Abstract |
Measurements have been made of the total hexokinase activity and of the relative amounts of types I and II hexokinase in rat mammary gland and at different stages of the lactation cycle. The total hexokinase activity increased during lactation, that of type II increasing to a greater extent than that of type I; the type II/type I activity ratio rose from a pregnancy value of about 1 to a mid-lactation value of 3, returning to 1 on involution. The changes in type II hexokinase activity during the lactation cycle parallel the changes in the insulin sensitivity of mammary-gland tissue. A study of the effect of alloxan-diabetes on mammary-gland hexokinase during the mid-lactation period revealed that, although the total glucose-phosphorylating capacity of the mammary gland was almost unchanged, the relative contributions of type I and type II hexokinases altered, decreasing the type II/type I activity ratio to about 1.
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Authors | E Walters, P McLean |
Journal | The Biochemical journal
(Biochem J)
Vol. 104
Issue 3
Pg. 778-83
(Sep 1967)
ISSN: 0264-6021 [Print] England |
PMID | 6049924
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Animals
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental
(complications)
- Electrophoresis
- Female
- Glucokinase
(metabolism)
- Hexokinase
(metabolism)
- Lactation
- Mammary Glands, Animal
(enzymology)
- Oxidative Phosphorylation
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy, Animal
- Rats
- Spectrophotometry
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