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Molecular forms of beta-hexosaminidase and cathepsin D in serum and urine of healthy subjects and patients with elevated activity of lysosomal enzymes.

Abstract
A procedure is described that allows the characterization of the molecular forms of beta-hexosaminidase and cathepsin D in controls and pathological specimens of human serum and human urine. The following observations were made. (1) In human serum, beta-hexosaminidase (alpha- and beta-chain) and cathepsin D are present predominantly in their high-molecular-weight precursor forms. In human urine, these enzymes exist as both precursor and mature forms. (2) Cathepsin D precursor from serum and urine differs in the number of oligosaccharides that are sensitive to endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase H. Therefore the urine enzyme is not likely to originate from the serum. (3) The presence exclusively of precursors of beta-hexosaminidase and of cathepsin D in the sera of patients with hepatitis suggests that in hepatitis secretion of lysosomal enzymes is elevated, rather than the enzymes leaking from damaged cells. (4) In the urine of patients with nephrotic syndrome, beta-hexosaminidase and cathepsin D are present in grossly elevated amounts, but do not differ in the polypeptide patterns from controls. (5) In urine from a patient with mucolipidosis II, the elevated activity of beta-hexosaminidase is accounted for mainly by the precursor forms. Mature beta-chain of beta-hexosaminidase is lacking, and incompletely processed beta-hexosaminidase polypeptides are present. Both the precursor and the mature forms of cathepsin D are increased. They contain only complex oligosaccharides.
AuthorsM Zühlsdorf, M Imort, A Hasilik, K von Figura
JournalThe Biochemical journal (Biochem J) Vol. 213 Issue 3 Pg. 733-40 (Sep 01 1983) ISSN: 0264-6021 [Print] England
PMID6225425 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Enzyme Precursors
  • Hexosaminidases
  • beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases
  • Cathepsins
  • Cathepsin D
Topics
  • Cathepsin D
  • Cathepsins (blood, metabolism, urine)
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Enzyme Precursors (blood, urine)
  • Hexosaminidases (blood, metabolism, urine)
  • Humans
  • Liver (enzymology)
  • Liver Diseases (enzymology)
  • Lysosomes (enzymology)
  • Mucolipidoses (enzymology)
  • Nephrotic Syndrome (enzymology)
  • beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases

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