title: Some histochemical observations on the myocardial metabolism in experimental conditions. Part II.
abstract: A histochemical evaluation of the activity of chosen oxido-reductive enzymes of the cardiac muscle connected with the citric acid cycle, glycolysis and pentose shunt in the early experimental alloxan diabetes period in white rats has been carried out. Dehydrogenases: succinate, isocitrate and glucose-6-phosphate indicated a decrease in the enzymatic activity while the lactate dehydrogenase activity did not undergo any change. An increase in the intensity of the histoenzymatic reaction only concerned glutamate dehydrogenase. The presented histoenzymatic evidence of changes in the enzymatic activities may speak for the possibility of an existence of a direct diabetes influence on the cardiac muscle metabolism.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002952:Citric Acid Cycle; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D006019:Glycolysis; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D013385:Succinate Dehydrogenase; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase