Table 3 Activities of enzymes for creatine synthesis in the tissues of hybrid striped bass¹

Phase-I hybrid striped bass

 AGAT

Liver

1,870 ± 79

1,954 ± 81

1,966 ± 61

0.616

Kidney

3,030 ± 80^c

3,572 ± 95^b

3,843 ± 95^a

 < 0.001

Skeletal muscle

5,164 ± 202^c

6,431 ± 310^b

7,170 ± 224^a

 < 0.001

Proximal intestine

319 ± 16

326 ± 19

329 ± 15

0.911

 GAMT

Liver

2,107 ± 71^b

2,225 ± 57^ab

2,359 ± 67^a

0.041

Kidney

3,052 ± 88

2,993 ± 143

3,036 ± 144

0.945

Skeletal muscle

7,234 ± 206^b

8,875 ± 226^a

9,402 ± 285^a

 < 0.001

Proximal intestine

649 ± 30

659 ± 32

669 ± 19

0.878

Phase-II hybrid striped bass

 AGAT

Liver

1,880 ± 89

2,041 ± 79

2,071 ± 106

0.308

Head kidney

1,941 ± 73

1,935 ± 90

1,904 ± 55

0.931

Tail kidney

3,509 ± 101^c

4,361 ± 186^b

5,086 ± 180^a

 < 0.001

Skeletal muscle

5,941 ± 161^c

7,222 ± 181^b

8,387 ± 105^a

 < 0.001

Pancreas

3,643 ± 172^b

4,728 ± 129^a

4,727 ± 126^a

 < 0.001

Proximal intestine

261 ± 13

269 ± 12

286 ± 18

0.477

 GAMT

Liver

2,066 ± 98^b

2,240 ± 128^a,b

2,482 ± 103^a

0.046

Head kidney

ND

ND

ND

−

Tail kidney

4,030 ± 86

4,109 ± 159

4,043 ± 283

0.954

Skeletal muscle

8,159 ± 351^b

9,640 ± 387^a

10,517 ± 204^a

 < 0.001

Pancreas

5,885 ± 207

5,910 ± 161

5,909 ± 157

0.994

Proximal intestine

ND

ND

ND

−