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Query: EC:3.1.3.1 (alkaline phosphatase)
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By recording the incubation time needed for initial appearance of the red and blue formazans the reliability of the histochemical method for 3beta-HSD was investigated: 1. Prefixation of small tissue blocks with 1% W/V methanol-free formaldehyde (pH=7.2) for up to 30 min preserved morphological integrity as well as maximal enzyme activity. Moreover, the substantivity of formazans and lipids was enhanced. 2. Commercial available glutaraldehyde (pH=7.2) induced SH groups in the tissue (even at 0.1% W/V for 5 min) thereby enhancing the Nothing dehydrogenase reaction. 3. Preextraction of lipids with acetone for 20 min at -30 degree C caused no loss of activity and was an inevitable step if a reliable activity pattern had to be achieved (e.g. in interstitial cells). 4. No diffusion of enzyme was noticed within 30 min of preincubation in phosphate buffer (0.2 M, pH=7.2) at 20 degree C. 5. By using the double-section incubation method no diffusion of 3beta-HSD or rediffusion of NADH or PMSH could be noticed withn 45 min of incubation, provided that low concentrations of NAD (0.1 mg/ml) and PMS (0.003 mg/ml) were balanced against the concentration of Nitro BT (0.5 mg/ml) or Tetranitro BT (1.0mg/ml). 6. The utlity of different inhibitors of alkaline phosphomonoesterase was tested and discussed. 7. By inhibiting alkaline phosphomonoesterase with 0.1 mM of L-p-bromotetramisole or 16 mM of beta-glycerophosphate, 3beta-HSD was shown to be exclusively NAD-linked. 8. Levamisole was a potent inhibitor of NADH-tetrazolium reductase as well as 3 beta-HSD, but not of NADPH-tetrazolium reductase. 9. 3beta-HSD possess SH groups requisite for the activity as this enzyme was totally inhibited by N-ethyl maleimide. 10. Whether alcohol dehydrogenases may use steroids as substrate is discussed; It is concluded that preextraction (by acetone) and/or the use of an inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase (1,10-phenanthroline) has to be performed. 11. Propylene glycol was a poor solvent for all substrates and was itself an excellent substrate for alcohol dehydrogenase. 12. Specifications for the ideal solvent of steroid substrates in the histochemical practice are proposed. DMSO showed to be promising as a steroid solvent (e.g. extraction of formazans was considerably lower as compared to DMF). 13. The utilization of substrates was descending in the following order (using 1 mM and 0.1 ml/ml of either DMF or DMSO): epiandrosterone, methandriol, dehydroepiandrosterone and pregnenolone. 14. If DMSO was used as solvent for pregnenolone (but not for the other substrates tested) an evident increase of activity was recorded as compared to DMF.
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PMID:Histochemistry of 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in rat ovary. I. Amethodological study. 55 64

We investigated the serum activity of the fifth fraction of L-lactate: NAD-oxidoreductase (E.C.1.1.1.27) and serum alkaline phosphatase activity prior to diagnostic curettage in patients with abnormal and atypical endomertial hyperplasia. We also determined them in 75 patients with carcinoma of the endometrium, 80 patients with glandular cystic endometrial hyperplasia and a "normal" control group of 70 patients. In the statistical evaluation we found a significantly high incidence of low AP activity and elevated LDH5 in the group of patients with glandular cystic endometrial hyperplasia, as well as in patients with precancerous lesions of the endometrium and carcinoma of the endometrium. The findings raise the question of whether these changes in the serum activity of the given enzymes are only a response to a given hormonal modulation.
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PMID:Alkaline phosphatase activity in relation to LDH5 (L-lactate: NAD+ - oxidoreductase, E.C.1.1.1.27) in patients with precancerous conditions of the endometrium. 61 58

A histochemical study has been made of the postovulatory follicles of fowl (Gallus domesticus) during their various stages of development and degeneration. The lumen of postovulatory follicle shows granulosa cells at their initial formative stages and both thecal and stromal cells at the later regressive stages. The granulosa and thecal cells develop diffuse lipoproteins, cholesterol-positive lipids and various enzyme activities (delta5-3beta-HSDH, NAD-NADP-diaphorases and alkaline phosphatase), which are indicative of steroidogenesis.
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PMID:Histophysiological studies on the postovulatory follicles of the fowl ovary. 67 57

In the cells of RH, SPEV and HEp-2 lines irradiated with 6.5 mm radiowaves of 1 mW/cm2 flux density the following phenomena were established: activation of succinate dehydrogenase and ATPase; reduction of cytochrome oxidase, NAD- and NADP-diaphorase, acid and alkaline phosphatase activities; repression of 3H-thymidine incorporation in DNA and of 3H-uridine incorporation in RNA; violation of ultrastructure; suppression of cellular proliferation; decrease of mitotic activity; occurrence of pathological forms of mitosis.
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PMID:[Biological oxidation in cells exposed to microwaves in the millimeter range]. 68 31

The structure and histochemistry of the palmar and plantar skin were studied in four adult male marmosets (two Callithrix jacchus and two Callithrix penicillata). In this skin there exist well-developed epidermal ridges, to which are attached one or two ducts of sweat glands. A thick stratum corneum can be seen in the epidermis, while a distinct stratum lucidum cannot be isolated from the other layers. The stratum granulosum is constituted by one or three layers of cells containing keratohyalin granules. Melanin granulations are mainly concentrated in the basal cells of the epidermal ridges. Dendritic melanocytes and amelanotic melanocytes containing alkaline phosphatase are found among the epidermal cells. Glycogen, UDPG-GT and phosphorylases are mainly present in the middle and lower Malpighian cells of the epidermal ridges. Alkaline phosphatase, ATPase, alanyl amino-peptidase and leucine aminopeptidase were absent in the epidermal cells. SDH, cytochrome oxidase, MAO and a certain number of NAD-dependent dehydrogenases (LDH, ADH, MDH, alpha-GPDH, beta-OHBDH and GDH) showed a stronger reactivity in the basal cells and Malpighian layer. The NADP-dependent enzymes (G-6-PDH, 6-PGDH, cis-aconistase and ICDH) were more reactive in the upper Malpighian layer and stratum granulosum. The stratum corneum showed some acid phosphatase and nonspecific esterase reactivity. The collagenous fibers intertwined with a small number of very thin elastic ones and a larger amount of reticular fibers run almost parallel to the epidermal ridges in the papillary body. In the reticular dermis some fibers are disposed transversely to the epidermal ridges. Meissner corpuscles reactive to butyrylcholinesterase, acetylcholinesterase, nonspecific esterase and G-6-PA are disposed at regular intervals and frequently at each side of the epidermal ridges. Pacinian corpuscles were found only in the hypodermis. The eccrine sweat glands contain glycogen, UDPG-GT and phosphorylase in their secretory, ductal and myoepithelial cells. The secretory part shows a uniform reactivity for every dehydrogenase because it contains only one type of cells (clear cells). The intraepidermal segment of the ducts shows a stronger reactivity to nonspecific esterase and NADP-dependent dehydrogenases than the epithelial cells around it.
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PMID:The skin of the palms and soles of the marmosets (Callithrix jacchus and Callithrix penicillata). 82 86

The dermal cells in grey, xanthic, and white goldfish integuments were cytochemically characterized for the following enzymatic activities: tyrosinase, DOPA-oxidase, cytochrome oxidase, monoamine oxidase, peroxidase, non-specific esterase, cholinesterase, NAD-diaphorase, NADP-diaphorase, aryl sulfatase, nucleotide phosphodiesterase, beta-glucuronidase, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, adenosine triphosphatase, thiamine pyrophosphatase, glucose-6-phosphatase, aldolase, as well as succinate, malate, isocitrate, glutamate, glucose-6-phosphate, 6-phosphogluconate, alpha-glycerophosphate, alcohol, lactate, and beta-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenases. It was found that the epidermis was a significant barrier to the access of cytochemical reaction substrates. Removal of the epidermal barrier provided dermal cell localizations of enzymatic activities which were reproducible. Further, alterations in reaction times and temperatures from the mammalian methodology provided conditions fe various integumental cells were compared for possible interrelationships. The basic foundations for future work with the dermis of poikilothermic vertebrates on an experimental basis were established. In addition, a previously undescribed non-pigmented dermal cell, the "x"-cell, was found to have enzymatic characteristics similar to both melanophores and lipophores. The "x"-cell may be the common precursor of both types of pigment cells.
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PMID:Cytochemical characterization of goldfish (Carassius auratus L.) dermis with special reference to the pigment cells. 82 86

A trial was performed in 204 healthy calves (heifers) of the Bohemian Spotted breed in the post-natal period from birth to the age of four months. The activities of the following enzymes in blood plasma were determined: L-aspartate: 2-oxoglutarate: aminotransferase, EC.2.6.1.1. (GOT), L-alanine: oxoglutarate: aminotransferase, EC.2.6.1.2. (GPT), L-lactate: NAD oxidoreductase, EC.1.1.1.27 (LDH), and orthophosphoric acid monoester phosphohydrolase, EC.3.1.3.1. (alkaline phosphatase). The calves were divided into age categories according to the date of birth with an interval of one week. GOT activity in blood plasma increased significantly until the age of eight weeks (from the original value of 1.1708 +/- 0.2598 micronmol ml-1 to 1.8150 +/- 0.6362 micronmol ml-1, with the maximum of 2.0317 +/- 0.7777 micronmol ml-1 of plasma in the sixth week). In the subsequent period the GOT curve has not a characteristic course. While the activity of GOT increased in the first weeks after birth, the activity of GPT showed a significant drop (from the original level of 0.9000 +/- 0.3364 micronmol ml-1 to the minimum of 0.3675 +/- 0.1901 micronmol ml-1 of plasma in the seventh week); from the 10th week on the values rise so that at the end of the period of study they reach almost the same levels as in calves in the first postnatal week. The activity of LDH in blood plasma remains at almost the same level in the first five weeks after birth (between 43.4025 +/- 8.4893 micronmol ml-1 and 46.3792 +/- 14.8952 micronmol ml-1 of plasma); it was at a statistically significantly higher level only in a short period between the 7th and 10th week after birth. The highest values of alkaline phosphatase in blood plasma were recorded at the age of two or three weeks (maximum in the second week 23.9833 +/- 9.0945 micronmol ml-1 of plasma); from the fourth week on, the values of alkaline phosphatase are significantly lower until the end of the test period, ranging betweek 5.3133 +/- 1.6017 micronmol ml-1 and 7.5425 +/- 2.2437 micronmol ml-1 of plasma. Changes conditioned by postnatal development were observed in the development of all the enzymatic activities under study, the greatest changes being observed in alkaline phosphatase.
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PMID:[The development of transaminase activity (SGOT and SGPT), lactate dehydrogenase and alkaline phosphatase in the blood plasma of calves up to the age of 4 months]. 82 94

Fasting serum bile acid (SBA) was measured by the enzymic fluorimetric method coupled with the NAD-resazurin system in 23 controls, 35 asymptomatic carriers of HIs antigen including 4 e antigen carriers and 91 patients with various liver diseases. All GHBs and e antigen carriers showed SBA within the normal range. SBA was most significantly correlated with serum bilirubin (gamma=0.74) and was a more sensitive index for impaired liver function than bilirubin or alkaline phosphatase in 164 radomly chosen samples from the liver disease group. In serial determinations of SBA with reference to GOT, GPT, changing patterns of these two parameters were classified into the parallel type and the discrepant type. Thirty two out of 40 cases with chronic liver disease belonged to the parallel type. SBA remained abnormal even after the normalization of transaminase in 12 out of 20 resolving episodes in cases of the parallel type, regardless of diagnosis. Since SBA changes according to the stage of the disease activity, serial and simultaneous estimation of SBA and GOT, GPT was found to be helpful in the observation of liver diseases. Maximum values of SBA elevation in an endogenous bile acid tolerance test after eating two egg yolks were higher than controls in 4 out of 7 cases with liver disease, who were associated with normal fasting SBA.
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PMID:Evaluation of fluorimetrically estimated serum bile acid in liver disease. 84 3

A simple and sensitive method has been described for the determination of UDPglucuronic acid pyrophosphatase activity. Pyrophosphatase-free alkaline phosphatase preparation is added to the reaction mixture in order to hydrolyze the phosphate esters (UMP and alpha-D-glucuronic acid 1-phosphate) produced by pyrophosphatase. The inorganic phosphate liberated is measured by a modification of Fiske and SubbaRow's method. The phosphatase coupled method is time saving, easy to perform and accurate. It can also be used for pyrophosphatase assays with other nucleotide substrates like UDPglucose, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine, NAD+, NADH, NADP+ and NADPH.
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PMID:UDPglucuronic acid pyrophosphatase assay with the aid of alkaline phosphatase. 84 23

The arcuate nucleus (AN) and the median eminence (ME) of the hypothalamus were investigated in young and ageing female rats. During the estral cycle (EC) the monoamine (MA) content, the monoaminoxidase (MAO), NADP and NAD-diaphorase activities were determined in the AN, and the MA content and the activity of alkaline phosphatase (AP) -- in the ME. In young rats in the proestrus-estrus there was an increase in the activity of the NADP and NAD-diaphorase and of the MA content, but a decrease of the MAO activity. This indicated an intensified function of the nucleus at these stages of the EC. Accumulation of the MA in the ME was noted in the diestrus, while in the proestrus their concentration sharply fell; on the other hand, the activity of the AP was considerably increased. In the ageing rats the dynamics of the indices under study during the EC were largely unchanged. However, the functional activity of the AN proved to increase, and in the ME and elevation of the MA concentration and disturbance of its release from the nerve terminals was seen.
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PMID:[Concentration of monoamines and activity of several enzymes in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus in young and aging rats during the estrous cycle]. 98 11


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