Studies on uterine collagenase in tissue culture. I. Relationship of enzyme production to collagen metabolism.
Studies on uterine collagenase in tissue culture. I. Relationship of enzyme production to collagen metabolism.
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组织培养子宫胶原酶的研究。
DOI:
10.1016/0304-4165(71)90101-2
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发表时间:
1971
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A. Eisen
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作者:
J. Jeffrey;R. Coffey;A. Eisen
Post-partum rat uterine tissue in culture produces a specific collagenase, active against native collagen under physiologic conditions of pH and ionic strength. Tissue which actively produces collagenase does so for up to 10 days in culture. Collagenase activity in the medium of cultures in maximal when the uterus is removed from the animal within the first 72 h after parturition. After this time, enzyme activity is undetectable. This period corresponds to the time during which collagen is rapidly degraded in the uterusin vivo. Enzyme production is closely correlated with collagen degradation in culture as well. Concomittant with active collagenase synthesis is the loss of 85% of the tissue collagen into the medium, mostly in the form of hydroxyproline-containing peptides of less than 50 000 mol. wt., indicating that collagen is largely proteolytically degraded during post-partum involution. Inhibition of enzyme production in the cultures by puromycin or freeze-thawing also prevents collagen degradation in the tissue, suggesting that this enzyme is required for normal collagen metabolism in the uterus.