Manganese superoxide dismutase content and localization in human thyroid tumours.
Manganese-containing superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) content and its immunohistochemical localization in human thyroid tumours and some other thyroid diseases were examined and compared with adjacent normal thyroid tissue. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used in this study for the measurement of Mn-SOD. The content of Mn-SOD tended to increase in diffuse hyperplasia, adenomatous goitre, and follicular adenoma. In papillary carcinoma, it was significantly higher than in adjacent normal thyroid tissue. Follicular carcinoma also revealed a markedly high Mn-SOD content. In the immunohistochemical study, adjacent normal thyroid tissue showed granular positive staining of Mn-SOD in the cytoplasm. An increase of Mn-SOD was observed in the papillary proliferative lesion of diffuse hyperplasia and in the follicles adjacent to lymphoid tissue in chronic thyroiditis with hypothyroidism. Strong positive staining of Mn-SOD was observed in papillary and follicular carcinomas, whereas in anaplastic carcinoma staining was markedly less intense. These results indicate that the Mn-SOD content varies according to the degree of differentiation of thyroid carcinomas.
Nishida
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Department of Biochemistry and Oncology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Akai
F
F
Iwasaki
H
H
Hosokawa
K
K
Kusunoki
T
T
Suzuki
K
K
Taniguchi
N
N
Hashimoto
S
S
Tamura
T T
TT
D000236:Adenoma / Q000201:enzymology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008345:Manganese; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000032:analysis*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology*
D008345:Manganese; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase