Sex Differences in the Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Activity of the Rat Livers at Various Stages of Development

출생전후 및 성별로 본 쥐의 간세포에서의 G-6-PD 활성

  • Published : 1974.03.01

Abstract

The G-6-PD (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase) activity, the first step in the pentose phosphate shunt, of rat livers during prenatal and pstnatal development in different sexes was studied. The enzyme activity is very high (54.2 units) at 16 days of embryo ad then decreases to a low level (17.6 units) at 13days after birth. There are significant increase between 13 and 15 days of age and continuously increases to the level of 53.2 units at 19days of age. The G-6-PD activity in female rat livers was slightly higher than in males.

Pentose phosphate shunt의 첫 작용때 나타나는 효소 glucose-6-phosphate dehydorgenase의 활성을 출생전 및 출생후 연령에 따라서 쥐(white rat)의 간세포를 암수 성별로 spectrophotometer를 써서 측정하였다. 이 활성이 16일 된 배에서 가장 높았고 (54 I.U.), 그때부터 출생후 13일 까지 조금씩 저하되지만 (17 I.U.), 다시 서서히 증가해서 19일에는 53 I.U.까지 높아졌다. 성별로 본 결과는 일반적으로 수컷보다 암컷에서 G-6-PD의 활성이 약간 높게 나타났다.

Keywords