Properties of secretory acid phosphatase from lupin roots under phosphorus-deficient conditions

Author(s):  
Jun Wasaki ◽  
Michiko Ando ◽  
Kenji Ozawa ◽  
Masanori Omura ◽  
Mitsuru Osaki ◽  
...  
1978 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. TENNISWOOD ◽  
PAMELA P. ABRAHAMS ◽  
C. E. BIRD ◽  
A. F. CLARK

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of filtrates from adult rat prostatic tissue showed two bands of acid phosphatase activity. These corresponded to the lysosomal and secretory acid phosphatases. After castration the secretory acid phosphatase disappeared. The specific activity of the enzyme increased from the time of castration to a maximum on day 7 before declining steadily, while the percentage inhibition by tartrate of acid phosphatase increased from control levels to a maximum on day 7 and then decreased to a new steady state by day 15. When 5α-androstane-3β,17β-diol was administered i.p. at a dose of 2 mg/day, starting immediately after castration, the secretory acid phosphatase was retained but the percentage inhibition and the specific activity were both raised above control levels. When this steroid was administered daily starting 7 days after castration the secretory acid phosphatase band on the gels returned more rapidly than with the classical androgens, but the percentage inhibition and specific activity were once again raised. Intraperitoneal administration of 5β-dihydrotestosterone, at a dose of 2 mg/day, did not maintain the secretory acid phosphatase activity which disappeared by day 5. However, the specific activity of acid phosphatase and the percentage inhibition by tartrate were both raised throughout the experiment. If this steroid was given 7 days after castration, the percentage inhibition by tartrate did not respond and fell to the level seen in castrated rats. The specific activity, however, remained significantly above the level found in castrated control rats.


2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Wasaki ◽  
Hayato Maruyama ◽  
Miho Tanaka ◽  
Takuya Yamamura ◽  
Hiraki Dateki ◽  
...  

1997 ◽  
Vol 43 (sup1) ◽  
pp. 981-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Wasaki ◽  
Michiko Ando ◽  
Kenji Ozawa ◽  
Masanori Omura ◽  
Mitsuru Osaki ◽  
...  

1978 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-NP ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. TENNISWOOD ◽  
PAMELA P. ABRAHAMS ◽  
C. E. BIRD ◽  
A. F. CLARK

Acid phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.2) activity was examined for its possible utilization as a biochemical marker for the profound changes that occur in the prostate gland after castration. Tissue filtrates were prepared from the prostate glands of mature male rats at various times after castration. The acid phosphatase activity was characterized by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and the percentage inhibition in the presence of tartrate. Prostatic acid phosphatase from mature rats has been shown to have two bands of activity, a lysosomal acid phosphatase and a secretory acid phosphatase. After castration, there was a loss of the secretory acid phosphatase from gel electrophoresis patterns by day 5 and a corresponding rise in the percentage inhibition by tartrate from the normal value of 43·2% to a maximum of 55·4% on day 7. Between days 7 and 15 there was a linear decrease in the percentage inhibition by tartrate, but after day 15 the value did not change significantly from 31·1% After castration, the specific activity of the uninhibited enzyme increased from a normal basal level of 2·16 μmol h−1 mg protein−1 to a maximum on day 7 of 8·10 μmol h−1 mg protein−1. After this time, the specific activity decreased slowly until it reached a normal level on day 21. Intraperitoneal administration of testosterone, 5α-dihydrotestosterone or 5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol at a dose of 2 mg/day and starting immediately after castration prevented the changes in percentage inhibition by tartrate and the loss of the secretory band of acid phosphatase. Administration of these androgens from day 7 after castration led to a decrease in the percentage inhibition from 50·1% to a minimum of 31·5% before the level returned to the normal value found in the mature rat. The secretory band of acid phosphatase, which was not present in gels at day 7, reappeared after 8–11 days of treatment with androgens. Of the androgens used,5α- androstane-3α,17β-diol was the most potent.


1979 ◽  
Vol &NA; (141) ◽  
pp. 295???302
Author(s):  
EDWARD F. MCCARTHY ◽  
JOS?? A. SERRANO ◽  
HANNAH L. WASSERKRUG ◽  
HOWARD D. DORFMAN

Author(s):  
O. T. Minick ◽  
E. Orfei ◽  
F. Volini ◽  
G. Kent

Hemolytic anemias were produced in rats by administering phenylhydrazine or anti-erythrocytic (rooster) serum, the latter having agglutinin and hemolysin titers exceeding 1:1000.Following administration of phenylhydrazine, the erythrocytes undergo oxidative damage and are removed from the circulation by the cells of the reticulo-endothelial system, predominantly by the spleen. With increasing dosage or if animals are splenectomized, the Kupffer cells become an important site of sequestration and are greatly hypertrophied. Whole red cells are the most common type engulfed; they are broken down in digestive vacuoles, as shown by the presence of acid phosphatase activity (Fig. 1). Heinz body material and membranes persist longer than native hemoglobin. With larger doses of phenylhydrazine, erythrocytes undergo intravascular fragmentation, and the particles phagocytized are now mainly red cell fragments of varying sizes (Fig. 2).


Author(s):  
José A. Serrano ◽  
Hannah L. Wasserkrug ◽  
Anna A. Serrano ◽  
Arnold M. Seligman

As previously reported (1, 2) phosphorylcholine (PC) is a specific substrate for prostatatic acid phosphatase (PAP) as opposed to other acid phosphatases, e.g., lysosomal acid phosphatase. The specificity of PC for PAP is due to the pentavalent nitrogen in PC, a feature that renders PC resistant to hydrolysis by all other acid phosphatases. Detailed comparative cytochemical results in rat tissues are in press. This report deals with ultracytochemical results applying the method to normal and pathological human prostate gland.Fresh human prostate was obtained from 7 patients having transurethral resections or radical prostatectomies. The tissue was fixed in 3% glutaraldehyde- 0.1 M cacodylate buffer (pH 7.4) for 15 min, sectioned at 50 μm on a Sorvall TC-2 tissue sectioner, refixed for a total of 2 hr, and rinsed overnight in 0.1 M cacodylate buffer (pH 7.4)-7.5% sucrose.


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