Acid hydrolases in the bovine corneal epithelium.
The activities of acid phosphatase, N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase, alpha-mannosidase, alpha-fucosidase, beta-glucuronidase, arylsulfatase, and cathepsin D were biochemically investigated in the bovine cornea by separating the tissue into two layers, epithelium and stroma-endothelium. Acid phosphatase, alpha-mannosidase, alpha-fucosidase, and arylsulfatase disclosed much higher activities in the epithelial layer than in the stroma-endothelial layer. The other enzymes showed little difference in enzyme activity between the two layers.
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003315:Cornea / Q000201:enzymology*; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000201:enzymology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000201:enzymology; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*
D006867:Hydrolases