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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-11-29
pubmed:abstractText
Cultured cells of human transitional cell carcinoma line MGH-U1, in suspension, were assayed for galactosyl transferase by measurement of the transfer of [3H]galactose from uridine diphosphate:[3H]galactose to desialylated ovine submaxillary mucin. The assay was optimized with respect to time and to protein, uridine disphosphate:galactose, desialyated ovine submaxillary mucin, and Triton X-100 concentrations. This assay was then applied to fresh specimens of benign, inflamed, and neoplastic bladder epithelium from 33 patients who under went cold-cup biopsies at cytoscopy. Transitional cell carcinoma specimens gave values in the range of 24.7 to 184.8 cpm [3H]galactose transferred per microgram protein per hr [72.0 +/- 44.7 (S.D.); n = 25]; normal and inflamed specimens ranged from 0.8 to 46.1 cpm/microgram protein per hr [8.3 +/- 8.4 (S.D.); n = 35]. By using a known method of cell rupture, cell ghosts, representing cell-surface membranes, were isolated both from the cultured cell line and from two biopsy specimens of transitional cell carcinoma. Although a complete enzymatic and electron microscopic analysis was not undertaken, the coincidence of an enzyme marker with the cell ghost fraction containing the elevated galactosyl transferase made it appear probable that this enzyme is located in the cell surface.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3856-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Galactosyl transferase activity in human transitional cell carcinoma lines and in benign and neoplastic human bladder epithelium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.