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Tissue and cellular distribution of alpha-L-iduronidase in the pig

H Sakuda, A Kusaba, T Ohshita and T Iwamasa

Department of Surgery, Ryukyu University School of Medicine, Okinawa, Japan.

We investigated the alpha-L-iduronidase activity of various pig tissues. Furthermore, we examined the tissues using antibody, enzyme immunoassay (EIA), and immunohistochemical methods. The amounts of enzyme measured by the EIA method in the various tissues were proportional to their enzyme activities and also to their immunohistochemical characteristics. The tissues could thus be classified into three groups: a high enzyme activity group composed of the liver, kidney, and spleen; a moderate activity group comprising the lung, lymph nodes, stomach, ileum, colon, and pancreas; and a low activity group consisting of the heart, diaphragm, iliopsoas muscle, cerebrum, cerebellum, and skin. The molecular weight of the enzyme in each tissue did not reveal any heterogeneity, having two components of 70 KD and 62 KD by Western blot analysis. Immunohistochemically, alpha- L-iduronidase was strongly detected in the lysosomal membranes of cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system, epithelial cells of the proximal tubules in the kidney, and some blastic cells, whereas hepatocytes revealed weak positive reactions. The tissue and cellular distribution of the enzyme appeared to have a close relation to tissues that manifest or are affected by alpha-L-iduronidase deficiency.

Volume 38, Issue 6, pp. 785-792, 06/01/1990
Copyright © 1990 by The Histochemical Society


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