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Query: EC:3.1.3.1 (alkaline phosphatase)
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Venoms from 20 species of stinging Hymenoptera, including nine species of ants and nine species of social wasps, were quantitatively analyzed for the following enzymic activities: phospholipase A, hyaluronidase, lipase, esterase, protease, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase and phosphodiesterase. Phospholipase and hyaluronidase were present in all the venoms, with activity levels generally higher among the wasps than the ants (P less than 0.05). Lipase was present in high activity in several social wasp venoms and one ant venom, in low levels in two other ant venoms and absent from four tested snake venoms. Two-carbon esterase activity was present in the venoms of five social wasps and one ant. Non-specific protease was present at very high activity levels in the venoms of an army ant species and was also present in the venoms of a social wasp and another ant. Acid phosphatase activity was present in eight of the nine ant venoms, but was essentially absent from all the social wasp venoms. Alkaline phosphatase activity was clearly detectable in the venoms of only two species of ants. Phosphodiesterase, an enzyme not previously detected in insect venoms, was present in the venoms of three closely related ant species. Venoms with generally high enzymic activities included those of Polistes infuscatus, Vespula (V.) squamosa and Pogonomyrmex badius; those with low activities included Dolichovespula maculata, Apoica pallens and Dasymutilla lepeletierii. The 20 venoms were ranked according to overall activity levels using the eight enzyme activities plus lethal, hemolytic and pain-inducing activities. They were also compared phylogenetically using these 11 activities.
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PMID:Comparative enzymology of venoms from stinging Hymenoptera. 354 39

The effects of lung injury in rats and mice exposed to an aerosol of beryllium sulfate for 1 hr through nose-only inhalation were evaluated by the method of bronchoalveolar lavage. The lavage fluid of rats exposed to an aerosol of either 3.3 or 7.0 micrograms Be/liter over a 21-day period following exposure indicated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and alkaline phosphatase (Alk Pase) activities to be the most sensitive indicators of lung damage. LDH activity peaked at 8 days postexposure while Alk Pase activity was maximum at Day 5. Both values were 30 times greater than comparable controls at these time points. Acid phosphatase activity and albumin levels also increased over the 21-day period, but not to the same extent. The lung lavage of mice exposed to 7.2 micrograms Be/liter showed LDH activity as the most sensitive indicator of lung damage with a maximum response three times greater than that of controls at Day 5.
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PMID:Bronchoalveolar lavage in rats and mice following beryllium sulfate inhalation. 362 6

This report is the first cytochemical investigation of vanishing bone disease "Gorham's Disease" (Gorham and Stout 1955). The ultrastructural localization of non-specific alkaline phosphatase and of specific and non-specific acid phosphatase activity was studied in slices of tissue removed from a patient with this rare disorder. Sodium beta-glycerophosphate and phosphorylcholine chloride were used as substrates. Alkaline phosphatase was present around the plasma membranes of osteoblasts and associated with extracellular matrix vesicles in new woven bone. This is consistent with the proposed role for this enzyme (Robison 1923) and for matrix vesicles (Bonucci 1967) in the mineralization of bone (Bernard and Marvaso 1981). Concentrations of specific secretory acid phosphatase reaction product in the cytoplasm of degenerating osteoblasts may contribute to the imbalance between bone formation and resorption. Osteoclasts, while few in number, showed non-specific and specific acid phosphatase activity. The Golgi apparatus and heterophagic lysosomes of mononuclear phagocytes were rich in non-specific acid phosphatase. This was also present in the Golgi lamellae and lysosomes of endothelial cells. Acid phosphatase cytochemistry suggests that mononuclear phagocytes, multinuclear osteoclasts and the vascular endothelium are involved in bone resorption in this disease.
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PMID:Cytochemical localization of alkaline and acid phosphatase in human vanishing bone disease. 369 22

Alterations in the activities of some enzymes in a freshwater catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis, have been examined in liver, kidney, intestine, ovary, gills, and muscles after exposure to 0.26 mg/liter of cadmium for 15, 30, and 60 days. The fish were hyperglycemic and hyperlactemic after 15 and 30 days of exposure. The liver and muscle glycogen content was depleted in the first two periods of exposure. In contrast, 60 days of cadmium treatment increased the glycogen content of the two tissues. Liver lactic acid level was elevated after 15 days. Muscle lactic acid content fell significantly after 15 and 60 days of exposure, but it was elevated after 30 days. Acid phosphatase activity was inhibited in liver, ovary, and gills but the enzyme activity increased in kidney and intestine. The activity of alkaline phosphatase decreased in liver, kidney, and intestine but elevation was recorded in ovary and muscles. In all three exposure periods, hexokinase activity of kidney and ovary was inhibited but the enzyme activity increased in intestine. Hexokinase showed elevation in liver, gills, and muscle after 15 and 30 days of exposure and inhibition after 60 days of exposure. The activity of xanthine oxidase decreased in liver and muscles and elevated in the rest of the tissues. Glutamate dehydrogenase fell significantly in intestine, ovary, and gills. In liver, kidney, and muscles the enzyme activity was elevated. Liver, intestine, gills, and muscles showed elevation in aminoacid oxidase activity. However, the enzyme activity was inhibited in kidney and in ovary.
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PMID:In vivo effects of cadmium on some enzyme activities in tissues of the freshwater catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis. 383 54

Histochemical staining for three hydrolytic enzymes were performed in 35 bone tumours and 43 soft tissue tumours, malignant as well as benign. Osteosarcoma, intra-osseous as well as extra-osseous, revealed characteristic rich staining for alkaline phosphatase, no matter how dedifferentiated the tumour was. Haemangioendothelioma (and normal endothelium), too, showed strong reaction for alkaline phosphatase whereas haemangiopericytoma did not. Alkaline phosphatase furthermore was found in slight to moderate amounts in fibrous proliferations. All other tumours examined were negative. Acid phosphatase was found in almost every tumour investigated except Ewing sarcoma and chondromyxoid fibroma. However, high activity was characteristic of giant cell tumours and malignant fibrous histiocytoma. The inhibition of acid phosphatase by tartrate was complete except in osteosarcoma and giant cell tumours, where only a partial inhibition was seen. There were non-specific esterase reactions in a variety of tumours, but very strong reactions were characteristic of malignant fibrous histiocytoma and giant cell tumours. The reaction could be completely inhibited by the addition of fluoride. In an era of increasing application of immunohistologic techniques in surgical pathology it might be of value to remember that simple enzyme histochemical stainings may provide helpful diagnostic features in the classification of bone and soft tissue tumours.
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PMID:Enzyme histochemical investigations on bone and soft tissue tumours. 398 37

The upper molars of adult Wistar rats were moved lingually by a wire spring for 5 and 9 days. Collagen-containing fibroblasts in the pressure zone caused by the tooth movement were investigated morphologically (forms characterized by type A and type B compartments) and cytochemically (location of acid and alkaline phosphatase activity). The following results were obtained: The distribution of collagen-containing fibroblasts with type A or type B compartments could not be distinguished clearly in either 5-day or 9-day specimens; Acid phosphatase activity was recognized in the Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, and elliptical bodies associated with type B compartments; Alkaline phosphatase activity was positive in the plasma membrane of collagen-containing profiles and in both intracellular and extracellular collagen fibrils. These results suggest that fibroblasts are capable of phagocytosing collagen fibrils in all areas of the cytoplasmic membrane and that digestion of collagen fibrils in fibroblasts may be associated with acid and alkaline phosphatase.
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PMID:Phagocytosis of collagen by fibroblasts incident to experimental tooth movement. 403 1

This research report studies several biochemical and histochemical aspects of cervical carcinoma and explores their use in follow-up of patients undergoing radiotherapy. Material came from 19 patients with invasive cervical carcinoma admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital. A control group consisted of 20 women matched for age who attended clinics at the hospital but were not suffering from any malignant disease; control tissue for histological examination was obtained from 3 women who had undergone hysterectomy for uterine fibroids. Biochemical assays for alkaline and acid phosphatases in patients with cervical carcinoma show an increase in alkaline phosphatase in carcinomatous tissue (35.7 umoles/hr/mg) as opposed to normal tissue (7.2). Acid phosphatase values were only moderately raised. Assays of the same enzymes in blood showed a less marked difference between patients and controls (ranges of 7.5-20.8 and 3-14, respectively). When examined histochemically, increased alkaline phosphatase activity was observed in connective tissue, epithelium of the glands and blood capillaries of tumor tissue. 1 section containing normal tissue bordering carcinomatous tissue demonstrated normal alkaline phosphatase activity in the normal tissue and increased activity in the tumor tissue. In summary, there is increased enzyme activity around the tumor areas, but values for serum levels show an overlap of normal and abnormal cases and are therefore not predictive. Results demonstrate a clear difference in activities of these enzymes in carcinomatous tissue and normal tissue, which may be of value in follow-up care.
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PMID:A clinical, biochemical and histochemical study of carcinoma of the cervix as seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital. 404 35

Age-related change of rat renal brush borders was examined with electron microscopy and biochemical procedures. Total activity of renal brush border enzymes, such as alkaline phosphatase and leucine aminopeptidase in the homogenate, was significantly decreased with age. Acid phosphatase activity and protein content were not significantly changed with age. Specific activity of leucine aminopeptidase in brush border fraction was significantly decreased at a later stage of age. Protein content of brush border fraction was decreased significantly with age. On sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, some of the proteins disappeared during aging. Electron microscopic observations of kidney cortex showed that microvilli of renal brush borders from old rats were observed to be fewer than those from the young; epithelial cells in young rats have more densely packed brush border projections than those in old rats. From these results, it is suggested that during aging renal brush borders are degraded, and that protein components of the brush borders were different between old and young.
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PMID:Age-related change in brush borders of rat kidney cortex. 407 79

Alkaline phosphatase activity was recorded in forty ejaculates of the sperm rich fraction of boar semen as 9,790 +/- 5,250 Klein-Babson-Read units per 100 ml. of seminal plasma. Acid phosphatase activity in the same ejaculates was 681 +/- 304 Babson-Read units per 100 ml. of seminal plasma. No alkaline phosphatase activity was detected in the seminal plasma of vasectomized boars. The pH of the sperm rich fractions was 7.69 +/- 0.33 and the osmotic pressure was 313.56 +/- 7.98 milliosmols.
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PMID:Alkaline and acid phosphatase activity, pH and osmotic pressure of boar semen. 422 80

The concentrations of protein and copper and the activities of acid and alkaline phosphatase and beta-glucuronidase were measured in the uterine fluid of 8 25-38 year old women using the copper-T (Cu-T) 200 device for intrauterine contraception. Specimens were obtained in the proliferative phase on Cycle Days 10-12 of 1 menstrual cycle, and in the secretory phase on Days 20-23 during the next cycle prior to the insertion of the Cu-T, and during the same cycle days in Cycles 2 or 3 or 6 or 7 following insertion. Uterine fluid was obtained by irrigating the uterine cavity with physiological saline, while endometrial biopsies were taken for histological dating of the endometrium. The protein concentration of the uterine washings did not change significantly as a result of the Cu-T insertion. There was a significant difference (p.001) in Cycles 2 or 3 and 6 or 7 following insertion. Acid phosphatase activity was not influenced by the presence of the device. The betaglucuronidase in the fluid obtained during the proliferative phase showed a significant increase (p .001) DURING THE TIME WHEN the device was situ. The device caused a significant increase in the copper concentration in both phases, while the copper level in the blood serum remained unchanged. There was as increased number of white blood cells in the washings obtained during the secretory phase. The increase in the copper concentration of the uterine fluid might be the cause of the Cu-T antifertility effect due to a spermatotoxic and/or blastotoxic effect, as may the enzymic changes and increase of white blood cells.
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PMID:Intrauterine contraception with the copper-T device. 4. Influence on protein and copper concentrations and enzyme activities in uterine washings. 456 82


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