ULTRAHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF DISTRIBUTION OF ACID AND ALKALINE-PHOSPHATASES IN PLACENTAE FROM NORMAL AND COMPLICATED PREGNANCIES
ULTRAHISTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF DISTRIBUTION OF ACID AND ALKALINE-PHOSPHATASES IN PLACENTAE FROM NORMAL AND COMPLICATED PREGNANCIES
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DOI:
10.1002/path.1711180303
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
FOX, H
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作者:
JONES, CJP;FOX, H
The subcellular localization of acid and alkaline phosphatase was studied in the trophoblast of human placentae from both normal and complicated pregnancies. In placentae from uncomplicated pregnancies the number of trophoblastic acid-phosphatase-containing organelles decreases progressively as gestation proceeds, while alkaline-phosphatase activity, although abundant at term, could not be demonstrated during the early stages of pregnancy. The acid-phosphatase-containing organelles are of 2 types: one is a small round body which is probably a lysosome; the other is a multivesicular body. The alkaline phosphatase is distributed mainly on the syncytial microvilli and plasma membrane. The marked lysosomal activity during early pregnancy is possibly related to the architectural refashioning of the placenta during this period; there are 2 phosphatase-linked transfer systems in the trophoblast, one dependent upon acid-phosphatase-containing multivesicular bodies and being utilized during early pregnancy and the other reliant upon alkaline phosphatase and dominating during the 2nd half of gestation. In placentae from prolonged pregnancies there is a further decrease in trophoblastic acid phosphatase and, usually, a continuing increase in alkaline-phosphatase activity. In placentae from babies of low birth weight this trend is sometimes reversed and alkaline-phosphatase activity either disappears or its reaction product diffuses throughout the syncytium; this is usually accompanied by a marked increase in the number of acid-phosphatase-containing multivesicular bodies. Placentae from women with pre-eclampsia show no loss of alkaline-phosphatase activity but are characterized by an increased number of lysosomal bodies.