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ACTA HISTOCHEMICA
Volume 114, Issue 5, Pages 487-494Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2011.09.002
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Arginase 1; Arginase 2; Rat; Immunohistochemistry
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- National Research Foundation of Korea [2010-0007585]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2010-0007585] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Arginase 1 and arginase 2 catalyze the hydrolysis of arginine to ornithine and urea. The localization of these enzymes was studied in various tissues in Sprague-Dawley rats by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. Western blot analysis showed that both arginase 1 and 2 were differentially expressed in the various organs examined. Arginase 1 was expressed at high levels in the liver, at moderate levels in the pancreas, and at low levels in the cerebrum, cerebellum, spinal cord, stomach, small and large intestines, kidneys, lungs, and spleen. The levels of arginase 2 immunoreactivity were high in the kidneys and pancreas, and moderate in the cerebrum, spinal cord, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, and lungs; the levels were very low in the liver and spleen compared with that in the cerebellum. Immunohistochemical analysis largely confirmed the results of the Western blot analysis. These findings indicate that the levels of arginase 1 and 2 varied among organs, suggesting that the arginase isoforms may play organ-specific roles in the urea cycle. (C) 2011 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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