Localization and catalytic properties of lactate dehydrogenase in different sperm models |
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Authors: | B Baccetti V Pallini AG Burrini |
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Institution: | Institute of Zoology, University of Siena, 53100 Siena, Italy |
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Abstract: | A study of the intracellular localization and catalytic properties (effects of substrates and products) on lactate dehydrogenase has been carried out on a series of spermatozoa endowed with mitochondria and characterized by aerobic metabolism of fatty acids (sea urchin); aerobic metabolism of fatty acids and exogenous carbohydrates and lactic acid (bull); metabolism of glycogen connected with mitochondria (Lebistes); metabolism of periaxonemal glycogen (Octopus). The data obtained indicate that LDH is present only when carbohydrates are metabolized; its localization follows the glycogen stores; in the Octopus sperm where mitochondria are poorly developed relative to the flagellar length, and exogenous lactate is not available, LDH catalyses predominantly the reduction of pyruvate; in Lebistes and trout sperms, where mitochondria are better developed, LDH is more similar to the mammalian heart and sperm isozymes. |
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