Diaphorase activity in sebaceous glands and related structures of the male red deer

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-21

  Barling, P M ^a   Shirley, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dermis; Diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthetase; Red deer; Scent gland; Sebaceous gland; Smegma; Tetrazolium reductase; Velvet; Wax gland

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TETRAZOLIUM REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SECRETION;

EID: 0033009446     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00033-4     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Chayen J, Bitensky L, Mehdizadeh S. Histo- and cytochemistry of guanylate cyclase and nitric oxide synthase: a critical appraisal. Cell Biochem Funct 1994;12:179-83.
2. Chenas NK, Butkus AA, Kulis IuIu. Diaphorase reactions of lipoamide dehydrogenases from the adrenal ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex. Biokhimiia 1985;50:1018-23.
3. Dippel E, Mayer B, Schonfelder G, Czarnetzki BM, Paus R. Distribution of constitutive nitric oxide synthetase immunoreactivity and NADPH-diaphorase activity in murine telogen and anagen skin. J Invest Dermatol 1994;103:112-5.
4. Ernster L. DT diaphorase. In: Colowick SP, Kaplan NO, editors. Methods in Enzymology, vol. 10. New York: Academic Press, 1967:300-17.
5. Kalse JF, Veeger C. Relation between conformations and activities of lipoamide dehydrogenase. I. Relation between diaphorase and lipoamide dehydrogenase activities upon binding of FAD by the apoenzyme. Biochim Biophys Acta 1968;159:244-56.
6. Kiernan JA. Histological & Histochemical Methods: Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1990:258-87.
7. Lesson C, Leeson TS. The endocrine system (Chapter 17). In: Histology, 3rd ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co, 1976:450-78.
8. Meyer W, Neurand K, Godynicki S, Kojda G, Mayer B. Demonstration of NADPH-diaphorase (NO-synthase) in sebaceous glands of the mammalian integuement, with remarks on the glandular capillary net. Cell Mol Biol 1996;42:241-8.
9. Miller MJ, Thompson JH, Liu X, Eloby-Childress S, Sadowska-Krowicka H, Zhang XJ, Clark DA. Failure of L-NAME to cause inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis: role of inducible nitric oxide synthase. Inflammation Res 1996;45:272-6.
10. Schempp H, Ulrich H, Elstner EF. Stereospecific reduction of R(+)-thioctic acid by porcine heart lipoamide dehydrogenase/ diaphorase. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung Section C J Biosci 1994;49:691-2.
11. Strauss JS, Downing DT, Ebling FJ, Stewart ME. Sebaceous glands (Chapter 25). In: Goldsmith LA, editor. Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Skin, 2nd edn. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc, 1991:712-40.
12. Vacca LL. Laboratory Manual of Histochemistry. New York: Raven Press, 1985:527-9.