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Red cell enzyme markers in the Japanese of the Izena Island.

A genetic study was carried out on phenotype and gene frequencies of the genetic markers in four red cell enzymes, acid phosphatase (ACP1), esterase D (ESD), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (PGD) and phosphoglucomutase 1 (PGM1) among the Japanese population living on Izena Island of Okinawa Prefecture. The gene frequencies obtained were ACP1*A = 0.284, ACP1*B = 0.716, ESD*1 = 0.436, ESD*2 = 0.564, PGD*A = 0.947, PGD*C = 0.053, PGM1*1- = 0.112, PGM1*1+ = 0.602, PGM1*2- = 0.161, PGM1*2+ = 0.125. The population living on Izena Island is characterized by higher ACP1*A and PGM1*2 gene frequencies than those of Tokyo population.

Erythrocytes↗

[Geycogen content and the enzymatic system of its biosynthesis in normal and tumorous human tissues].

In human tumors (cancer of the liver, stomach, lymphogranulomatosis of lymphnodes, metastases in lymphnodes, ascites ovarian tumor cells) the authors studied the content of enzymes participating in glycogen biosynthesis through uridine diphosphateglucose mechanism--UDPG-glycogensynthetase, UDPG-pyrophosphroylase, phosphoglucomutase. As a rule, in human tumor cells the amount of glycogen and the activity of enzymes of its biosynthesis is decreased, the more the higher proliferative activity and autonomization of tumor cells.

Enzyme Activation↗

[Genetic polymorphism of erythrocytic enzymes in the Rennes area. Frequency of adenylate kinase, esterase D, adenosine deaminase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, glutamate-pyruvate transaminase and glyoxyalase I phenotypes].

Blood donors from the Centre Régional de Transfusion Sanguine de Rennes were investigated for the phenotypic distribution of seven enzymatic systems : adenylate kinase, adenosine deaminase, esterase D, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, glutamate-pyruvate transaminase, phosphoglucomutase, and glyoxalase I. Two unusual phenotypes were observed: phenotype 6-1 for adenosine deaminase and phenotype 3-1 for transaminase GPT. For five of these enzymes, the statistical analysis points out significant differences in one or several of the European populations described in the literature.

Adenosine Deaminase↗

[Enzyme profile of exudate leukocytes from diabetic rabbits].

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.

Adenylate Kinase↗

PGM1 and Gc subtype gene frequencies in a California Hispanic population.

The gene frequencies of the subtypes of the Gc (group-specific component) protein and PGM1 (phosphoglucomutase) enzyme systems have been determined by means of isoelectric focusing for a California Hispanic population (no. = 404). The Gc subtyping, done by immunofixation on a polyacrylamide gel, gave the following results: 1s = 0.491; 1f = 0.288; 2 = 0.218; variant = 0.0025. The PGM subtyping, done on agarose gel, gave results as follows: 1+ = 0.502; 1- = 0.266; 2+ = 0.128; 2- = 0.104. Because the gene frequencies for Hispanics in both these systems are relatively evenly balanced, the systems are of great value in Hispanic paternity investigations. The average power of exclusion is calculated to be 34.4% (Gc subtyping) and 39.8% (PGM1 subtyping).

Alpha-Globulins↗

Phosphoglucomutase1 and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase types in human skin and adipose tissue.

Attempts were made to detect phenotypes of the enzymes phosphoglucomutase (PGM) and phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (PGD) in human skin and adipose tissues. Both enzymes could be typed using approximately 3 mg wet weight of tissue. Phenotypes could be distinguished after up to 15 days of aging for PGM and ten days of aging for PGD. Analysis of isoenzymes is potentially useful for mediolegal identification of human skin and adipose tissue.

Accidents, Traffic↗

Genetic markers in south african thoroughbred stallions.

Genetically controlled markers are ideal for the identification of individual animals, and throughout the world laboratories have been established whose chief function is to provide a blood-typing service for animals including horses. In order to achieve the aim of improved recording of foals almost all South African sires at stud were tested and their blood type identification completed. The genetic markers included in this survey were 14 blood group factors, transferrin, plasma esterase, haemoglobin, carbonic anhydrase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, phosphoglucomutase and phosphohexose isomerase. Gene frequency calculations were performed and comparisons made with similar surveys in Thoroughbreds overseas. The results indicate that the strict selection for speed in Thoroughbred racing horses has resulted in a high degree of genetic uniformity between South African and overseas racing Thoroughbreds.

Animals↗

[Hereditary galactosemia in rats: biochemical mechanisms of the disease].

A W/SSM rat strain with symptoms of inherited galactosemia (cataracts, hepatosplenomegaly, aminoaciduria) was previously developed by selection and inbreeding of Wistar rats highly susceptible to the galactosemic effect of galactose. Decreased activity of galactose-I-phosphate uridyl transferase (Gal-I-PUT) in liver and erythrocytes is the salient biochemical feature of the strain. The crossing experiments have shown that the decrease in Gal-I-PUT activity was not required for the expression of main galactosemia symptoms. The experiments excluded low galactokinase activity and high susceptibility of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and phosphoglucomutase to galactose-I-phosphate as probable reasons of galactosemia. It was shown that increased transport of 14C-galactose to the erythrocytes was characteristic of galactosemic rat strain. The intracellular accumulation of galactose concerned with its increased transport was assumed as a major reason for the development of galactosemia symptoms in W/SSM rats. Genetic analysis has shown that lens lesions in galactosemic rats were controlled by one dominant gene. It is suggested that this gene is responsible for the enhances transport of galactose into the rat cells and its accumulation in toxic concentrations. The main galactosemic symptoms including cataracts result obviously rom the pleiotropic effect of this gene; the decreased activity of Gal-I-PUT may be a consequence of its epistatic effect.

Animals↗

The identification of two main-groups of Trypanosoma cruzi stocks from Brazil by their isoenzyme patterns of isoelectrofocusing.

The isoelectrofocusing of seven enzymes was studied using extracts of 40 Brazilian stocks of T. cruzi culture forms. Four enzymes showed intraspecific variation in enzyme profiles and were selected for characterization of T. cruzi. These enzymes are: nonspecific esterase (E.C.3.1.1), phosphoglucomutase (E.C. 2.7.5.1), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (E.C. 1.1.1.49) and glucosephosphate isomerase (E.C. 5.3.1.9). The parasite stocks were isolated from endemic areas in the States: Rio Grande do Sul, Sao Paulo, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais and Bahia. By combining the electrophoretic patterns of the four enzymes concerned the stocks have been classified into two main-groups. Stocks of group I were exclusively isolated from wild animal reservoirs, whereas group II was mainly composed of stocks from human cases and domestic hosts. Only three "sylvatic" stocks have been found in group II. The enzymes glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and glucosephosphate isomerase showed further subtypes within both groups I and II; their significance is not yet clear. The results are in support of the existence of a domestic and a sylvatic transmission cycles in Brazil which are either clearly distinct or overlapping in some areas.

Animals↗

Enzyme variation among clones of Trypanosoma cruzi.

The genetic relationships within and between stocks of Trypanosoma cruzi were studied by the in vitro isolation of clones and sub-clones and by the comparison of their isoenzyme patterns in thin-layer starch-gel electrophoresis. Altogether 13 clones and 36 sub-clones were isolated from stocks CL89 and Y207 of T. cruzi. Employing the enzymes L-alanine aminotransferase (ALAT), L-aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT), glucose phosphate isomerase (GPI), malic enzyme (ME), malate dehydrogenase (MDH), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD), and phosphoglucomutase (PGM), two zymodemes, B and C, emerged among the clones with distinct banding patterns. These zymodemes were consistently distinguished by ALAT, ASAT, GPI, G6PD, 6PGD, and PGM and the differences in enzyme profiles were simultaneously reflected in all six enzyme systems. That the enzymic characters as genetic determinants are stable was demonstrated after recloning and successive replica-platings, i.e., the distinct enzyme patterns remained consistent and homogeneous, the siblings retained the enzyme profiles of their parental clones, and no segregation of the enzyme patterns was observed. Our data from clone and sub-clone examinations show that the isoenzymes act as labels to characterize T. cruzi stocks. Furthermore, enzyme variation was demonstrated among clones isolated from stock CL89.

Alanine Transaminase↗

Enzyme analysis of Schistosoma haematobium.

Results are reported of enzyme analyses, by isoelectric focusing in polyacrylamide gels, of adult Schistosoma haematobium worms derived from 22 isolates originating from 13 countries. Polymorphisms have been identified in the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and phosphoglucomutase (PGM) systems. Certain forms appear to be restricted in their geographical distribution and their occurrence outside their usual areas suggests human population movements resulting in mixing of parasite strains. The possible implications of minor variations in some PGM patterns and the apparent absence of heteropolymer fractions in presumed G6PD heterozygotes are discussed. The use of the technique to detect natural multiple miracidial infections in snails is reported and discussed.

Animals↗

The characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi stocks by starch-gel electrophoresis, comparison of results with those of isoelectric focusing.

The culture forms of 30 T. cruzi stocks originating from different parts of Brazil and Venezuela were screened by starch-gel electrophoresis for the isoenzyme patterns of 9 enzymes: glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), phosphoglucomutase (PGM), glucosephosphate isomerase (GPI), aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT), "malic" enzyme (ME), alanine aminotransferase (ALAT), peptidases (PEP 1, PEP 2) and malate dehydrogenase (MDH). G6PD, PGM, GPI to some extent also ASAT, ME patterns divide 25 stocks into two distinct main groups A and B. The Brazilian stocks of group A originated from different wild animal species only, those of group B were with one exception isolated from human patients, or domestic hosts. In contrast all stocks from Venezuela regardless of their original host belonged to group A. The results of all enzymes showed group A (16 stocks and 7 profiles) to be more homogeneous than group B (9 stocks and 7 profiles). Comparison of these results with previous results of isoelectric focusing of the same stocks shows both methods to be complementary. The two methods gave identical classification of stocks with G6PD, PGM and GPI, both methods dividing most stocks into two main groups. The enzymes ALAT and ASAT confirmed this grouping to some extent in the starch-gel electrophoresis. For both starch-gel and isoelectric focusing ME was of only limited value because of variable enzyme activities in the trypanosome extracts. For the enzymes PEP 1, and PEP 2 and MDH neither method was useful in demonstrating intraspecific variation within the T. cruzi complex.

Alanine Transaminase↗

Comparison of isoenzymes of some species of the subgenus schizotrypanum from bats by isoelectrofocusing.

Culture forms of bat-trypanosomes of the species T. dionisii, T. vespertilionis and T.c. marinkellei were compared isoenzymatically by isoelectrofocusing. The enzymes tested were: nonspecific esterase (NSE, E.C.3.1.1.), phosphoglucomutase (PGM, E.C. 2.7.5.1), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD, E.C. 1.1.1.49), glucosephosphate isomerase (GPI, E.C. 5.3.1.9), malate dehydrogenase (MDH, E.C. 1.1.1.37), alcohol dehydrogenase (NADP+) (ADH, E.C. 1.1.1.2). Their enzyme types were related to those of T. cruzi. The comparison of enzyme patterns of the six enzymes has shown that each species was characterized by species-specific enzyme profiles. Among the stocks of the European species, T. dionisii, and T. vespertilionis, variations of the enzyme patterns of PGM, G-6-PD and GPI suggesting that the final status of this subspecies is probably not yet established. In relation to T. cruzi it has been found that T. dionisii showed identical enzyme profiles with group II of T. cruzi. For T. vespertilionis no enzyme types identical with T. cruzi were detectable. T.c. marinkellei showed only identical enzyme patterns to T. cruzi-group I by the enzymes NSE and GPI.

Alcohol Dehydrogenase↗

Selection of allelic isozyme polymorphisms in marine organisms: pattern, theory, and application.

The evolutionary significance of allelic isozyme polymorphisms in several Mediterranean marine organisms was tested initially by post-hoc gene frequency analyses at 11-15 gene loci in natural populations of barnacles, Balanus amphitrite, under thermal [Nevo et al, 1977] and chemical [Nevo et al, 1978] pollutions. We next carried out pre-hoc controlled laboratory experiments to test the effects of heavy metal pollution (Hg, Zn, Cd) on genotypic frequencies of 15 phosphoglucomutase (PGM) genotypes in thousands of individuals of the shrimp Palaemon elegans [Nevo et al, 1980, 1981a, and the present study]. Similarly, we tested the effects of Hg, Zn, Cd, Pb, Cu pollutions on the genotypic and allelic frequencies of five phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI) genotypes in the two close species of marine gastropods, Monodonta turbinata and M turbiformis [Lavie and Nevo, 1982, and the present study]. In both the thermal and chemical pollution studies, we established in repeated experiments statistically significant differences of allele frequencies at 8 out of 11 (73%) and 10 out of 15 (67%) gene loci, respectively, between the contrasting environments in each. While no specific function could be singled out in the post-hoc chemical study due to the complex nature of polluted marine water, temperature could be specified as the primary selective agent in the thermal study. The strongest direct and specific evidence for significant differential survivorship among allelic isozyme genotypes was obtained in the pre-hoc studies in Palaemon and Monodonta. Their differential viability was probably associated with the different degree of heavy metal inhibition uniquely related to each specific pollutant. Furthermore, we demonstrated in the two closely related Monodonta species parallel genotypic differentiation as a response to pollution. Our results are inconsistent with the neutral theory of allelic isozyme polymorphisms and appear to reflect the adaptive nature of the allelic isozyme polymorphisms studied. Allelic isozyme genotypes are sensitive to and vary with the quality and quantity of specific pollutants. Therefore, they can provide precise genetic indicators of the effects of pollution on the short- and long-term genetic changes of populations. Ideally, in different marine species specific genetic loci, either singly or in combination, may prove sensitive markers to different pollutants and could easily be assayed by quick electrophoretic tests and be used as genetic monitors. An extensive search for the appropriate enzymatic systems in various relatively sedentary marine species exposed to pollutants is therefore urgent.

Adaptation, Physiological↗

[Cytogenetic studies of multiple ovarian dermoid cysts in a single host].

To investigate the pathogenesis of gonadal teratoma, sixteen ovarian dermoid cysts obtained from four patients were examined by using chromosomal Q and R heteromorphisms, HLA antigens and enzyme polymorphisms of phosphoglucomutase-1 and esterase-D. The results obtained were as follows: 1) Karyotypes of 16 tumors were 46,XX. 2) In thirteen tumors, chromosomal heteromorphisms were homozygous for the homologous chromosomes, being heterozygous in the hosts. In 9 of them, all gene markers analyzed were also homozygous, but in the remaining 4 tumors some gene markers showed heterozygous combination. These findings indicate that these 13 tumors arose from a germ cell after the first meiotic division by suppression of the second meiotic division or by fusion of polar body II with the oocyte. 3) In three tumors, chromosomal heteromorphisms showed heterozygous patterns as in the hosts. In 2 of them, some gene markers were homozygous, and in the remaining one tumor the gene markers were all heterozygous. These findings suggest that these three tumors arose from a germ cell before the first meiotic division. It is concluded that multiple ovarian dermoid cysts in a single host originate from different germ cells with diverse mechanisms.

Adult↗

Red cell enzyme deficiencies as non-disease.

Many red cell enzyme defects have been discovered, many of them in patients with hemolytic anemia. In some cases a cause-and-effect relationship between the enzyme deficiency and shortening of red cell life span has been clearly documented. However, some enzyme deficiencies are well tolerated by the erythrocyte, appearing to produce no impairment in function. These include deficiencies in catalase, galactokinase, UDPGlu-4-epimerase, NADPH diaphorase, phosphoglucomutase, acetylcholinesterase, glutathione reductase, glutathione peroxidase, and adenylate kinase. The capacity of the erythrocyte to tolerate deficiencies in these enzymes indicates either that the metabolic pathways which the enzyme serves are not required by the red cell or that redundancies in metabolism exist which allow the erythrocyte to compensate for the enzyme deficiency.

Acatalasia↗

Differentiation of species and life cycle stages of Brugia spp. by isoenzyme analysis.

The isoenzyme patterns of glucose phosphate isomerase and phosphoglucomutase of 3 species of Brugia, B. pahangi, subperiodic B. malayi, and B. patei, and 3 life cycle stages, adult, third-stage larva, and microfilaria were compared using the technique of isoelectricfocusing on polyacrylamide gels. The results demonstrated that the adults of all 3 species could be identified from one another and that differences existed between the sexes of any one species. Hybridization between B. pahangi and B. patei could be detected in the progeny of the cross. Both the third-stage larvae and microfilariae of B. malayi and B. pahangi were differentiated and the epidemiological significance and the application of these findings to arthropod-borne filarial infections were discussed.

Animals↗

[Glucose 1,6-diphosphate in the erythrocytes of various species of mammal].

Red blood cells from human, pig, cow, rabbit, rat and sheep were investigated for the occurrence of phosphoglucomutase multiple forms, G1,6P2 level, PGM, PRM and G1,6P2 synthetic activities. In all cases a species specific pattern of PGM isoenzymes was detected by starch gel electrophoresis. G1,6P2 mean values range from 33 to 122 nmol/ml RBC for pig and rabbit erythrocytes, respectively. The study of the correlation between the biphosphate content and the occurrence of the three measured enzymatic activities indicates a possible role of PRM activity (property of PGM2 isoenzymes) in the erythrocytic G1,6P2 catabolism.

Animals↗