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Localization and cytophotometric analysis of cathepsin B activity in unfixed and undecalcified cryostat sections of whole rat knee joints
CJ Van Noorden, IM Vogels and RE Smith
Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, The Netherlands.
Cathepsin B activity is demonstrated histochemically with a post- coupling method using Z-Arg-Arg-4-methoxy-2-naphthylamide as substrate and Fast Blue BB as coupling reagent in unfixed and undecalcified cryostat sections of whole rat knee joints. Sections were attached to transparent tape to keep the integrity of the tissue intact, such attachment being essential for precise precipitation of the final reaction product at sites of enzyme activity. Also essential was inclusion of polyvinyl alcohol in the enzyme incubation medium. High cathepsin B activity was found in osteoclasts, chondrocytes, fibroblasts, synovial cells, and bone marrow cells in knee joints after induction of arthritis. The final reaction product was precipitated as fine cytoplasmic granules probably corresponding to lysosomes. The reaction was specific because addition to the incubation medium of selective inhibitors of cathepsin B-like activity completely blocked the activity. The amount of final reaction product in synovium and in bone marrow cells was analyzed cytophotometrically. Specific formation of final reaction product was linear with incubation time up to 60 min at 37 degrees C and with section thickness up to 12 microns. Variation of the substrate concentration in the incubation medium revealed a KM value of 1.86 +/- 0.36 mM in synovial cells and 2.48 +/- 0.51 mM in bone marrow cells and Vmax values (expressed as mean integrated absorbance) of 1.18 +/- 0.10 in synovial cells and 1.02 +/- 0.11 in bone marrow cells. Both KM and Vmax values were significantly different in synovial cells and bone marrow cells (p less than 0.01) which could be owing to the presence of different isoenzymes in these tissues. We conclude that the described post-coupling method is sufficient to yield precise localization and that the method is valid for quantitative purposes.
Volume 37,
Issue 5,
pp. 617-624,
05/01/1989
Copyright © 1989 by The Histochemical Society
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