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A newly developed technique was used for the electrophoretic separation of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) isoenzymes from lyophilized tissue samples in the nanogram range. In this study portions of 10–200 ng from the myocardium and the conducting system of cattle, sheep, pig and man were microdissected and analysed.
In the heart tissues of cattle, sheep and pig, the isoforms LDH1, LDH2 and LDH3 were detected in species-specific varying amounts. In all these animals, the conducting system is marked by high LDH1 activity, which is present at a ratio of about 2:1 compared with the myocardium. The values in man, however, differ from these values, but this might be due to post-mortem changes. The findings are discussed with respect to possible aerobic-anaerobic functions.
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Herrmann, G., Crotet, V., Maly, I.P. et al. Microquantitative determination of lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes in the myocardium and the conducting system. Histochem J 26, 597–600 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158594
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