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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
This rapid, sensitive method of determining collagenase (EC 3.4.24.7) activity incorporates several advantages of previous methods. Soluble [14C]acetylated collagen is prepared as the enzyme substrate and collagen-cleavage products are separated from noncleaved collagen by precipitation with dioxane/methanol. The assay is more reproducible than previous methods and has a lower detection limit, 15 mU of enzyme activity. We used the method in a competitive substrate assay with isolated extracellular hepatic matrix from cirrhotic and normal rat liver. Purified collagenase was consistently bound to normal rat matrix to a greater extent than to cirrhotic matrix, suggesting that in hepatic fibrosis the extracellular matrix is not as susceptible to collagenase degradation as that in normal liver.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0009-9147
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2134-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
An improved assay of mammalian collagenase activity, and its use to determine hepatic extracellular matrix susceptibility to degradation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro