title: Variation in serum arylesterase, beta-glucuronidase, cathepsin L and plasminogen activators during pregnancy.
abstract: To determine whether the activities of certain hydrolases (arylesterase, beta-glucuronidase, cathepsin L, plasminogen activators, arginase, glutaminase, asparaginase and adenosine deaminase) are changed during pregnancy, three groups of 15 apparently healthy women (aged 18-38 years) in their first, second and third trimester of pregnancy were compared to a control group formed of 15 non-pregnant women of similar ages. Enzyme and specific activities gradually increased from the first to the end of the third trimester of pregnancy for arylesterase and beta-glucuronidase, these increases being statistically significant (P < 0.01) in comparison to controls. However, as regards cathepsin L and plasminogen activators, the greatest increase was found in the second trimester. Arginase, glutaminase and asparaginase activities were very low and not distinguishable from the controls. In conclusion, differences in the activities of several hydrolases have been found in the sera of healthy pregnant women in comparison to controls.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Biología, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carpintero
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Martín
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cabezas-Delamare
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cabezas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001119:Arginase / Q000097:blood; D001215:Asparaginase / Q000097:blood; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D056668:Cathepsin L; D002403:Cathepsins / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D010450:Endopeptidases; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D005972:Glutaminase / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C019734:arylesterase; D005966:Glucuronidase; D002403:Cathepsins; D010450:Endopeptidases; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; C534281:CTSL protein, human; D056668:Cathepsin L; D001215:Asparaginase; D005972:Glutaminase; D001119:Arginase