title: Changes in LDH isozyme pattern in uterine fluid of mice during early pregnancy.
abstract: The total LDH activity in the uterine fluid of mice shows a rising trend from the first day after mating (DAM-1) to the seventh day after mating (DAM-7). This suggests that LDH activity increases as gestation progresses. During early pregnancy, M-isozymes of LDH show a predominance from DAM-1 to DAM-3 in the uterine luminal fluid of mice, while H-isozyme shows a rising level from DAM-5 (implantation day) and attains a maximum level at DAM-7 (the post-implantation period). Such shift of M-isozymes into H-isozymes of LDH (lactate dehydrogenase) during pre-implantation (DAM-3) to post-implantation (DAM-7) period changes the uterine luminal environment from anaerobic to aerobic condition which is more conducive for the normal development, implantation and survival of the growing blastocyst.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Zoology, T.M. Bhagalpur University, India.
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Rathour
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000378:metabolism*; D014599:Uterus / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase