ISSN:
1434-0879
Keywords:
Enolase
;
Isozymes
;
Rat
;
Renal neoplasms
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Concentrations of enolase isozymes in normal kidney and renal cell tumors in rats were determined using a highly sensitive enzyme immunoassay, and the isozymes were immunohistochemically localized in tissue sections. Levels of α-enolase in renal cell turnors were significantly lower than in normal kidney, whereas those of γ-enolase were significantly elevated (mean ±SD:211±129 ng/mg protein, n=15, as compared to 27.1±2.9 ng/mg protein, n=7). The proportion of γ-enolase in the total enolases in the tumor tissues (1.6±0.5%) was significantly higher than in normal kidney (0.15±0.005). Immunohistochemistry revealed epithelial cells of all nephron segments to be positive for the α-isozyme, whereas γ-enolase staining was strongly positive only in the loops of Henle, being faint in the distal tubules and absent in the proximal tubules. Both α- and γ-enolases demonstrated positive immunostaining in all of the seven renal cell tumors studied. These findings indicate that an isozyme switch from α- to γ-enolase occurs during rat kidney carcinogenesis, taking into account the derivation from proximal tubules, consistent with the findings for renal cell carcinomas in man.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00389796
