Changes in succinic dehydrogenase activity related to feeding

¹ Department of Physiology, Marquette University School of Medicine, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The effect of feeding and fasting on succinic dehydrogenase activity in rats accustomed to a feeding regime (fed 5 hr/24 hr) was studied over a 24-hr period and over a subsequent extended fast. The results showed a fall in enzyme activity to a minimal value at 6 hr after the initial feeding period in the four tissues studied. During the 24-hr period following feeding, cardiac and psoas muscles obtained maximum values which were 134% and 174%, respectively, of the 6-hr value at 18 hr. Liver and kidney attained their maximum values (133% and 174%, respectively) during the second 5-hr feeding period. When the fasting period was extended by omitting the second feeding period, liver and kidney tended to plateau (after their peak at 24 hr) near the 6-hr assay, whereas cardiac and psoas muscles (after their peaks at 24 and 18 hr, respectively) tended to plateau with 145% of the 6-hr activity. Variations related to feeding times, not previously realized, were demonstrated.

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