title: Spatial distribution of human liver aldehyde dehydrogenase isoenzymes.
abstract: To elucidate the pattern of lesions in the liver parenchyma after ethanol ingestion, the quantitative distribution profiles of both the cytosolic and the mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase isoenzyme activities were determined by the use of ultrathin-layer electrophoresis. It was found that in human liver parenchyma, both isoforms of aldehyde dehydrogenase are almost homogeneously represented in the liver acinus. These quantitative data are supported by the results of an improved histochemical technique. Moreover, sex differences were not detected either in activity or in the distribution pattern. Consequently, it can be assumed that it is not the activity of total aldehyde dehydrogenase or its isoforms which is responsible for the higher susceptibility of the perivenous zone to alcohol-dependent damage.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anatomy, University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Maly
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Crotet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sasse
mesh_terms: D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000080924:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 Family; D000071396:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Mitochondrial; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology; D009929:Organ Size; D050697:Retinal Dehydrogenase
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D000080924:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1 Family; C096127:ALDH2 protein, human; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D000071396:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase, Mitochondrial; C510223:ALDH1A1 protein, human; D050697:Retinal Dehydrogenase