protein is liberated, concomitantly with less than 5% ribonucleic acid, deoxyribonucleic acid, and malate dehydrogenase. Different sigmoidal curves are obtained for release of proteins as a function of EDTA concentration. The order of liberation with increasing EDTA is as follows: alkaline phosphatase, protein, soluble cytochrome c, and ribonuclease. Treatment of cells with Tris-EDTA under conditions which cause extensive loss of alkaline phosphatase, soluble cytochrome c, and ribonuclease results in cell death, with cessation of protein and ribonucleic acid synthesis. Cells treated with EDTA in phosphate buffer (in the absence of Tris) liberate a large portion of their soluble cytochrome c, but negligible amounts of alkaline phosphatase and ribonuclease. Addition of Tris to cells pretreated with phosphate-buffered EDTA releases high levels of alkaline phosphatase, but not ribonuclease. These results suggest that a common surface alteration is not solely responsible for release of periplasmic proteins. More likely, each protein of the periplasm is bound in an independent and specific manner.
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PMID:Selective release of proteins from Spirillum itersonii by tris (hydroxymethyl) aminomethane and ethylenediaminetetraacetate. 554 Oct 31

Effects of the dopamine agonist 2-bromo-alpha-ergocryptine (bromocriptine) on plasma and pituitary PRL and enzyme activities in lactating and postlactating rats have been investigated. Lactating rats which had been suckling their young for 3 days were given a single sc injection of bromocriptine or solvent. The treated and control animals were divided into 2 further groups. One group (lactating rats) was permitted to suckle their pups for a further 12 or 24 h; the young were removed from the other group (postlactating rats). Homogenates were prepared from the anterior pituitaries and assayed for organelle marker enzyme activities. When 0.5-500 micrograms bromocriptine were administered to lactating rats for 24 h, pituitary PRL was increased by all doses, but only the 500-micrograms dose significantly reduced plasma PRL. Total protein was unchanged, lysosomal acid PRL proteolytic activity increased 8-fold, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase and beta-glucuronidase (lysosomes) were unchanged, acid phosphatase (lysosomes and endoplasmic reticulum) was increased by three of four doses, 5'-nucleotidase and alkaline phosphatase (plasma membrane) were increased 4-fold, neutral-alpha-glucosidase (endoplasmic reticulum) and malate dehydrogenase (mitochondria) were unchanged, and catalase (peroxisomes) was significantly increased. Bromocriptine (500 micrograms) administration to lactating and postlactating rats for 12 and 24 h significantly decreased the pituitary DNA but not the total protein content of the pituitaries in all animals. The lysosomal acid PRL proteolytic activity and the lysosomal enzyme activities, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase and beta-glucuronidase, were increased by suckling withdrawal alone. Acid PRL proteolytic activity was further increased (to 18-fold) by coadministration of bromocriptine, whereas the increase in the activities of the other lysosomal marker enzymes was blocked. Malate dehydrogenase activity (mitochondria) was also increased by litter removal and blocked by bromocriptine. The activity of the plasma membrane markers 5'-nucleotidase and alkaline phosphatase were increased by litter removal, and bromocriptine further increased both enzyme activities. The activity of neutral-alpha-glucosidase (endoplasmic reticulum) was unchanged by any treatment. The results demonstrate that bromocriptine produces significant changes in the activities of lysosomal marker enzymes, particularly acid PRL proteolytic activity, as well as marker enzymes of plasma membranes and other organelles in pituitaries of lactating and postlactating rats.
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PMID:Effects of bromocriptine on pituitary organelle marker enzyme activities in lactating and postlactating rats: selective activation of lysosomal prolactin proteolytic activity. 608 93

The pH, pCO2, and pO2 values and the concentrations of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, phosphorus, bicarbonate, base excess, protein, glucose, as well as the activity of alkaline phosphatase and malate dehydrogenase were determined in the venous blood and uterine fluid of control and EDS'76 virus-infected fowl. Moreover, the pH of the mucosa of different parts of the oviduct was measured. Hens were examined in the period from 10 to 24 days following infection; blood and uterine fluid samples were collected approximately 14 hours after oviposition, provided a plumped egg was present in the uterus. Examination of blood and pH measurement of oviduct mucosa did not yield significant differences between infected and noninfected hens. In comparison with noninfected control birds, the mean sodium concentration of the uterine fluid of infected hens producing soft shelled or shell-less eggs had evidently increased, while the mean concentration of potassium, calcium, magnesium and glucose had decreased. Similar differences were also observed between infected hens producing normally shelled eggs and infected hens producing abnormally shelled eggs. No significant differences between infected and not infected hens were observed concerning the other values determined in the uterine fluid. It is concluded that functional disturbances which account for shell aberrations following EDS'76 virus infection are located in the surface epithelial cells of the uterine mucosa. These disturbances are very probably initiated by a depressed function of the sodium pump. All changes observed in the uterine fluid of infected hens could be explained by this depressed function.
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PMID:Biochemical changes in blood and uterine fluid of fowl following experimental EDS'76 virus infection. 609 20

The effects of a diet containing a high proportion of rapeseed meal on the activity of certain plasma enzymes were studied in laying birds. The enzymes studied were alkaline phosphatase (AP), aspartate transaminase (AST), L-gamma-glutamyl-transferase (gamma-GT), isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICDH), leucine arylamidase (LAP), malate dehydrogenase (MDH) and sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH). No notable differences were observed between the plasma AP, LAP or SDH activities of the birds given the rapeseed meal and the birds receiving a soyabean meal control diet throughout the experiment. However, the plasma AST and gamma-GT activities of the treated birds showed slight elevations while their plasma ICDH and MDH activities showed more marked elevations, which are indicative of liver damage, in response to the diet. Macroscopic observations of the livers of the birds at the end of the experiment were in fairly good accord with the elevation in plasma ICDH and MDH activities noted for the individual birds.
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PMID:Plasma enzyme activities indicative of liver cell damage in laying fowl given a diet containing 20 per cent of rapeseed meal. 610 67

Synchronized hepatoma tissue culture (HTC) cells, accumulated at the G1/S boundary with aminopterin, were released into S phase with either thymidine or 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BUdR). Tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) activity was found to be unaffected by BUdR over the initial 3 h of S phase, but then to rapidly decline to a new basal level of 40% of control by 9 h. There was no corresponding response in the activities of alcohol dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase, acid phosphatase, and alkaline phosphatase, or in the rate of protein and RNA synthesis. If BUdR incorporation was restricted to limited periods of S phase, TAT was found to be maximally suppressed by incorporation into the initial 40% of the DNA. Incorporation of the analogue into the latter 60% of DNA synthesized during S phase had no effect on TAT. This is the first report that the effect of BUdR on TAT in HTC cells is associated with incorporation of the analog into DNA synthesized during a specific interval of S phase.
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PMID:Tyrosine aminotransferase sensitivity to bromodeoxyuridine during restricted intervals of S phase in hepatoma cells. 610 31


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