title: Activity of some lysosomal enzymes in peritoneal macrophages of patients with end-stage renal failure treated by intermittent peritoneal dialysis.
abstract: Acid phosphatase, beta-D-Glucuronidase and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase were assessed cytochemically in peritoneal macrophages obtained from 50 patients with end-stage renal failure treated by intermittent peritoneal dialysis and from 30 control subjects with normal renal function. A statistically significant increase in beta-D-glucuronidase activity accompanied by a decrease in acid phosphatase activity were observed in peritoneal macrophages of dialysed patients, as compared with the control group. In patients with dialysis-associated peritonitis, the activity of N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase was significantly higher than that observed in the same patients during the complication-free period of the treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Medical Academy, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sułowicz
mesh_terms: D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000328:Adult; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000628:therapy; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000201:enzymology*; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D005966:Glucuronidase; D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase