SDS-PAGE STUDIES OF PROTEINS IN SELENITE CATARACTOUS LENS OF WISTAR RATS
JOE PRASAD MATHEW *
PG-DEPTT OF ZOOLOGY ST BERCHMANS COLLEGE. CHANGANACHERRY-686 101, INDIA
PRIYA JOSEPH *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, DEVA MATHACOLLEGE KURAVILANG AD-686 633, INDIA
V.C. THOMAS *
PG-DEPTT OF ZOOLOGY ST BERCHMANS COLLEGE. CHANGANACHERRY-686 101, INDIA
ISSAC THOMAS *
PG-DEPTT OF ZOOLOGY ST BERCHMANS COLLEGE. CHANGANACHERRY-686 101, INDIA.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The protein profiles of the Wistar rat lens were studied electrophoretically at pre-cataractous and cataractious stages after subcutaneous sodium selenite administration. The studies showed that opacification is associated with the loss of lens cytoskeletal proteins besides the crystallins.