Nozawa S, Kiguchi K, Yajima M, Udagawa Y, Sakuma T, Iizuka R, Narisawa S, Sakayori M
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo.
Nihon Sanka Fujinka Gakkai Zasshi. 1989 Sep;41(9):1341-7.
Serum levels of galactosyltransferase (GT) and its isozyme (GT-II), which transfers galactose from UDP-galactose to N-acetylglucosamine etc., in gynecologic malignancies, were assayed. GT activity was assayed with UDP-[3H] galactose and ovalbumin as substrate, and GT-II was assayed by selectively removing GT-II from serum by immunoabsorption with immobilized monoclonal antibody 3872, followed by assay of bound GT activity. GT was not specific for cancer, but GT-II was positive in 74% of the ovarian cancer patients, and remarkably high serum levels were observed in mesonephroid cancers, indicating its possible usefulness as a new tumor marker. Immunohistochemical staining revealed that GT-II was localized on the cell surface and in the cytoplasm, suggesting its production by tumor cells.
检测了妇科恶性肿瘤患者血清中半乳糖基转移酶(GT)及其同工酶(GT-II)的水平,GT-II可将尿苷二磷酸半乳糖中的半乳糖转移至N-乙酰葡糖胺等物质。以尿苷二磷酸-[3H]半乳糖和卵清蛋白为底物检测GT活性,通过用固定化单克隆抗体3872进行免疫吸附从血清中选择性去除GT-II,然后检测结合的GT活性来检测GT-II。GT并非癌症特异性指标,但74%的卵巢癌患者GT-II呈阳性,在中肾样癌患者中观察到血清水平显著升高,表明其可能作为一种新的肿瘤标志物。免疫组织化学染色显示GT-II定位于细胞表面和细胞质中,提示其由肿瘤细胞产生。