HORMONAL EFFECTS ON NEURAL RETINA .1. GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE DEVELOPMENT IN RETINA AND LIVER OF NORMAL AND TRIIODOTHYRONINE-TREATED RAT
HORMONAL EFFECTS ON NEURAL RETINA .1. GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE DEVELOPMENT IN RETINA AND LIVER OF NORMAL AND TRIIODOTHYRONINE-TREATED RAT
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DOI:
10.1016/0003-9861(71)90372-9
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发表时间:
1971-01-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
CHADER, GJ
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作者:
CHADER, GJ
Glutamine synthetase, as measured by its glutamyl transferase activity, is highest in the neural retina of the rat but is also present in non-neural tissues such as liver. Except for liver, the tissue distribution of transferase activity appears to parallel that of synthetase activity. Hepatic enzyme activity rises in late fetal life and again at birth, while retinal activity remains at a low level. Triiodothyronine increases enzyme activity in both tissues when administered to the fetus in late gestation. Higher enzyme levels are also apparent in both tissues 24 hr after hormone injection on postnatal day 1. During the second postnatal week, enzyme levels rise sharply in both tissues. Effects of neonatal hormone injection are no longer observed after approximately day 11. Thyroid hormone injection on day 9 or 15 increases the level of the hepatic enzyme within 24 hr but does not affect the retinal enzyme. Different patterns of enzyme development and response to hormone stimulus are thus observed in neural and non-neural tissue. The major increases in activity, however, occur concurrently in both tissues at the time of maximal functional maturation of the retina.