PMID- 521313 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19800327 LR - 20190827 IS - 0301-5564 (Print) IS - 0301-5564 (Linking) VI - 64 IP - 1 DP - 1979 Nov TI - Microphotometric studies on intraacinar enzyme distribution in rat liver. PG - 23-33 AB - Intraacinar distribution of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH), malate dehydrogenase (MDH), NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH), glutamate dehydrogenase (GluDH), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and NADH-tetrazolium dehydrogenase (TR) was studied in rat liver cryostat sections by multipositional microphotometric activity determinations. By statistical evaluation, activity of individual enzymes could be related to the acinar topography. Activity was evaluated with regard to distance of measuring position either from afferent (portal) or efferent (hepatic) vessels. Two independent distribution curves were obtained for each enzyme. Acinar distribution of all the enzymes studied followed sigmoid courses with maximal activity of SDH, MDH and LDH in zone 1 ("periportal") and GluDH, IDH, TR in zone 3 ("pericentral"). For all enzymes, maximum activity gradients were confined to zone 2 of the acinus. Data were also evaluated as ratios of activities in zone 1 and zone 3. The following ratios zone 1/zone 3 were obtained: SDH = 1.9, MDH = 1.7, IDH = 0.5, GluDH = 0.5, LDH = 1.3 and TR = 0.6. FAU - Wimmer, M AU - Wimmer M FAU - Pette, D AU - Pette D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Germany TA - Histochemistry JT - Histochemistry JID - 0411300 RN - EC 1.1.1.27 (L-Lactate Dehydrogenase) RN - EC 1.1.1.37 (Malate Dehydrogenase) RN - EC 1.1.1.41 (Isocitrate Dehydrogenase) RN - EC 1.3.99.1 (Succinate Dehydrogenase) RN - EC 1.4.1.2 (Glutamate Dehydrogenase) RN - EC 1.6.- (NADH Tetrazolium Reductase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Glutamate Dehydrogenase/analysis MH - *Histocytochemistry MH - Isocitrate Dehydrogenase/analysis MH - L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/analysis MH - Liver/*enzymology MH - Malate Dehydrogenase/analysis MH - Male MH - NADH Tetrazolium Reductase/analysis MH - Photomicrography/*methods MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred Strains MH - Succinate Dehydrogenase/analysis EDAT- 1979/11/01 00:00 MHDA- 1979/11/01 00:01 CRDT- 1979/11/01 00:00 PHST- 1979/11/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1979/11/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1979/11/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/BF00493352 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Histochemistry. 1979 Nov;64(1):23-33. doi: 10.1007/BF00493352.