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Query: EC:3.2.1.21 (beta-glucosidase)
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Liver tissue cirrhosis, developed in rats after long-term administration of CCl4, led to distinct increase in activities of acid phosphatase, acid DNAase, cathepsin D, beta-galactosidase and beta-glucosidase. When the treatment with the hepatotropic toxins was stopped activity of lysosomal enzymes decreased slightly but was maintained at the high level. Within a day after a single administration of choriogonine distinct decrease as compared with the controls in activity of all the acid hydrolases studied was found. Within subsequent periods the lysosomal enzymes activity continued to decrease and within 2 months after the choriogonine treatment it was distinctly lower as compared with control animals.
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PMID:[Effect of choriogonine on the enzymatic activity of lysosomes in the cirrhotic liver in the rat]. 681 64

The optimal reaction condition and kinetic properties of 8 lysosomal hydrolases in rabbit cornea determined with the use of fluorogenic derivatives of 4-methylumbelliferone are described. The enzymes studied were alpha- and beta-glucosidase alpha- and beta-galactosidase, alpha-mannosidase, beta-acetylglucosaminidase, beta-glucuronidase and acid phosphatase. Sodium taurocholate was an essential requirement for beta-glucosidase activity. Approximately the same pH optimum values, Michaelis-Menten constants and sensitivity to inhibitors were found as by other investigators in other tissues. The reaction conditions described in this report can be used for studying the influence of physical chemical, viral, bacterial agents etc. on the cornea and further also for the diagnosis of eventual lysosomal storage diseases.
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PMID:Characterization and quantification of acid phosphatase and glycoside hydrolases in rabbit cornea. 681 28

Some hydrolytic enzyme activities, mainly typical of lysosomal localization, have been determined in blood sera from patients who ingested a rapeseed oil (denatured with anilines and treated by a thermal process), and in healthy subjects. beta-N-Acetylglucosaminidase, beta-D-glucosidase, beta-D-glucuronidase, alpha-L-fucosidase and leucine aminopeptidase activities were significantly higher when compared with controls (p less than 0.001); higher activities but not significant (p less than 0.2) differences were found for alpha-D-mannosidase and alkaline phosphatase. In contrast, beta-D-galactosidase, alpha-D-galactosidase, acid phosphatase and lipase showed lower activities than controls. The significance of these results is discussed.
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PMID:Hydrolytic enzyme activities, mainly from lysosomal localization, in sera from patients who ingested a toxic oil. 683 4

Polymorphonuclear leucocytes were isolated from pig blood relatively free from other cells and were characterised biochemically and morphologically and compared with human PMNLs. The activities of 16 enzymes of porcine and human PMNLs were measured and compared. Alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, phosphodiesterase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, NADH-cytochrome c oxidoreductase, malate dehydrogenase and acetylcholinesterase had higher specific activities in procine than in human cells. Alkaline phosphatase has an 87-fold higher specific activity in porcine than in human cells. beta-glucuronidase, lysozyme, beta-galactosidase, N-acetyl-glucosaminidase, beta-glucosidase, myeloperoxidase and catalase had higher specific activities in human than in porcine cells. beta-glucuronidase and myeloperoxidase showed over a 1000- and a 13-fold higher specific activity, respectively, in human than in porcine cells. Porcine PMNLs are readily available in large numbers and are recommended for studies of phagocytosis, chemotaxis and membrane biochemistry.
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PMID:Biochemical characterisation of porcine polymorphonuclear leucocytes: comparison with human polymorphonuclear leucocytes. 687 22

Nine tumour lines with different developmental capacities were derived from spontaneous as well as from one induced teratocarcinoma: three teratocarcinoma-derived rhabdomyosarcomas TDR 602, TDR 694, and TDR 114; two teratocarcinoma-derived neuroblastomas TDN 2151 and TDN 2283; two teratocarcinoma-derived endodermal tumours TDE 274 and TDE 113; one multipotential teratocarcinoma OTT 2289, and one undifferentiated teratocarcinoma OTT 2158. Quantitative analyses of ten catabolic enzymes, i.e. alkaline and acid phosphatase, alpha- and beta-galactosidase, alpha- and beta-glucosidase, alpha-mannosidase, alpha-fucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, and hexosaminidase were carried out at the 20-cell level, and specific enzyme activity profiles were established for each of the tumour lines studied. These profiles may be used for the biochemical identification of a tumour type at the single cell level in addition to morphological and biological criteria.
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PMID:Enzyme activity profiles in mouse teratocarcinomas. A quantitative ultramicroscale analysis. 687 24

Homogenates of liver from cases of hepatic cirrhosis due to alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency (PiZZ) alcoholism were analyzed for their content of various lysosomal enzymes. Also determined were the specific activities of lactate dehydrogenase, glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase, glutamate-pyruvate transaminase, and creatine phosphokinase in the extracts of liver from cases of both kinds of hepatic cirrhosis: all of these activities were within the range of control values. Similarly, the specific activities of the following lysosomal hydrolases were unremarkable: acid phosphatase, beta-mannosidase, beta-fucosidase, beta-glucuronidase and beta-glucosidase. Hexosaminidase specific activity was increased twofold in livers from the cases of cirrhosis due to alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency. The specific activity of alpha-mannosidase (measured at pH 4.5) in homogenates of livers from PiZZ individuals with cirrhosis and those with alcoholic cirrhosis was increased two- to four-fold. Chromatography of the high-speed supernatant fraction from homogenates of livers of cirrhotic and noncirrhotic individuals on columns of DEAE-cellulose resolved alpha-mannosidase activity into two components: under the conditions employed, acid pH optimum (pH 4.5) alpha-mannosidase did not bind to the resin, whereas intermediate pH optimum (pH 5.5) alpha-mannosidase could be eluted with 0.1 mol/l NaCl. Liver from one case of (PiZZ) alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency and emphysema, without demonstrable cirrhosis, was found to contain normal levels of both acid alpha-mannosidase and intermediate alpha-mannosidase. However, cases of cirrhosis due to alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency contained twice as much acid alpha-mannosidase and only one third to one fourth as much intermediate alpha-mannosidase as controls. The deficiency in hepatic intermediate alpha-mannosidase was also observed in 5 of 5 cases of alcoholic cirrhosis.
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PMID:Altered alpha-mannosidase isoenzymes in the liver in hepatic cirrhosis. 697 51

Administration to rabbits of hydrocortisone (8 mg/kg) and adrenaline (0.3 ml of 0.1% solution) during mild dithizone diabetes simulated hormonal reconstructions of the body exposed to stress. Activation of the cellular lysosomal apparatus occurs in such hormonal situation. In the liver this in manifested by an increase in the acid phosphatase, cathepside D, and beta-glucosidase free activity and by reduction in the resistance of lysosomal membranes to the effect of osmotic shock. Increase in the total acid hydrolase activity was detected in the cardiac and skeletal muscles.
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PMID:[Effect of glucocorticoids and catecholamines on the state of the tissue lysosomal apparatus in rabbits with experimental diabetes]. 706 51

The authors performed a comparative biochemical study of some enzymes of lysosomic origin (hyaluronidase, N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase, beta-glucosidase, beta-galatosidase and acid phosphatase), of the state of enzyme substrate system N-acetylneuraminic acid---aldolase of neuramic acid and of the activity of lactatedehydrogenase (soluble in cytosol and bound on mitochodria) in the liver, lungs and blood serum of rats at various regimens of the inhalation action of CCl4. On the basis of results obtained they determined the biological importance of the change of activity of enzymes differently localized in cells at the adaptation of an organisme to the noxious action of CCl4.
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PMID:The influence of tetrachloromethane on subcellular structures of rat hepatocyte lysosomal and cytoplasmic enzymes of the liver, lungs and blood serum of rats during continuous and intermittent action of tetrachloromethane. 719 Sep 85

To study the role of lysosomal enzymes in glomeruli, we examined specific activities of lysosomal hydrolases in isolated glomeruli and, for comparison in isolated tubules, from rat kidney cortex of normal animals and animals with puromycin aminonucleoside nephrosis (PAN). Nephrotic syndrome was induced in rats by a single intraperitoneal injection of aminonucleoside and the rats were sacrificed at the time of peak proteinuria. Colloidal iron staining of renal cortex demonstrated decreased staining for the epithelial polyanion in animals with PAN. Lysosomal enzymes were determined by fluorogenic and colorimetric methods. In normal kidney, total specific activities of cathepsin beta 1, beta-2-fucosidase, acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, and arylsulfatase were lower in glomeruli compared with tubules and with tissue slices of the same kidney. Total activity of acid phosphatase was higher in glomeruli than tubules. In glomeruli of PAN rats, there were lower activities of N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, D-fucosidase, beta-glucosidase, beta-glucoronidase, and arylsulfatase compared with control rats. Activity of acid phosphatase, on the other hand, was higher in glomeruli of PAN than control rats. All differences were statistically significant. These studies demonstrate that (1) activities of lysosomal enzymes in normal glomeruli and in glomeruli of nephrotic rats have a property distinct from the rest of the kidney, and (2) the specific activities of lysosomal hydrolases are altered in glomeruli of rats with PAN. These studies suggest that changes in activities of lysosomal enzymes may be related to pathogenesis of this glomerulopathy.
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PMID:Activities of lysosomal enzymes in isolated glomeruli. Alterations in experimental nephrosis. 732 25

The purpose of the present study was to determine the role of cardiac lysosomal enzymes in the pathogenesis of the cardiomyopathy that develops in the genetically diabetic C57BL/KsJ db+/db+ mice. Db+/db+ mice and littermate controls were sacrificed as age-matched pairs between 5 and 26 weeks of age. C57BL/6J ob/ob mice and littermates served as other controls. Following anesthesia, the hearts were excised, homogenized, and the following enzymatic activities measured: N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase, N-acetyl-beta-galactosaminidase, beta-glucosaminidase, aryl sulfatase, alpha-mannosidase, alpha-glucosidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-glucosidase, total rho-nitrophenyl phosphatase, acid phosphatase. and 5'-phosphodiesterase type IV. There is a progressive decrease in cardiac lysosomal enzyme activities of db+/db+ mice for the period 5 to 21 weeks of age. All enzyme activity is depressed significantly during the 9- to 21-week interval: alpha-glucosidase, beta-glucosidase, alpha-mannosidase, beta-galactosidase, acid phosphatase, N-acetyl-beta-galactosaminidase, 5'-phosphodiesterase type IV, and total rho-nitrophenyl phosphatase are reduced approximately 10 to 20 per cent, whereas beta-glucosaminidase, aryl sulfatase, and N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase are decreased almost 40 to 50 per cent. In contrast, cardiac lysosomal enzymic activity in the ob/ob mice does not differ significantly from controls aside from aryl sulfatase (20 per cent decrease) and beta-glucosidase (10 per cent decrease). This decrease in lysosomal enzyme activity can explain the accumulation of large residual bodies and interstitial material that occurs in the myocardium of the db+/db+ animals as part of the cardiomyopathy.
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PMID:Lysosomal enzymes in the heart of the genetically diabetic mouse. 742 Nov 26


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