Abstract
Circadian variations in the activities of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) isozymes in the subcellular fractions of the brain and liver were investigated in male and female mice of C57BL/6J strain. The rhythms in high Km-ALDH activities of brain and liver mitochondrial fractions which existed in ordinary light-dark cycle were not observed in animals maintained in the continuous darkness for two weeks. The rhythms in high Km-ALDH activities of hepatic soluble and mircosomal fractions existed in both ordinary cycle and total darkness but the rhythmic phases were different. In the low Km-ALDH activity of hepatic mitochondrial fraction, the circadian rhythm was similar in two lighting conditions. There was sex difference in the existence of the circadian rhythm. It seems that the ALDH activity of mice is influenced by light-dark cycle and sex hormones.
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