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Rhythms of enzymatic activity in maternal and umbilical cord blood

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The 24-h activity patterns of variouns enzymes were determined in human serum, red blood cells and white blood cells of maternal and umbilical cord blood. Blood was drawn from the brachial vein of mothers and from the umbilical cord within ten minutes after delivery. Corresponding blood specimens were obtained from 83 spontaneous labors, occurring at different hours over a period of 60 days. For each variable (variable=activity of a specific enzyme in one of the blood components) the results were grouped according to delivery hour, forming a 24-h pattern which was analyzed to elucidate time dependency. Five out of six corresponding maternal and fetal variables were similar with regard to pattern and peak time. The activity rhythms of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and glucose phosphate isomerase in red blood cells of mothers and fetuses possessed a significant bimodal pattern. The activity rhythms of the latter enzyme in white blood cells and sera exhibited a significant 24-h period. Hexosaminidase activity exhibited a distinct 24-h rhythm in maternal white blood cells, but no significant rhythm could be detected in the fetal white blood cells. The activity of hexosaminidase showed, identical 24-h patterns in maternal and cord serum when analyzed by best fit cosine, and no significant time-dependency when analyzed by ANOVA.

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  1. Division of Pediatrics, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

    R. Wilf-Miron

  2. The Genetic Institute, Chaim Sheba medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

    L. Peleg & B. Goldman

  3. Unit of Chronobiology, Department of human Genetics, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    L. Peleg, I. E. Ashkenazi & I. E. Ashkenazi

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Wilf-Miron, R., Peleg, L., Goldman, B. et al. Rhythms of enzymatic activity in maternal and umbilical cord blood. Experientia 48, 520–523 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01928179

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