CHOLINE-ACETYLTRANSFERASE IN OCULAR TISSUES OF RABBITS, CATS, CATTLE, AND MAN

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 15  (10) , 808-814
Abstract
The variation of choline acetyltransferase activity in ocular tissues of 4 mammalian species, rabbits, cats, cattle and man, was determined. Enzyme activity of irides and ciliary bodies, i.e., parasympathetically innervated structures, tended to be similar in all 4 spp. Two exceptions were bovine irides and human ciliary bodies; these 2 tissues has higher enzyme activities. Choline acetyltransferase activity was present in the corneal epithelium of rabbit, bovine and human eyes, but little or none could be detected in that of cats. Feline retina and pigment epithelium-choroid also contained far less choline acetyltransferase activity than the same tissues in the other 3 spp.

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