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Na+,K+-ATPase activity was determined in fetal guinea pig brain at 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, and 60 days of gestation. The activity remained at a constant level during the early periods (35–45 days) of gestation and increased significantly during 45–60 days. Following maternal hypoxia, the activity of Na+,K+-ATPase in the term (60 days) fetal brain was reduced by 50% whereas the preterm (50 days) brain activity was unaffected. Under identical hypoxic conditions, the enzymatic activity of adult brain was significantly reduced by 20%. Na+,K+-ATPase obtained from fetal brain (50 days of gestation) has both a low and a high affinity for ATP (K m values =0.50 and 0.053 mM and correspondingV max values =10.77 and 2.82 umoles Pi/mg protein/hr), whereas the enzyme in the adult brain has only a low affinity (K m=1.67 mM andV max=20.32 umoles Pi/mg protein/hr). The high and low affinity sites for ATP in the fetal brain suggests a mechanism essential for the maintenance of cellular ionic gradients at low concentrations of ATP and which would provide the fetal brain with a greater tolerance to hypoxia. The high sensitivity of Na+,K+-ATPase activity to hypoxia in guinea pig brain at term suggests that the cell membrane functions of the fetal brain may be more susceptible to hypoxia at term than it is earlier in gestation.
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Mishra, O.P., Delivoria-Papadopoulos, M. Na+,K+-ATPase in developing fetal guinea pig brain and the effect of maternal hypoxia. Neurochem Res 13, 765–770 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00971600
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