title: Development of NADPH-producing pathways in rat heart.
abstract: The behaviours of the principal NADPH-producing enzymes (glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, cytoplasmic and mitochondrial 'malic' enzyme and NAPD+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase) were studied during the development of rat heart and compared with those in brain and liver. 1. The enzymes belonging to the pentose phosphate pathway exhibit lower activities in heart than in other tissues throughout development. 2. The pattern of induction of heart cytoplasmic and mitochondrial 'malic' enzymes does not parallel that found in liver. Heart mitochondrial enzyme is slowly induced from birth onwards. 3. NADP+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase has similar activities in all tissues in 18-day foetuses. 4. Heart mitochondrial NADP+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase is greatly induced in the adult, where it attains a 10-fold higher activity than in liver. 5. The physiological functions of mitochondrial 'malic' enzyme and NADP+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000201:enzymology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000201:enzymology; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000254:growth & development; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008929:Mitochondria, Heart / Q000201:enzymology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*; D009249:NADP / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010428:Pentosephosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D010428:Pentosephosphates; D009249:NADP; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase