title: Retinal enzyme activities under hypoxic conditions prior to neovascularization.
abstract: In an effort to demonstrate biochemical changes occuring in malperfused retinas, oxygen-induced retrolental fibroplasia was produced in kittens. Immediately before the onset of vasoproliferations, that is in the stage of maximal hypoxia, the activities of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PDH), malate dehydrogenase (MDH) and isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICDH) were determined. The activity of MDH was found to be significantly decreased, whereas the activities of the other enzymes showed no major changes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D012160:Retina / Q000201:enzymology*; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase