Contribution of leucocytes to the origin of lactate dehydrogenase isozymes in milk of bovine mastitis.
The isozyme patterns of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) of bovine milks are different in normal (LDH1 is predominant) and mastitic milks. We surveyed LDH isozymes of mastitic milks, and found that the isozyme patterns could be separated into two groups, mastitic milk A (higher proportions of LDH1,2 and lower proportions of LDH3-5) and mastitic milk B (relative decrease of LDH1 and increase of LDH2-5, particularly LDH3-5). To elucidate the origin of LDH isozymes in the mastitic milks, the isozyme patterns of granulocytes, monocytes, platelets and lymphocytes (T and B cells) were examined. The patterns of granulocytes and lymphocytes were similar to those of mastitic milks A and B, respectively. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis also showed the presence of marker proteins of granulocytes and lymphocytes in mastitic milks A and B, respectively. These results suggested that granulocytes and lymphocytes at least partly contributed to the origin of LDH isozymes in the mastitic milks.
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008892:Milk / Q000201:enzymology*
D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase