title: Comparison of glutathione S-transferase activity in the rat and birds: tissue distribution and rhythmicity in chicken (Gallus domesticus) liver.
abstract: 1. Mature, male chickens, Bobwhite quail, and rats differed with respect to glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity in the kidney, duodenum and testis, but species differences were not observed in the liver. 2. GST activity was present in the heart, spleen, liver, duodenum, kidney, testis, cerebral cortex, cerebellum, optic tecta, and medulla oblongata of chickens with differences in tissues and breeds. 3. Renal GST activity was higher in female chickens, whereas enzyme activity in the brain was higher in males. 4. Hepatic GST activity fluctuated about a mean of 784 nmol min-1 mg protein-1 with a 12 hr periodicity which was not a feeding phenomenon. 5. The results demonstrate that GST activity occurs in diverse tissues of the chicken and Bobwhite quail with kidney greater than liver greater than duodenum greater than testis, compared to testis greater than liver greater than duodenum greater than kidney in the rat. Hepatic GST activity exhibits an ultradian periodicity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Poultry Science, Clemson University, SC 29634-0379.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Maurice
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Lightsey
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Rhoades
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003088:Colinus; D005260:Female; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D009928:Organ Specificity; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D005982:Glutathione Transferase