title: Purification and immunochemical characterization of aldehyde dehydrogenase from 2-acetylaminofluorene-induced rat hepatomas.
abstract: 1. A series of aldehyde dehydrogenase isozymes (aldehyde:NAD (P)+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.2.1.5), has been purified from hepatomas induced in Sprague-Dawley rats by 2-acetylaminofluorene. 2. The functional hepatoma-specific aldehyde dehydrogenase isozymes exist as 105 000-dalton dimers composed to two subunits of 53 000 daltons. Isoelectric points of the purified isozymes are 6.9-7.2. 3. Antiserum to these purified hepatoma-specific aldehyde dehydrogenases has been produced and the immunological relationships of these isozymes to their normal liver counterpart have been studied. Results of Ouchterlony double diffusions, agar-gel immunoelectrophoresis and polyacrylamide gel and agar immunoelectrophoresis indicate that anti-hepatoma aldehyde dehydrogenase antiserum cross-reacts with normal liver aldehyde dehydrogenase.
mesh_terms: D015073:2-Acetylaminofluorene; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000201:enzymology*; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D015073:2-Acetylaminofluorene; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases