Electron histochemical localization of cathepsin L in the liver

V V Ryvnyak; E I Ryvnyak; R V Tudos

doi:10.1023/b:bebm.0000024396.17895.77

Electron histochemical localization of cathepsin L in the liver

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2004 Jan;137(1):90-1. doi: 10.1023/b:bebm.0000024396.17895.77.

Authors

V V Ryvnyak¹, E I Ryvnyak, R V Tudos

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Morphology, Nikolae Testemitsyanu State University of Medicine and Pharmaceutics, Kishinev.

PMID: 15085256
DOI: 10.1023/b:bebm.0000024396.17895.77

Abstract

The location of cathepsin L in rat liver was studied by electron histochemical methods. Enzyme activity was detected in lysosomes of hepatocytes, Kupffer cells, and endotheliocytes and extracellularly on hepatocyte microvilli.

MeSH terms

Animals
Cathepsin L
Cathepsins / analysis*
Cysteine Endopeptidases
Hepatocytes / chemistry
Hepatocytes / ultrastructure
Kupffer Cells / chemistry
Kupffer Cells / ultrastructure
Liver / enzymology*
Liver / ultrastructure
Lysosomes / chemistry
Lysosomes / ultrastructure
Male
Microscopy, Immunoelectron
Rats

Substances

Cathepsins
Cysteine Endopeptidases
Cathepsin L
Ctsl protein, rat