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The distribution pattern of creatine kinase (E.C 2.7.3.2) isozymes in prenatal rat heart and skeletal muscle was studied by immunohistochemistry. Between embryonic day (ED) 12–18, creatine kinase M (CK-M) is heterogeneously expressed in the heart: a pronounced staining of CK-M is first observed in the outflow tract and the trabeculae of the right ventricle (ED12-14), and subsequently in the venous valves, the interatrial septum and the sinoatrial node. From ED18 onwards, a homogeneous expression of CK-M is observed due to an increase in isozyme concentration in the remaining part of the myocardium.
By contrast, the developmental appearance of creatine kinase B (CK-B) occurs almost homogeneously throughout the heart between ED11-14. Thereafter, a decrease of the CK-B is first observed in the inflow tract (in particular in the sinoatrial node), in the inner part of those atrial walls that are adjacent to the atrioventricular junction, and temporarily in a band in the upper part of the interventricular septum. From ED18, a selective disappearance of CK-B is found in the papillary muscle of the left ventricle. At birth, a considerable amount of CK-B remains present in the ventricular walls.
Although some of the stage-dependent regional differences in expression of the creatine kinase isozymes, in particular those of the M-subunit, are shared by other mammalian and avian species, their significance for the developmental changes in the physiology of the heart is speculative at present.
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Hasselbaink, H.D.J., Labruyère, W.T., Moorman, A.F.M. et al. Creatine kinase isozyme expression in prenatal rat heart. Anat Embryol 182, 195–203 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00174018
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