[Alterations in acid and alkaline phosphatase activity in some steroid-producing organs of rats in autolysis].

Alterations in activity of acid and alkaline phosphatases as well as in concentration of inorganic phosphate were studied in tissue and homogenates of adrenal glands and testicles of rats within 48 hrs of the postmortal autolysis. During the autolysis acid phosphatase of homogenate and tissue of adrenal glands as well as alkaline phosphatase from the gland were more stable than acid and alkaline phosphatases from testicles. Activities of acid and alkaline phosphatases decreased gradually in homogenate and tissue of testicles during autolysis. Within the first day of autolysis distinct inhibition of alkaline phosphatase was also observed in the homogenate of testicles and adrenal glands. An increase in amount of inorganic phosphate in tissue and homogenate of adrenal gland and in tissue of testicles did not depend on alterations in activity of the phosphatases on autolysis. Prehomogenization of these tissues altered markedly the enzymatic activity both in adrenal glands and in testicles.