title: Cytosolic 20 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity in spontaneous neoplasms in the dog and cat.
abstract: Steroid-producing tissues such as ovary, placenta, testis and adrenal gland and non-steroid-producing cells including lymphocytes are known to contain 20 alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (20 alpha-HSD). In the present study, we measured and partially characterized the 20 alpha-HSD in 11 neoplastic tissues surgically removed from dogs and a cat. The tissues were pathologically classified as 4 benign and 7 malignant. The enzyme activities in the cytoplasmic fraction were positive in 6 of the 7 malignant tissues and 2 of the 4 benign ones. Following DEAE chromatography analysis of 2 malignant tumour samples, multiple forms of enzyme activities with different electric charges were detected. Furthermore, 20 alpha-HSD activity in the cytosol fraction from malignant tumours was increased dramatically by passage through the DEAE column, suggesting that the enzyme is present in the cytosol as an inactive or sequestered form.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular Biochemistry, Veterinary Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiota
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: J X
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Guang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D015089:20-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000032:analysis*; D043607:20-alpha-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000662:veterinary; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000201:enzymology*; D002415:Cats; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000201:enzymology*; D004285:Dogs; D007728:Kupffer Cells; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000662:veterinary; D015674:Mammary Neoplasms, Animal / Q000201:enzymology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D015089:20-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; D043607:20-alpha-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase