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Query: EC:3.1.3.1 (alkaline phosphatase)
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Several cell lines, originally thought to be derived from a human placenta at term but possibly HeLa-contaminated, have been studied. These cells secrete a protein indistinguishable immunochemically from the alpha subunit of chorionic gonadotropin but not the beta subunit of chorionic gonadotropin or placental lactogen. Complete chorionic gonadotropin was detected but amounted to less than 1% of the level of the alpha subunit. The cells also produce an alkaline phosphatase similar to placental alkaline phosphatase in immunochemical, gel-electrophoretic, and heat-denaturation properties. They induce tumor growth when inoculated into nude mice. These cells are aneuploid and have a model chromosome number of 66. The common HeLa karyologic markers, designated 1, 2, and 3, and A-type glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase are present in these cells. HeLa cells have not previously been shown to secrete the alpha subunit of hCG.
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PMID:Synthesis of alpha subunit of human chorionic gonadotrophin by presumptive HeLa cells. 1 Nov 78

Changes in maternal plasma proteins during pregnancy are now well documented. These changes may be quantitative, as seen in the electrophoretically separated fractions of serum and in the various binding globulins; or they may be represented by the appearance of a protein which is present only in the serum of pregnant women. These include the placental isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase, oxytocinase, human chorionic gonadotropin and the "pregnancy-associated plasma proteins." Other constituents, such as alpha-fetoprotein, salivary amylase, prolactin and the proteins of the "pregnancy zone," which are present in small quantities in non-pregnant women as well as in men, show a substantial increase in concentration in the maternal circulation during pregnancy. An important factor in the etiology of protein changes is the effect of hormones, especially estrogen, on the synthesis and degradation of these proteins. While certain quantitative changes such as those seen in hormone binding proteins may interfere with diagnostic procedures, a number of pregnancy-associated changes in protein composition of the maternal circulation may be used to follow the course of pregnancy by monitoring placental function as well as fetal maturity and well being.
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PMID:Changes in plasma proteins during pregnancy. 7 57

Human placental cells were transformed with wild-type simian virus 40 (SV40) and temperature-sensitive SV40 mutants of the A and B classes. Four criteria for transformation were used: decreased generation time, increased saturation density, increased efficiency of growth on plastic, and ability to overgrow a nontransformed monolayer. Cell lines transformed by tsA mutants lost the transformed phenotype at the restrictive temperature (40 degrees); therefore, the A function of SV40 is required for the maintenance of the transformed phenotype activity, an inhibition of human chorionic gonadotropin synthesis, and an increase in thymidine kinase activity were seen when human placental cells transformed by wild-type or tsB mutants of SV40 were grown at 33 degrees or 40 degrees and when tsA transformants were grown at 33 degrees. When tsA transformants were grown at 40 degrees, alkaline phosphatase activity and human chorionic gonadotropin synthesis were greatly stimulated and thymidine kinase activity was greatly reduced, approximating their levels in the placenta.
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PMID:Human placental cells transformed by tsA mutants of simian virus 40: a model system for the study of placental functions. 20 98

The coincident expression of two structurally distinct isoenzymes of human alkaline phosphatase was demonstrated in two independently derived gestational choriocarcinoma cell lines. These proteins were shown to have enzymatic, antigenic, and physical-chemical properties resembling those of isoenzymes from term placenta and adult liver. The regulation of these isoenzymes has been studied during the exposure of both cell lines to 5-bromodeoxyuridine and dibutyryl cyclic AMP. The responses of the alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes to these agents have also been compared with the response of another protein phenotypic to placenta, the alpha subunit of chorionic gonadotropin. The results show that (i) the separate structural genes coding for placental and liver alkaline phosphatases are regulated in a noncoordinate fashion; (ii) both alkaline phosphatase genes respond independently of the alpha subunit; and (iii) the induction of the placental type isoenzyme occurs via at least two independent pathways.
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PMID:Regulation of alkaline phosphatase expression in human choriocarcinoma cell lines. 21 97

Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase relative score (LAP-RS) and basal body temperature (BBT) as indicators of ovulation during menstrual cycles terminated by normal full-term pregnancies were assessed in 5 cycles terminated by full-term pregnancies. For 3 of the cycles the LAP-RS appeared on the day of luteinizing hormone (LH) surge and 24 hours after the day of maximal total estrogen excretion. For the remaining 2 cycles the LAP-RS peak occurred the day before the LH surge. A wide range of absolute basal and peak LAP values was observed but the ratio between the basal and peak determination was similar (5.8). This suggested that ovulation may be predicted by a sudden increase of LAP-RS to mean values 5 times higher than the basal preovulatory level. BBTs indicated ovulation more than 24 hours after the LH surge in 2 of 5 cycles, indicating that this test is unsatisfactory for the purpose of predicting and pinpointing ovulation. These data were supported by a 2nd group of 6 women who were monitored by LAP-RS throughout their menstrual cycles, and conceived after insemination and administration of human chorionic gonadotropin.
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PMID:Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase relative score and basal body temperature as indicators of ovulation during menstrual cycles terminated by normal full-term pregnancies. 42 85

Leukocyte alkaline phosphatase (LAP) and plasma estradiol (E2) were measured in 56 infertile women treated with clomiphene citrate and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and in 21 infertile women treated with human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) and hCG. Plasma LAP scores were found to correlate significantly with plasma E2 levels in both clomiphene- and hMG-stimulated patients, reflecting the depdence of LAP on the level of circulating plasma estrogens. However, the plasma LAP score failed to distinguish the difference between normal stimulated and hyperstimulated cycles following hMG administration. We conclude that plasma LAP measurements have little value in monitoring ovulation induction therapy.
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PMID:A comparison of leukocyte alkaline phosphatase and plasma estradiol measurements in the monitoring of clomiphene and gonadotropin therapy. 59 May 48

The subcellular distributions of alkaline phosphates I (the major activity of prepubertal mouse ovaries) and alkaline phosphatase Ib (a kinetically distinct isoenzyme induced in large amounts by injection of human chorionic gonadotropin or luteinizing hormone) were studied by differential rate centrifugation and discontinuous density gradient centrifugation of ovarian homogenates from control and gonadotropin-treated mice. The distributions of the two alkaline phosphatases were alike and were similar to those of nucleotidase, Mg2+ -dependent ATPase and Co2+ -stimulated naphthylamidase activities, suggesting that they were associated with plasma-membrane vesicles.
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PMID:Subcellular distribution of a gonadotropin-induced form of mouse ovarian alkaline phosphatase. 100 1

Among 833 cancer patients whose sera were investigated for Regan isoenzyme and among 1,319 cancer patients from a different population whose sera were assayed for human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), those patients with neoplasms of the testis or ovary showed the highest frequency of both placental proteins. Among another 22 patients with ovarian cancer, for whom both placental proteins were measured, 59% showed Regan isoenzyme and 68% showed HCG in ascitic fluids, whereas the figures were 65% and 30%, respectively, for sera. In 55% of both fluids and sera, there was a positive correlation of Regan isoenzyme with HCG (positive or negative). Almost invariably, the ascitic fluid was richer in Regan isoenzyme and HCG than the serum when both were collected on the same day. Progressively increasing levels of each placental protein generally correlated with the spread of the disease, though there were instances when only one was expressed. Evidence indicated the existence of two forms of alkaline phosphatase in ovarian cancer, Regan and non-Regan; the latter was assumed to be of fetal origin. Ultrastructural studies of one ovarian cancer revealed a morphologic entity, i.e., mitochondria enveloped by inverted tubules of endoplasmic reticulum.
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PMID:Regan isoenzyme and human chorionic gonadotropin in ovarian cancer. 123 37

Five-day-old female mice were injected subcutaneously with 100 mug of testosterone benzoate in oil, or with oil only. At various ages thereafter, they received either 5 I.U. human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) per 10 g body weight or saline only, and were killed 24 h later. Alkaline phosphatase activity was measured in whole ovarian homogenates. Neonatal androgenization failed to affect the early phases of ovarian responsiveness, but selectively abolished both the normal rise in alkaline phosphatase which precedes the onset of puberty and the responsiveness of the enzyme to hCG stimulation at this time.
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PMID:Neonatal androgenization: effects of responsiveness of ovarian alkaline phosphatase to gonadotropins. 124 68

During spontaneous or chemically induced differentiation human choriocarcinoma cells express typical characteristics of the normal differentiating trophoblast: 1) increased production of peptide and steroid hormones (chorionic gonadotropin, placental lactogen, estrogens, progesterone); 2) increased activity of cellular alkaline phosphatase; 3) morphological transition from cytotrophoblast to syncytiotrophoblast-like cells; and 4) arrested cell proliferation. Since the extracellular matrix is known to control gene expression we have examined the effects of different substrates composed of matrix macromolecules on the differentiation of BeWo choriocarcinoma cells. Matrices tested were: fibronectin, laminin, collagens type I and type IV, the basement membrane-like complex matrix Matrigel, and a complex matrix extracted from human term placenta. Irrespective of the type of molecule(s), it was consistently found that, whenever the matrix molecules were presented as three-dimensional structures (as opposed to protein coatings on tissue culture plastic) the response of affected differentiation markers monitored was highly pronounced. Morphology was changed from monolayers to rounded colonies, cell proliferation was reduced, and the secretion of chorionic gonadotropin was increased up to tenfold. Heterogeneous effects were observed on progesterone secretion and on the activity of cellular alkaline phosphatase. Cell adhesion to matrix molecules, however, did not depend on the structure of the matrix. This study demonstrates that gene expression in these tumor cells can be modified by extracellular matrix and highlights that not only the presence of effector molecules in the matrix but also the three-dimensional structure of the matrix is important for the induction of differentiation.
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PMID:Modulation of differentiation markers in human choriocarcinoma cells by extracellular matrix: on the role of a three-dimensional matrix structure. 145 63


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