title: 5'-Nucleotidase activity in cultured rat leptomeninges.
abstract: By means of a cytochemical procedure, 5'-nucleotidase activity was demonstrated in rat leptomeninges explanted to in vitro conditions. In organotypic type of culture, the enzyme activity was present on the membranes of cell bodies and their processes. High enzymatic activity was due to the cell-to-cell contact and also to pinocytosis and enhanced metabolism of nucleotides in meningeal cells in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, Clinical and Medical Research Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Renkawek
mesh_terms: D015720:5'-Nucleotidase; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008578:Meninges / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D009708:Nucleotidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D009708:Nucleotidases; D015720:5'-Nucleotidase