Polymorphism of Red Cell NADP-Dependent Isocitrate Dehydrogenase in Macaque Monkeys
Polymorphism of Red Cell NADP-Dependent Isocitrate Dehydrogenase in Macaque Monkeys
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猕猴红细胞 NADP 依赖性异柠檬酸脱氢酶的多态性
DOI:
10.1537/ase1911.82.52
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发表时间:
1974
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通讯作者:
T. Shotake
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作者:
G. Ishimoto;M. Kuwata;T. Shotake
A total of 1704 macaques were screened for electrophoretic variants of NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase and six phenotypes of the enzyme were found in the blood samples from various populations of nine macaque species. M. mulatta from China was disclosed to be most polymorphic, with three postulated alleles resulting in six phenotypes. M. cyclopis and M. irus (except the philippine group) had two alleles with three phenotypes and the remaining species were homozygous for one of the two common alleles (Idhmac1 and Idhmac2). One of the interesting finding was that the macaque species can be divided into two groups on the basis of the allelic distribution: those species with a high frequency of the Idhmac2 (M. fuscata, M. speciosa, M. mulatta, and M. cyclopis) and those with a high frequency of the Idhmac1 (M. irus, M. nemestrina, M. radiata, and M. niger). This might suggest phylogenetically divergent position between two groups of the macaque species. NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH; EC 1.1.1.42), which catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of L-isocitrate to a-ketoglutarate, is present in two forms in most animals: one is located in cells in the mitochondrial fraction and the other is found in the soluble fraction (PLAUT, 1963). As to the soluble form of IDH, genetic variation has been demonstrated io several species of animals. In man, most individuals show a single band of the IDH by electrophoresis, but three variants, each of which has three evenly spaced enzyme bands with characteristic mobilites, have so far been found, giving an overall frequency of less than 0.2% in nearly 2000 blood specimens of various ethnic origins (CHEN et al., 1972). In general, such triple band patterns are considered to represent the typical heterozygotes in a dimeric protein, and the same kind of pattern has been reported in heterozygotes for soluble IDH in other species, such as mouse (HENDERSON, 1965) and drosophila (Fox, 1971), of which inheritance isascertained to be autosomal codominant. The present study is concerned with the electrophoretic variation in the soluble IDH of macaque monkeys. We found that electrophoretic variants occur in certain species of macaques with such frequen* This study was in part supported by the grants from the Ministry of Education. Polymorphism in macaque monkeys 53 cies that generally accepted as to be polymorphic. Although the family studies were unable to perform monkey subjects , we supposed that the IDH in macaques is also determined by a single locus since the pattern of macaque enzyme consists of either one or three bands on electrophoresis. This paper deals with the inter and intra-species differences in the distribution of the phenotypes among various geographic populations comprising nine species of macaques.