ISSN:
1573-4927
Keywords:
chicken-quail hybrid
;
fructose 1,6-diphosphatase
;
malic enzyme
;
aspartate aminotransferase
;
gluconeogenesis
;
enzyme activation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Abstract The initial appearance of a number of enzymes involved in gluconeogenesis was investigated in the early embryogenesis of the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica), the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), and chicken-quail hybrids. Starch gel electrophoresis and enzyme-specific stains revealed genetic differences between muscle and liver fructose 1,6-diphosphatase (FDPase) as well as malic enzyme (ME) and mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase (AAT) isozymes of the two species. ME and AAT were present in unfertilized unincubated eggs, indicating maternal storage of these enzymes. The initial expression of the paternally inherited genes in the hybrid occurred before oviposition in the case of ME, and between 12 and 18 hr incubation in the case of AAT. Initial expression of both parental sets of genes for FDPase occurred synchronously between 16 and 24 hr in the hybrid, corresponding to the time of initial appearance of this enzyme in the quail and chicken. Glucose 6-phosphate administration at 0 hr was found to cause no prevention or delay of initial enzyme activation. These results are interpreted in terms of early patterns of enzyme activation regulation and nutrition in the avian embryo.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00485788
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