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Some enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism in Mesocestoides corti and Heterakis spumosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

P. Dubinský ,
B. Rušcinová ,
S. L. Hetmanski ,
C. Arme ,
L. Turčeková  and
M. Ryboš
P. Dubinský
Affiliation:
Helminthological Institute, Solvak Academy of Sciences, Dukelskych hrdinov 3, 04001 Koˇsice, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
B. Rušcinová
Affiliation:
Helminthological Institute, Solvak Academy of Sciences, Dukelskych hrdinov 3, 04001 Koˇsice, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
S. L. Hetmanski
Affiliation:
Parasitology Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Keele, Keele, Staffs ST5 5BG, UK
C. Arme
Affiliation:
Parasitology Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Keele, Keele, Staffs ST5 5BG, UK
L. Turčeková
Affiliation:
Helminthological Institute, Solvak Academy of Sciences, Dukelskych hrdinov 3, 04001 Koˇsice, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
M. Ryboš
Affiliation:
Helminthological Institute, Solvak Academy of Sciences, Dukelskych hrdinov 3, 04001 Koˇsice, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic
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Abstract

The activities of selected enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism were measured in tetrathyridia of Mesocestoides corti and in adult females and males of Heterakis spumosa. When the species were compared, only lactate dehydrogenase and phosphoenolphyruvate carboxykinase activities were considerably higher in M. corti. Activities of other enzymes were higher in H. spumosa, with malate dehydrogenase activity being considerable so. In H. spumosa, enzyme activity was higher, and succinate dehydrogenase markedly so in males, when compared with females. Tetrathyridia aged 170 and 210 days show relatively stable malate and lactate dehydrogenase activities, and mice of ICR and BALB/c strains are suitable for the maintenance of tetrathyridia.

Keywords

Mesocestoides cortitetrathyridiaHeterakis spumosaenzymescarbohydrate metabolismbiochemistryCestodaNematoda
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , September 1991 , pp. 187 - 192
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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