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Query: EC:3.1.3.5 (5'-nucleotidase)
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Interest in the role of mononuclear phagocytes in glomerulonephritis (GN) and in defining markers of renal neoplasms led the authors to study alpha-naphthyl acetate/butyrate esterase (ANAE/ANBE), alkaline phosphatase (AlkP), acid phosphatase (AcP), 5'-nucleotidase (5'N), and ATPase (ATP) activity in paraformaldehyde-fixed, plastic-embedded renal tissue from patients with a variety of pathologic conditions. These conditions included GN, renal tumors, and transplant rejection. Enzymatic staining for ANAE, ANBE, AcP, AlkP, and ATP was generally confined to tubules and collecting ducts in normal kidney. Nine of 10 cases of renal carcinoma had weakly to strongly positive reactions with AlkP, AcP, and ANAE; 9 of 10 cases of Wilms' tumor showed weakly positive reactions with AcP and ANAE, particularly in tubular structures. Severely damaged kidney allografts showed surprising retention of normal histochemical features. In all cases 5'N stained both glomerular capillaries and interstitial vasculature; ATPase and AlkP stained interstitial vessels only. Plastic embedding provides superb preservation of both microscopic anatomy and enzymatic activity, which may allow utilization of enzyme histochemistry for diagnostic and research purposes.
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PMID:Enzyme histochemistry in plastic-embedded sections of normal and diseased kidneys. 258 40

The effect of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and butyrate, agents which induce differentiation of certain cancer cells, on membrane associated 5'-nucleotidase (5'-NT) of 2 human renal carcinoma cell lines (Cur and Caki) was investigated. Under a variety of conditions of agent addition, 5'-NT specific activity increased in Cur and decreased in Caki cells. This opposite response pattern was observed for assays performed on lysates at pH 9.0 and 7.4 and assays with intact cell monolayers, even under conditions of identical cellular growth inhibition. It is concluded that the cell lines responded in a fundamentally different way to the chemical agents. An increase in 5'-NT has correlated with cell maturation for a number of processes. The DMSO induced increase in Cur 5'-NT was dependent on protein synthesis.
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PMID:Effect of dimethylsulfoxide and butyrate on 5'-nucleotidase of human renal carcinoma cells. 609 92