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Profiles of hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase and adenine phosphoribosyl transferase activities measured in single preimplantation human embryos by high-performance liquid chromatography. 1991

H J Leese, and P G Humpherson, and K Hardy, and M A Hooper, and R M Winston, and A H Handyside
Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, UK.

The profiles of hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRT) and adenine phosphoribosyl transferase (APRT) activities were examined in normally fertilized human embryos developing at the normal rate in vitro between the 2-4-cell stage on Day 2 and the blastocyst stage on Day 6 after insemination. The activities of both enzymes were assayed simultaneously in extracts of single embryos by measuring the rate of production of the reaction products, inosine monophosphate (IMP) and adenine monophosphate (AMP), separated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The activity profiles of the two enzymes over this period showed marked differences. The activity of HGPRT, coded by the X chromosome, increased between Days 2 and 4 (P less than 0.01) but declined sharply by Day 6 (P less than 0.001), whereas autosome-coded APRT activity remained low between Days 2 and 5, but increased on Day 6 (P less than 0.05). The profile of HGPRT activity may reflect a combination of decreasing levels of maternal enzyme inherited from the oocyte and the initiation of embryonic gene expression followed by X inactivation at the blastocyst stage on Day 6.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007041 Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate and hypoxanthine, guanine, or MERCAPTOPURINE to the corresponding 5'-mononucleotides and pyrophosphate. The enzyme is important in purine biosynthesis as well as central nervous system functions. Complete lack of enzyme activity is associated with the LESCH-NYHAN SYNDROME, while partial deficiency results in overproduction of uric acid. EC 2.4.2.8. Guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase,HPRT,Hypoxanthine-Guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase,IMP Pyrophosphorylase,HGPRT,HPRTase,Hypoxanthine Guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase,Phosphoribosyltransferase, Guanine,Phosphoribosyltransferase, Hypoxanthine,Phosphoribosyltransferase, Hypoxanthine-Guanine,Pyrophosphorylase, IMP
D001755 Blastocyst A post-MORULA preimplantation mammalian embryo that develops from a 32-cell stage into a fluid-filled hollow ball of over a hundred cells. A blastocyst has two distinctive tissues. The outer layer of trophoblasts gives rise to extra-embryonic tissues. The inner cell mass gives rise to the embryonic disc and eventual embryo proper. Embryo, Preimplantation,Blastocysts,Embryos, Preimplantation,Preimplantation Embryo,Preimplantation Embryos
D002851 Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Liquid chromatographic techniques which feature high inlet pressures, high sensitivity, and high speed. Chromatography, High Performance Liquid,Chromatography, High Speed Liquid,Chromatography, Liquid, High Pressure,HPLC,High Performance Liquid Chromatography,High-Performance Liquid Chromatography,UPLC,Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography,Chromatography, High-Performance Liquid,High-Performance Liquid Chromatographies,Liquid Chromatography, High-Performance
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000228 Adenine Phosphoribosyltransferase An enzyme catalyzing the formation of AMP from adenine and phosphoribosylpyrophosphate. It can act as a salvage enzyme for recycling of adenine into nucleic acids. EC 2.4.2.7. AMP Pyrophosphorylase,Transphosphoribosidase,APRTase,Phosphoribosyltransferase, Adenine,Pyrophosphorylase, AMP

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