The reduction of aromatic alpha-keto acids by cytoplasmic malate dehydrogenase and lactate dehydrogenase

1987 ◽  
Vol 25 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 657-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Friedrich ◽  
Donald C. Morizot ◽  
Michael J. Siciliano ◽  
Robert E. Ferrell
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (13) ◽  
pp. 6792
Author(s):  
Dusan Todorovic ◽  
Marija Stojanovic ◽  
Ana Medic ◽  
Kristina Gopcevic ◽  
Slavica Mutavdzin ◽  
...  

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the application of homocysteine as well as its effect under the condition of aerobic physical activity on the activities of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and malate dehydrogenase (MDH) in cardiac tissue and on hepato-renal biochemical parameters in sera of rats. Male Wistar albino rats were divided into four groups (n = 10, per group): C: 0.9% NaCl 0.2 mL/day subcutaneous injection (s.c.); H: homocysteine 0.45 µmol/g b.w./day s.c.; CPA saline (0.9% NaCl 0.2 mL/day s.c.) and a program of physical activity on a treadmill; and HPA homocysteine (0.45 µmol/g b.w./day s.c.) and a program of physical activity on a treadmill. Subcutaneous injection of substances was applied 2 times a day at intervals of 8 h during the first two weeks of experimental protocol. Hcy level in serum was significantly higher in the HPA group compared to the CPA group (p < 0.05). Levels of glucose, proteins, albumin, and hepatorenal biomarkers were higher in active groups compared with the sedentary group. It was demonstrated that the increased activities of LDH (mainly caused by higher activity of isoform LDH2) and mMDH were found under the condition of homocysteine-treated rats plus aerobic physical activity. Independent application of homocysteine did not lead to these changes. Physical activity leads to activation of MMP-2 isoform and to increased activity of MMP-9 isoform in both homocysteine-treated and control rats.


1971 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 759-765 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard I. Tomlins ◽  
Merle D. Pierson ◽  
Z. John Ordal

The heating of S. aureus MF-31 and S. typhimurium 7136 at 52C and 48C respectively, produced a sublethal heat injury. When injured cells were placed in fresh growth medium they recovered. The recovery of S. aureus was not inhibited by chloramphenicol. The metabolic activities of tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle enzymes, as well as other selected enzymes in crude extracts of normal and heat-injured cells of both microorganisms were assayed. In extracts from S. typhimurium there was some loss of specific activity with fumarate hydratase, glutamate dehydrogenase, fructose diphosphate aldolase, lactate dehydrogenase, and the NAD(P) oxidases as a result of heating. In extracts from S. aureus oxoglutarate dehydrogenase, malate dehydrogenase and lactate dehydrogenase were severely inactivated after heating. Other enzymes in comparison were only moderately sensitive to heat. No significant increase in enzyme activity was observed in extracts from injured cells of either microorganism. Re-naturation of lactate dehydrogenase and malate dehydrogenase occurred during the recovery of S. aureus both in the presence and absence of chloramphenicol. No renaturation of oxoglutarate dehydrogenase was found under the same conditions.


1965 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 510-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMES L. CONKLIN ◽  
EDWARD J. NEBEL

Malate dehydrogenase fractions of the chick embryo were demonstrated after starch gel electrophoresis of homogenates of liver, brain and spleen. A total of seven malate dehydrogenase fractions were observed to occur in the chick embryo in an organ specific pattern. Treatment of the homogenates with urea, sodium chloride-sodium phosphate, and p-chloromercuribenzoate prior to electrophoresis revealed that only three distinct malate dehydrogenase-active proteins were presence. Two of these proteins exhibited properties similar to those previously reported for the supernatant malate dehydrogenase and mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase of other species. Becuase of the differing properties of chick malate and lactate dehydrogenase it is concluded that the molecular basis for malate dehydrogenase isozymes is different from that reported for lactate dehydrogenase isozymes.


1987 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Santiemma ◽  
V. Salfi ◽  
N. Casasanta ◽  
A. Fabbrini

1973 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M Sharpe ◽  
A Ross Wilcock ◽  
David M Goldberg

Abstract Optimum conditions with respect to pH and molarity of phosphate buffer, and the concentrations of substrates, coenzymes, and exogenous enzyme, were defined at 37°C for activity of aspartate transaminase and lactate dehydrogenase of human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), as measured by optical kinetic assays at 340 nm. The resulting methods, and a previously published procedure for malate dehydrogenase activity applicable to human CSF, were adapted for use with an automatic reaction-rate monitor. Within-batch and between-batch precision of all methods was satisfactory, and repeated estimations in seven subjects showed good agreement. Freezing samples decreased their activity by 5 to 10%, but thereafter no further losses occurred at -20°C for as long as three months. Injection of up to 12 ml of air during encephalography had no major effect. Reference values, derived from subjects with no neurological or simple chronic degenerative CNS disease, suggested that the upper limits (in U/liter) are: aspartate transaminase, 13.5; lactate dehydrogenase, 40; malate dehydrogenase, 58.


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