Some precursors of glycogen in Ascaris suum females
Rybos, M.; Dubinský, P.; Turceková, L.
Folia Parasitologica 33(3): 235-240
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0015-5683 PMID: 3758868 Document Number: 283804
Incorporation of labelled carbon from glucose, glucosamine and leucine into the glycogen of somatic cells and reproductive organs of A. suum females was studied. Glucose was most intensively incorporated into the growing oocytes and uterine epithelial cells, whereas its rate of incorporation into muscle glycogen was low. Radiocarbons from glucosamine and leucine were incorporated into tissue glycogen to a lesser extent than glucose. Incorporation of isotopes into egg glycogen depended on the formation of their primary shells. The ways of incorporation of isotopes into glycogen after formation of all the shell layers are discussed.