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Induction of a Novel Ca2+-Dependent Serine Protease in Rat Liver Treated with Various Promoters of Liver Carcinogenesis

Katsuhiko Enomoto

Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical College, S.1, W.17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060, Japan

Aiko Kaneko

Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical College, S.1, W.17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060, Japan

Masahito Oyamada

Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical College, S.1, W.17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060, Japan

Yumiko Oyamada

Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical College, S.1, W.17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060, Japan

Kimimaro Dempo

Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical College, S.1, W.17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060, Japan

Michio Mori

Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical College, S.1, W.17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060, Japan

The induction of a novel Ca2+-dependent protease in rat liver treated with various liver promoters, as well as its increase in preneoplastic lesions during liver carcinogenesis, was demonstrated. Six groups of male Fischer 344 rats (150 g body weight) were fed separately diets containing one of the following promoters: 0.05% phenobarbital (PB), 0.05% dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), 0.25% ethyl-{alpha}-chlorophenoxyisobutyrate (CPIB), 0.5% butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), 10 ppm 17-{alpha}-ethynylestradiol (EE), and 0.05% of the non-promoter diphenylhydantoin (DH). After feeding the indicated diets for 1 week, rats were killed and protease activity in the microsomal fraction of liver tissue was determined using N-benzoyl-L-tyrosine ethyl ester as substrate. The activity of protease increased 3- to 5-fold after treatment with the promoters and compared with normal liver; the non-promoter (DH) induced a slight increase in activity. Hyperplastic nodules were induced according to the method of Solt and Farber. The activity of protease was significantly high in these preneoplastic lesions compared with the surrounding liver tissue. Biochemical characterization of this protease revealed the following properties: 1) high Ca2+ dependency, 2) different molecular weight and optimum pH from previously reported proteases, and 3) preferential distribution in the SER fraction. These results suggest that a novel type of protease is induced specifically in the liver by promoters of liver carcinogenesis. The possible importance of this protease in the carcinogenic process is discussed.

Toxicologic Pathology, Vol. 15, No. 1, 73-77 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/019262338701500109
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