Creatine kinase in the dog: A review |
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Authors: | M Aktas D Auguste H P Lefebvre P L Toutain J P Braun |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Physiopathology and URA INRA Experimental Physiopathology and Toxicology, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, 23 Chemin des Capelles, 31076 Toulouse Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | In the dog, creatine kinase (CK) is mostly present in the skeletal muscles, myocardium, brain and intestine. The MM isoenzyme predominates in muscles and myocardium. In plasma, reference values depend on the technique used and CK-MB accounts for about 30–45% of total CK activity. Sex has no influence on plasma CK activity, which is higher in young dogs than in adults. Plasma CK is elevated after physical exercise. After its release from the cells, CK reaches the plasma mostly via the lymphatic route and then remains in the plasma compartment. It is rapidly cleared with a half-life of about 2 hours. Muscle diseases are the main source of plasma CK elevations: inherited myopathies, malignant hyperthermia, hypothyroidism, vitamin E-selenium deficiency, prolonged decubitus, intramuscular injections, surgery, etc. Plasma CK is also increased in experimental myocardial infarction, for which the dog is an interesting model, allowing quantification of the damage by measuring the total CK activity released.Abbreviations ADP
adenosine diphosphate
- ATP
adenosine triphosphate
- CK
creatine kinase
- DGKC
Deutsche Gesellschaft für klinische Chemie
- IM
intramuscular
- IV
intravenous
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K
m
Michaelis constant
- poly(A)
polyadenylate
- RNA
ribonucleic acid
- mRNA
messenger RNA |
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Keywords: | creatine kinase dog lymph muscle plasma |
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