title: Arginase activity determination. A marker of large bowel mucosa proliferation.
abstract: Arginase activity of the intestinal mucosa was tested as a proliferative marker in the adenoma-carcinoma sequence. The enzyme activity was determined by an end-point colorimetric method with L-arginine as substrate. Arginase activity was evaluated in 430 biopsy samples of large bowel mucosa, polyps and cancer tissue. The activities (U/g protein, mean +/- SE; n) were: normal mucosa 83.2 +/- 7.3; 25, adenomas 199.4 +/- 19.1; 40, carcinomas 1269.7 +/- 174.9; 40, inflammatory bowel disease 1210.7 +/- 247.1; 34. The arginase activity differs significantly in the adenoma-carcinoma sequence according to the Duncan's test (p < 0.05).
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kocna
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fric
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zavoral
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pelech
mesh_terms: D001119:Arginase / Q000378:metabolism*; D015415:Biomarkers; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D001119:Arginase