Electron-histochemical location of cathepsin D and elastase in the uterus

V V Ryvnyak; V S Gudumak; O F Dulgieru

doi:10.1023/a:1026391512536

Electron-histochemical location of cathepsin D and elastase in the uterus

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2003 Aug;136(2):199-201. doi: 10.1023/a:1026391512536.

Authors

V V Ryvnyak¹, V S Gudumak, O F Dulgieru

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Morphology, Nicolae Testemitsiany State University of Medicine and Pharmaceutics of Republic of Moldova, Kishinev.

PMID: 14631510
DOI: 10.1023/a:1026391512536

Abstract

Location of cathepsin D and elastase in rat uterus was studied by electron-histochemical method. Activities of both proteinases in the myometrium was detected in lysosomes of smooth-muscle cells, macrophages, and fibroblasts.

MeSH terms

Animals
Cathepsin D / metabolism*
Female
Lysosomes / enzymology
Microscopy, Electron
Myometrium / enzymology*
Pancreatic Elastase / metabolism*
Rats

Substances

Pancreatic Elastase
Cathepsin D