title: Novel cholinesterase expression in the HuH-7 cell line.
abstract: On polyacrylamide gradient gel electrophoresis, normal serum cholinesterase was separated into seven isozymes (I-VII from the anodic to the cathodic side). The enzyme of the conditioned medium of the HuH-7 cell line, established from a human hepatoma, had two main isozymes. The one migrating faster was located slightly to the cathodic side of band II of the normal serum enzyme, and the other, a slower one, electrophoresed at the same position as that of band VI of the normal serum enzyme. Aside from these two isozymes, a faint band with enzyme activity sometimes appeared at a position just cathodic or very close to the position of band I of the normal serum isozymes. The effect of some inhibitors and activators on both the normal serum enzyme and the enzyme of the conditioned medium was similar, but lectin-binding properties of the two enzymes were different with Ricinus communis agglutinin I, concanavalin A and wheat germ agglutinin. These results suggest that the difference in sugar moieties of both enzymes is expressed in D-galactose, D-mannose and N-acetylglucosamine.
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000201:enzymology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002802:Cholinesterases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D037102:Lectins / Q000378:metabolism; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007527:Isoenzymes; D037102:Lectins; D002802:Cholinesterases