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Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences

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Abstract

This study investigated the effects of experimentally induced ketosis on erythrocyte membrane proteins in rabbits by sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The animals were allocated to 2 groups; ketosis and control. The experiment was lasted 13 days. Food was withheld for 5 days in the ketosis group, and then the animals were fed for 8 days. The control group was fed standard rabbit rations. Erythrocyte membrane proteins were isolated from the blood, and analyzed by SDS-PAGE using 10% (w/v) acrylamide monomer. Erythrocyte membrane proteins separated on the polyacrylamide gel were quantified by densitometry. Band 3 and actin on day 1, and spectrin on day 5 were significantly increased (P < 0.05), while glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G3PD, E.C. 1.2.1.12) was significantly decreased (P < 0.01) on day 5 in the ketosis group. On the other hand, ankyrin increased (P < 0.05) when compared to the controls on day 6 of the trial. The results show that ketosis may lead to quantitative changes in erythrocyte membrane proteins including band 3, actin, spectrin, G3PD and ankyrin.

Keywords

Rabbit, ketosis, erythrocyte membrane protein, SDS-PAGE

First Page

151

Last Page

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