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We studied the metabolism of the conduction system and the working myocardium in diabetic rat hearts by enzyme histochemistry. The experiment was performed three weeks following the administration of streptozotocin (65 mg/kg) to male Wistar rats. The hearts were quickly excised and tissue was frozen immediately by immersion in isopentane at -30 degrees C and cut into 16 microns thick sections in a cryostat. The PAS positive reaction was increased in the conduction system compared to the working myocardium in control rats. In diabetic rat hearts, these reactions in the working myocardium and the conduction system were strongly increased compared to control hearts. Several enzyme activities, such as phosphofructokinase, pyruvate dehydrogenase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, Na-K ATPase, were reduced in both the working myocardium and conduction system of diabetic rat hearts. These results suggest that the changes in metabolic condition also exist in the conduction system of the diabetic rat hearts as well as the working myocardium.
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PMID:Histochemical studies on the conduction system of diabetic rat hearts. 216 29

The effect of oral administration of endosulfan (12.5 mg/kg body weight), daily for 4 days was investigated on erythrocytes of female rats of 4 different age groups i.e. 15, 30, 70 and 365 days old. Erythrocyte membrane Na+, K(+)-ATPase and Mg2(+)-ATPase activities were significantly inhibited in all the age groups of rats. However, percent inhibition was maximum in the youngest animals. A significant decrease in the activity of erythrocyte glutathione reductase was observed in 30 and 70 days old rats whereas a significant increase in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) was observed in these groups. The increase in G-6-PD activity may be a physiological response to compensate for decrease in the reduced glutathione level which results from decrease in the activity of glutathione reductase.
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PMID:Age related toxic effects of endosulfan on certain enzymes of rat erythrocytes. 227 57

Adult Oryzias latipes were exposed to 50 mg of diethylnitrosamine per liter of water for 5 wk and then transferred to clean water for an additional 15 wk. Response of the liver during the first 6 wk were analyzed by enzyme histochemistry and by high-resolution light and transmission electron microscopy. After 1 wk, cytotoxicity was apparent at the light microscopic level by piecemeal necrosis and phagocytosis apoptosis by adjacent hepatocytes and resident macrophages. Spongiosis hepatis and inflammation, found as early as wk 3, were not widespread until wk 6. Glycogen depletion and multifocal increases in gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase were found as early as 3 wk. At 5 wk, macrophage infiltration and aggregation and hepatocyte lysosome proliferation were revealed by an increase in cells staining for acid phosphatase. In addition, a subpopulation of macrophages stained positively for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase during wk 6. Other histochemical biomarkers (Mg2(+)-ATPase, DT-diaphorase, uridine diphosphoglucuronyl dehydrogenase) were not altered. Mitotic figures were rare for the entire 6-wk period. At the ultrastructural level, necrotic alterations of some hepatocytes were seen within 24 h. Within 48 h, an apparent reduction of hepatocyte glycogen and cell volume characterized the majority of hepatocytes; this was accompanied by an increase in interhepatocytic space and the length and complexity of the hepatocyte microvillous projections found in the space of Disse. Lipid vacuolar inclusions inhabited space previously occupied by glycogen. Margins of hepatocyte nuclei were irregular, and mitochondria were condensed and their shape altered so that crescentric and elongated profiles were abundant. Lysosomes and residual bodies were increased after 1 wk. The cytoplasmic processes delineating spongiotic lesions were identified as originating from Ito cells. After 4 wk, apparent proliferation of smooth endoplasmic reticulum and retention of transport lipid within its cisternae were seen. The toxic depletion of hepatocytes and the attendant altered cellular environment are discussed in relation to cell-to-cell interactions and the possible contribution of stromal and extracellular matrix changes to liver regeneration and neoplasia.
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PMID:Cytotoxicity phase of diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatic neoplasia in medaka. 238 55

1. The connection between feeding regime (food deprivation and restricted diet) and thermal acclimation (1-2, 6, 11 and 16 degrees C) was studied in rainbow trout held in diluted seawater (20% S). 2. At 1 degree C, food deprivation effects on all parameters are slight, and on RNA and certain enzymes they are masked by thermal acclimation effects. 3. At a salinity of 20% rainbow trout on a restricted diet and held at 11 degrees C have the highest growth rate. 4. Owing to increasing RNA levels, the RNA/DNA quotient is significantly higher than normal in rainbow trout held at 1 degree C although the fishes do not grow at this temperature. 5. Temperature and feeding both affect the enzymes we studied (liver: G1DH, AspT, arginase, G6PDH, and 6PGDH; kidney: G1DH, AspT, arginase, and Na/K-ATPase; white muscle: AspT and A1T; gill: Na/K-ATPase) differently. Interactions between these two factors also occur in some cases.
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PMID:Effects of temperature, food deprivation and salinity on growth, RNA/DNA ratio and certain enzyme activities in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri Richardson). 244 24

Pancreatic duct fragments were isolated from rat and hamster pancreas and were cultured in an agarose matrix for up to 8 weeks (rat) or 20 weeks (hamster). The fragments consisted predominantly of duct epithelium, lesser numbers of stromal and atrophied acinar cells, and small numbers of islet cells. Hamster ducts averaged 3 micrograms protein per duct while rat ducts averaged 1 microgram, and the protein:DNA ratio of both types of ducts was less than that of whole pancreas. Estimated average duct yields of 6% (hamster) and 1% (rat) were based on the protein content of the ducts. Duct viability was shown by the incorporation of 3H-thymidine and 3H-leucine into bulk DNA and protein and by autoradiography. gamma-Glutamyl transferase and (Na + K)-ATPase specific activities were slightly elevated while amylase was depressed in the ducts when compared with whole pancreas in both species. gamma-Glutamyl transferase was localized histochemically in both duct epithelium and in surviving acinar tissue, as seen in vivo. Amylase was shown by immunohistochemistry to be present within duct lumina and in atrophied acini and their lumina. Alkaline phosphatase and Mg-ATPase specific activities were elevated in the hamster, but reduced in the rat, when compared with whole pancreas. Hamster alkaline phosphatase and Mg-ATPase were localized by histochemistry to the duct stroma, where these enzymes are not detected in vivo. Carbonic anhydrase was found in the duct epithelium of both species, as in vivo, as well as in the duct stroma, unlike in vivo. Acid glycosaminoglycans, as revealed by alcian blue staining, were found at the apical surfaces and in the lumina of both kinds of ducts. Glutathione-S-transferase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase were elevated in rat ducts, but not in hamster ducts. The polypeptide compositions of cultured ducts, freshly isolated pancreatic islets, and whole pancreas were compared by one-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gradient gel electrophoresis. No duct-specific polypeptides were observed; the ducts were characterized mainly by the reduction or absence of polypeptides, including some zymogens, seen in whole pancreas.
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PMID:Biochemical and histochemical characterization of cultured rat and hamster pancreatic ducts. 244 50

Administration of beta- and gamma-isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) at 800 ppm dietary level for 2 weeks to albino rats produced noticeable hepatocellular damage as indicated by elevations in serum aminotransferases and decreases in hepatic soluble enzymes. Although serum total LDH activity was not altered, the LD5 isoenzyme was proportionately higher in the HCH isomers treated animals. Treatment of rats with beta- and gamma-isomers of HCH increased the hepatic glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and aldolase activities suggesting a higher rate of glucose oxidation. Liver glucose-6-phosphatase activity was decreased in these animals indicating inactivation of gluconeogenesis in liver. Dietary beta- and gamma-HCH decreased the liver mitochondrial DNP/Mg++/Ca++-activated ATPases thus affecting the energy metabolism. An unaltered ratio of DNP/Mg++-ATPase, a study of swelling pattern of hepatic mitochondria, and NAD+ permeability test suggested the maintenance of structural integrity of mitochondrial membrane in these pesticide fed animals. Liver microsomal Na+,K+-ATPases were lower in these animals.
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PMID:Biochemical changes produced by beta- and gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane isomers in albino rats. 246 8

Specific fluorescent probes have been used to monitor changes in erythrocyte membranes in the first stages of the hemolytic process induced by irradiation with visible light in the presence of protoporphyrin IX. Although no change, or even a slight increase of fluorescence anisotropy, occurred with two probes having a preferential binding to membrane proteins, such as fluorescamine and 3-pyrene maleimide, the fluorescence anisotropy of two lipophilic probes, namely diphenyl-hexatriene and anilino-naphthalene sulfonate, underwent a substantial decrease upon irradiation. Concomitantly, a dramatic decrease of ATPase activity and an increase of thiobarbituric-reacting substances were observed in erythrocyte membranes. Instead, there was no effect on the activities of the intracellular enzymes glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and pyruvate kinase. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that protoporphyrin-sensitized irradiation induces, primarily in the erythrocyte membrane, the peroxidation of the lipid component, which results in an increase of the fluidity of the bilayer. Hemolysis eventually occurs because of an osmotic imbalance resulting from the combination of increased passive diffusion and decreased active ion transport.
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PMID:Human erythrocyte damage at the initial stages of oxidative stress. 248 Jan 82

The effect of concurrent low protein (8% casein) diet and lead (Pb) exposure (1 mg/ml lead acetate in drinking water) on testes of weaned rats up to 90 days of age was investigated Histopathological examination of testes of lead treated rats maintained on low protein diet revealed marked pathological changes associated with greatly reduced succinic dehydrogenase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and adenosine triphosphatase activity as revealed histochemically compared to lead treated rats fed normal protein diet. It was concluded that higher accumulation of lead may be responsible for altering the enzyme levels and inducing the testicular degeneration to a greater extent in low protein fed rats compared to their counterpart controls.
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PMID:Lead induced testicular changes in protein malnourished rats. 250 Mar 71

The enzyme activities of intra- and extrafusal fibers in the tibialis anterior muscle of rats during postnatal development have been investigated. Muscle fibers 1 day after birth showed a uniform reaction for adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase), succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), and alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (alpha-GPD) activities. Fast-twitch (F) and slow-twitch (S) fibers with ATPase activity were found at 9 and 11 days. Thereafter, the type shift of muscle fibers from S to F was observed in the deep and middle portions. Fast-twitch oxidative glycolytic (FOG), fast-twitch glycolytic (FG), and slow-twitch oxidative (SO) fibers with ATPase, SDH, and alpha-GPD activities were found at 15 (the superficial portion) and 17 days (the deep and middle portions). The histochemical differentiation of intrafusal muscle fibers (7 and 9 days) was found earlier than that of extrafusal muscle fibers.
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PMID:Histochemical profiles of fibers in the rat tibialis anterior muscle during early postnatal development. 253 66

Low activity of catalase, superoxide dismutase, alterations in metabolism of glutathione as well as activation of lipid peroxidation and increase in Na+, K+-ATPase activity were found in erythrocytes of newborns funic blood under conditions of chronic hypoxia and simultaneous effects of acute and chronic hypoxia. Acute hypoxia during labor caused increase in activity of superoxide dismutase, catalase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, Na+, K+-ATPase as well as in the rate of lipid peroxidation. These alterations, observed in the enzymatic activity and in the rate of lipid peroxidation, which were detected in funic blood erythrocytes under conditions of hypoxia, may be responsible for some diseases during postnatal period of children ontogenesis.
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PMID:[Status of the antioxidant system of erythrocytes in newborn infants in acute and chronic hypoxia]. 254 43


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