title: Hepatic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase activity and cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase activity in neonatal guinea pig.
abstract: Optimal assay conditions for hepatic HMG-CoA reducatase activity and cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase activity in the guinea pig were determined. These two enzyme activities were studied in the liver of newborn guinea pigs during the first three postnatal weeks. Hepatic HMG-CoA reductase activity of neonatal guinea pigs was similar to that of adult animals. However, cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase activity of newborns was about one-third of that in adult guinea pigs. This finding suggests that the system for bile acid synthesis in the neonatal guinea pigs is underdeveloped.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D002790:Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; D002790:Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase