Ovarian LDH activity in gonadotropin-treated immature rats

Summary Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity was studied in the ovaries of immature rats treated with pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMS). LDH activity increased sharply at 36 h after PMS injection in the ovarian tissue as well as in the blood. It was suggested that the increase of LDH activity in the ovary may be related to its increasing ability to secret estrogen.     

Lactate dehydrogenase activity in cell subpopulations of 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced mammary tumors

Heterogeneity of cells in a solid tumor prevents direct assessment of enzyme activity of cell subpopulations by conventional homogenization techniques. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity before and after ovariectomy and following estrogen supplementation in density-defined cell subpopulations from DMBA-induced mammary tumors was determined. Different levels of LDH activity were found in different cell subpopulations. After ovariectomy the level of LDH activity declined. Restoration of the circulatory estrogen level resulted in increased enzyme activity. The highest level of LDH was found in a band which consisted mainly of poorly differentiated cells. This cell subpopulation also tended to be more responsive to endocrine manipulation.     

Lactate dehydrogenase and glutamate dehydrogenase activities in the circumventricular organs of rat brain following neonatal monosodium glutamate

Glutamate (glu) an excitatory neurotransmitter amino acid, is present in high concentrations in the mammalian central nervous system and is the most abundant amino acid in our daily diet. In the present study the activities of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) were evaluated in the circumventricular organs (CVO) of the brain in 25-day-old rats following MSG administration at a dose of 4 mg/g b.wt during the first ten days of life. The results show the LDH activity increased to 265% of that in the control (p<0.001), whereas GDH activity was significantly decreased (p<0.05), The great elevation in LDH, a cytoplasmic marker enzyme, is apparently due to cytoskeletal changes brought about as a consequence of glu toxicity, whereas lowered GDH activity indicates altered glu homostasis in the blood-brain-barrier deficient areas following neonatal exposure to glu.     

Effect of consumption of green and black tea on the level of various enzymes in rats

Drinking of both green and black tea as the only liquid ingested resulted in significant decreases in the activity of transketolase in whole blood of rats both before and after the in vitro addition of thiamin diphosphate. Liver transketolase activity was decreased only by green tea. Mucosal transketolase activity was not affected by either type of tea. The activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was not affected by either type of tea, while whole blood LDH was decreased by both green and black tea. Neither tea had any affect on mucosal alkaline phosphatase, but thiamin diphosphatase activity was decreased by both teas. An increase in liver total thiamin resulted from the drinking of both types of tea.     

Regional distribution of lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes in adult rat brain.

The highest lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity was found in thalamus, statistically significantly less in cerebral and cerebellar cortex and the lowest in pons. LDH1 and LDH4+5 represented 58% and 23% of the total activity in cerebral cortex, 54% and 20% in thalamus, 42% and 4% in cerebellar cortex and 55% and 7% in pons, respectively.     

Effect of consumption of green and black tea on the level of various enzymes in rats

Summary Drinking of both green and black tea as the only liquid ingested resulted in significant decreases in the activity of transketolase in whole blood of rats both before and after the in vitro addition, of thiamin diphosphate. Liver transketolase activity was decreased only by green tea. Mucosal transketolase activity was not affected by either type of tea. The activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was not affected by either type of tea, while whole blood LDH was decreased by both green and black tea. Neither tea had any affect on mucosal alkaline phosphatase, but thiamin diphosphatase activity was decreased by both teas. An increase in liver total thiamin resulted from the drinking of both types of tea.     

Auswirkungen einer definierten Belastung auf die Enzymaktivitäten im Blutplasma bei der Maus Effects of a definite stress on the enzyme activities in blood plasma in mice

Summary The present study was designed to analyze the effects of a short term stress on the quantitative levels of alkaline phosphatase (AP), creatine phosphokinase (CK), aldolase (ALD), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and lactate dehydrogenase-1-isoenzyme (LDH 1) during 24 h after stress. For all the enzymes studied higher values for the activity were found due to stress in comparison to the activity level before the stress. The period during the 24 h after stress to reach maximum activity depends on the enzyme and in part on the sex of the animal.     

Effects of a definite stress on the enzyme activities in blood plasma in mice (author's transl)

The present study was designed to analyze the effects of a short term stress on the quantitative levels of alkaline phosphatase (AP), creatine phosphokinase (CK), aldolase (ALD), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and lactate dehydrogenase-1-isoenzyme (LDH 1) during 24 h after stress. For all the enzymes studied higher values for the activity were found due to stress in comparison to the activity level before the stress. The period during the 24 h after stress to reach maximum activity depends on the enzyme and in part on the sex of the animal.     

Effect of the inhibition of "NADH-diaphorase" activity on the ultrastructural localization of 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase]

The NADH-ferricyanide oxidoreductase ("NADH-diaphorase") activity can be inhibited selectively with 0.5 mM p-chloromercuribenzoate, and the reduction of the potassium ferricyanide can be restored with an exogenous electron carrier (PMS). These operations do not affect the localization of the final precipitate of copper ferrocyanide which results from 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity.     

Limited proteolysis of lactate dehydrogenase from procine heart with trypsin: Characterization and reactivation of the fragments

Summary The ternary complex formed by native lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) from porcine heart, NAD⁺ and sulfite, was digested with trypsin over a period of 12–16 h³. After removal of the ligands and residual native lactate dehydrogenase by ion exchange chromatography dimers were obtained which were almost inactive. The dimers were lacking a hexapeptide at the N-terminus; however, the secondary structure was the same as that of native lactate dehydrogenase. The circular dichroism spectra showed a dependence on temperature which suggested an equilibrium of two different structural states.The reaction of antibodies against native porcine heart LDH with the dimers restored the catalytic activity, and subsequently the dimers behaved similarly to the native enzyme. Addition of 1 M phosphate or NAD-sulfite to the dimers restored 80–90% of the catalytic activity. It could be demonstrated that the behaviour of the reactivated dimers, in contrast to that of the inactive dimers, was similar to the behaviour of native lactate dehydrogenase. For instance, ultracentrifugal analysis showed that dimers reactivated with NAD–SO₃ ^– were associated to give tetramers.The reaction of antibodies against native LDH with the dimers reactivated with NAD–SO ₃ ^– demonstrated that the native LDH and the dimers have the same surface determinants.     

The involvement of serotonin in induced ovulation in the immature rat.

In pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin (PMS) treated immature rats the cortex, cerebellum, caudate nucleus and hypothalamus were isolated and analyzed for their serotonin (5-HT) content at 6-h intervals for 72 h. Results showed a general trend of significant variation occurring in days 1 and 3 after PMS injection with no major variations observed on the second day. The results obtained suggest a possible involvement of 5-HT in the control of ovulation.     

The involvement of serotonin in induced ovulation in the immature rat

Summary In pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin (PMS) treated immature rats the cortex, cerebellum, caudate nucleus and hypothalamus were isolated and analyzed for their serotonin (5-HT) content at 6-h intervals for 72 h. Results showed a general trend of significant variation occurring in days 1 and 3 after PMS injection with no major variations observed on the second day. The results obtained suggest a possible involvement of 5-HT in the control of ovulation.     

Über die Wirkung von 7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)-anthrazen auf die Synthese der Lactatdehydrogenase-Isoenzyme in menschlichen Fibroblasten

Summary The effect of 7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA) on the activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)-isoenzymes was studied in human fibroblast cultures. 3 isoenzyme components were separated by discelectrophoresis. A clear reduction in the enzymeactivity of the first and third component was observed, while the other fraction was little or not affected. The incorporation of radioactive amino acids in proteins of the LDH-isoenzyme bands shows the same trend.     

Extrahypophyseal gonadotrophins in adult female rats after a long term post-hypophysectomy regression period

Zusammenfassung Fünfzehn erwachsene weibliche Ratten wurden ein Jahr nach erfolgter Hypophysektomie mit HCG und PMS behandelt. Trotz der extrem langen Involutionsperiode reagierten die völlig atrophierten Ovarien unmittelbar auf die parenteral applizierten Hormonpräparate. Jedoch nur das FSH- plus ICSH-Aktivitäten enthaltende PMS (Serumgonadotropin) induzierte ein deutliches Follikelwachstum. Ovulationen konnten nicht nachgewiesen werden, wohl infolge der acyclischen Applikationsform der Substanzen.     

S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine: A non-cytotoxic hypomethylating agent

The cytotoxic effect caused by the hypomethylating agent S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH) was compared with that of two drugs commonly used to induce DNA hypomethylation, 5-azacytidine and 5-aza-2-deocycytidine. Two in vitro cytotoxicity tests, the tetrazolium MTT assay and the intracellular lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity test, suggest that SAH induces hypomethylation without causing any cytotoxic effect. We propose the use of SAH as a non-cytotoxic agent which may be more suitable for inducing experimental DNA hypomethylation.     

Lactate dehydrogenase isozymes of mouse epidermis.

Five isozymes of LDH are demonstrable in the epidermis of the ear pinnae, hind feet, trunk dorsa, and tails of adult C57BL, C57HR, and C3HB mice by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. LDH-5 activity predominates in electropherograms. The ratio of LDH-1 to LDH-K is greater in the epidermis of ear pinna and trunk dorsum than in that of tail and hind foot. The region-specific patterns of epidermal LDH isozymes are not correlated with melanin pigmentation or "hairiness' of the skin.     

The effect of phenazine methosulfate on the activity of dehydrogenases as studied by starch gel electrophoresis

Résumé L'effet de la phenazine methosulfate (PMS) sur l'activité de plusieurs enzymes oxydatifs a été étudié. En tant que transporteur d'électron, la PMS a un rôle important sur la coloration des isoenzymes séparés par électrophorèse en gel d'amidon. En ce qui concerne la déshydrogénase lactique, un excès de PMS provoque une coloration diffuse, alors que dans le cas de la déshydrogénase succinique on observe l'apparition de «bandes négatives» qui n'ont pas encore été décrites.

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This work was supported by grants Nos. HEO4553, HeO45691, and FRO0165 of the National Institute of Health. The technical assistance of Mr. R.Hernandez is gratefully acknowledged.     

Lactate dehydrogenase isozymes of mouse epidermis

Summary Five isozymes of LDH are demonstrable in the epidermis of the ear pinnae, hind feet, trunk dorsa, and tails of adult C57BL, C57HR, and C3HB mice by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. LDH-5 activity predominates in electropherograms. The ratio of LDH-1 to LDH-5 is greater in the epidermis of ear pinna and trunk dorsum than in that of tail and hind foot. The region-specific patterns of epidermal LDH isozymes are not correlated with melanin pigmentation or ‘hairiness’ of the skin. Supported by PHS Research Grant No. CA-06097 from the National Cancer Institute, United States Public Health Service.     

Histochemical localization of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) during cartilaginous cell differentiation in pleurodeles (Pleurodeles waltlii Michah.]

As revealed in chondrogenetic cells the LDH activity that is very low during cellular migration, suddenly increases at the time of cytodifferentiation and reaches a peak at the onset of the first chondrocyte differentiation. A relationship is likely to exist between this increase in LDH-activity, chondroitin-sulfate synthesis and NAD metabolism.     

Experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Steigerung der Laktatdehydrogenase-Aktivität des Harnes

Summary In rat urine, determinations of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity were performed. Normal values ranged between 94 and 140 mU/24 h urine specimens. Experimentally induced renal damage (anaphylactic or anaphylactoid shock; administration of sodium tetrathionate; potassium depletion) provoked a statistically significant increase in urinary LDH-activity. The 3 mechanisms by which such an increase might occur are briefly discussed.