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. 1977;32(3-4):154-7.
doi: 10.1159/000241010.

The development of pyruvate dehydrogenase in the subhuman primate Macaca mulatta

B H Robinson, W G Sherwood, J Oei

The development of pyruvate dehydrogenase in the subhuman primate Macaca mulatta

B H Robinson et al. Biol Neonate. 1977.

Abstract

The development of total pyruvate dehydrogenase activity in the subhuman primate, Macaca mulatta, was investigated in brain, liver, kidney cortex, and skeletal and cardiac muscle. Newborn primates delivered prematurely at 135 days of gestation had only 32% of this enzyme activity present in the brain compared to the full-term animal. Full-term animals were similar to adults. All tissues showed high activities of enzyme at 1 year of age compared either with neonates or adults. Kidney cortex showed an increase in activity from 807 +/- 74 mumol/g/min in prematurely delivered neonates to a maximum of 3,769 +/- 275 mumol/g/min in 1-year-old animals. The results are discussed in relation to the developing energy requirements of the tissues concerned.

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