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Ultrastructural localization of Cu, Zn-SOD in hepatocytes of patients with various liver diseases

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Saito, Takafumi ; Shinzawa, Haruhide ; Togashi, Hitoshi ; Wakabayashi, Hiroto ; Ukai, Katsuaki ; Takahashi, Tsuneo ; Ishikawa, Makoto ; Dobashi, Michio ; Imai, Yutaka
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Murcia : F. Hernández
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The ultrastructural localization of copper, zinc-superoxide dismutase (Cu, Zn-SOD) in the liver of patients with acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and alcoholic fatty liver was studied by means of the indirect immunoperoxidase technique. In hepatocytes Cu, Zn-SOD was found to be localized in perinuclear cisternae, rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER), vesicles and Golgi apparatus. The Cu, Zn-SOD was also detected around the lipid droplets in hepatocytes as well as on the cytoplasmic membrane in cases of liver cirrhosis. These findings suggest that Cu, Zn-SOD is produced in the rER in hepatocytes and protects the cells from cellular injury caused by superoxide anion radical in various disorders of the liver.
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