Immunocytochemical studies of aromatase in early and full-term human placental tissues: comparison with biochemical assays.
Immunocytochemical studies of aromatase in early and full-term human placental tissues: comparison with biochemical assays.
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早期和足月人胎盘组织中芳香酶的免疫细胞化学研究:与生化测定的比较。
DOI:
10.1095/biolreprod41.5.889
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发表时间:
1989
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Brodie,AM
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作者:
Inkster,SE;Brodie,AM
An immunocytochemical method for visualizing the aromatase P450enzyme with a specific monoclonal antibody has been developed for use with unfixed, frozen tissue sections. We compared both monoclonal and polyclonal aromatase-specific antibodies and found that placental aromatase was consistently and exclusively located in the syncytiotrophoblast layer of chorionic villi. The monoclonal antibody had the highest affinity, with negligible associated background stain. Fixation was found to impair stain reaction. Examination of first trimester and term placentae revealed identical immunostaining patterns of similar intensity in 9 of 10 samples.The immunostain reactions of first trimester and term placentae were compared with their respective microsomal aromatase activity, determined simultaneously by both indirect radiometric tritiated water (3H2O) assay, and direct product isolation by HPLC, using [1, 2, 6, 7−3H] androstenedione as substrate. The two assays were found to be comparable for enzyme activity estimates of term placental specimens. However, when first trimester specimens were analyzed, the direct-product measurements were significantly larger than the corresponding3H2O assay results. Nonetheless, biochemical aromatase activity was found to correlate positively with immunostain reaction. Although 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity was not directly measured, differences in the estradiol:estrone product ratio (2.49 ± 0.68 first trimester vs. 0.89 ± 0.15 term) suggest differential control of this enzyme at the two stages of pregnancy. One first trimester specimen with an atypical, patchy immunostain distribution also had extremely low aromatase activity. The results indicate that both antibodies recognize functional aromatase enzyme and suggest that immunocytochemical detection is a sensitive, qualitative technique for investigating this important steroidogenic enzyme.
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发表时间:
1984
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影响因子:
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作者:
H. Matsuda;H. Fujita;K. Ishimura;Y. Osawa
通讯作者:
Y. Osawa
DOI:
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发表时间:
1976
期刊:
Journal of Steroid Biochemistry
影响因子:
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作者:
A. Brodie;W. C. Schwarzel;H. Brodie
通讯作者:
H. Brodie
DOI:
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发表时间:
1986
期刊:
Journal of Steroid Biochemistry
影响因子:
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作者:
A. Chabab;J. Nicolas;C. Sultan
通讯作者:
C. Sultan
DOI:
10.1016/s0021-9258(18)61668-0
发表时间:
1987
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
影响因子:
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作者:
D. Hagerman
通讯作者:
D. Hagerman
影响因子:
2.7
作者:
J. Canick;K. Ryan
通讯作者:
K. Ryan