DUCTUS THORACICUS LYMPH IN MICE. 2. ENZYME ACTIVITIES AND PROTEIN CONTENT

J Lindena, I Trautschold

Abstract


Lymph was collected in anaesthetized mice by a
newly developed cervical approach (see preceding
paper). Short term drainage, which should not al ter
the colloid-osmotic forces, meets the physiological
requirements for determination of protein
content and enzyme activities in lymph and plasma.
For cellular enzymes such as creatine kinase, lactate
dehydrogenase, and aspartate aminotransferase,
lymph plasma ratios higher than 1 are reported.
Besides the well known lymphatic transport route
for protein and albumin, the highly significant
lymphatic transport of cellular enzymes to the
actual intravasal enzyme activity is emphasized.


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