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  • Title: Glycerolphosphate dehydrogenase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase and carbonic anhydrase activities in oligodendrocytes and myelin: comparisons between species and CNS regions.
    Author: Cammer W, Zimmerman TR.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1982 Dec; 282(1):21-6. PubMed ID: 6819059.
    Abstract:
    Oligodendrocytes isolated from bovine white matter had higher specific activities of glycerolphosphate dehydrogenase (GPDH) and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH) than were observed in homogenates of white matter or gray matter from bovine brains, whereas the activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was lower in the cells than in the homogenates. These observations suggest that G6PDH, as well as GPDH, is an oligodendrocyte-enriched enzyme. The 3 enzymes were also measured in myelin from bovine brains, rat spinal cords, and mouse brains, and, for each enzyme, the relative specific activity (RSA) in myelin was calculated by dividing the specific activity in myelin by the specific activity in the respective starting homogenate. Of the 3 enzymes, GPDH, G6PDH and LDH, the RSA of G6PDH was highest, at 0.26, in the bovine myelin, whereas the RSAs of GPDH were highest, at approximately 0.20, in the myelin from rat spinal cords and mouse brains. Carbonic anhydrase was also measured in the myelin from the rodent tissues, and significantly higher RSAs, at 0.43-1.06, were obtained. The finding that carbonic anhydrase consistently has higher concentrations than either G6PDH or GPDH in myelin suggests that the latter are restricted, in the myelin sheath, to regions in which oligodendroglial cytoplasm is enclosed, whereas carbonic anhydrase is distributed more broadly in the myelin membranes. A developmental increase in GPDH in the rat spinal cord is also reported.
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