Abstract
The LDH-isoenzyme pattern was studied by microdisc electrophoresis in pre-implantation and early post-implantation embryos of the mouse, rat, guinea-pig and Syrian hamster. Prior to implantation only LDH1 (β subunits) is present. After implantation only LDH5 (α subunits) is demonstrable; additional isoenzymes appear subsequently. This indicates that in rodent species in general the total pre-implantation LDH activity is based on the maternally transmitted β subunits while the activation of the embryonal LDH genes starts only with implantation. Moreover, the gene for α-subunits is activated first and the gene for β subunits follows later on. As in rodents, LDH1 is also the only LDH isoenzyme present in the ovarian oocyte in the rabbit. However, in contrast to rodents, the embryonal LDH genes start functioning long before implantation in the rabbit: in the 86-hour-old rabbit embryo (middle blastocyst) isoenzymes formed of α and β subunits are already present.
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