Expression of pyruvate kinase M2 in preneoplastic hepatic foci of N-nitrosomorpholine-treated rats
Expression of pyruvate kinase M2 in preneoplastic hepatic foci of N-nitrosomorpholine-treated rats
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10.1007/s004280050330
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发表时间:
1999-03-01
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Eigenbrodt, E
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Steinberg, P;Klingelhöffer, A;Eigenbrodt, E
The expression of the pyruvate kinase (PK) isoenzymes L and M-2 was analysed in the livers of rats treated with the hepatocarcinogenic agent N-nitrosomorpholine (NNM) in the drinking water. In control animals L-PK expression was restricted to liver parenchymal cells, whereas M-2-PK was detected in bile duct epithelial, blood vessel wall, endothelial and Kupffer cells. In rats treated with NNM proliferating oval cells were consistently L-PK negative and M-2-PK positive, while the ductal cells of cholangiofibroses were clearly L-PK positive and coexpressed M-2-PK. However, no morphological differentiation of ductal cells into hepatocyte-like cells was observed. In the clear and acidophilic cell foci storing glycogen in excess strong staining for L-PK was observed. In glycogen-poor foci induced by NNM a shift from L-PK to M-2-PK expression takes place.