Stress and Interpopulation Variation in Glycolytic Enzyme Activity and Expression in a Teleost Fish Fundulus heteroclitus

2004 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Lawrence DeKoning ◽  
Daniel J. Picard ◽  
Stephen R. Bond ◽  
Patricia M. Schulte
2011 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
pp. 1198-1206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly A. Terrell ◽  
David E. Wildt ◽  
Nicola M. Anthony ◽  
Barry D. Bavister ◽  
S.P. Leibo ◽  
...  

1997 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. S243
Author(s):  
A. Papadimitriou ◽  
R. Divari ◽  
E. Kouremenos ◽  
M. Tsamouri ◽  
P. Stefanidis ◽  
...  

1984 ◽  
Vol 218 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
S F Leong ◽  
J B Clark

The development of key enzyme activities concerned with glucose metabolism was studied in six regions of the rat brain in animals from just before birth (-2 days) through the neonatal and suckling period until adulthood (60 days old). The brain regions studied were the cerebellum, medulla oblongata and pons, hypothalamus, striatum, mid-brain and cortex. The enzymes whose developmental patterns were investigated were hexokinase (EC 2.7.1.1), aldolase (EC 4.1.2.13), lactate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.27) and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.49). Hexokinase, aldolase and lactate dehydrogenase activities develop as a single cluster in all the regions studied, although the timing of this development varies from region to region. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity, however, declines relative to glycolytic enzyme activity as the brain matures. When the different brain regions are compared, it is clear that the medulla develops its glycolytic potential, as indicated by its potential enzyme activity, considerably earlier than the other regions (hypothalamus, striatum and mid-brain), with the cortex and cerebellar activities developing even later. This enzyme developmental sequence correlates well with the neurophylogenetic development of the brain and adds support to the hypothesis that the development of the potential for glycolysis in the brain is a necessary prerequisite for the development of neurological competence.


2013 ◽  
Vol 45 (11) ◽  
pp. 2166-2174 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOKE PUYPE ◽  
KAREN VAN PROEYEN ◽  
JEAN-MARC RAYMACKERS ◽  
LOUISE DELDICQUE ◽  
PETER HESPEL

1970 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugene Jackim ◽  
Janice M. Hamlin ◽  
Stephen Sonis

Activities of five liver enzymes (acid and alkaline phosphatase, catalase, xanthine oxidase, and ribonuclease) from Fundulus heteroclitus surviving exposure to 96-hr TLm concentrations of salts of six metals (lead, copper, mercury, beryllium, cadmium, and silver) differed markedly from those of unexposed fish. Changes in enzyme activity produced by the exposures were not necessarily the same in magnitude or direction as those observed when the salts were introduced directly into the enzyme preparations. It is proposed that changes in liver enzyme activity may be useful as a kind of biochemical autopsy tool for diagnosing sublethal metal poisoning in fish.


2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
William S Marshall ◽  
Kaitlyn R Barnes ◽  
Alicia M Malone ◽  
Hannah EC Buhariwalla ◽  
Emily M Osmond

2000 ◽  
Vol 279 (6) ◽  
pp. R2344-R2348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason E. Podrabsky ◽  
Chris Javillonar ◽  
Steven C. Hand ◽  
Douglas L. Crawford

A previous phylogenetic analysis among 15 taxa of the teleost fish Fundulussuggested that there should be thermal-adaptive differences in heart metabolism among populations. To test this hypothesis, the rate of oxygen consumption and the activities of all 11 glycolytic enzymes were measured in isolated heart ventricle from two populations of Fundulus heteroclitus. Heart ventricular metabolism is greater in a northern population versus a southern population of these fish. Analysis of the amount of glycolytic enzymes indicates that 87% of the variation in cardiac metabolism within and between populations is explained by the variation in three enzymes (pyruvate kinase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, and lactate dehydrogenase). These enzymes are the same three enzymes that were predicted to be important based on previously determined phylogenetic patterns of expression. Our data indicate that near-equilibrium enzymes, as well as classically defined rate-limiting enzymes, can also influence metabolism.


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