title: Presence of SSAO in human and bovine meninges and microvessels.
abstract: In spite that SSAO enzyme is widely distributed in almost all tissues, specially in vascularized ones, its presence in brain microvessels is still controversy. Our results resolve this question showing that both human and bovine cerebrovascular tissues do contain the SSAO enzyme. This was achieved biochemically, using benzylamine and methylamine as substrates, and by immunoblot analysis, using polyclonal antibodies anti-SSAO that recognized a 100 kDa single band in tissue homogenates.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lizcano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Unzeta
mesh_terms: D006631:Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing) / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D001679:Biogenic Amines / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008578:Meninges / Q000737:chemistry*; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001679:Biogenic Amines; D006631:Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing)